Energy Conservation Powerpoint and Assessment

Presentation:
-My Energy Conservation PowerPoint presentation went well, although I didn't come up with concrete answers to the questions I asked.

-I chose to do my project on cell phone use, seeing as I don't own a cell phone and don't plan on owning one. While i found adequate statistics regarding cost-savings, there wasn't enough research on cell phone radiation, or energy, so I couldn't come up with an answer to how much energy is wasted by using a cell phone, (compared to using a land line).

-I'm not very fond of PowerPoint presentations, but I believe that is because I had some instructors and professors from college that did very little teaching and completely relied on PowerPoint presentations which just didn't seem to do it for me as a student.

-However, I find it highly beneficial to have a couple power point presentations handy as a teacher because they're so easily accessible once you have a couple saved.

-I think the energy conservation project is not only a valuable lesson for students, but it may be a highly beneficial project for our society due to increasing climate change, and other similar environmental concerns that will be at the top of issues being debated for this generation, and every generation to come.


Organization:

-My organization for this project was definitely the weak point.

-I couldn't seem to get rolling on acquiring information, and didn't organize my schedule or research well enough to make the most out of my time and energy.

-If I had to do it over again, I would've asked the professor what they thought a good project would be, and not spent so much time trying to find something relevant to me, per say. Rather, I would've just tried to get my feet wet regarding the issues involved with energy conservation and tried to get working on the PowerPoint as soon as possible.

Content:

-I think the content was great, the topic was relevant for me and it was something I was interested in. Although content in the sense of findings was a little lacking, but perhaps that could be the point of energy conservation projects: not every energy conservation issue has answers.

Visuals:

-I didn't have many visuals, except for a cell phone in there and the statistics if you count that. I guess my presentation lacked with this part too, seeing as you're supposed to use visuals to connect with text which is the purpose of PowerPoint as I see it. However, I didn't want to be redundant showing phone after phone.

-My visuals lacked creativity, but I didn't want to be "corny", which is another reason why I've had my reservations with PowerPoint presentations: they leave too much room for the user to be really, really corny.


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