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The reason I chose procrastination as subject matter may be obvious (uh, because it’s awesome), but I’d like to wax educational for a bit regarding my reasons behind the way I presented the material.
First, my thoughts on the topic — I wanted to talk about something I know well, and I’ve dealt with procrastination for most of my educational career. Instead of throwing in a heavy hitter, I figured a light-hearted romp around the topic might appeal more to people generally. I feel like this does a good job of introducing the topic without scaring people away.
This was supposed to be a short 3-4 minute video, so I opted for a general overview of some procrastination skills — four simple strategies. I’ve used these quite often and I know they’re effective. I traded focusing on any one resource (my list on RememberTheMilk.com or utilizing the distraction power of Netflix streaming) for an overview, covering a broader idea. If I were to make this a series, I might create an individual video for each strategy, or even each resource.
As for the educational framework I used, there were two — I tried to generally model both ARCS and the Big6.
My choice of topic and the reversed method of viewing it fit with Attention as well as with #1, Task Definition. I immediately addressed Relevance and Confidence, and moved into briefly highlighting #2-4, the location and access of information seeking strategies and how to effectively use that information. My walkthrough of the strategies was an effective #5, synthesis, and my closing words were meant to be a quick mode of Satisfaction. I wasn’t very clear in my take on #6, evaluation, but I’m not quite sure how one evaluates procrastination, besides having spent as little time as possible without failing the assignment or the task.
So there you have it!