Projects
For our fourth quarter project, we had to think of a product and then make a bunch of different marketing things such as a commercial, ad, coupon, 3d animations, and pile them all onto a sub-par template for a website which we design. It took all of fourth quarter, with each class getting a two week rotation.
I faced quite a few challenges with this project, such as getting along with people I wouldn't normally get along with, and adding audio and the 3d animation into the video. Along the way, I learned a lot about embedding, editing audio, and most importantly, how vital it is to have a team that works well together, along with different communication and leadership skills.
Mrs. Smith told us that our product logo needed a little work, so in response we changed the letters from black to white.
Overall, I think we did a pretty ok job at this project. We didn't do Amazing, but we also didn't do horribly. It was right in the middle.
In class, I have worked hard and got everything done that needed to get done. When getting don early, I would work on projects for the other rotations, or, if I'm being honest, I would be on snapchat. Outside of class, I stayed after school for about three days to finish editing my video.
After one year, I have strength in video editing, as well as 3d animation, as I did the animation for my project. I maximize these strengths by working even harder at the rotations I enjoy. An area I would need to work at would be web design, considering I remember nothing about it. I would would watch tutorials and read how to's in order to improve my skills.
My favorite thing about this semester would be discovering Sketchup, and figuring out all you can do with the program.
If I were to do something differently, I would be make sure to get all of our group members to contribute, in order to alleviate the pressure that fell on me, as well as my other group members who actually contributed.
My overall takeaway from this semester is the skill of working with people that you normally wouldn't prefer to work with, as well as very important presentation skills that I will use throughout my life.
Next year, if I were to stay with e-Comm, I would hope to improve my video and animation skills, and try to find a purpose and career that I would like to stick with, but since I'm not, I hope I learn how to speak Spanish and find some new lifelong friends in choir. Adios, Mr. Cooper! You're pretty chill.
My final thoughts? Overall, I enjoyed e-Comm. I don't have a grudge against it, I'm not thinking about the other electives I could've taken (PE, actually, but its whatever, I'll do it over the summer.) and I'm glad I joined. I made great friends, some better than the ones I already had, and they have forever changed my life. while I may not ever use some of the skills I have learned ever again, I have acquired different communication, collaboration, project management, time management, leadership and technical skills. And I most defiantly did not just copy that off the rubric.
Thanks e-Comm, it was nice knowing you.
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