I am a first-year computer science major at Georgia Tech from Rockville, MD. One of my major goals in this course is to improve my oral communication skills. I tend to get nervous when speaking in front of a large crowd, and my talking speed quickly spirals out of control. I would like to get a better handle on that, as well as making eye contact with the audience and becoming a more active, engaged participant in group discussions.
Another area I’m aiming to improve on is the process of creating: drafting, revising, rehearsing, etc. I have a tendency to quickly churn out a product and leave it at that, with little thought given to the in-between. Hopefully, I will learn how to refine my work and give care to the production as well as the product.