So after just finishing reading Wineburg's (2004) comment about 10 rules for presenting (to make it palatable), I realize that I'm gonna eventually break some of those rules. In two of my classes this semester, we end with a big group presentation, using (you guessed it) Powerpoint. I tried to convince my group members to at least use Prezi, and in one case I succeeded! But I know that with the other ones, and probably with Prezi too, I'm gonna end up reading off the screen, giving way too much detail and not having enough time for questions. Although, I do admit I'm not eager to hear questions about our projects, since they're already flimsy enough without giving an audience of 30+ people the time to find and/or poke holes in our work.
So I guess I'm glad there won't be much time for questions, but I still feel bad about the rest of the presentation. It's like I have some sort of "conscience of craft" (Osguthorpe, 2003) or something. Weird.
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