Semi-formal Presentations

Sunday 26th June

Venue: W113

1450-1515

Mohd Ahmed H00213864 & Ali Hadi H00213873

Topic: Computers

Content: good, well-planned.

Quite fluent delivery by both.

Good introduction by Ali.

Good organisation.

History: 1st electronic computer, 1939; ENIAC, 1943; Colossus Mark 1, 1944; UNIVAC, 1951.

Then Ali dealt with important developmental stages, e.g. 1st computer game, 1962, 1st consumer computers, 1974, 1st home computers, 1983, Microsoft Windows, 1985.

Ali also pointed out how computers have led to social improvements e.g. in education (independent learning & research); teacher-student communication via e-mail. He dealt with specific programmes e.g. AutoCad, Pro Engineering, Power Point et al.

Mohd dealt with the uses of the computer e.g. computers in medicine, in engineering, etc. He returned to talk about the future of computers with short video on rolltop laptop (Germany).

Slides: clear, accurate, informative.

Language level: 5.75/6.0.


1515-1535

Saeed Ateeq H00214309 & Mohd Saeed H00216614

Topic: Social Networking

Content: relevant & informative.

Saeed was rather quiet at outset but delivery clear & well-expressed. Mohd spoke clearly & confidently.

Slides: the slide on the history (i.e. the timeline) was not too clear, but the other slides were good, clear & informative.

Saeed introduced by asking a few pertinent questions. Gave definition, brief history, advantages & disadvantages. Nodes & ties were explained. Saeed tried hard to get the class to interact with him as he presented. Saeed concluded by examining the advantages (e.g. strengthening social relationships, exchanging ideas & information) & disadvantages ( e.g. social isolation from direct inter-personal contacts, fake IDs, tracking etc).

Mohd took over to describe history of social networking 1997-2006. Emphasis on Facebook, est. 2004 & now with + 600M users worldwide. Dealt with specific uses of Facebook, Twitter, You Tube etc.

Language: 5.75/6.0

1545-1555

Mubarak Ali H00205800 & Hakim Ahmed H00055410

Topic: 3D Printer

Content: satisfactory but not too detailed.

Slides: too many of the early slides were text only. Later slides were more graphic and attention-grabbing.

Hakim introduced the topic: definition & history. Started by Chuck Hull in 1984 (Stereolithography).

Mubarak took over to deal with software & hardware development.

Both presenters tended to read text from slides. both spoke only briefly.

Fielding questions: adequate.

Language: 5.5/5.75.


1600-1630

Mohd Adnan H00099357 & Ahmed Abdulla H00049464

Topic: Industrial Revolution

Content: quite well-planned.

Attitude & body language: benerally positive by both with good eye contact.

Slides: good, accurate, clear throughout.

They divided presntation into 3 phases: pre-industrial revolution; industrial revolution; post-industrial revolution.

Both struggled occasionally to find the right word & express themselves clearly. Both tried very hard & succeeded in communicating meaning to audience. Good interaction between the 2 as they presented.

Question & answer session: long, lively, well-handled by both.

Language: 5.5/5.75.


1630-1645

Abdulla Al Hajeri H00049496 & Ahmed Hamdan H00083979

Topic: The Internet

Content: planned, relevant, fulfilled task.

Abdulla: loud, clear, confident delivery. Ahmed: good, clear delivery & good eye contact.

Good, colourful slides, but some language errors, e.g. massaging for messaging & some infelicities of expression, e.g. why internet improvements.

Abdulla introduced the topic. 1964 DAPRA. 1974: Vint Cerf & Robert Kahn. 1980s: Tim Berners-Lee & World Wide Web.

Ahmed took over & talked about uses of the internet: education, business, government etc.

Both presenters were quite brief & the content was a trifle simplistic in certain respects.

Language: 5.5/5.75


1650-1700

Hadif Saleh H00158882

Topic: Blackberry

Content: well-planned but I would have liked more detailed information as we went through the slides.

Very clear, confident delivery: excellent.

Slides: clear, accurate, well-prepared.

Solo performance. Good, clear introduction. Well-planned & relevant. The only presentation to include the word supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

History of Blackberry, various programmes and operating systems were covered. The addictiveness of the Blackberry was also mentioned. Latest developments were listed.

Very clear but rather short-ish presentation.

Language: 5.75/6.0