Music Genome

1. Upload your movie to your blog. [If you have trouble with this, check to see that you exported it in the correct format. You can also upload it to YouTube and embed it into your posting to save time.]

2. A) Identify your chosen musical genre & B) say why you chose it.

  I chose Disney Show tunes because I grew up watching all the disney movies and I was familiar with many of the songs.

3. Describe your process...how did you go about finding your songs and information?

   I basically picked songs from my favorite movies or the most popular ones.

4. What different kinds of technology did you use to compile your project? [Web tools, Mac tools, etc...]

  I used a different kinds of converting tool, imovie, and garage band.

5. What are you good at...what went well for you in this project?

   The video portion of my project went pretty well. 

6. With what did you struggle on this project...what was difficult for you?

   Transitions with music was difficult for me.

7. Did you decide to use still slides? Why or why not?  [If not, how did you convey your information?
   Most of my project is video but there are some pictures.

8. For what other classes, situations, uses could this type of project be adapted?  

   imovie would be helpful for many other classes for projects.

9. What new techniques or technology tools did you use in this project that you've never used before?  Be specific.

  imovie tools and music in imovie and transitions.

10. How did your project use the transformative property of borrowed images, music, and information to comply with the Copyright Law of 1976?[...not just that you cited the information, etc., but how did you transform the music, information, images, etc.?

  I mixed all of the music as one in garageband and I put the information into the video and matched the music to the video.

11. Would you do another project like this on your own? Why? Why not? 
  I don't know, probably not. I'm not a big fan of technology and I get easily frustrated.

PND Culture Movie Reflection

A. To what degree did you work toward team goals? (Please explain your answer)
Superior, Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, Needs Improvement
  Excellent. Our group set certain goals for interviewing, recording, and putting together our movie and ideas.

B. What specific tasks and duties did you perform as a member of this team?
      I helped create the layout for a movie, our interview questions, our interviewees, what was going to be said on our video, I interviewed someone and recorded while other people did.

C. To what degree did you offer your gifts, talents, and time as a member of the team?(Please explain your answer)
Superior, Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, Needs Improvement
    Excellent. I helped the group keep organized and on task.

D. To what degree did you take action as a member of the team? (Please explain your answer) Leader, Very Active, Somewhat Active, Had to Be Told What to Do
    I'm not sure which group I'd fall under, I did take leadership but I was not the only one in my group. I brought ideas to our group and incorporated others too.

E. What makes you most proud about your movie and why?
     The movie flow was really good, it had a good tune to it and kept the audience informed.

F. If you were going to make any changes to your movie, what would they be?
     Although we tried to make church history appealing, one thing I would change would be to try and make it more so interesting.

Movie Review Podcast

2. I used garage band for my podcast and added my pictures and recoreded my script in female voice narrator.

3. I know how to use garage band and can make other movies for other classes.

4.  Podcasts can be used for buisness presentations about a new idea or company.

5. I have a better idea of how to use garage band now.

6. Recording my voice was the most difficult part for me. Also, trying to delete certain noises that weren't supposed to be in there like clicking. Once I tried to delete the clicking noise I accidnetally deleted more than I wanted and had to start over.

7. I took a collage of images from the movie UP and put them into a movie review I made with my voice to match the pictures. I also took backround music from the movie to use it for backround music for my script. I took one clip from the movie to help explain a character's personality.

8. I'm not sure if I would do a project like this on my own, I got confused on certain tools in garage band so I'm not sure if it would be a lot of fun for me to do this on my own.

9. I would try and cut out certain sounds , like some of the clicking noises I accidentally left in my podcast.

iPhoto Name Reflection

2. List the search terms (words) that you used to find images (for the letters of your name and the images that describe you) and why?

the letter M, the letter D, the letter E, the letter N, the letter G, letter A, letters in nature

3. What skills did you use/learn in this project?
I learned how to make a slideshow on iPhoto and use the effects, themes, and settings.

4. Describe how you might use these skills and apply them to a real-world situation.
I know how to create a slideshow and add music to my slideshow. For example, for future presentations I might have, iPhoto could be useful.

5. This was a more creative project than our first 2. Did you prefer it or the more cut and dry assignments in Word and Excel?

No, I liked the creativeness we had to put in to it. And I thought this project was more personal and reflected more of my personality. I like this kind of assignment better.

6. How did your project use the transformative property of borrowed images, music, and information to comply with the Copyright Law of 1976? [...not just that you cited the information - citing is not enough...tell me how you transformed what you've taken into something new, etc., How did you transform the music, information, images, etc.?

I used pictures for letters off on the internet, and I found my song on Youtube and put the music to my slideshow. I used the letters on the Internet and put them into my name along with other picture I had taken, and added effect to them.

Charity Letter & Mail Merge Reflection

2. List the name of your business and its charity.

The buisness is Forever 21 and the charity is United Nation World Food Programme.


3. How did you get the audience’s attention in the first paragraph?

I discussed why Forever 21 is having a fundraiser for the United Nation World Food Programme and why this fundraiser exists.

4. What skills did you use/learn in this project?

I learned how to mail merge a letter and make contacts in excel. I also learned more about a specific charity.


5. What was the easiest part of this project? What was the most difficult part of this project?

The easiest part was probably making my contact list. The difficult part was choosing a charity and writing about and trying to convince people in my letter to help the fundraiser.


6. Describe how you might use these skills and apply them to a real-world situation other than writing a charity letter.

I now know how to mail merge letters and make it easier for myself if I every want to send something out to a number of people.


7. Did you learn something new during this project that you did not know before?  If so, what?

I learned how easy it is to send a letter out to a lot of people by using mail merge.

M&M Reflection

2. A template is a framework for web pages and sites. 

http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/template/docs/whatis.html 

3. I used the chart options and autosum button. 

4. I learned how to use exel and make a spread sheet and what the autosum button is.

5. I used different colors for each M&M. I also changed the font of it all and added color matching to the M&M to my piechart. 

6. You can use excel for schedules and averages. 

About Me

In this class, I want to get better use of the applications and shortcuts on my mac.

I like to see my grades on NetClassroom or email.

I chose this picture because my middle name is Rose, and my family calls me a flowerchild. (: