Report of Ibrahim's presentation

Last week, Ibrahim Abdulla gave a presentation about “Polar Bears”. Ibrahim introduced the topic of his presentation very well. First of all, he started with pointing out the outline of the presentation. After that, Ibrahim started talking about polar bears’ weight, food, where do they live and many other facts of them. Then, he explained about how polar bears are getting extinct and a major reason was global warming. Finally, he showed us a short video about a polar bear swimming and trying to find land but all the ice was melted. Ibrahim’s presentation was perfectly organized; it included a lot of pictures but the text was mostly memorized by Ibrahim so it just showed titles for each slide. Because of that, it showed that Ibrahim was ready for giving his presentation. At the end, Ibrahim was asked a lot of questions and he answered them all with confident answers. Ibrahim gave a lot of eye contacts to the students and the teacher; he also stood at the side of the screen; plus he smiled a lot. All the slides had pictures defining the title of the slide; also all the pictures were bright and colorful. There wasn't much animation in the slides, but everything was perfectly organized, planned and relevant. In conclusion, the presentation was well given to the class and it was educational for all the students.

Report of Hamdan's presentation

Today, Hamdan Al-Shamsi gave a presentation about "Nuclear Power". Hamdan introduced the topic of his presentation pretty well. Then, he introduced the outline of his topic which includes the history of nuclear power, how it's used in the past and present, and how they work. Then, he started his presentation with the history of nuclear power. After that, he explained how nuclear power is used these days, for example nuclear reactors and how they work. The presentation was perfectly made, it had many pictures and the text was perfect with each page having its title and notes for some of the slides; although there were notes on the screen, he discussed everything without looking at them. At the end of the presentation, all the questions that were asked were answered clearly by Hamdan. Also Hamdan usually gave a lot of eye contact, and stood at the side of the screen. He smiled a lot and seemed very confident with what he was saying. Moreover, the slide's background was in a light color and very bright where it wasn't depressing and dark. There wasn't much animation in the slides, but everything was perfectly organized, planned and relevant. In conclusion, the presentation was well given to the class and it was educational for all the students.

Reflection on 1^st meeting

First of all, the meeting went pretty well. We were discussing our ideas in a positive way, and we analyzed the ideas easily and agreed on them. Nothing really went wrong, everything was perfect. I, the chairman, opened the meeting by discussing the main topic and its problems. The secretary, Mohamed Salem, took his part really well and wrote everything correctly with a few mistakes; also Mr. Hedley said that the writing was excellent. The participant, Ibrahim, was really good when he discussed the ideas with us; he also took his part really well in participating with the topic. Finally, I learned about how meetings are done and organized, plus it made me think more widely when ideas are discussed between me and my friends.

Parking problems

Minutes

Date: 3/7/11

Venue: W007

Group Members:

Chair: Mohamed Al-Qubaisi

Minutes Taker: Mohammed Salem

Participants: Ibrahim

Agenda:

1 Build underground parking under the buildings.

2 Increase the use of public transport such as buses and taxis, and bicycles in winter.

3 Special parking buildings should be built.

4 People living in places with parking problems, and who own more than one car, should get rid of the extra cars to avoid congestion.

5 Parking cars by paying fees.

Objectives:

The main objective is to find solution for the parking congestion in Abu Dhabi city. It has become hard to find a parking spot. Some efforts have been made to help find a solution for this problem but still, congestion still exists.

The chairman, Mohamed Al-Qubaisi, opened the meeting at 16:43.

1 Mohammed Salem suggested that underground parking should be built under each building in crowded areas. But Mohamed Al-Qubaisi denied the idea because he thinks that it is hard to build them now. He said that if they were built while constructing the buildings, they would have been of great use. Ibrahim agreed with Mohamed Al-Qubaisi’s point of view.

2 Ibrahim said that people should use public transport, such as buses and taxis as their main way of transportation. Both Mohamed Al-Qubaisi and Mohammed Salem agreed but they said that it’s not a way that citizens would prefer knowing that every house owns more than two cars. But, Ibrahim said that we should try applying the idea and see the feedback of the citizens.

3 We all agreed about having car parking buildings built in every residential area to serve people living there. With having a special card only for citizens of the area, so that other people from different areas won’t take advantage of the parking.

4 We also agreed that citizens, who own more than one car and live in crowded areas, should get rid of the extra cars to avoid congestion. Also some people own parking spots under the building but are lazy to park it under the building so they park it outside, and that should be solved also. Because it is known that many people leave their cars in one parking spot for more than a month and it’s a reason of congestion.

5 Mohammed Salem started discussing the idea of making the parking in crowded congested areas by paying a specified amount of money for parking tickets for each area depending on how crowded it is. However, Ibrahim replied saying that the fees should be specified on the amount of time the car is parked, not on how crowded the area is. Mohammed Al-Qubaisi said it is not fair to take money on parking lots, so he said that their ideas were good but the fees for parking spots should be for a specified period of time. After that, they all agreed on the idea.

Conclusion

In conclusion, we think that underground parking is a great idea and would highly reduce the congestion rate. However, the government should apply new rules forcing the investors to build underground parking. The government should also advise other people to use public transportation to reduce the congestion rate. We think that public transport solution is also a good idea and of a great advantage. However, people here aren’t interested in public transport.  Also having parking buildings in residential areas is a good idea, but rules should be enforced strictly to make sure no people park in there except the citizens of the area. Finally we think if they applied fees on parking spots, it might somehow solve this issue by limiting the time each car can park.

Tips for presenters

1. Don’t memorize your presentation. Make brief notes to guide you.
2. Practice many times.
3. Relax, take a deep breath, and wait until the audience is quiet.
4. Speak loudly and clear, and use your voice for stress and emphasis.
5. Make eye contact with the audience as you speak.
6. Use gestures to show meaning. Make them slowly and clearly.
7.  Use simple visual aids that everyone can see.
8.  Don’t say, "Finished." or "That's all." Smile and say "Thank You".
9.  Think about how you can do better next time.

I think the two most important tips are '5- Make eye contact with the audience as you speak', and '8- Don't say, "Finished." or "That's all." Smile and say "Thank You".'.

Ibrahim

Ibrahim Abdulla

I’d like to introduce Ibrahim Abdulla.

He was born on 12th February 1992. He is 19 years old currently. He was born in Dubai, originally from Umm al Quwain and currently living in Abu Dhabi. He has one brother and four sisters.

He's got a wide variety of hobbies starting with spending winter nights in the desert and driving off-road motorbikes. Another hobby is to work on cars in his own workshop; he likes to customize and tune cars by himself. Some other hobbies are swimming and playing bowling.

He visited many countries which include Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain and the United States.

His ambition is to get a master's degree and to become a successful mechanical engineer.

His best holiday was 6 years ago, when he spent a month at Scotland with his family.

He thinks that the best thing about ADMC is that everything is clear in his courses, and the worst thing is that his classes starts at 2 in the afternoon.

His motto in life is that you will always achieve your goal no matter how hard it is.