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I thought Will's presentation today was quite excellent on all fronts. Even as a spectator and not as an active participant in the project, my attention was still captured and I feel as though I learned a lot.

His lecture was extremely informative but it was also simultaneously engaging. Rather than simply throwing a wealth of information to his audience, Will structured his lesson around inquiry. Rather than informing his students where each wine was from he allowed them to explore for themselves, supplying them with background information that facilitated discussion. Not only was the information that was presented in his presentation conducive to the task at hand, but in addition he also offered additional information that they could carry away from today’s session and use in the future.

Also, even when lecturing, Will engaged all of his audience, challenging them with questions that summarized and made them apply information they had just learned. There was also an array of images, graphs, and tables that were implemented to convey information rather than just constantly speaking or providing an overhead presentation with nothing but words.

I think the take home message for the day is that wine and wine-tasting are much more interesting and accessible to many participants than they were yesterday!