Last lesson

Last class, I made a presentation. I am not good at talking in front of people. But I could enjoy my presentation because I had prepared for it well. I improved my slides using many pictures in order that the audience can understand my topic easily. Also I could make more eye contact with the audience than practice in the previous class. However, I found that there were two more things I need to improve. The first point is a gesture. I tried, but it was not enough. I often did not pay attention to it. Second, I forgot several words such a name of statue, place and data. It was regrettable for me because I had researched them well.
In winter term, I will be careful about these things and practice my presentation well.

Lesson 6

Last class, I practiced making a presentation about Malaysia. There are a lot of things which need to be improved. First, I need to research and explain more fully and clearly. My knowledge is insufficient to make an audience understand. It was not a presentation, but just a reminiscence. Second, I should make slides with more pictures and information. Also, it is necessary for me to talk more  plainly with eye contact. I try to make a presentation which someone without any background knowledge can enjoy and understand easily.

Lesson 5

Last class, I learned how to make good presentation. First slide is important to get audience attention. So, we should use a beautiful picture and type topic in large font, larger than 36 and color which is contrasted with background in the blank of the picture.
I had made bad slides which had too many words, but no picture before. But now, I know some techniques to make an attractive presentation. I would like to learn them more.

Lesson 4

Last class, I learned how to save videos, pictures and PDFs into Zotero. I had not known the IMDb, the database of movies and TV shows. It contains a lot of information about each movie and easy to use. So I would like to check it not only for the source for academic essays but also for my private interest.

I found that Zotero was very useful once more. It sometimes lacks published year and place. However, if I am careful about it, I have no worries about gathering sources and making works cited at all.

Lesson 3

I have used Zotero since I knew it at start-up program. But I had not known that we could save items on-line if we create an account. It helps me a lot because I usually stay at my grandfather’s house and use their computer twice a week. When I found good sources on their computer, I had to memorize or note the title or URL of them. It was a little trouble for me. Now I can search and save sources on any computer as convenient as mine.
I would like to know other functions of Zotero in order to utilize it efficiently. I look forward to learning about it more in the next class.

Library lecture

I learned useful databases for academic writing: Gale Virtual Reference Library and LexisNexis in last library lecture. I was surprised that an encyclopedia of GVRL explained things in detail. Because I had used only Britannica and Mypedia in my electronic dictionary, and they did not give long descriptions.

I had almost never referred to a newspaper before because it was hard for me to find an article related to my essay topic. But using LexisNexis, I can search for it easily. It is really helpful!

I would like to use these databases efficiently so as to make my essay better.

Lesson 2

I have learned that I should be careful when I use google form to do a survey. Each response is anonymous, so I am not able to distinguish whose answer this is. But I need to think about the subject of my research, what type of people I want to study.
Awesome Screenshot is excellent! It was too much trouble for me to open the paint soft when I wanted to save a screenshot. I wished I could save and edit it in one window. Awesome Screenshot is helpful and easy for me to use a graph, chart and picture in my essay.