In-Class Powerpoint Presentation

My powerpoint presentation was on the Blood-Brain Barrier.  I had a bit of a difficult time narrowing down my topic - my major is neuroscience, which is technically a branch of biology, but since it's an interdisciplinary major, it's formed by the overlap of biology, psychology, chemistry, and medicine.  I liked the topic of the Blood-Brain Barrier, personally, and I hope that the class found it at least somewhat interesting, but I understand that some people may not be as interested in science as I am.  But I guess if I had to change something, I would add more information and fun pictures and try to rely less on verbally addressing the audience (which didn't work out as well as I wanted it to because I was sick).  I was also concerned about the length of my presentation, because it seemed a lot shorter than everyone else's, but upon further consideration, I think I kept it in the 2-3 minute range, which was what was required.  So I would keep it about the same length (maybe a little longer) and add more visuals and effects.

Unfortunately, I missed the second day of presentations, but out of the presentations that I did see, I was very impressed by Langston's Tectonic Plate Boundaries presentation and Kayvon's Multi-Lingual Doctor Presentation.  For Langston's, I really enjoyed the animations; I thought those were very effective, especially for his topic.  He seemed very knowledgeable and passionate about the topic, so it was interesting to watch.  Kayvon's presentation was definitely emotionally appealing.  I am also a pre-med student, so I was automatically interested, but the images and videos he used were designed to grab the audience's emotions and make them care about what was going on in the world in regards to tropical diseases.  Even though both presentations were drastically different in subject matter, design, and presentation, I thought they were quite effective and well-executed.