My Project:

Public Speaking

Something I learned with public speaking, is that it only gets easier the more you do it. Even though we have only done one stand up speaking assignment/speech, I feel that it was a way better experience then my other public speaking assignments/speeches. Maybe this is because I did a few when I was in Middle/Elementary, or maybe it was because I was up with some friends. But I think the biggest thing that makes a good speaker is confidence, if your confident in what your saying and actually project your voice, I think that people are more likely to listen because of your confidence. When someone is doing a speech its always good etiquette to be quiet and listen to the speaker because if it were you up there speaking you would want the crowd/class to be quiet and listen to what you have to say right? So why not show the same when someone else is up there speaking.

Collaborating Core Competency Reflection

Ways I include my group members is if someone hasn’t talked for a while or just hasn’t at all, I would say “well lets hear from _______” and if they don’t have anything in mind, then I would come back to them at a later time.

Something I like to do before dividing tasks upon group members… Is asking if they have a certain job that they would like to do, and if two people have the same interest, then they can just rock paper scissors to decide who gets the role.

If I notice that my group needs help, we can try spending two-three minutes trying to figure out the problem and if we can’t, then I would call over a peer tutor or teacher. This strategy allows our group to think for ourselves and in doing so, possibly figuring the issue.

Ways I like to show gratitude towards others ideas are… saying thank you that was a great idea, and or making sure I let everyone else have an opportunity to share their ideas

My goal

One of my ongoing goals if self respect and respecting others, something I notice about myself is that I’m not the nicest person that I can be. And I think that I do really need to work on this attribute about my self, while working in the group I felt I may have shut down ideas which was rude of my to do. And working on this will allow me to open more doors to people who may not want to associate with a rude or mean person. Something I can do to improve this is to listen more and try to be nicer to more people I meet.