I recently finished my ME at Auckland University and was privileged to be invited to give a couple of guest lectures to the current undergraduates. It was a great opportunity and something definitely worth writing about.
I prepared a presentation outlining my research etc and used that as a teaching aid. I was extremely nervous before giving the first lecture, it was a computer science honours class and I wasn't at all familiar with any of the students there but nervousness soon faded away and then it just felt like I was talking about my work to my peers. I did feel like I rushed the presentation but I guess that happens naturally when you are slightly nervous. Although one positive did come out of that, I had plenty of time to give a live demo of my tool which is always a good thing while talking.
The second lecture I was meant to give was on the next day but unfortunately I could not stick to that schedule as I was feeling a bit under the weather. So we rescheduled and finally managed to give the lecture two days later. This time it was a 4th year software engineering class. Great class and the students were nothing like how "we" were back in university, they did actually listen...this time around the lecture seemed easier as I was familiar with the students and had tutored them the year before. The lecture went well but unfortunately I could not give them a live demo of the tool as my laptop had no battery left :(. Nonetheless the lecture finished early so I am sure the students must have been glad.
To sum things up...it was a great experience. Giving a talk about something you spent a whole year on...designing and implementing is really easy. Mind you this is me talking in hindsight...at the time I was shaking in my boots :)
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