Have you ever watched a TED talk? In our language arts class we all researched, wrote, and presented a TED like talk about something we are passionate about. My topic was neural networks. First, I researched my topic. I used Google and I also talked with my parents, who had a rough understanding of the topic. Then, I began creating a slideshow for my talk. I didn’t have a script to base my slideshow off of. I actually liked this better than writing a script first because a slideshow gave me a general idea of what I wanted to talk about. Once I had a slideshow, it was very easy to write a script to go along with it. My slideshow was mostly pictures and very few words. I think this helped my audience pay more attention to my voice. All in all, this experience has really helped me to develop my public speaking skills and has helped me share my knowledge with my peers.