Change of Mind: TED Project

Some bad memories were brought up when I first heard that we were going to be doing the TED project again. My opinion of last year's project was.....poor to say the least. The lack of group cooperation, incentives for effort on the project and overall presentation organization spoiled it for me. That's saying harshly. The TED project was/is a great concept, but last year the execution really stumbled. I was also confused as to why the juniors were excluded from the project last year.

However, this year it seems so far that we are learning from our mistakes. All classes are involved. The incentives/consequences for working or not working are established. Group cooperation seems solid at least for our group. I have heard that some of the members in other groups don't know what there doing though. And, the presentation format is looking great. Last year, one of my biggest annoyances was that our group got cut off at least five minutes early because other groups had gone over their limit. The only thing that worries me this year is the time we are going to have to work on this project. I understand that other teachers are supposed to designate homework time for us to work on it. But, as of now this is not happening. All in all, I'd predict that this year's TED presentations will be 1000% better, even if they're not completely perfect.