Creativity and Innovation
Digital Storytelling
I chose to do the digital storytelling for the big part in the creativity and innovation project. I chose to use this project to educate families of special needs and anyone who may have any discriminations about special needs children. I want people to hear some of my story so that I can educate them about what it is like. Having a special needs sister can make things difficult and my family has to do things that a lot of families don't, but it is also the biggest blessing that my sister is special needs. I want people to know that having a special need is just a part of who a person is, it doesn't make them different or weird or not normal. I want people to understand and be accepting of people who have special needs and I figured the best way to do that was share my story through a digital story and blog.
I chose to do the digital storytelling for the big part in the creativity and innovation project. I chose to use this project to educate families of special needs and anyone who may have any discriminations about special needs children. I want people to hear some of my story so that I can educate them about what it is like. Having a special needs sister can make things difficult and my family has to do things that a lot of families don't, but it is also the biggest blessing that my sister is special needs. I want people to know that having a special need is just a part of who a person is, it doesn't make them different or weird or not normal. I want people to understand and be accepting of people who have special needs and I figured the best way to do that was share my story through a digital story and blog.
Documentation 1
When making a digital story, I decided to use iMovie because I have a macbook. I am not a technology type of person, so I was nervous about this final project and how I was going to make a digital story. IMovie was already on my computer so I explored that before I did anything else and found that it seemed fairly simple. I saw that I needed to get some pictures and the easiest way to get them onto iMovie seemed to be to save them to the iphoto app on my computer. I then thought about what I wanted my topic to be for this project and decided that I wanted to educate people about special needs children and also share my experience with other families of special needs. Finding pictures was really easy because I just emailed myself pictures I found on our computer at home. I was thinking about making a digital story about a certain story about Madison but then I decided to do it on her life thus far and how it has impacted me and my family. After putting the pictures into imovie I then wrote out what I was going to say. I recorded the saying about ten times to try and make the pictures match what I was saying, so that was a little frustrating but still very simple to do. I worked on imovie for a few hours and I finally got it to where I wanted it. IMovie was very simple to use and I am proud to say that I can now make a digital story. Overall, I learned a lot from making a digital story and I hope I teach people with what I ended up making!
When making a digital story, I decided to use iMovie because I have a macbook. I am not a technology type of person, so I was nervous about this final project and how I was going to make a digital story. IMovie was already on my computer so I explored that before I did anything else and found that it seemed fairly simple. I saw that I needed to get some pictures and the easiest way to get them onto iMovie seemed to be to save them to the iphoto app on my computer. I then thought about what I wanted my topic to be for this project and decided that I wanted to educate people about special needs children and also share my experience with other families of special needs. Finding pictures was really easy because I just emailed myself pictures I found on our computer at home. I was thinking about making a digital story about a certain story about Madison but then I decided to do it on her life thus far and how it has impacted me and my family. After putting the pictures into imovie I then wrote out what I was going to say. I recorded the saying about ten times to try and make the pictures match what I was saying, so that was a little frustrating but still very simple to do. I worked on imovie for a few hours and I finally got it to where I wanted it. IMovie was very simple to use and I am proud to say that I can now make a digital story. Overall, I learned a lot from making a digital story and I hope I teach people with what I ended up making!
Documentation 2
I was suggested to go back in my video and put in a slide with some writing on it that explains what I want people to learn, but that would be a very difficult and tedious thing to do. I spent a lot of time setting each picture to a certain amount of seconds so that they would match up perfectly with what I was saying. If I wanted to add something in there then that would put the whole thing off and I would pretty much have to start all over and record my voice again. So instead, I put what I want people to learn from my video on this page in the opening paragraph. Besides that, if I changed the video at all then I would have to finalize it again, change all the settings again, re-upload it to youtube, and then put it on this page. All of that took a while last time and it would take a lot of time to do it again. Even though making the video was pretty simple, it still took a while to make it how I wanted it to be. So I feel that unless the video is just completely terrible and wrong, it would not be worth doing all of that just to add one thing in.
I was suggested to go back in my video and put in a slide with some writing on it that explains what I want people to learn, but that would be a very difficult and tedious thing to do. I spent a lot of time setting each picture to a certain amount of seconds so that they would match up perfectly with what I was saying. If I wanted to add something in there then that would put the whole thing off and I would pretty much have to start all over and record my voice again. So instead, I put what I want people to learn from my video on this page in the opening paragraph. Besides that, if I changed the video at all then I would have to finalize it again, change all the settings again, re-upload it to youtube, and then put it on this page. All of that took a while last time and it would take a lot of time to do it again. Even though making the video was pretty simple, it still took a while to make it how I wanted it to be. So I feel that unless the video is just completely terrible and wrong, it would not be worth doing all of that just to add one thing in.
