Celebration of student Writing

My experience at the EMU Celebration of student Writing (CSW) was very positive.  I observed presentations from a wide range of topics, in a myriad of formats.  Something that was very valuable was the fact that there were SOO many presentations going on simultaneously.   This lowered the stress (for me at least) of the presenters.  The fact that there weren't twenty people at a time watching you present, really helped you relax and be able to present your project in a calm and collected manner.  It also made the other presenters seem more excited about you walking up to their booth and checking out what they had done.  When you only have a few people looking at each presentation, it makes each observer feel more special.  Although, having so many people all presenting at once did cause a problem for presenting a video.  In a large room with so many people taking at once, it was very difficult to hear what I was saying in my video.  That aside, the CSW seemed very exciting and was a lot more fun than I anticipated.  It was surprising seeing the vast differences in all of the topics presented.  I went in with the preconceived notion that everyone's presentation would be about English, or the writing process.  I was happily surprised to find that to not be the case ☺