Reflection of Revised Ted Talk

The main focus in improving my Ted Talk was minor fixes. An important factor in doing well on a project or even a test or quiz in school is reading and following the directions as well as each and every step in receiving a successful grade for whatever you are working on. Unfortunately, I did not read the directions as well as I should have which is something I really tried to focus on when revising my Ted Talk. One major important thing I did not do was creating my project so that it is between 3 and 5 minutes long. Unfortunately, my first version of my Ted Talk was only 2 minutes and 24 seconds long. This received myself 2 points out of 10 which is an 8 point loss when trying to complete a simple direction and in the overall scheme of things that was a big loss in the end. On top of this I also forgot to post the link onto blogger so that my teacher could easily find my Ted Talk on YouTube. This received me 2 points out of 10 as well which was also another 8 point loss, which killed my overall grade as well. Unfortunately, towards the end of my project I forgot to include my citations for my information found on top of the pictures used in my presentation. This received myself 0 points out of 10 which was the major killer to my overall grade. Just between these 3 things, I lost a total of 26 points and originally received a 117 out of 160. Just by improving these 3 things to their full potential I receive a 143 out of 160 which looks much better than before. However, with more time and effort put into this project I probably would have started over again and focused more on the pointers I was given for the overall outlook my teacher had on the public speaking part of my Ted Talk. I consistently moved my head which was probably a nervous twitch for me throughout my speech which could potentially distract the audience when viewing this Ted Talk so my body language and nervousness when presenting my speech is something I would work on if I put more time and effort into this project. On top of this the content of my Ted Talk is something I would have also worked on. My takeaway as well as leaving the audience with something to "think" about would be 2 specific things I would focus on when working on improving the content of this speech. Lastly, more fully organized points in different sections would be something I would also try and improve. I received an 8 for this specific skill and part of the rubric but a 10 would be something definitely worth shooting for if I put more time and effort into this Ted Talk. Overall, I think I did well for this being my first personal Ted Talk with some minor errors in content and throughout the actual public speaking part of my speech. However, most importantly, next time following specific easily presented directions to receive a full score up to it's full potential instead of losing easy points for not so smart errors. I enjoyed this project and I think it's something we should do in the future