My ePortfolio

Here is the link to my ePortfolio man this was a fun project I am so glad that I did this It something that I will be able to use in the future if I should find myself in need of a job. Thanks for such a great class everyone was great thanks for helping me to get over my fears.

Self-Reflection Statement

In all of my work I created connections between my projects by picking a topic that means a lot to me something that I unfortunately have way to much knowledge in. I took that topic and carried it into each of my projects and every time I was able to elaborate on the subject by adding more information and having a stronger platform to present it from. I think that by using the same subject it gives me a chance to develop my skills to a level that I felt would make for a sound project that was informative yet interesting. If I had the time I would have made my ePortfolio format a bit different because although I enjoyed the layout of it, but there was more that I wanted to do. I was hoping to add some interesting color to the page as well as some background designs but know matter what I did it would not work the way that I wanted to. I was able to put a bit of a background on but not what I wanted where I wanted it. I organized my ePortfolio by making all of my pages in an organized fashion. I did this because it would allow people to better navigate my portfolio it allows the viewer to go directly to the topic of their choice then they can further there viewing by searching the sub-pages of each topic. I found patience to be the most effective technique in creating my projects. In the beginning I was trying to hurry my projects along and did not give them the time that they deserved. The thinking and planning process done before starting a project are directly related to the outcome of the project. I had a much easier time once we started doing the mind mapping and am glad that I was able to learn how to make them. When I first started working on the project I of blogging I really could not stand it I was always looking for the shortest blog post that I could make and still get my point across. But then later I became far more comfortable with the idea of people being able to read my blogs as you can see in the fact that towards the end, my blog posts were longer, more direct, and contained much less filler in them. The most difficult challenge in my ePortfolio was trying to include all the information from class and my outside sources but at the same time keeping the ePortfolio compact and to the point. I wanted to make sure that it was not to long because it becomes far to easy for a person to become bored and move on from your portfolio before they get the full picture of what you have to offer. Also it was a challenge to keep each subject clean from other subjects but at the same time tie them all together so they flow from page to page without seeing the same thing twice.

revalations & FATP

Well were to start this was one interesting week here making a video was really new to me and much more challenging than I thought it would be. So I used windows movie maker to do the movie and well its not all as simple as one might think it to be. For starters I next time would shoot a video the old fashion way going picture by picture was far from seamless. The transition from picture to picture well was just what it was a bunch of pictures put together to tell a story.

One of the biggest problems I had was for some reason a few overlayed words would not go away there came a time when I had to give up because the words just kept on popping up in places they were not supposed to be. The other thing that I had an issue with was the number of pictures required to make the video I know that if I was to do it again I would go out and take all my own pictures as searching for a CC picture that fit what I needed it to fit was a bit of a challenge.

Overall it was a great project and I am very glad that I was able to do it. I have learned a lot from this project and am ready to make many changes if I was to do it all over again. But for what it's worth this was probably one of the harder but more fun projects that we have done this whole class.

Here is my FATP

F Video
A Everyone that has a heart
T Heart disease
P TO educate

Video

Here is my video please enjoy.
This video is trying to bring awarness to heart disease. It should help people be more aware of what is going on around them.

All the photos were from CC and credit is due as follows:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jazzlawyer/84291062/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/celebmuscle/1201974821/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/clintus/2297724702/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/atlnav/369536486/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davefishernc/2431577209/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevegarfield/2504561841/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/prettydaisies/3199683520/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maureencrosbie/3234141311/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sshb/3337132613/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pellegrini/15593716/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/asurroca/53759285/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trommetter/2668468074/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/clintus/437900109/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikep/3594833091/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chriswatkins/3179260186/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chriswatkins/3179268348/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/saintmurse/110519067/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nycarthur/437489623/

The music is from: http://kristinhersh.cashmusic.org/
"bamboo" written and performed by kristin hersh
published by yes dear music, bmi
produced by kristin hersh
recorded & mixed by steve rizzo at stable sound studio portsmouth ri usa

My Reflection

So another week down and this week was a comic and an animation both were very fun projects. I liked the comic because it was one that I was familiar with I used ToonDoo and I still love it. The fact that they make it possible for untalented people like me to make a comic strip using all the preloaded things is really cool the selection of stuff is very good and the fact that if you are talented enough you can draw your own things is really cool. After I figured out the theme of the comic it flowed together well and very fast.

For the animation that was a very fun project there was a bit of a learning curve to it as I was unable to find directions to it maybe they were there but I just missed them. I was not able to make the exact animation that I was going for because the characters could not make the movements that I was looking for. All in all it was a very fun project and I am glad that I was able to do it.

Exersice is good!!

GoAnimate.com: Exercise is good by vtpepper


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Here is my animation.

Exercise kills

Here is my comic please enjoy.