SE 0615

google trends; interesting but I don't think I use it
google chrome; I usually don't use it. I think we don't need it in PC in ILC and the library.


This class was very very useful!!
now I have to complete my essay...

and I have to sum up what I have learned in this class.

Thank you Rab

SE 0613

What the class focused on today was
-TED.com (I've already known)
-iTunes University
I never heard iTunes University before.
I think it's amazing!!!!!
I don't have even a ipod...


last question
-is there need for group work?

I think this class should focus on theme writing class.
So individual working is more pragmatic.

SE 0608

Today, I mainly found scholarly books and journals of my essay.
Also, I got useful stuff for writing an essay.
I think I can use them when I go to Sweden.
I no longer have to bring heavy LBH!!! Lucky!


Thank you Rab.

SE 0606

google bolgs
gmail blogs
googlelabs
freetechnology for teacher
lifehacker

diigo
I think it is very useful!
I must use it!!

SE 0601

imovie
the video some of those in the class made was very interesting!( thank you rab)
editing a movie is difficult
but I think it is very useful, amazing technique

I want to make a original video later

SE 05/30

I imported data from my digital camera to Mac for the first time.
learn iphote
edit
how to upload the pictures to picasa web album

skitch for Mac
watch the tutorial video
looks interesting but I don't have Mac

Now I want to buy a new PC...
Mac or Windows???? Hmmm......

Next class bring a video file
slideshow etc...

SE 0525

prezi for presentation

prezi is Interner-based-on software

the design is cute
we can see a presentation as like a whole map (macro)
and see also in detail (micro)

I want to try to use it in sometime.
but I think it is difficult for me to create a presentation in prezi
because it has too much functions ><

thanks for two teachers!

5/16 SE

Quicktime Player
movie recording
practice making a presentation
gesture, eyecontact

from the very first (when I stand up) to the end
keep confidence and smile

greeting
thank
name
research background
research topic

just a small practice, but I was nervous><

5/11 SE

share presentation slides through dropbox
   how to make a presentation effectively
   HOMEWORK; watch the video

nextweek we learn more about Keynote
   by Keynote and Picasa, we can save slides as digital photographs and share them

good presentation
   PSE; Picture Superiority Effect

practice presentation by QuickTimePlayer
   we can record, listen, share and improve own presentation

I have to get images of my report and make presentation slides...!!

SE 5/9

google documents
    form-  making a questionnaire
    presentation
         title slide- not useful
         insert You Tube videos, tables, shapes and drawings
         presentation settings- choose background color or images


homework for Wednesday
make a presentation about my essay

SE 5/2

communication via multimedia
    search engines and databases - online college blog
    google guide/ google help service
    search engine tutorial - pandia.com

flickr
    similar to picasa
    flickr.com/commons
    allowed to be used  
    copyright free

firefox portable
x marks
    download software
    permanently sync all automatically
    completely different types of firefox portable windows/ mac
    usb stick mac one  next week

google search
    timeline
    wonderwheel

google map
    wide screen
    satellite
    streetview

google toolbar
    customize tool bar
    translation

04/27 W SE

what I have learned today
-freedocumentary
-media studies professor
they can be used both as a sample movie and notes
-google videos
choose particular videos by choosing length and quality...
-you tube channel
we can subscribe own favorite user's channel
there are academic documentaries in You Tube like nuclear GINZA
-and other sources of movies


some sites are new to me 
some seem useful freedocumentary and  msp
others seem unfamiliar to me ( last two sites)
I have to check "Nuclear Ginza" later.

04/20・25 SE what i have learned

-google books
    create My Library
-google images
    choose size
-google leader
    learned how to add web pages
-instapaper
-evernote
-online database
    Lexis Nexis
    JSTORE
-zotero
    sync
    tag ( I've just learned the difference between a folder and a tag. Now I clearly understood!!)
    add new file
    My Library

Actually, Rab helped most of the works for me today.
Thanks!
I know I should review the works later for myself...

Sophomore English

what I have learned so far
-gmail tips (show tasks and calender in gmail page)
-google bazz and chat
-calender
-dropbox
-tinyurl
-cooliris
-new google group


useful add-ons for firefox
-Firefox Sync
     I can access my history, passwords, bookmarks and even open tabs across all my devices.
-Radikox
     I can listen radio easily, just choosing a channel from bottom of pages.

final reflection

Hi, everyone.
I'm sorry for being absent from the last class and I could not say thank you for everyone.

Here are my final reflections.


