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Passion Project December Reflection

Since we showed our video at the December spirit assembly during January we have had time to reflect on our project and make notes on what we can improve on for next time. This time we are going to start collecting images as soon as possible and try our best to collect more video and hopefully the sound will be better for next time.
I think our project worked out good so hopefully we can do another great video but improve those few things that need to be improved.
It is challenging to communicate with all the group members since we don’t see each other on a daily basses. I think we need to improve our group communication so we can make sure that every task is being completed. I think we can do this by on the last day of every week we could just fill in what we completed.
Our next step is to start collecting this for the next video including pictures team lists and videos.

November reflection

What are some things you have learned and/or tasks you have yaccomplished this month?

I have learned how to edit a video on iMovie. This month we have collected all the team pictures and team lists. We have collected all of Noahs video footage and put it on my computer we have edited the footage we have and place it in the video. We have insurged a song to go with the video and handed the video off to Ms.Blaxland.

What aspects of your passion project are working? Explain why.

The editing process is working very well. I think me and Sydney are learning as we go and this use makes are video better and better every time we revise it.

What aspects of your passion project are challenging? Explain why.

Something we are struggling with is collecting photos from some of the  sports and not having videos for all the sports. This is because we did not start collecting the photos and videos early enough.

What steps did you take to overcome these challenges / what adjustments did you need to make?

We set up for some of our teams to get together and pass around the ball while Noah filmed. We could not do this for ever team we didnt have footage of, so we just made sure every team had a team picture.

Is there anything you can do improve? (with your approach to the project, or altering the project)

Next time we need to start the editing process sooner in order to have time to trouble shoot any problems that may come up.

What is the next step, when will it be completed.

The next step is to start video taping the winter sports and start collecting team lists and photos this should be done by Febuary.

 

 

 

October reflection

What are some things you have learned and/or tasks you have accomplished this month?

I have learned good project management skills by making a binder for all of my passion project information. Tasks I have accomplished this month are, collecting all the emails of sport team coaches, finding the schedules of the sports on the athletics web page, designing my blog.

What aspects of your passion project are working? Explain why.

So far our team work is doing very well. Me and Sydney handle getting all the information Noah needs in order to film the sports and Noah films. We are currently filming and trying our best to catch all the sports. I think our group has good communication and that is why our project is working.

What aspects of your passion project are challenging? Explain why.

It has become a challenge to film the sports that started early in the year. We did not start filming soon enough but we can fix this for next year by starting right away.

What steps did you take to overcome these challenges / what adjustments did you need to make?

We have emailed the coaches that sports we have missed and asked them to send us any pictures or videos they may have. So far we have received good responses and are continuing to receive photos.

Is there anything you can do improve? (with your approach to the project, or altering the project)

I think we could improve communication even though we are pretty good at talking to each other when we  need help or have a question. We could do weekly checks on what ever one accomplished during that week.
What is the next step, when will it be completed.

The next step is collecting team lists and team pictures from the coaches to put in the video. This should be done by the middle of November.

 

Passion Project Application

(A) Sydney, Noah, and I want to enhance the athletic video shown at the spirit assembly by adding video clips of the Rapid teams playing. The goal of this project is to produce a video that will increase school spirit, recognize our athletes contributions, and encourage others to join teams. Our idea is to maybe post this video on Riversides YouTube channel after the spirit assembly.

(B) Some problems I am already facing is making sure I have team pictures and getting the teachers to send them in time. Another problem I am facing is the gym and field schedule is very hard to read and figure out which ones are practises and which ones are games. I am also finding it hard to find time to put the video together before the assembly. To complete this goal I need video editing skills I will use iMovie to make the video with Sydney and we will learn as we go along. We will also need to learn how to post this video on the YouTube channel which I’m sure we could get help from fellow tech team members.

(C) our first video has to be done by December 4th. I would like to be finished the video a week before the spirit assembly so the rest of the week we can do final touches. So we would need all our material by 2 weeks before. This would be the same for second semester.