Comments on: Experienced presenter–Maybe, Maybe Not

By: Cathy Nelson’s Professional Thoughts » Blog Archive » Rethink and Redesign for Learning

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:30:36 +0000

[...] on the presentation I helped with at the Upstate Technology Conference. If you haven’t read it yet, you may want to go read it, as this is a follow-up of [...]

By: Heather Loy

Heather Loy — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:22:54 +0000

Okay, now that I’ve had some proper sleep, I feel ready to write a reflections post on UTC and our presentation on my own blog. As the inexperienced presenter on the panel, I felt that despite our hiccups, the session was a success, but it could definitely have been better in some regards. We need to meet up again (either virtually or in person – can we say car trip!) to facilitate a smoother presentation at ETV next month.

By: Diane Cordell

Diane Cordell — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:04:53 +0000

Despite the glitches, I’m sure everyone who attended your session was glad they did so.

Your post-presentation reflection is valuable – it would be wonderful if more people took the time to dissect workshop experiences from both sides, as presenters and participants.

Wonderful posting…can’t wait to see you in DC!

By: Fran Bullington

Fran Bullington — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:44:11 +0000

Our desire to constantly improve and ask for honest feedback is part of being experienced presenters. Even the best presenters (Chris Craft, for example) question their sessions afterwards and ask for feedback. There is always room for improvement.

As Nationally Board Certified teachers, we have learned that reflection is the way to grow and we began that process IMMEDIATELY! I guess I am patting ourselves on the backs here, but I think the fact that we not only began discussing in person how our session went, but as soon as we all arrived safely home from the conference we continued that conversation online, shows our desire to help others with our topic.

The session may not have gone as smoothly as we would have liked (most of it due to the room layout), but we are using this as a learning experience and our July session at the ETV Summer Workshops will reflect our commitment to improve for the benefit of our participants.

Okay, now lift your right arm, bend your elbow towards your back, and then proceed to pat yourself on the back. Your desire to continually improve deserves it!

The URLs did not come through in your comment above, so I’ll try to add them here myself:

Cathy’s presentation is located at http://cathyjonelson.wikispaces.com/UsingDropbox

Heather’s presentation is located at
http://web.mac.com/hloy/WSHSLMC/Evernote_Presentation.html

Fran’s presentation is located at
http://bulldogden.wikispaces.com/Using+Personal+Home+Pages+to+Organize+Your+Online+Life

By: Cathy Nelson

Cathy Nelson — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:28:18 +0000

Can't believe I did not include URLs (yes plural) for our UTC gig. Mine Fran Bullington Heather Loy

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:17:15 +0000

Everyone always has snafus…if they don’t, they just weren’t aware of them Being able to reflect on your professional development is key!

So what’s the URL?