Getting ready to promote use of clean water
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Natania, Kyle, Aaron, Jack, Max and Stephen prepared a presentation to create awareness on the problems caused by the lack of clean water and poor sanitary and healthy habits. Lack of potable water in households and poor healthy practices cause thousands of children in Guatemala to suffer from disease. These group of Collegiate students are working to make an exciting and educational lesson for elementary students in Santa Cruz, a small village about an hour away from Antigua. It will be the first of several presentations throughout their visit. Amy, Ross, Sidak, Sergey and Evan brave the judges table and present the first round of their lesson on the importance of drinking clean water. Christopher (the Simon Cowell of the judges) gave them a constructive critique with valuable suggestions for their version in front of the children. The students are eager to convey this message and help these communities.
Hasta pronto!
Las Señoras
So today we practiced our presentations that we are going to present to kids in the villages. What was first thought to be an easy task turned out to be very difficult. Both groups suffered in being able to explicate children, ie more enthusiasm, questions, and small skits; however, our content was good. Reluctantly we had Lencho to give us a confidence boosting score if 5 on our presentation, but Simon balanced out the scores with a nice 3. They gave us their criques so we can perfect it for tomorrow. Tomorrow should be very interesting!
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to meeting the women and children tomorrow when we go to present our projects. It will be exciting to meet face to face with the women and children we hope to make an impact on. I also enjoyed my time with my tutor today. We went to a local bakery and enjoyed croissants and coffee together as we chatted with the local street venders.
ReplyDeleteToday was a very fun day because we got to practice our presentations to the villages. It was really cool because I got to learn from the other group and I learned from my own group because we all combined out research to create a final presentation. We got graded on our practice presentations and it was very harsh. There were a lot more negative comments than positive comments. I guess that we just needed to improve our presentation skills and I really hope that tomorrow is gonna be a fun experience while we teach the kids at the village.
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ReplyDeleteAfter a delicious breakfast of fruit, honey, granola, and cream of wheat, we returned to the house where we worked yesterday to put the final touches on our presentations before presenting them in front of the Señoras and various people from Ecofiltro:one. The first try was very rough cut, meriting a solid 2 out of 5 from Chris and a 5 from the ever-enthusiastic Lencho. After hearing their valuable suggestions, we took them to heart and tweaked the presentation for a last-minute run in front of Sra. Sharlin, Sra. Enseñat, Gabe, and Emily after dinner. This trial went much better as each person was more enthusiastic and engaging with the audience. I am looking forward to tomorrow and our chance to present to the community children. Upon return to our family's house, Stephen and I enjoyed a lunch of rice, tortillas, and chicken in a tomato and pepper sauce washed down with mango juice. It was fantastic!
In the afternoon I attended language school once again where I recapped last night's homework and did a quick review of some grammar skills. After the break at 4.30, I enjoyed a game of UNO with Jack and his tutor until 5.00 when the salsa lesson began. It was not nearly as bad as I thought it would be, mostly because it consisted of only Collegiate students, so some of the unknowns were relieved. Gabe and Emily decided to make an appearance, however, and recall the moves they learned in last week's lesson. Finally, we returned to the house of Sra. Sharlin and enjoyed a dinner of sandwiches of bologna and cheese, lentils and rice (prepared by Chef Lencho himself!), refried beans, papaya, fried plantains, banana bread, and "champurradas." Another delicious meal to another exciting and busy day. I hope everything goes well tomorrow in the community and that the children are excited and enthusiastic to learn about the importance of clean water. See you tomorrow!
Good Luck Teams on your presentations!!!
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Today we worked on our presentations in two different groups, and were critiqued quite harshly. A lot of changes had to be made, but Im sure it will all work out once we get to the school. I cant wait to meet the kids, and dinner at Mrs. Sharlin's later.
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ReplyDeleteAfter a delicious breakfast of fruit, honey, granola, and cream of wheat, we returned to the house where we worked yesterday to put the final touches on our presentations before presenting them in front of the Señoras and various people from Ecofiltro:one. The first try was very rough cut, meriting a solid 2 out of 5 from Chris and a 5 from the ever-enthusiastic Lencho. After hearing their valuable suggestions, we took them to heart and tweaked the presentation for a last-minute run in front of Sra. Sharlin, Sra. Enseñat, Gabe, and Emily after dinner. This trial went much better as each person was more enthusiastic and engaging with the audience. I am looking forward to tomorrow and our chance to present to the community children. Upon return to our family's house, Stephen and I enjoyed a lunch of rice, tortillas, and chicken in a tomato and pepper sauce washed down with mango juice. It was fantastic!
In the afternoon I attended language school once again where I recapped last night's homework and did a quick review of some grammar skills. After the break at 4.30, I enjoyed a game of UNO with Jack and his tutor until 5.00 when the salsa lesson began. It was not nearly as bad as I thought it would be, mostly because it consisted of only Collegiate students, so some of the unknowns were relieved. Gabe and Emily decided to make an appearance, however, and recall the moves they learned in last week's lesson. Finally, we returned to the house of Sra. Sharlin and enjoyed a dinner of sandwiches of bologna and cheese, lentils and rice (prepared by Chef Lencho himself!), refried beans, papaya, fried plantains, banana bread, and "champurradas." Another delicious meal to another exciting and busy day. I hope everything goes well tomorrow in the community and that the children are excited and enthusiastic to learn about the importance of clean water. See you tomorrow!
Well first off, I knew presenting my part of the presentation was going to be hard but I didn't realize that it was going to be really difficult. I was already nervous because my spanish speaking skills are not that good but to speak in spanish, interact with the crowd, and incorporate my poster all at the same time seemed a little overwhelming. I think that with more practice and a little tweeking, I will be able do really well on my presentation.
ReplyDeleteToday we practiced our project that we had to present to the little kids. I was kind of nervous because we had to present in front of four or five judges that we named after the American Idle judges. I'm glad we did a great job after perfecting the presentation more.
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