My presentation answers the essential question because it shows how much music affects us, and how similar music is to language. Thus, it shows that language has a big impact on how we act and think. Since the brain processes language and music in similar ways, by proving that music can communicate ideas about our world, I am also proving that language can help us understand things about our world. Since language is the basis of all text, text can communicate ideas through language. Some of these ideas may involve the intricacies of our world and our place in it. By reading texts, our brain is trying to process the information we’re receiving along with comparing it to the information we already believe to be true. Thus, as we read text about the world, we try to understand the information we’re receiving, and also how it fits into what we already know about the world. Through this process, we can better understand the complications of the world and also how we fit into it, since we are constantly comparing information. When someone is comparing information about other’s places in the world, they eventually realize their own.   

My method of presentation contributes to the effectiveness of my argument because I presented my project with a padlet. This is a form of presentation that allows you to insert different multimedia into it, along with text, so there are multiple ways to get information across. I think this helps me prove my argument, because it is all about communication, and music is a form of communication. In addition, it allows me to insert music and video into my project, which helps me show real life examples of how music affects people. By showing a picture of my little brothers dancing to music, I am showing how music can make people happier at any age. Therefore, the effectiveness of communicating the ideas in my project is greatly increased by using a padlet, due to the ability to add multimedia.

I have made the most improvement in the information integration category, and this is reflected in my project, through my bibliography and in-text citations. At the beginning of the class, I did not know how to properly cite sources in MLA format with NoodleTools, and now I can do it quickly and successfully. I showed my improvement by properly citing my sources both in a complete works cited, and within my information as in-text citations. I want to keep working on my process competency for the future, because I have a hard time efficiently managing my time. I think that through this course I have improved my time management skills, by experimenting and discovering what works best for me. I think that I could continue to improve in this competency, and doing so will benefit me for the rest of my life.