Blogging
I chose to blog for the next part in my creativity and innovation project. I decided to blog about my sister, Madison, and some of the obstacles we have faced as a family. I felt that blogging was a good way to share that because it was things that I think about on a daily basis and that affect me on a daily basis. I knew that I could blog at least once a day and write about the first thing that came to my mind. I feel that blogging also gives people a personal experience because it is a more laid back type of writing. I want to educate people about special needs children and what it is like to have a sister as one and I think blogging is a good way to express it.
Below is a link to my blog about Madison:
http://edit2000creativity.blogspot.com
I chose to blog for the next part in my creativity and innovation project. I decided to blog about my sister, Madison, and some of the obstacles we have faced as a family. I felt that blogging was a good way to share that because it was things that I think about on a daily basis and that affect me on a daily basis. I knew that I could blog at least once a day and write about the first thing that came to my mind. I feel that blogging also gives people a personal experience because it is a more laid back type of writing. I want to educate people about special needs children and what it is like to have a sister as one and I think blogging is a good way to express it.
Below is a link to my blog about Madison:
http://edit2000creativity.blogspot.com
Documentation 3
Instead of using the blogging page on this website, I decided to use blogger. When I went to the website the only information that was needed was your google account. If you already had one, it was very simple and it took you straight to the page where you could start blogging. Using this website was very simple and easy to navigate through. I only had to click new post each time I wanted to blog and that was it. Once on the page that you blog on, you can edit the font, the font size, and the font color on the post. After finishing a blog you can click on "view blog" and it will navigate you to your blog website. It was extremely easy to use and I am happy that I now have another option to create a blog with.
Instead of using the blogging page on this website, I decided to use blogger. When I went to the website the only information that was needed was your google account. If you already had one, it was very simple and it took you straight to the page where you could start blogging. Using this website was very simple and easy to navigate through. I only had to click new post each time I wanted to blog and that was it. Once on the page that you blog on, you can edit the font, the font size, and the font color on the post. After finishing a blog you can click on "view blog" and it will navigate you to your blog website. It was extremely easy to use and I am happy that I now have another option to create a blog with.
Documentation 4
Blogging is something that I have really enjoyed doing this semester. I just learned how to blog from taking this class, and I am so thankful that I did. I do not like writing research papers and things like that, I would much rather write about my personal experiences and about things that I don't have to look up. Something about blogging is very comforting to me and I like to know that I can put anything I want too in my blog. I can research things to put into my blog if I want to, but I can make it all about my personal experiences as well. Which is what I have done this time as well. I can write however I choose too and it doesn't necessarily have to be formal writing. Blogging to me, is such a good way to talk about a personal experience or express the way you feel about something. If I really want to learn about something that I am going to do or try, or something that I may experience at some point, then one of my first choices to learn about it would be reading a blog. A blog is different than a normal website and I think after having these few experiences with blogging I will definitely continue learning about them and using them.
Blogging is something that I have really enjoyed doing this semester. I just learned how to blog from taking this class, and I am so thankful that I did. I do not like writing research papers and things like that, I would much rather write about my personal experiences and about things that I don't have to look up. Something about blogging is very comforting to me and I like to know that I can put anything I want too in my blog. I can research things to put into my blog if I want to, but I can make it all about my personal experiences as well. Which is what I have done this time as well. I can write however I choose too and it doesn't necessarily have to be formal writing. Blogging to me, is such a good way to talk about a personal experience or express the way you feel about something. If I really want to learn about something that I am going to do or try, or something that I may experience at some point, then one of my first choices to learn about it would be reading a blog. A blog is different than a normal website and I think after having these few experiences with blogging I will definitely continue learning about them and using them.
Final Reflection
Completing this project definitely taught me a lot and I think that the things I learned from doing it will come in very handy in the future. I was very nervous about making a digital story and how it would turn out, but it ended up being very simple. I am participating in a study abroad maymester in two weeks and all of our assignments have to do with making a digital story. I didn't find this out until last week and it was so comforting to know that I just learned how to make one! I would have been nervous going to Australia and having to complete assignments that I had no idea how to do.
I already knew how to blog because of earlier in the semester, but I did learn about a new website that I can use for it. I think I would use blogger if I just wanted to make a blog by itself without a whole website too.
Overall, I spent a lot of time on this project, but I feel that it was worth it. I learned a lot and I hope I taught other people something too!
Completing this project definitely taught me a lot and I think that the things I learned from doing it will come in very handy in the future. I was very nervous about making a digital story and how it would turn out, but it ended up being very simple. I am participating in a study abroad maymester in two weeks and all of our assignments have to do with making a digital story. I didn't find this out until last week and it was so comforting to know that I just learned how to make one! I would have been nervous going to Australia and having to complete assignments that I had no idea how to do.
I already knew how to blog because of earlier in the semester, but I did learn about a new website that I can use for it. I think I would use blogger if I just wanted to make a blog by itself without a whole website too.
Overall, I spent a lot of time on this project, but I feel that it was worth it. I learned a lot and I hope I taught other people something too!