Final blog entry

This is my final blog entry for my Extended Project Qualification. I have really enjoyed this process, especially the independent studying and organisation parts of project. This blog has been very helpful to me in terms of my organisation and it has been very useful for me to keep myself up to date with everything and to look back at entries. For example, my source table entry was extremely useful to look at when it came to writing my essay.

Candidate name: Naomi Kendall

Candidate number: 1759

Centre number: 64986

Update - 18/03/2015

Today I went to see Linda to get her feedback on the changes I made to the male section and to check that the changes I made to the female section were correct. She said everything was fine and we went through what I need to do over the next 2 days as we come up to the deadline. What I need to do is:

• Finish the production log - end of project review, product summary, presentation record part A and my reflection
• Print off presentation slides
• Make final blog entries
• Print off blog
• Print everything and put in folder

In terms of finishing the production log, we had verbally discussed all the sections which need completing but never actually filled it in. So that is why there is quite a lot of items on there.

Update

I have now completed my parts of the production log and I will take the unfinished sections to the relevant supervisors tomorrow so that they can be completed. I have printed off all of my presentation slides. I am in the process of making my final blog entries so that my blog can be printed off and put in my extended project final folder.

Pay gap between men and women graph

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/09/17/male-female-pay-gap-hasnt-moved-much-in-years/

Update - 14/03/2015

On Wednesday, I went to see Linda to give her my new draft with the changes that I've made to the male characters' section. She also gave me my first draft of the female characters back with her comments on it and we discussed what my next step should be with this. As the deadline is on Friday the 20th of March, we discussed what needs to be done between now and then. Between now and out next meeting (on Wednesday), I will make changes to the second half of my essay. During the meeting next Wednesday, we will make final changes to essay and to the end of project review. Between the Wednesday and the deadline on Friday, I will make any last changes if needed and hand the project in on Friday, if not earlier.

Update - 7/03/2015

On Thursday, I did my presentation. I feel it went quite well as I had spent a lot of time preparing for it. I think it also went so well because my note cards were well planned out - with just enough information to remind me of my point for each slide, but not too much so that I wasn't just reading off of the card.

My Prezi and script are below:

Prezi


https://prezi.com/kaend51q4rcb/how-far-did-the-gender-stereotypes-created-in-friends-cha/#

Initial rough script



https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3poDpWGHM-_QjlSaVV1QzJpZ2s/view?usp=sharing

I then also made flashcards for the actual presentation so that it was more professional. An example image of one my cards is below:

Update - 4/03/2015

Since my last post, I have been practicing my presentation alone and with an audience. I have found it useful to practice in front of people so that I can get feedback from them on how to improve.

Today I had a meeting with Linda to do a run-through of my presentation and see if there is anything she thought I should change/add. Throughout the run-through I was creating a list of what I needed to change and this is shown below:

The main things I am going to change are:

• Change the sentence in "initial ideas" to "...the sub-culture which resulted from Friends."
• In "initial ideas" add some about my other ideas I had in the initial stages of my EPQ
• Add more to what I would do differently next time - "start essay earlier"
• More about what I've learnt from the project in terms of the actual topic
• About if I've enjoyed it - "solidified my reasoning for going to uni"
• Were my conclusions/outcomes disappointing? - i.e. Rachel going back to a man

My presentation is scheduled for lunchtime tomorrow (5th March) and I am currently inviting people to be in the audience.

Update - 28/02/2015

On Wednesday, I went to see Linda to get feedback on my first draft of my essay. We discussed it and came to the conclusion (so far only on the male section) that I need to refer back more to how each representation is stereotypical in American society. I am now making these changes.

I also found out that the deadline for the presentation is March 9th so I have now created the prezi for the presentation and the script. I am currently creating the flashcards and I will practice it over the next few days and we have planned a run through for next Wednesday, so that I can do the real thing later in the week.