Podcast
Making this project was a little scary in the beginning. At first, I was terrified of having to record my voice and have the whole class listen to it. After trying to record the podcast for so many times, I got more comfortable with the idea of listening to my voice. I thought that the rest of the process was easier and practical because the teacher had all the instructions and links that we had to use to complete the project. It was fun and enjoyable to choose the music and pictures that I wanted in my podcast. When it came down to posting everything on the website; I was confused because there were a lot of instructions and steps that I had to follow, but the teacher was an excellent helper and she made everything seem a little more simple than what it was.
I think that I really enjoyed making this podcast, even though I was terrified in the beginning.
I think that I really enjoyed making this podcast, even though I was terrified in the beginning.
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Prezi Presentation
Creating this presentation was challenging in the beginning because I have never used Prezi before, I mean, I didn't even know it existed. We had a choice between using Power Point as well, but I wanted to challenge myself and use a different program that I had never used before. When I finally started putting together the presentation, I started to get a hang of how to use Prezi; so it got easier and I didn't think that it was too difficult. I am pleased with the way the presentation turned out. But I would never say that I became an expert in using Prezi because I still do not know how to use the most complicated/advanced techniques from the program. Coming up with the ideas for the brochure, assessment and worksheet was easy because the teacher showed us a lot of examples and links of were we could obtained information. I really enjoy this project because I like the way Prezi presentations look and is a good way to get my future students engaged in something that will not be as boring as the classic power point presentations.
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Animation Clip
This animation project was not as difficult as I thought. When the professor gave us the assignment I was freaking out because it seemed like it was going to be impossible to complete. Specially since I had never done and animation or come close to doing one ever before. We, first, had to create a storyboard for our clip/video and then we had to plan all the steps of how our story was going to proceed. Once the storyboard and planning were done I got started on my characters and components for the pictures. I decided that I was going to use clay for my characters and found objects for the rest of the clip. It took a long time to create my main character out of clay, but I thought it was worth it. When I was done with her (main character) she ended up melting in the heat because it was hot for the two days that I left her in my car's trunk. There for I decided to purchased two little Disney dolls that actually ended up working just fine. I wish I would off being able to change the expressions for my main character but I run out of time. Also creating the movie on iMovie it was fairly easy. Uploading the video to YouTube was also easy. Overall I enjoyed the outcome of my animation clip even though I know I would off probably done better If I had an extra day or two to work on it.
How-to YouTube Video
This project has been one that I have enjoyed the most. It was easy to do and decide what I wanted to do mine on. I enjoyed working on it. I had some difficulties with uploading my video to youtube because it took me like an hour or more to put it up. Other than that this project is my favorite so far. One thing that I noticed is that my hands got really tired of pulling/stretching the canvas because I have not done one is a long time.