I think presenting on Wednesday was important for our group as a whole. While we have all worked hard in previous PA sessions, organizing our research and presenting it to others groups seemed to give us more of a sense of purpose. It helped me and I think my team formulate an end goal for our PA experience.
Our presentation consisted of four parts each of us were responsible for one piece. Or goal was to share where we are in the PA process and how what we have done will lead us towards a finished project. Patrick shared a very well thought out journal entry that summarized why smoking prevention and awareness is important in our community. He shared some shocking statistics which really explained why our topic is important and was able to communicate his concern in his own voice. It was cool. Jyree "the documentarian" shared our video in its initial stages. It's pretty choppy and will need a lot of work but I just introduced the video program two weeks ago. I'm excited for the students to learn how to edit video and figure out how to interview eachother on camera. It gives us a tool to help reflect on our process. Michael shared some interview questions we have developed as a group about the pressures of smoking that kids face. It looks like the target for these questions has become a professional athelete. We will see what this leads to for our project...
How awesome that they were empowered to take the lead. I bet it was amazing to hear what they have been taking from these sessions so far.
ReplyDeleteI think the fact that you have them each taking individual responsibility for specific stuff with the group is very effective and very real world.
ReplyDeleteI t seems like we've all really struggled with making this "feel real" for our groups. Giving it an audience is potentially really helpful. I feel like the bigger the audience the more it feels real generally.