Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Comments for Natalee and Jessica: Jesse Owens

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First, write about something well done.  What did you learn from this group?  What part of the Presentation seemed the best?  Be specific.

Second, offer constructive criticism that would help this group. What might have been more clear?  What part of the Presentation seemed the least polished?  Be specific.

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19 comments:

  1. 1.)I didnt know that he was from Alabama. I enjoyed the "Osu and Usa legend" slide and how it described the accomplishments and challenges he faced.
    2.)Try less words on the slides

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  2. Had the perfect amount of information, not to much to bore the listeners and not to little to not get the point across.
    The video I believe would have fit in better earlier in the presentation.

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  3. The introduction had a clear thesis and stated why he was significant.

    They could have included a little more detail on how he changed athletics - for example, including some of the other non-white athletes that progressed in their sports thanks to him.

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  4. I learned that even the best African American athlete Jesse Owens, was not treated the way he should have been treated during his time running track. He was often segregated and I thought the best part was the fact that Jesse Owens was treated better in Germany during the Olympics than while he was running for OSU.

    I thought that the color scheme was least polished about the presentation, it was too distracting and took too much away from the presentation. Information wise, I think you should have gone more into detail about how close Lutz was with Jesse.

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  5. 1) I loved the bold thesis and i thought it set the tone for the beggining and middle of the presentation
    2) The start was bold, but the conclusion didn't leave going "wow", i thought it could have been more bold and brash, it was good but could have been better

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  6. I like how you both were comfortable with your topic and able to speak in front of the class clearly without being nervous and were very enthusiastic.

    I just thought that the colors on your slides and your text didn't blend together well so it was hard to read them.

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  7. 1) you both seemed comfortable and interested in the topic at hand and the presentation benefited from this

    2) Some of the slides lacked organization or didn't match the theme of presentation as a whole

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  8. I really liked how you added a big picture question to your presentation, it made me think about how I can improve my presentation. The stories you told about Jesse Owens were very interesting and I learned a lot about the time period and what was going on during the Olympics. I liked how you compared his accomplishments for OSU and the USA.
    What I think you could improve on is reading less off the slides and your note cards and using more information that you previously learned.

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  9. I love how you guys showed the video at the end i think it really showed how much better of an athlete jesse owens was compared to the other runners.
    i think you could have chose a better background color so we could read the slides better

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  10. Well done, I learned alot through your presontation and you represented his legacy well. I liked how you explained how the strugles of segrigation and race followed him through his life. As for critisizems I felt like the slides were a little messy, and that it could have been laid out more clearly.

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  11. I think you both did an excellent layout for your presentation. You did a great job of explaining who he was and why Jesse is iconic. Everything from that presentation was all new information to me except I knew he was an athlete. It was nice to hear more about his background story. Along with doing a great job of explaining, you both sounded well rehearsed. I think you could've shortened some of the facts on the slides because you explained them well.

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  12. Great points: I really enjoyed how much I learned about Jesse Owens, I mean even down to the fact that his first name isn't even Jesse. Really great overview of his life.
    Constructive: I was just thrown off by learning about his dead before anything else, I would've just saved that for the end.

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  13. I really liked the nickname because I have never heard him called that and it really pulled me into the presentation. It made me really want to hear all about Jesse Owens.
    I think less notecards could of been used and maybe a little less words on the slides.

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  14. I like how you talked about the Berlin Games and how iconic it actually is, it was an incredible performance that beat one of the biggest enemy the US has seen.
    I think you could have talked more about his legend and how Ohio State honors him and what he has done. Including the art right out from of Ohio Stadium.

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  15. 1. I thought i knew a lot about Jesse Owens but i realize now that there is so much more to him. The background description of Jesse was great as well as talking about his part in the Olympics.

    2. I think there was too much about his accomplishments instead of talking about his effect on the world and on America after what happened at the Olympics hosted by Hitler.

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  16. You guys had a great slide show and you also did very well at nut shelling events that lead up to the point that you were trying to make. I liked when you guys listed the different records he broke because it helped me realize how talented he truly was. Something that I thought that could've been better is your volume and clarity of speaking throughout the presentation.

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  17. Being from Ohio and being a buckeyes sports fan I thought I knew a lot about Jesse Owens but I didn't even know his real name! That being said, your presentation was very informative with all the background information. I believe you also did a good job showing us the big picture. If I had one constructive criticism, it would be the affect he had on African American athletes. There was plenty of information on him, his accomplishments and the big picture of him proving Hitler wrong. But I think you could have done a better job of focusing more attention on How he helped African American athletes during his time.

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  18. 1) The video was a good addition to the presentation. It was informative and added substance to the presentation without being redundant. One thing I learned from your presentation is that the story of Hitler refusing to shake Owens’ hand after the Berlin games is somewhat of a misleading legend. I had heard this story of Hitler ‘disrespecting’ Owens several times, but I had never heard that it was out of Hitler's refusal to shake hands with anyone or that Hitler had actually saluted Owens instead
    2) The error that occurred when showing the video, taking the presentation to the source code of the video instead of the actual video itself, could have been avoided with more practice.

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  19. Something that I thought that you did a very good job on was that you gave us background information about Jesse Owens, instead of assuming that we knew everything about him. I really liked the OSU and USA slide. It was a good use of colors.
    Something that bothered me about your presentation was that you killed him at the very beginning of the presentation. At some points of your presentation the colors that you used made it hard to. read

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