1. I realized my volume of voice in English is lower than I had expected.
What I thought the most useful technique is how to make slides effectively.
I also learned how others have a presentation effectively as audience.

2. First, I want to improve my volume of voice, a little more louder.
Then, I will pay attention to emphasis, pause and speed of my speech.
Next, I want to use gestures.

3. Before taking this class, I hated presentations.
But now, I have more confident than before and I want to practice presentation in English more.
Presentation is no longer fear for me, probably.

By the way, I can make a presentation in Japanese with much more confident and enjoy it than before. I think this is because I got some confidence with speaking in public.

Thank you everyone!

Pres.3 Group Presentation: Women's Aid

Goal
Be Persuasive.
Convince audience to understand the need to support Women's Aid in UK.
Raise awareness against domestic violence by giving interesting and shocking fact.
Make effective slides. (font and image)



Reflection
We researched and made slides each part individually.
But at the same time, we used google services effectively so that we advised each other.
Through the rehearsal in the class, we improved our presentation much better, especially time management and slides.
Personally, I practiced my part many times, so I felt I could speak more fluently and with confident than the previous presentation.
I could make my slide effectively.
On the other hand, I couldn't use gestures at all.
After all, I have improved volume of voice, so as a next step, I want to use my voice effectively (speed, pause and emphasis) and also use gestures.

Pres.2 Pecha Kucha

This is my Pecha Kucha; https://w3.icu.ac.jp/people/payne/kanas.html

Reflection
I think Pecha Kucha is friendly to audience because audience can know what a speaker really want them to know and also audience can concentrate on the presentation since they know a presentation lasts only 6 or 7 minutes.
After I had PK presentation, I realized that it's difficult to summarize what I tell audience in only 20 slides and 20 seconds.
When I was having a presentation, I felt that what I was talking was reaching to nobody.
I thought it was because what I was talking was hard to understand since it was about a religion and what is really unfamiliar to audience and because how I was talking and my English may be really bad.
However, after the reflection in class, I realized PK is somewhat a one-way argument and that is also one of the reasons why I felt above.
Therefore, I like PK as audience but I do not like PK as a presenter.

In the second presentation, I especially paid attention to the volume of my voice because I really surprised that it was hard to hear my voice in the first presentation.
Since I paid attention to it, the volume was improved at this time.
I was settled down better than the first time. 
On the other hand, I stumbled many times even when I spoke correct words in the right way.
I stopped saying a word or a sentence and restated again many times.
This was because I did not have confidence in my English and did not rehearsal the presentation enough. Also, I tended to read my note rather than see audience.
So, in the next time, I have to pay attention to voice, posture and preparation.

Pres. No.1 Self-Analysis

Self-Analysis

1. Voice (Volume, rate, pausing, emphasis etc)

Reflection: 

     The volume was much lower than I had expected while I did not murmur. It is because I do not have confidence of speaking English since I tend to speak loudly when I speak Japanese. Due to the voice in low, the emphasis of the voice did not work at all.

Goals: 

     Speak in appropriate voice ( more loudly) whether I can talk fluently or not. Then, pay attention to rate, pausing and emphasis.

2. Body Language (Eye contact, gestures, posture etc)

Reflection: 

     eye-contact- I tried to face to whole audience. I know I tend to look right upward when I am nervous, so I tried to avoid that, but I  couldn’t.

     gesture- I cared about the gestures but I could not use it effectively. I moved only my right hand sometimes.

     posture- straight, not slouching and I stayed.

Goals: 

     Get used to speaking public through AEP class and try to be myself, facing to everyone. Watch and imitate presenters’ gestures by TED and the instructers.

3. Visuals (Images or text on slides, timing etc)

Reflection: 

     I tried to avoid typical ICU students’ slides (many fonts and charts).

Goals: 

     Keep making slides simple and memorable.

4. Preparation Process (Topic selection, notes, visuals creation, rehearsals

etc)

Reflection: 

     topic selection- I think topic was interesting to everyone. And it was easy to have a presentation for me because topic was successfully narrowed.

     notes- I prepared speaking note, but everyone did not seem to see any notes. Though I had many rehearsals, I needed to see speaking notes because I was very nervous and I forgot what to say.

Goals: 

     Use speaking notes effectively. Note should be contained appropriate amount of information. Not just having rehearsals many times, but imaging real presentation.

5. Any other reflections or goals?

     Have an expressive face. When I am nervous, I tend to just smile. Like intonation in voice, I would like to change my facial expression such as serious and smile.

Presentation No.1 "My Passion"