Top Three Places To Visit in The World

My Ted Talk experience

     This year, my 6th grade class made Ted like talks about something we were passionate about. We started out with brainstorming ideas, then we started planning for our project. At first, we filled out a planning sheet to map out all or ideas and once that was approved we got to work on our slides show presentation. This included researching about our topic, writing a script, adding visuals, and making our presentation as aesthetic as we wanted it to be. Then, once all that was done we started to practice our presentations.

     While doing this, we had to keep in mind a lot of things like, how are we going to capture the audiences attention, what will our call to action be, can I had a story about me to connect with my topic, which pictures should I use, what background will fit best, and the single most important one, how will I make sure my talk fits the 5 minute requirement.

     At first, I had no idea what I wanted to write my blog post on. I contemplated lots of different ideas. I did not know which one too choose, I wanted to do them all. Some of my ideas included doing a talk about field hockey which is my absolute favorite thing to do in the world. It is my life—#fh4life is my personal slogan. One other one I contemplated doing it about was the mental game in sports, how the off field aspect of sports is actually really important. In the end though, I went with one that I thought would please my class the most. I ended up doing it on……..the top three places to visit in the world.

     And so the process started, I started by collecting a list of of the states, countries, and major countries I’ve visited in the world. Then, had the hard task of narrowing my options down. At first, I decided to do it on the top ten places to visit in the world, but after considering everything, mainly the time obligation, I decided to keep it to the top three. After much contemplation, I had finally narrowed it down to my final places. One step in my project done, a lot more to go.

     Next up on my long to do list for completed my Ted like talk was the least fun bit in my opinion, and definitely the one I procrastinated doing the longest was the researching. So, after a couple too many days of waiting I started this step, that was until I realized one thing. I didn’t know what to research! Now with deadlines creeping up fast, I started to get a little nervous so I went to work on finding out what I wanted to share about the places I chose. Once that was done, I could finally get to work. After a couple days of researching and being very nit pick pay about what would be in my presentation, I had completed step two in the the process.

     At this point, I wanted to finish my Ted like talk so bad. Others had already started to present and my panic bells were going off. So, I started one of my favorite steps in my Ted like talk, finding the pictures! A big part of my presentation was food so I had the absolute delight of searching up scrumptious foods, and because this was my favorite part in the project it also went the fastest. Until I realized one thing, all the pictures had to be copyright free. So, I had to restart the process, luckily it was okay because I was able to find tons of copyright free images in a very short amount of time, and I was able to add personal pictures. Great! My presentation was almost complete. Now I just had to finish the final details such as making more my script looked good, adjusting my pictures, and the most important one, practicing!

     I had set a date for when I would present and was feeling great. My presentation was exactly how I wanted it to be and all I had to do was practice. Since I had so long perfecting and memorizing my slides, this part was a breeze. Within the first practice round it was great! There was nothing I wanted to change. I was very confident and for the first time ever, I was excited to speak in front of other people. Now, all I had to do was present.

     And so the day came. I woke up ready, had a good breakfast, and headed to school. My first class went by like a breeze, and once it was done and I headed of to LA-language arts, where I would present my ted like talk. I was second to present that day so, as soon as the first one was done I headed up to speak, without a single worry which was great. Then, oh no! My ipad wasn’t working. After a couple of tries it still wasn’t working, so I got bumped to the third one to present instead of the second. Luckily, I was able to get it to work!

     Once I stood up to present everything worked as I wanted it to. I could not have been happier! It felt like two seconds had gone by and I was done. This was a great experience! I loved getting to present something I am passionate about! The best part though, were my classmates and the respect they showed during my talk. Thank you for this opportunity!!