With a short week comes a short DQ. Your DQ for this week is to read the comments posted by others about you in DQ#15. Then write a statement about what others have provided you as an area for improvement. In your statement give the area(s) that were given for improvement and then with true thought tell me how you plan to make improvements. Your points will be based upon the fact that you have given thought and come up with a true plan to carry out to become a better speaker by improving the areas others see as a concern. Your post must have 150 or more words.
On the comments that I got for last weeks DQ were almost the same. Aidan said that I am good at introductions and introducing myself to new people with confidence. But I agree with him that I do need to speak louder and more clearly to people. It would help in so many cases. So I am going to work on that with people, even my friends. When I am going to give my SLP I will speak louder and more clearly. Than I have before. I did need to speak louder and more clearly than I did on the lesson 4 presentation. Ashley said I need to think before I speak that is totally true. I do ned to think before I speak. She also said that it would benefite me when I am speaking publicly or to my friends. Ashley has said that I speak my mind very well when I have something to say. I will do better the same way I am going to do with Aidan’s.
DK
2/25/2013 08:15:01 am
I had four people all post to me that I needed to work on giving presentations in front of large crowds. I had one other person post to me about how I need to make eye contact. I plan on making more eye contact when I am talking to them directly and when I am giving a presentation. I will work on having more eye contact with my audience during a presentation by choosing two or three people in the crowd that I will make eye contact with. I will also try to be louder when I give a presentation so that everyone can hear me and I will make sure not to talk to the wall. Also I will practice my presentation more ahead of time so that I really know what to say.
Zoe
2/27/2013 11:25:59 am
Dylan, I think this is a very effective idea and solution to these glitches you are facing when you communicate. Eye contact while you talk to people and while your presenting is a great way to get more comfortable in doing it and thus making you more confident. Maybe when your too quiet have a friend make him/her give you a sign to tell you when you need to speak louder.
Adam
2/26/2013 10:43:36 am
I was told a few things that I needed to improve on. One was public speaking. The other was my vocabulary. I know that I could improve a lot on both of these. I plan to improve on my public speaking by doing some public speaking events in FFA. This will help me a lot because I will always be talking in front of a large group of people that I do not know. My vocabulary will be a harder thing to improve. I think that the best way to improve my vocabulary will be to read books with higher reading levels. Another good way that I could do to improve my vocabulary would be to have conversations with intelligent adults. This would help because adults usually use large words and I could learn from them.
Ally
2/26/2013 01:48:50 pm
According to my comments I have two areas for improvement. One area being vocabulary and the other being eye contact. I have always had an issue with eye contact especially during student lead presentation. My vocabulary isn’t to strong either. I don’t usually use big word and think out of the box I just do easier words so I know what I’m talking about. I plan to improve on these areas. My plan for eye contact would be know the stuff you’re presenting. If I am giving a presentation, I should need a piece of paper. If I know the stuff I’m presenting I won’t need something to look at. For vocabulary my plan would be to you a thesaurus or to make the words I’m using more interesting. For example: big can be large. If you change the words into something more interesting then I should have a problem.
Tyler Maki
2/27/2013 04:37:48 am
I think I need to work on my talking in front of people skills and on my vocabulary skills to. In order to get better at talking in front of people by talking in front of people and practice at talking to them not to the floor or the wall or the paper in front of me. In order to get better at talking without messing up I need to practice at not being nervous and just talk how I would talk to just one person.
Cecilia
2/27/2013 08:59:21 am
Last week I didn’t have any comments for my post. But I do think I need to work on my communications skills when talking to a large group of people. I will know what I’m trying to say but I don’t always put it into words that people will understand or I won’t know how to word it into a way that anybody would understand. To solve this I will write out my speech or demonstration before I give it and I will practice in front of the mirror or a large group of friends. Another area I think I need to work on is my vocabulary, it would help me sound a lot smarter if I used bigger words, I would just need to make sure I knew what the words meant before I used them. To do this, when I write out what I will say I will look up bigger words instead of using many little ones. Afterwards, I would look up the words to know the full meaning. A third area I think I need to work on would be, being organized and really knowing my material so that I would be able to answer any and all questions that people ask me. To do this I will give my presentation to others and write the questions they ask and any I can think of so that I will have a variety of things and areas in my presentation I need to look more closely at.
Lexi
2/27/2013 09:51:12 am
My trouble with public speaking is I go on and on and don’t stop talking. I also tend to skip over the topic all together and digress. I am going to make a more self conscious effort to get to the point quickly. I will not digress into a whole different topic. I will also not beat around the topic; I will go straight to the topic and give details on that topic. I will practice in my classes when giving presentations and even when just speaking to anyone. When I am just trying to tell someone I will not get distracted and explain what I need to. I will even have my friends tell me when I start to digress. I get really easily distracted by really anything! I will just have to concentrate even more on staying focused. I will keep my eyes more from wondering more around the class room and keep them on the kids when I am speaking.
