As of March 8th, 2016, we have completed and published the HUSKIESSERVE magazine. We have received lots of acknowledgement and praise for the magazine from our teachers and staff at Washington, especially with the student's projects. I would say that the magazine was a major success for this project and compensated for all of our hard work. I definitely despised the late night work sessions and the work sessions for the magazines on the weekends, but it was all worth it. I really enjoyed working on the magazine pages and being the head of the magazine group. Thank you Mr. Skillings for giving me an opportunity to work as a magazine editor.
I have helped other groups edit their video and capture video since we are the group that provides tech support, our group is not building a video for our project.
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Sunday, February 14, 2016
EDITED: Summarizing the Big Ideas Project
UPDATE: Our project has completed.
Through out the project, we have been successfully coordinating between each other as group members. From the beginning to the end of the project, I have always tried my best to work diligently and assiduously to ensure the highest calibre of quality in our work. From researching online to conducting movie creation sessions, I feel that I have used my best effort in being able to produce the best project I possibly can. When we started the project, I made it my initiative to research all the possible web platforms we could use for this project and took the time to learn more about inDesign, the tool that we would use to build the newspaper. I also coordinated with the teacher regarding the project for the group and many other leaders in the tech industry to understand the best platforms we could be able to use for our project. We wanted to make sure that the platforms we used to develop the project would be ever-lasting and that it would be easier for students to use the platform we built, many, many years later. I also led the video production workshop in my English class, individually tending to each student's problems and explained the procedure on how to produce the movie using the software iMovie. Overall, I felt that the project was very successful for the point we got up to.
The project went very smoothly, but our future wasn't as smooth as our past. With software compatibility issues to incorrect picture formatting, our team and Mr. Skillings worked hard to get this magazine from an idea to an actual publication. However, these issues were overlooked as the magazine was very highly regarded in the entire school and we felt very proud of our hard work and dedication to this magazine.
The effects of our project were pretty significant. We developed a large platform for students to be able to show their work towards the community. We developed a platform were students can get rewarded for their efforts towards the community. Most importantly, we made something great. Not only did our efforts he the students in the present, but we also prepared them for something greater at hand. They learned the expertise and skill to be able to develop full-scale movie projects. They learned some basic techniques at making movies and shooting interviews. We definitely tried our best to benefit the students in as many ways possible, we, as a group, hope that these students will be able to fully experience everything provided to them through this project and hopefully achieve success out of it.
It has been a hectic 2 weeks. From creating the pages to contacting groups for better material to put in the magazine, the entire process was very stressful and traumatic at times. I wanted to be the one who would be held accountable for anything wrong with the magazine and I tried my best to direct my other group members and myself to design the magazine in the best way possible. With the late night 2 A.M. sessions to coming to the classroom on the weekend, I felt that this one of the best projects I have done. I would like to thank Mr. Skillings for giving me an opportunity to work as tech support for the groups and as a designer of the magazine for the project.
Thank you everyone for making our magazine a success.
Through out the project, we have been successfully coordinating between each other as group members. From the beginning to the end of the project, I have always tried my best to work diligently and assiduously to ensure the highest calibre of quality in our work. From researching online to conducting movie creation sessions, I feel that I have used my best effort in being able to produce the best project I possibly can. When we started the project, I made it my initiative to research all the possible web platforms we could use for this project and took the time to learn more about inDesign, the tool that we would use to build the newspaper. I also coordinated with the teacher regarding the project for the group and many other leaders in the tech industry to understand the best platforms we could be able to use for our project. We wanted to make sure that the platforms we used to develop the project would be ever-lasting and that it would be easier for students to use the platform we built, many, many years later. I also led the video production workshop in my English class, individually tending to each student's problems and explained the procedure on how to produce the movie using the software iMovie. Overall, I felt that the project was very successful for the point we got up to.
The project went very smoothly, but our future wasn't as smooth as our past. With software compatibility issues to incorrect picture formatting, our team and Mr. Skillings worked hard to get this magazine from an idea to an actual publication. However, these issues were overlooked as the magazine was very highly regarded in the entire school and we felt very proud of our hard work and dedication to this magazine.
