I presented my research topic on Thursday, the 19th of November, and although a few people had already done my topic as well, I felt that I managed to add a few interesting facts as well. I started my presentation with a long and thorough introduction, so that I would have the rest of my time to present the various images of toys, costumes and decorations available for each gender. In doing so I managed to save a good bit of time to really cover my pictures and see what the class thought. It was nice to see that my presentation went a lot smoother than my LRRH comparison, that had me stuck in my notes and feeling very unprepared. Although I sacrificed eye contact this time, which is something I need to work on, I managed to organize my thoughts more efficiently and with the help of my 7 note cards was able to present a much more organized topic that left me feeling confident in my analysis. Although I wasn’t sure if the layout of my presentation would really work as I intended, with such a large chunk of information in the beginning.
After completing my first draft however, it looked as though it would suit the given time slot of 10-15 minutes well when I reviewed it, and so I took a bit of a risk and went with the format. I really wanted to mention my thoughts on the idea that so many of the toys, costumes, decoration and other merchandise is available simply due to advances in globalized production and the increased efficiency in large scale manufacturing, such as injection-molding and things like hydro forming for the plastic and metal industry respectively. This in my mind is largely the reason we see such intricate and complex toys and costumes as we saw in the presentations being sold for tolerable prices. This in no way means to say that this merchandise is cheap, I find it quite over-priced still actually… but I’m sure that these same toys and costumes would have been much more expensive to produce not too long ago. Although I skipped this thought in the concluding thoughts, I felt it would still make a fair addition to my journal.
With that i have our next presentation day to relax and watch the remainder of the class present on what I hope will be a day as interesting as the first few days have been. Over all I have to say that these presentations seemed generally better than the last ones we had, its nice to see all of us grow throughout the class, and hopefully it will leave us well prepared for our next assignment.
After completing my first draft however, it looked as though it would suit the given time slot of 10-15 minutes well when I reviewed it, and so I took a bit of a risk and went with the format. I really wanted to mention my thoughts on the idea that so many of the toys, costumes, decoration and other merchandise is available simply due to advances in globalized production and the increased efficiency in large scale manufacturing, such as injection-molding and things like hydro forming for the plastic and metal industry respectively. This in my mind is largely the reason we see such intricate and complex toys and costumes as we saw in the presentations being sold for tolerable prices. This in no way means to say that this merchandise is cheap, I find it quite over-priced still actually… but I’m sure that these same toys and costumes would have been much more expensive to produce not too long ago. Although I skipped this thought in the concluding thoughts, I felt it would still make a fair addition to my journal.
With that i have our next presentation day to relax and watch the remainder of the class present on what I hope will be a day as interesting as the first few days have been. Over all I have to say that these presentations seemed generally better than the last ones we had, its nice to see all of us grow throughout the class, and hopefully it will leave us well prepared for our next assignment.
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