LAST CLASS!!

Feb 20 Class:

So, Wednesday was our last class!!
Rab talked mainly about copyright as planned. Also, in the beginning of the class, he gave us his presentation that he will be giving for TED!! I thought it was interesting to watch his presentation because he actually has never given one to us. I was able to learn what a good presenter looks like, too. Apparently, he had to buy the photographs and video clips that he included in his slideshows. For that particular slideshow, he said it cost probably about 2500 yen. I was so surprised by this, and thought that that was quite expensive just for a photo. However, I learned that it is very important to get consent from the photographer or the creator or else you might get taken to court! Thus, we must take it seriously and be very careful when giving presentations. Rab also said that we could just create our own photographs, because then, we would not have to worry about copyright because it's our own.

To conclude my experience in this class, I really enjoyed every lectures and classes. I was able to learn so much and gain many things. I was also given the great opportunity to meet many new people and become friends. Since giving presentations and making power points were few of the most challenging things to do for me, I am glad that I took this course. Rab taught me so many things that will be useful for me in the future. I hope that I improved in my presentation skills and hope to apply this gained knowledge for my other courses and future career!!!

Good job everyone and thank you Rab!!

Feb 18 Class

In today's class, we continued learning about how to use imovie again. We learned how to import movies to the imovie. We learned how to use movie adjustments once we move the clip onto the editing side. Speed adjustments and colour were one of the options, which I thought was pretty interesting. It was very funny when Rab's clip was changed to slow motion because the audio changed as well. However, we also learned that we can cut out the sound and add sound effects instead (eg. forest, jazz, water drops, rain, jingles, and much more). In addition, we learned how to add texts to the clip and control when to cut it out. I thought that star wars title style that Rab showed the class was funny. Rab told us that he will be talking to us about copyright on Wednesday's lecture. We also learned how to get the clip out of imovie by choosing "share". Eventually, we are also able to eventually upload it on Google drive or youtube as well. At the end of today's lecture, Rab let us play around with all the unique imovie features and functions! I found it out it be interesting and fun because I have never learned how to use these kinds of technology at all.

Feb 13 class

Today, we finished watching everybody's final presentation!
Hiroki first went to present. His topic was on two famous football players and made a comparison between the number of goals that they have scored. Secondly, Tomoko presented. She talked about Demonstrations, such as the one after March 11 incident. Now, we are all finished with watching presentations. For the next few classes that we left, (next week is our last week!!) we will be taught how to use imovie and pechakucha(?). Rab sent the link for the pecha-kucha slides. Basically it contains 20 slides with each one lasting for 20 seconds only. I think that this makes a very unique presentation, but I personally would not prefer this type of format because there is no flexibility for the presenters. I would probably feel a little bit stressed or intimidated when presenting using pecha-kucha.
Anyways, Rab also taught us some new features about imovie. I am a still bit confused but hopefully it will become clear in the next few classes that we have left. He taught us how to add transitions or sounds to the imovie slides as well. All of these things are totally new to me! It is very exciting.

Feb 11 Class

Today, we continued with watching other people's presentation again.
We first watched Shiho's presentation was about New Zealand. Miki went next street performances in Yokohama (mainly about jugglers), Ayako's presentation on Life of a Star, and lastly Sakura's presentation on Education in Cambodia!
I think everybody did a very good job. I was able to learn many things from these presenters.

Feb 6 Class

For class on February 6, we continued with the presentations. Since I finished my presentation on Monday, I just watched other people present. Since each presentation takes a bit more than 10 minutes each, we got through four people today. I watched a presentation on Norway, Karate, Wildlife Conservation, and Belgium. I really enjoyed watching and listening to my classmates' present their work. I feel that I was able to learn a lot from them. Also, I liked how Rab made a comment or suggestion after each of our presentation because it allowed me to understand what could be done for my own presentations to make it look better. In addition, Rab kindly gave me a video clip of my presentation that I did on Monday. I actually just finished watching it right now. Although it feels very strange to watch my own presentation, I really appreciate it because there are not many chances and opportunities where somebody will film my speech. I will learn a lot from my own mistakes and hope to conduct a better presentation in the future!

3 days worth of post!! Jan 28, 30 and Feb 4

Hello,

I guess I am very bad with managing time and schedule because this post will cover 3 days worth of classes!! My apologies, Rab.

On January 28, Rab basically told us more about keynote presentation features. For example, he taught us how to post the slideshows beforehand for the audience to see and such. However, I probably would not prefer to post it beforehand if I had the choice because the presentation may become more boring if the listeners already know what I am going to be talking about. Next, he told us a lot about charts and tables. I thought that keynote had very nice features. I really enjoyed the varieties they offered and the extra applications that could be applied to it afterwards. Then afterwards, we were given time to work on our presentations (and our last, too!!) which we will be presenting to the whole class for the next few weeks. Also, Rab kindly offered the class that he will be video-recording our presentations so that we can learn from our mistakes. I am really thankful that he is offering us this opportunity because there are not many chances where we can actually watch ourselves present.

On January 30, the class split into two groups (7 and 6 people per group) and presented to each other our presentations of what we have done so far. I thought that this class session was helpful because I got to see where everybody else was about and I got to learn from their good parts and bad parts. I think that learning from our classmates is a very helpful technique. I am grateful that Rab always provides the students with these kinds of opportunities.

On Feb 4, the final presentation started! Only four people were able to present because each presentation takes pretty long including the Q&A session time as well. As Rab told the class beforehand, he video-taped us. I am glad that he did this and cannot wait to receive the clip because I know that I have a lot more to learn from my speech. I was actually the last person to present today. I did not want to present in the next following classes, so I requested to do my speech on this day. Although I was not totally confident or comfortable with presenting to the class, I definitely feel improvement and confidence compared to the beginning of the class. I am really happy that Rab have taught us a lot of useful tips and suggestions regarding presentations!

Class Jan 23

Blog Post #9

At the beginning of class today, we were given approximately 10 minutes to complete our title slides. Then we walked around the class and looked at other people's title slides. This was useful because we got to make a comparison with ours. I got to grasp some unique ideas. Rab also taught us how to make our slides look appropriate (eg. colour, size, theme and so forth). Basically, for today's lecture, Rab told us all the available features that are present in keynote in order to make our slideshow look good.

Apparently, we may start our presentation starting from next Wednesday or the Monday after that. I am actually quite nervous about this presentation because I will be presenting on my mine!