Curricular Response

In this presentation, we were given creative freedom to share any topic we wanted that related to fear. I chose to present about the Uncanny Valley phenomenon. The greatest strength of my presentation was the visual imagery, as I included multiple videos and pictures that were not only memorable but relevant to the presentation.

If I were to do anything differently in the future when given a project with as much freedom as this one, I would take advantage of how much creative freedom I have and really go into depth when I find a topic that I’m passionate about. I found that I struggled with determining how detailed I should go, but I should’ve taken advantage of the fact that I had loose guidelines and really explained nice aspects of my topic that I didn’t touch on.

Core Competency Self-Assessment

I brainstormed multiple ideas about things that I was interested in, with the Uncanny Valley being the broadest topic I had. I thought it might’ve been too niche if I had gone with some of my other topics and that I wouldn’t be able to connect with the audience as well because the things I wanted to talk about were so unknown. I also knew that if I had gone with something too specific, it might bore those who were not as interested in the topic as I was.

I did my research on the Uncanny Valley using some of my prior knowledge and experiences, but also made sure to use trusted websites and sources of knowledge. I avoided any websites that looked sketchy, but also tried looking for more recent news articles and published sites so that I could get the most up-to-date information. I did not need to research too deeply when talking about the deepfake aspect of my presentation as I already had encountered it myself and got to share some of my own personal opinions on the matter.