I can’t believe we are at the end of this course and the entire program! I am excited beyond words about finishing the Master’s program! This course has helped me to put together some important components of my Capstone project. The last one I worked on was my poster. Since we received various templates the task became much easier; or so I thought. It was difficult to try to minimize all of my research into the reduced areas of the poster template. I was able to modify my executive summary to fit my poster, but I felt uneasy about it. I felt like I was not able to do a good job of adding all of the significant portions of my research. At this point I feel like as long as I was able to follow the guidelines to the best of my ability, I completed the task at hand! On to focusing on the last few tasks left and ready to be stress free; at least stress from school.
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As I revised and edited my capstone video, I felt much more as ease than the first time I set off to start my rough cut video. I think I had completed so much of the video the first couple of times I worked on it, that I did not have a whole lot to do for my final cut. I made a couple of the changes that were suggested by my cohort members. Some of these changes I already knew had to be made, such as changing some of the pictures and replacing them with others that had better resolution. I am glad I don’t feel as stressed about this procedure. I think my stress not only stemmed from producing the video, but also from the much faster pace of this summer schedule for classes, as well as the business of my own family life.
As I embarked on my next task, my executive summary, I did not feel the same stress. I felt like I already had all of the information I needed in my research paper. It was just a matter of rereading and paraphrasing my own writing. I felt much more in my comfort zone when it came to writing, as opposed to creating a video. I think the only hurdle I came across as I composed my executive summary was limiting myself when it came to sharing the data collected and giving my analysis of the results. The fact that we are given limits as to how many pages we must have, can be a bit stressful for some but I think it is a good thing because it provides us with boundaries, otherwise we could write endlessly, since we are all quite passionate about our research. Now on to my poster! I am feeling a bit anxious at times, but quite elated that the end is near! oAs I sat down to create my video I had my storyboard on another tab. I felt like I knew exactly what I wanted to include; I thought my storyboard was more on the detailed side and I had already test-timed my script, so it should be easy. Boy was I wrong! I had used Adobe Spark with a partner in another class so I figured it would be fairly easy, but I quickly realized I did not have the capabilities to resize pictures and modify text the way I wanted. I also realized that most, if not all, of the pictures I had selected were quite blurry. I tried to find other pictures that depicted the same meaning. That slowed me down quite a bit and I ended up not changing some images. As I put it all together, I couldn't help but feel uneasy about not having pictures and video of my own students to use. I think that would have added a touch that was more personal, but we were not given a heads up when we started the program (and school was still in session). I felt like I wanted to add more, but the time restriction helped me to stay focused and select only key points. Every time I open it again, I feel like I want to change something but decide not to because then I would have to also modify the voice over and I feel like I have them perfectly timed. Even though each slide can be worked on independently, when it comes to the voice over, there are some sentences that are split between two slides and have to be timed perfectly, otherwise it sounds a bit off pace. I am usually quite critical about my own work and always feel like I can improve in some way. I appreciate being able to receive feedback from others to improve my work. Can't wait for the feedback!
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