On this second day, our sessions began  with Dr.  Lee's  'Presentation on Adobe Sparks I, on how to set it up.  Ms.  Stephanie Agnew presentation was on 'Presentation development & delivery'.  The information was very useful and to the point.  She informed us that our finale is just as important as the introduction and gave many  more helpful ways to make for an effective speech.  Mr. Thomas Lafoe's presentation on 'Getting started with 3D printing'  was very informative.  He gave us websites  to visit and showed us good examples on their usefulness.

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