Final Blog Post - All About Our Presentation


This presentation actually went a lot better than I expected; especially considering the difficulty that is synchronizing 4 different schedules. We had a bit of dilemma with integrating the tool into the presentation in the way of, we weren’t sure how well it would work or how it would be viewed if we essentially pre-recorded our presentation. That is basically what we had to do if we wanted to incorporate videos into the presentation. It was either that, or record the videos during the presentation then upload them onto youtube. Then, we also had to contend with possible long upload times, which was why we only uploaded one video live, and potential buffering issues, which was why we only had one already in youtube. Another issue with using youtube in our presentation was just simply the very nature of youtube. It is very different from other social media platforms. You are either making a video or watching videos. If you are making a video, you are not on youtube until you post it. The only really relevant way to watch videos as part of the presentation would be to watch the ones we made, which brings me back to the previously mentioned points. However, I am not sure I would really change anything about our presentation. I was pretty satisfied with it. 40 minutes is a long time to hold an audience’s attention, especially when what needs to be covered is relatively dry in nature. There is only so much you can do with that content. I feel like the way we navigated it was pretty creative. Youtube is arguably the most useful of the platforms in educational settings. Really, the only issues with using it in an educational setting would be the long upload times and buffering issues. In the classroom, you would also have to contend with abuse of the platform, and distraction.

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