Talk:Motivation and emotion/Book/2016/Overcoming social stigmas

Time for improvement
Hi.

I was not satisfied with my chapter as submitted, although it was graded as distinction. This is a topic I care passionately about and I want to leave behind something great, not something "decent".

I will be making improvements over the next few days (or however long it takes) in order to bring it to a standard I am happy with. I'm going to start by replacing the SAGE Handbook references with the individual chapters - I didn't do this originally because my attention was more focused on at least getting the chapter written. Plus I returned the book to the library at the earliest opportunity because it's a really great resource I think others should have had the opportunity to use for their chapters - and the UC library only has the one copy. That one book made a huge difference to the quality of my chapter by giving me clear information about the concerns views among academics on these topics - something that can be difficult to find in Journal papers - and where you do find them they're usually referencing some other resource!

I have already re-recorded the multimedia and improved it, information is below, including the grade I was given and the link to the old which I'll leave up permanently as a resource for students to view.

My best regards to whomever is reading!

-- Daniel J Baxter (discuss • contribs) 03:09, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Article suggestions
Hey there, interesting topic! You've started off really well and I cant wait to see what else you write about. Here is an article on the self-protective properties of stigma that you might find interesting: Crocker, J., & Major, B. (1989). Social stigma and self-esteem: The self-protective properties of stigma. Psychological review, 96(4), 608.--U3119842 (discuss • contribs) 04:06, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi Daniel,

Wow, your chapter is going great! Your writing is very good and a pleasure to read. Your structure flow's really well together and has good logical progression. Your topic drew me in and is very interesting. After my chapter is marked, I am going to put a link to yours in. The only thing I would add is the factor of no color or images yet. I found it very slow to search for images and upload them to commons, way easier to get them straight from wiki commons. Also, hoping to give you benefit of hindsight, in my last minute stress I didn't add any interactive component to my chapter, and now I am kicking myself!! Best of luck, I hope you aren't up all night! --Lorinda (discuss • contribs) 24 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi Daniel

Just had a read over your chapter and its great. My suggestion would be to see if you can weave in a basic definition of stigma into your overview, as I was reading it I found myself wondering if I actually knew what it was. I didnt see much about stigma on those with a physical disability. It might not be of use at this late stage but Id imagine there some research on this. Finally, as per Lorinda's suggestion, may some colour or images can be added just to break up the text. Other than that its a very interesting read. Good luck with get it finalised and submitted. Thanks --U985072 (discuss • contribs) 22:58, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Official multimedia information
 Hi, if you're reading this and you're a student please take note that the feedback below was given based on my original presentation (and please feel free to view it!) The mark for that version was 89/100, with most of the lost marks due to neglecting the overview. The current video is an improvement which takes into account the feedback received.

I made three main improvements: I made a few other minor improvements to the slides which you will notice if comparing to the original.
 * 1) I added an overview slide.
 * 2) The video is not edited - the original recording was edited in 4 or 5 places to reduce the time from 3:24 to 3:04. One of those edits is quite obvious, but the others were pretty seamless. For re-recording I shortened those sections in the notes making editing unnecessary.
 * 3) I removed the references slide and replaced it with a fresh end-screen slide instead.

If you are a student here's the best advice I can give regarding recorded presentations after doing several of them:
 * 1) Record them fresh in the morning, rather than in the afternoon or in the evening.
 * 2) After you write your notes try conflating some of the sentences so they flow together when spoken.
 * 3) Make sure you're familiar with your recording software ahead of time. I used OBS classic.

-- Daniel J Baxter (discuss • contribs) 03:09, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

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