Presentation day!

Today was presentation day! I was nervous about presenting, but after rehearsing with the group prior to presenting, I felt much better about it. We met in the library upstairs in one of the private rooms to rehearse. While rehearsing, we ran into a few small issues. We only had to run through it a couple times before we got it right.

We decided to do skit for the opening of the presentation. The skit was about how easily it is for people to deceive each other online. Kaiya and I played two young girls that were getting into a chat room and talking to a guy that told us he was 16. He was really a 37-year-old creep that was seeking out young girls. Kaiya and I were only 13, but we lied and said that we were 15. The purpose of this skit was to show easy it is to create any type of image that you want to have.

The rest of the presentation went as scripted. I discussed the community and suicide, Kaiya discussed the role of the parents in the girls suicide, and asked the audience what they thought about the adults. Erin was sort of like the coordinator and the summarizer of the whole skit. Shana discussed privacy issues with social media, then ended her portion with a few rhetorical questions. We also did a poll in the beginning of the presentation asking the following questions:

1. What was your first screen name?
2. Growing up, did your parents have blocks/restrictions on the internet?

At the end of the presentation, our group was very happy with the outcome. Every member worker together and pulled their weight to make the presentation a success. I could not have asked for a more active and supportive group. I think we worked well as a team because each member had so many ideas. The hardest part for us was having to eliminate really good ideas for the sake of time.

My favorite part of the presentation was the audience participation. We thought that all of our questions would go unanswered, but we had a good number of people participate, as well as some of us answering each others questions. Also, the skit was a hit! I think our acting debut was hilarious, but it got us 5 extra credit points so it was well worth the embarassment.

All in all, I am happy it was a success. Even happier that it's over!