Last Thursday our class presented their final projects. I was very impressed with my colleagues' work. It was clear that everyone put a lot of time and effort into their projects. I thought it was interesting that Selena, Jennyerika, and I all chose to use Pinterest for our projects. I have always viewed Pinterest as a social media outlet for hobby-type activities. I rarely saw social justice issues come up on Pinterest before this project. I am glad that I chose Pinterest because it gave me the opportunity to use the website in a different way and see all that Pinterest has to offer in terms of social justice.
What I enjoyed most about the presentations were the discussions. I always enjoying hearing my colleagues' perspectives on the topics we are learning about. It was also nice to have Dr. Mattheis, Dr. Hafner, and Dr. Ulanoff join our class. They all made very valuable contributions to our discussions.
Overall, I think we all did a great job on our projects and presentations and I am grateful to be part of such a talented cohort!
I decided to present the results of my page using Explain Everything. The process was actually a lot more difficult and time consuming than I had anticipated. Explain Everything is only an app, so you can not use it with a computer. At first, I attempted to make the video on my phone, however it became too difficult to add small details. So I decided to download the app on my iPad and that made things a little easier.
I could not figure out how to record changes to the video without also recording sound, so I had to create the entire video with my microphone on. To fix this, I downloaded the completed video to my dropbox and I downloaded it to imovie on my computer. I edited the video with imovie and added music. Next, I uploaded it to YouTube in order to make it easy to share.
Here is the completed project:
Even though Explain Everything was challenging, I am glad I chose it as my presentation platform because I became more familiar with the app and know what to expect should I choose to use it in the future.
