This week we finished up our multimodal media project. Everyone had their books finished so we focused on completing our slides notes, recording videos, creating the weebly page and writing the actual content. The biggest thing I learned was how to really bring all of our different pieces together. This project had many different aspects and mediums through which we were trying o convey our message. We wanted to fully capture the environment and the impact it had on us while we were reading, but we had to go about it in a different way. We didn't have two hundred pages of a story, we had to use visual keys and imagery and video as well as our words to get our point across. It is easier to involve the audience because it is so visual and interactive but the more difficult part is making everything work in unison to create that atmosphere. Since I was the wild card I tried to help out with everyone in different ways, I really committed to taking notes and talking through all of our decisions with my group. Learning not only how to make each of our different medias work together but also our different ideas. As we explored farther into our "Big Question" it helped me to relive the book and really remember the things I learned from it. Although it's pretty obvious that our point of reference affects out decisions, it can be easy to forget in daily conversations and observations. It's a good reminder for me to be aware of people's different experiences and how that will impact their view point and decisions. It is also interesting to look back onto my own life and the decisions I've made. We make think we know ourselves but reflecting on our actions can help us to understand ourselves even more.
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This week I had finished my reading of The Alchemist over the weekend so I worked on the google slide notes. Some of the pictures I had taken did not really relate to what our big question was but I kept it because it still supplies background information. Looking back, if I do something like this again I will definitely focus on analyzing the text for more relevance to my topic. Going back through the pictures and taking notes helped me to refocus on what we're studying. This week we began our Multimodal Project with our groups. My group is Sophie, Lauryn and Haley and we chose to read the book, "The Alchemist". Basically, all we did the whole week was read. We assigned roles to everyone but then we started reading and taking notes on our book. I actually really like the book, it's a lot more interesting than I expected it to be. I'm actually learning things about life which I didn't expect. The boy, Santiago has a really unique way of looking at life. He observes others and nature and uses those observations to learn about life. The advice he was given from the old king is always in the back of his mind as he responds to different omens and chases after his own Personal Legend. I like it because it breaks down how easily people will give up on their dreams, a lot of the times unintentionally because they create a synthetic happiness. It is reminding me and encouraging me to keep pursuing my original goal for my life.
This week we worked on our independent reading proposals and prepared our presentations of them in a pecha kucha format. I chose to focus on the topic of the american dream since I read "The Great Gatsby" and "The Grapes of Wrath". The topic was interesting because I realized how little I knew about the "American Dream" and that it really isn't as idealistic and wonderful as it was advertised and portrayed. To achieve it was difficult and near impossible without sacrificing some other part of your happiness. Creating the slides caused a little confusion for me, I have no idea why but I got it into my head that we had to have twenty slides not ten. I even remember watching past years and wondering why we switched it to twenty but I just went with it and didn't ask my classmates so that was silly. I also realized as we were creating the slides, how important it was to pick the right images for your slide. The image you pick sets the mood and if it doesn't match the mood you are trying to portray, it can cause confusion and distraction for the audience. A key part of this project is going to be timing and making sure you are fluid with your ideas and it matches up with the changing images behind you. Everything needs to work together. |
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