The effects of our project were pretty significant. We developed a large platform for students to be able to show their work towards the community. We developed a platform were students can get rewarded for their efforts towards the community. Most importantly, we made something great. Not only did our efforts he the students in the present, but we also prepared them for something greater at hand. They learned the expertise and skill to be able to develop full-scale movie projects. They learned some basic techniques at making movies and shooting interviews. We definitely tried our best to benefit the students in as many ways possible, we, as a group, hope that these students will be able to fully experience everything provided to them through this project and hopefully achieve success out of it.
It has been a hectic 2 weeks. From creating the pages to contacting groups for better material to put in the magazine, the entire process was very stressful and traumatic at times. I wanted to be the one who would be held accountable for anything wrong with the magazine and I tried my best to direct my other group members and myself to design the magazine in the best way possible. With the late night 2 A.M. sessions to coming to the classroom on the weekend, I felt that this one of the best projects I have done. I would like to thank Mr. Skillings for giving me an opportunity to work as tech support for the groups and as a designer of the magazine for the project.
Thank you everyone for making our magazine a success.
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
January Update
Our project is going extremely well. We have started to gather b-roll footage to show the class how to edit their movies. We are going to teaching the class on Tuesday, when we have high quality footage which will be gathered at the DECA NorCal CDC 2016 conference. We still need to work on the newspaper outline and building the website. The fourth period group has decided to take on the responsibility to develop the newspaper and my group has decided to develop the website and help the students movie edit. We feel that we are going at the pace we should be going at for the project.
In this project, I have and will always try my best to be the main person involved in the project. I will gather the B-Roll footage and will show the classes how to edit the video. I have also done the background research for the website by looking at platforms to develop the website on. I have considered as the lead for my group and will be the main person involved in my project. I will continue to show zeal and enthusiasm in my work and will try to perform to the best of my ability.
So far, we have no concerns with the project. With lots of experience with technology, I feel that the project will go smoothly and there should be no hiccups along the way. The work I have been doing is applicable given my position in the project and I am fully satisfied with my teammates work in the project.
In this project, I have and will always try my best to be the main person involved in the project. I will gather the B-Roll footage and will show the classes how to edit the video. I have also done the background research for the website by looking at platforms to develop the website on. I have considered as the lead for my group and will be the main person involved in my project. I will continue to show zeal and enthusiasm in my work and will try to perform to the best of my ability.
So far, we have no concerns with the project. With lots of experience with technology, I feel that the project will go smoothly and there should be no hiccups along the way. The work I have been doing is applicable given my position in the project and I am fully satisfied with my teammates work in the project.
Monday, December 14, 2015
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Interviewing Mrs. Burns about the Big Ideas Project
As our group began our ventures into the real world of digital videography and web hosting, we had realized we had some questions needed to be answered in order to truly extract the best fruit out of our efforts. We realized that we needed a mentor to lead us through the project, to guide us through the maze of inhibitors. We looked no further than Mrs. Burns, the Web Design teacher at Washington High School. Our team scheduled a meeting with her on Thursday November 12th during Husky Period in her classroom at Washington : F245. (She can be reached via email at lburns@fremont.k12.ca.us).
At the meeting, my fellow team members: Jaison Selvajothi, Cliff Liu, Matthew Krawczyk, and Randall Wood were present. First, we thanked her for all of her valuable time and proceeded to start the meeting.
We started our stream of questions with a question about marketing our site to increase views. She stated that, marketing your site will be easy through "social media campaigns" (Burns). She wanted to make sure that before marketing our site, we should have a clear purpose or image so that way viewers can easily find what they are looking for. "Viewers should be greeted with a simple web interface and easy to use UI" (Burns), and with the help of stock images Burns stated that creating an appealing website would be very easy.
We continued our interview with another question about getting sponsorship from the district for the website. She stated that the district uses wordpress and "doesn't know the logistics of FUSD sponsorship of websites" (Burns). She said that some of your best options are Weebly, Wordpress, one of the school loop sites the district provides, or GoDaddy (with subscription based fees). She definitely promoted Weebly as it is the platform she uses in her classes.