Emily
2/27/2013 11:07:50 am
I had three people comment on my post and all of them said something about my public speaking. My plan to help myself get better at public speaking is to practice as in stand in my room and pretend there is people watching me and just do it over and over to get better. Another way I can use to get better is the opposite than what I said before pretend I'm standing in my room and talking to myself when I'm in front of people so that I'm less nervous. In one my comments it was mentioned that I don't speak very loudly when I am public speaking my plan to change that practicing projecting my voice and I can make sure I'm projecting my voice by having my friends stand and walk around about the distance everyone will be sitting to make sure that they can hear me from any point in the room and that will also help with my public speaking.
Zoe
2/27/2013 11:15:37 am
Emily I think this is a great idea to make you less timid and make your voice be more heard. Your point can be fantastic but it doesn’t do you any good if your not loud enough to hear. Today, February 27, 2013, you presented your lesson with confidence and I did notice you were more loud then usual when you present. I honestly think sense this obstacle has been brought to your attention you’ve improved.
Zoe
2/27/2013 11:09:41 am
I was told I need to work the most on overcoming my fears. I agree with the person who responded to my comment and that I need to work on it I get so self-conscious and care so much about what other people think that I sometimes forget to be myself. I plan to change this. I want to see improvements of me being more of myself within the year but if not I’ll make a new plan and see if it works to get me out of my awkward box. I will tell myself in the mirror every day that I am beautiful just the way I am and that today will be a great day. I will tell myself this with convection because, even if I do poorly that day there’s always tomorrow and if you don’t mess up, your not trying hard enough. That’s my goal, to try and conquer all my fears. I want to not care what people think but be passionate and what I do and to others.
Pearl
2/27/2013 01:03:28 pm
DQ #15
Havin
2/27/2013 11:40:54 pm
I had two people respond to my post and they were very positive. They agreed with me about me needing to become less shy around people I don’t know. Aidan said that being less shy could really help me in a job interview because most likely I won’t know the person who is interviewing me. So to become less shy and become more comfortable around people I think it would be good to try to give as many presentations as possible and to practice standing in front of a crowd. Another thing that would help me would be to try to get myself out of my comfort zone and try to be more outward to new people. Instead of just hanging around with my good friends I should try to meet some new friends. If these ideas really do help me become less shy that would be great because I want to be more comfortable in front of a large crowd.
Toni
2/28/2013 03:41:28 pm
I didn’t have anyone respond to me on last week’s DQ, so I think my communication skills can be improved by summing up what I have to say. I tend to talk continuously and repeat myself which can make me appear less confident or sure of myself. I believe that I can improve this by first talking to people more and not staying quiet. I am also currently working on this by reciting the FFA Creed for Ag. This has already helped me work on speaking with better clarity. I also should think about what I am going to say before I go around and talk to people in a professional manner. This will help me talk about me faster and with more confidence. I should also relax when I talk to people. When I am tense I start to panic which would lead to me making a fool of myself.
Aidan
3/1/2013 02:03:23 pm
I received one comment on my DQ #15. This comment told me that I should joke less when it is not needed and save my jokes for a good time to make a joke. I will improve on this by thinking twice before I make a joke and I will just learn to bite my tongue whenever I have a joke I want to say when it is not needed. For example, I make jokes during class when others are trying to work and that can distract my peers. Being a person that jokes around a lot and doesn’t seem to take many things seriously has gotten me in trouble in the past, so improving this and making less jokes could really help me in my future and in my student led presentation. If I make too many jokes in my student led presentation then it will seem like a big joke to me and it will just get annoying so by making less jokes I can give a better student led presentation.
Maddie
3/1/2013 02:04:32 pm
On my DQ I didn’t have any comments but after I did my presentation I asked a few people what I could improve on. Those things were that I need to talk louder and not be nervous when I go up there. Also that I need to have fun while presenting it because the more fun you make it the better the audience will understand. One way that can help me to talk louder is put on a note card that I need to talk loud so when I go up to do my presentation I will see the note card and remember. One way I can try not to be nervous is maybe practice in front of some friends and so I am comfortable when I go up to do my presentation. Lastly I think that making it more fun also ties in with me being nervous so if I could be less nervous while I do my presentations then I can be able to make it a little more fun then a usual boring presentation. Those are the things that I will do for my next presentation so I am prepared. Comments are closed.
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