e-Communication Reflection

e-Communication Reflection

     The current school year in which I have participated in the e-Communication 21st century program is now coming to a close. over this year, due to these classes i have been allowed to grow creatively as well as gaining technical ability and valuable skills such as teamwork and problem solving.  As we wrap up this freshmen class preparing them to sophomores next school year, In abel for us to truly grow we must reflect on what we've learned.

           Coming into e9 with an 8th grade mindset and the experience of an ipad and cheap family PC, the new exposure to quality technology was extremely valuable to me. I learned the importance of listening attentively to directions... or else you've completed the stereotype of the little lost freshmen. Learning how to maneuver programs such as photoshop and adobe illustrator was a struggle, of course, but thanks to my friend, "Command Z"  I was granted free exploration that got me comfortable with the programs.

        Most of things I learned were directly from the teacher, but also by making a lot of mistakes. For example if you are unaware of how to save your documents correctly, you're going to make sure you know how to save works without loosing them. So, through this, the more things I did wrong was something I learned not to do again. another tip, if you have the inspiration or an outlandish idea, ask an administrator, they might just know how to do it and be able to teach you.

       This education is important, as one of my favorite characters from Parks and Recreation, April said. "Time is money, Money is power, power is pizza, and pizza is knowledge." So it's importance is a bit, obvious.  the more you know, the more you can do.

     My greatest weakness coming in was definitely was technology side, me always being a creative thinker, as an insane little child, I assumed I would be fine. listening and knowing what to do is key. yes, it's great to have your creative juices take over, but sometimes a structure is needed before you actually make your project. I've improved because of previous bad planning, and spontaneous inspiration is okay, but before you take action you need to know what steps you'll take and how.

   I'm going to do a lot with what i've learned, in my future years of this program, my knowledge will only grow, and my ideas will only get crazier . But that's okay because i know i'll have the education needed to properly execute it.

   I would have changed my organization from the beginning of the year, yes the technology was new, the school was new, and most of all I was the newest newbie this freshmen class had ever seen. For my personal logo I just assumed I would fiddle around on the computer, and BOOM! I would have my personal logo. but then I was indecisive and my logo lacked the theory and deeper meaning that we had learned about in graphic design. If I would've gone in with that in mind ,I feel like it would have been a better representation of my ability to create something with significance to something else.

    in conclusion, i messed up a lot, and will probably continue to do so, till the day I die even. But from this program, I am getting the education I need to let my mind be as weird and outlandish it wants, and maybe by looking at my work people can somehow comprehend how it works. a little bit, at least. Next year e-communication will be even better, so,

see you then.

-Courtney Honors

        

         

Summer Sound

      

 Summer Sound Project

  One of the biggest projects of the year in e9 was the was the group final. put into a group of four based on out Meirs Briggs personality types, our goal was to create a product along with a logo, animation, video website. while exercising the new skills we learned throughout the year, we also had to use our leadership and cooperative teamwork  everyday. through healthy collaboration and constructive criticism of our team, we were able to get our product to the professional we aimed to meet.

    the product we made was SUMMER SOUND, sunglasses that have built in headphones, creating a whole new way to listen to music in the summer time. the headphones can play bluetooth, radio, podcast, and personal music that can connect to a phone or ipod.

        It was known from the beginning of our work together that we possessed personal interests in the strands of Ecomm, due to this we were successful in creating the material, the hard part was deciding what to use and where. while we split into our individual strands, in classes like graphic design, we produced many advertisements, logos, and other visuals regarding summer sound.


      The summer sound official logo chosen was the I worked on, but the whole team worked together in deciding exactly what we wanted the logo to look like and make people feel at first glance. overall we wanted a chill and summery logo that included music and the sunglasses. this out of all that we made seemed to say that the most.

For the animation, while of my group member worked on the  sunglasses Model themselves, I constructed the beachy background.

For the summer Sound commercial I collaborated with another one of my group members, using two ipad to maximize our time and shots. Using both of the ipad's footage we both created commercials, with the same overall plot, but stylistically different videos. the video i edited was made to appeal to teen and give off a "summer vibe". made simply I made actors and shots carefree and almost like a party.


This project to me was a success.  all of our group members contributed in the way we decided, giving product the material needed.  we got everything done, the website, animation, video ,and logo.