We went on to discuss about web UI and some of the ways to get a good looking UI to attract customers. "So of the best platforms are those provided by Weebly or Wordpress" (Burns), but also to look at designing one through GoDaddy's services. She stated that the place where we can obtain a UI will be dependent on where we find obtain web hosting.
As we finished our questions regarding web hosting, we moved the meeting's focus to one about developing content on the website. We asked her specifically about uploading content onto the website and ways to upload video footage onto the site. She stated that the best way to handle about these things is to use the web hosting service features "by using the plugins to external video sites like Youtube provided by the web hosting service" (Burns). She stated that by using such external plugins, we can run a much cheaper site and not worry about storage issues.
As our meeting came to a close, we felt extremely prepared for conducting this project. We thank Mrs. Burns for all the time she spent with us answering our questions! We definitely feel prepared to make the first steps into the world of the Big Ideas Project.
Picture with Mrs. Burns:
At the meeting, my fellow team members: Jaison Selvajothi, Cliff Liu, Matthew Krawczyk, and Randall Wood were present. First, we thanked her for all of her valuable time and proceeded to start the meeting.
We started our stream of questions with a question about marketing our site to increase views. She stated that, marketing your site will be easy through "social media campaigns" (Burns). She wanted to make sure that before marketing our site, we should have a clear purpose or image so that way viewers can easily find what they are looking for. "Viewers should be greeted with a simple web interface and easy to use UI" (Burns), and with the help of stock images Burns stated that creating an appealing website would be very easy.
We continued our interview with another question about getting sponsorship from the district for the website. She stated that the district uses wordpress and "doesn't know the logistics of FUSD sponsorship of websites" (Burns). She said that some of your best options are Weebly, Wordpress, one of the school loop sites the district provides, or GoDaddy (with subscription based fees). She definitely promoted Weebly as it is the platform she uses in her classes.
We went on to discuss about web UI and some of the ways to get a good looking UI to attract customers. "So of the best platforms are those provided by Weebly or Wordpress" (Burns), but also to look at designing one through GoDaddy's services. She stated that the place where we can obtain a UI will be dependent on where we find obtain web hosting.
As we finished our questions regarding web hosting, we moved the meeting's focus to one about developing content on the website. We asked her specifically about uploading content onto the website and ways to upload video footage onto the site. She stated that the best way to handle about these things is to use the web hosting service features "by using the plugins to external video sites like Youtube provided by the web hosting service" (Burns). She stated that by using such external plugins, we can run a much cheaper site and not worry about storage issues.
As our meeting came to a close, we felt extremely prepared for conducting this project. We thank Mrs. Burns for all the time she spent with us answering our questions! We definitely feel prepared to make the first steps into the world of the Big Ideas Project.
Picture with Mrs. Burns:
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Rhetorical Precis about the article "Controlled Chaos: Project-Based Learning"
Mrs. Meredith Licht in her article, "Controlled Chaos: Project-Based Learning" suggests that project based learning is very good for students because this allows students to think outside the box and develop critical thinking skills, communication skills, and creativity. She develops her claim by first narrating her own classroom experiences, then defines what project based learning is, then defines the positives and negatives about project based learning, and finally discusses how the positives override the negatives and how project based learning should be integrated into students' curriculum. Licht's purpose is to persuade the readers on the idea that project based learning is beneficial to all students in order give other students the opportunity to develop the skills needed for their future through project based learning. She adopts an informative tone for the readers of the article especially teachers.
Link to Annotated Article
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Research 4
At Half Moon Bay High School, students and Mrs. Alyssa Neilson have made some drastic changes to the school by adding a Journalism class and creating a newspaper. They have decided to bring back the print newspaper because it helps reflect those problems that news corporations face in the real world. Given that the school already has a radio broadcast and mass media classes, these classes were a warm welcome to the students. This class has been widely supported by the students at the school as many students have asked Mrs. Neilson about ways to help the class. Given that we have the excellent expertise of Mr. Skillings and the professionalism of the students in the Hatchet, I feel we have an excellent opportunity to make a great paper.
Article: Mrs. Neilson's Journalism Revamp
Article: Mrs. Neilson's Journalism Revamp
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