Group Presentation: Arts and Crafts

Last week was not only our last week in Heather's class but it was the week that my group presented!  We had the topic "Arts and Crafts" and did our presentation on a different take than the other groups.  We didn't focus individually on specific disabilities but we did our presentation from a CTRS perspective.  The presentation was split into five total groups with the first activity being modge podge journals that we cut pictures from magazines for, then a haunted house food making station, a bracelet making station, a mural station and then a group activity/social station.  I thought our presentation flowed well and we hit all the major populations between our five stations.  During our debrief we addressed different populations the activities would work for, how we can adapt the activities, and then other related activities others have done.  Also, during our presentation we had a powerpoint slideshow that played the whole time with artwork from people with a variety of disabilities and different media.  I found it very inspiring, especially because there were people with severe visual impairments that made such beautiful pieces of artwork!

I was very nervous for our presentation and how people would react because we were doing a different format.  There was still a majority participation of the participants with facilitation from us, but it was mostly supposed to be their exploration of activities.  I thought it went really well, and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves!  This week I strived to be a good facilitator and to assist my group members in all our work.  Facilitating programs in class always helps for my future career; it's a place where trial and error along with mistakes can be learned from and it doesn't hurt our reputation as professionals.

I really enjoyed our class time with Heather; I enjoyed all the group presentations along with the adaptive golfing outing that we did as a class and got to know everyone really well.  I am really looking forward to switching into Stephen's class and seeing what that class has to offer! :)