http://https://youtu.be/4V-bgKhL2BI
Reflection:
When we first discussed this assignment, I didn’t think I would enjoy it. It brought me back to high school, where I felt like I was doing these constantly to the point where it was unoriginal and got boring. In this class, it was the complete opposite. Because of the fact that it was tied to a smaller aspect of our paradigm shift, it made it much easier to actually complete this assignment, as well as made me more knowledgeable and comfortable explaining parts of the meat industry for my research paper.
One of the major struggles I had in completing this TedTalk was picking a topic. I’m extremely indecisive and could not find a smaller topic within the meat industry that was interesting enough for me to talk about for a couple of minutes, or that motivated me enough to research the topic. However, I enjoyed how it was in much smaller groups because I felt less intimidated and less pressured to pick a topic that everyone would be excited to listen to me explain in depth. In eliminating that anxiety, it made the overall experience much more enjoyable and the project was much easier to complete. Being with a third of the class, we were able to become more comfortable with each other and make jokes to get each other to relax before presenting.
Not that this is an aspect to this project that can be changed, but having to go buy an adapter and a USB drive in order to be able to complete this assignment was a little annoying, though, it was definitely not the end of the world. If I were to do this assignment again, I did prefer being told what topics to avoid, whether because they were overdone, not done well, or impossible to research information on. Also, being able to have little meetings, whether with my classmates or with my professor, made the process more bearable and eased my anxiousness about my topic and structure of my TedTalk.