As we moved on to our third project about informative speeches everyone had a pretty good idea of how to prepare for it. All groups were given a topic to speak and provide information about. Like in our last project about the election, we had to prepare an informative video about our topics. Professor Sinkoff provided some topic ideas for us that we can use for our project, of course it was our decision with what we wanted to talk about. In our first project about the chapter presentations, we learned how to actually research and prepare an informative speech, so we all went into this project with the right knowledge of what to do and how to organize it.
Professor Sinkoff gave us the idea to talk about 9/11 as our topic. The group and I were really intrigued and excited with the topic she chose for us so of course we decided to prepare an informative presentation about it. Since 9/11 was such a traumatic event and covered so many key details that led up to it, it was a perfect topic to use. We wanted to avoid being too repetitive when speaking about 9/11 since almost everyone knows what happened. We basically had to research and cover information that our professor and our fellow classmates didn’t know about. For example, I covered what the first articles said happened on that day and the overall news coverage of the event. I even got to learn stuff that I never even knew. I was surprised to find out that most of the live programs that showcased 9/11 on television once it happened weren’t even accurate. Most mainstream programs were hiding information from viewers and weren’t accurate with the information they were putting out to everyone. The people who knew what actually happened, were the people that were actually present when the event had occurred.
The other two groups did just as much of an amazing job as we did. Each of their presentations included a lot of good information and really managed to keep the whole class engaged. Group 3 was my favorite group because they talked about the spread of the corona virus and how it’s affecting our daily lives. Since their topic was about the current pandemic, it drew everyone’s attention immediately because we are still learning how to deal with it. They didn’t just inform us about what was going on, instead they talked about the impact it had on us and other resources like our economy. I was so surprised to see the effect this virus actually had on us and the amount of damage it caused. It made me realize how hard it will actually be to bounce back to how we used to live before.
Once again working with my group couldn’t have gone any better. Everyone was very helpful, and we all put together a really great presentation that kept the professor and our classmates involved. I am very satisfied with the outcome and I know that without everyone’s team effort we wouldn’t have been able to deliver such a superb video presentation.
