Presentation Evening... A Success!!

My presentation evening took place on Wednesday 22nd February, at 7:30 in The Grange School Library.


Surprisingly  I wasn't too nervous about presenting my findings to the audience, I was more excited. I think this was down to the preparation I put into my presentation and the extensive research I had done, which also allowed me to tackle any questions the audience would ask at the end.


I did endure a problem on the night, and that was that the two video clips I had planned on showing did not work. However, before the evening commenced it was decided to leave them out and I quickly rewrote that part of the speech. I believe I managed this in a professional manner and thankfully I was told by members of the audience later that they would never have guessed had they not been told. Result!!


The questions posed to me at the end of my presentation were wide ranging, with some being more difficult that others. However, I applied the knowledge I had gathered from my research and answered the questions as best as I could. 


Overall, I really really enjoyed the presentation evening and oddly enough, I want to do it all over again!

Presentation and Speech!

For the past couple of weeks I have been working on my presentation and speech ahead of the Presentation Evening on 22nd February. 


I have enjoyed creating a presentation as it has allowed me to gain new IT skills. I felt that videos of George Bush and ex-detainees speaking would really add to my argument and engage the audience i present to and thus i have learnt how to imbed video's. i have also polished uo my presentating skills in order to be able to interact with my audience to the best of my ability and hold their attention throughout.  


However, i was presented with a problem over my speech and presentation. Originally my speech was 7 pages long, with a 32-slide presentation, lasting for a total of 16 minutes. After my practise presentation I came to be aware that this was far too long, so... I had to cut it!!


Having worked on it for hours and hours over the February half-term i am almost there! I feel that although cutting the presentation and speech was hard, it has enabled me to condense my argument making it more focused and informative, it made me 'get to the point'! 


Therefore, I am proud to announce that so far I have 4 page speech with 22 slides lasting for 11 minutes!! ACHIEVEMENT!


Although I feel nervous for Wednesday, I am also quite excited to be able to present my research and handwork to an audience of people and to see their reaction! 

Mid-Project...Almost there!!

Alot has happened with my EPQ since the last blog i posted: I decided on my title and I have gathered all my research and written the first draft of my essay. Having had it read by one of my supervisors I have been advised to re-structure my essay in order to make my argument clearer to the reader and less polarised. Therefore I have started to re-organise my essay into the following sub-headings:

-       Utilitarianism viewpoint 

-       The wider context to the setting up of Guantanamo (& utilitarianism justification of George Bush)

-       Guantanamo’s History

-       Controversy surrounding Guantanamo

-       Is torture justified? Human rights issues

-       Is torture justified? Reliability of information obtained 

-       Is torture justified? Timescale on information obtained 

-       Is torture justified? Perceived threat

-       Is torture justified? International relations

-   Conclusion

Now, for the final stages I plan on working as hard as i can to complete my EPQ and produce a solid, coherent and interesting project!