Last Assignment

Write a summary about the topic of your presentation and post it on your blog.

I will check it on Friday (July 25)





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Presentation skills

            Whether you are a student or working for a marketing team you will need to present your ideas to your teachers and clients. Therefore, having good presentation skills are important. First, a good presentation is when the speaker speaks clearly because it is easier for the audience to understand the information. On the other hand, speaking in monotone makes a presentation less interesting, sluggish, and lifeless. Secondly, you should have good body language, energy, and smile to your audience. Good body language makes you look polite, reliable, and attractive. For example, if you shake your legs or walk back and forth during the presentation the audiences will know that you are nervous. In addition, you should not stand with your back to the audience because it is not polite. Also, having too many words on a slide is not a good idea. You should prepare handouts and do not read from the screen. Your audience will listen to your presentation and read about other information from the handout. In conclusion, speaking clearly, good body language, and preparation are important parts of a good presentation.

Don't give up!

This song is about not giving up even though you are having a hard time. We have to keep moving forward and remember there are better things waiting for you in the future. 

Swedish House Mafia : Don't you worry child

There was a time
I used to look into my father's eyes.
In a happy home
I was a king, I had a golden throne.
Those days are gone,
Now the memory's on the wall.
I hear the songs
From the places where I was born.

Upon a hill across a blue lake,
That's where I had my first heartbreak.
I still remember how it all changed.

My father said,
"Don't you worry, don't you worry, child.
See heaven's got a plan for you.
Don't you worry, don't you worry now."
Yeah!

"Don't you worry, don't you worry, child.
See heaven's got a plan for you.
Don't you worry, don't you worry now."
Yeah!

There was a time
I met a girl of a different kind.
We ruled the world,
I thought I'd never lose her out of sight.
We were so young, I think of her now and then.
I still hear the songs reminding me of a friend.

Upon a hill across a blue lake,
That's where I had my first heartbreak.
I still remember how it all changed.

My father said,
"Don't you worry, don't you worry, child.
See heaven's got a plan for you.
Don't you worry, don't you worry now."

My very first....Teacher Respect Ceremony... Wai Khru

         Yesterday at my university, we had a very important event call "Wai Khru" or Teacher Respect Ceremony. Its a very beautiful ceremony where students pay respect to their teachers and express their gratitude.
         We (my fellow student-teachers) attended two events. One in the morning where freshmen (here, freshies) from every department gather at the universities main auditorium. As we entered, we saw the very beautiful and most creative flower arrangements made by each department and each year. This will be given to the teachers and respected people on the stage.

Flower arrangement competition

          Although, I am Thai this is my first time attending Wai Khru as a teacher. When I was in high school I would be either in the Thai Traditional Music Band or the ones handling the awards. So to speak, it is a very new experience and something I don't think I will get used to easily. Perhaps if the age gap between my students and I are five years or more, I will feel more comfortable.

          In general, the Wai Khru ceremony begins with a prayer to the gods, followed by a song-like chant specifically for this event (both in sanskrit.) Then the students present flower arrangements, candles and joss sticks to their teachers. The morning ceremony was longer because they also gave out awards to students, faculties, and winner of the flower arrangement contest.

      In the afternoon, we head back to our Faculty of Management Science (FMS) for our own ceremony. The order event was not different from the morning one, its just more compact and i definitely feel closer to the students.
      Again, I don't really feel comfortable having students bow before me, so I stayed in my seats in the last row.

Faculty of Management Science freshies

Our International BBA won first price of the department's flower arrangement competition

My Personality Traits

M indful

 I  mpatient

N ice

T eam-player

At Manoa Falls, Hawaii

Syllabus

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UBU-UH Project 2013

Second Year Faculty of Management Science

Instructor: Mint

Monday-Wednesday 4:30 pm-6:30 pm

Classroom location:  MS 117

Office hours – Mon-Thurs from 2:00 pm-4:00pm (MS 107)

Contact information: priwpraemint@gmail.com

1      Description

The goal of this course is to promote creativity and critical thinking (especially compare-contrast, and understanding cause and effect) in academic and business contexts.  Through an eight week series of business-themed situations; there will be speaking and listening activities, communicative problem solving, reading and listening strategies, essay writing, free writing, and topic presentations. These activities will bring awareness to plagiarism, workplace bullying and conflicts, and other issues in business ethics. 

2      In this course you will be doing many activities that will help you with your final project.          

Free write journal entries

Create simple blog entries

Use basic business vocabulary

Write summaries

Organize paragraphs

Use research from the Internet

Cite resources

Express opinions and/or feelings orally and in writing

Present a topicclearly

Write an essay

3      Projects

Weekly Blog Entries

Instead of quizzes, students write weekly blog entries.

Final Essay

Through process writing tasks, students will submit a final essay addressing a topic of their choosing based on class content. 

            Presentation

Students will present the topic of their essay in a Power Point slide presentation.  Presentations will be followed by question and answer sessions. 

4      Evaluation

Attendance and Participation          30%

In-class activities                                 20%

Weekly blog entry                               20%

Final presentation                              15%

Final paper                                           15%

Extra credit                                             3%

Extra credit: Write a 150-300 words summary of an article of your choice.

5    Attendance

1.     Late: More than 5 minutes late (late = 1 absence)

2.     3 lates = 1 absence

3.     If you cannot come to class, please tell or email your teacher

6     Participation

1.     Comment on the blog posts each week (2 pts/week)

Notes

• Laptops are allowed in class for course work only.
• Only paper dictionaries are allowed in class.
• Cell phones are NOT allowed in any occasion.
• Facebook is not allowed in class. Because Facebook is a virtual world, if you are using Facebook between 4 pm and 6 pm then you are not present in my classroom from 4 pm and 6 pm. Therefore, if I catch you on Facebook in my classroom you will be counted as absent for the day.
• This course syllabus provides a general plan for the course; changes maybe made.
• The goal of this course to learn to write a persuasive essay with the effective use of summarizations, but most of all I want you to ENJOY learning.

How to make a blog and post

1. Make a Gmail account with appropriate names
2. Go to www.blogger.com
3. Sign in using your new Gmail account 

4. Click on "New Blog"

5. Create a blog title (any title you like)

6. Create a blog url (the link that you will give me tomorrow)

7. Start a new post on "Your personality traits."