CTE Expo 2020 Reflection Journal

     This year's CTE Expo was amazing! You may ask yourself what is the CTE Expo, well it's basically an event where all CTE Students present their work to the freshmen and basically, the objective of the Expo is to present our work, practice social and communication skills, it's like a practice for the future when we get job interviews and have to present our work. We are also tryna sell our ideas of Web Design and inform them of the benefits of the academy. In other words, we are trying to persuade the freshmen to join. To prepare for the CTE Expo, I wrote a custom made elevator pitch and practiced it at home, I would go in the mirror and repeat it over and over again. Often times I went to my brother and parents and practiced with them too. I also created my Web 2020 Portfolio and uploaded it onto my website. I tried to make it look as good as possible. During the actual event, I was a bit shy at first but being a senior, you have an advantage since you been a Web Designer for the longest time. I wouldn't approach the freshmen first, I got people from the lower grades so the Juniors and Sophomores to present their work and then they would take their freshmen to me and from there I would show them my work and explain to them what the website entitles. But oftentimes when there were random freshmen with no guidance I would greet them and take them to my computer. I gave them a 100% honest opinion about the Academy and Ramirez. I think many things went well this year, for the most part, many of my peers had amazing websites and games to present. I and my peers would oftentimes work together to make the explaining part easier. After a freshman was done with a Sophomore, he/she would go to a Junior and then go to a Senior. This process was repeated many times and made it easier for everybody to have a say. Probably spacing could be improved for next year's Expo because most of the time there was a big compact area with a bunch of freshmen. My overall feeling about the Expo is that it went well and I felt great about it. I built more confidence than last year's Expo as well.