15A

Final Video

What. I learned from watching the rough drafts was that videos seem very awkward when they are quiet and do not have music, so I am going to be sure to include music clips into my video. I also learned that to keep the audience interested in what you are trying to convey, you should break up the video and have introduction slides for a new topic. I am going to continue to do so, as I think that I had been doing that already.

I also learned to stick with the same font, font size and slide length for a professional looking video. Doing this will not be hard to fix, and will pay off immensely. For my feedback, I was told that my font size was too small, so I am going to make it bigger and hopefully it helps my video easier to watch and more professional.

In my final video, I want to include skits and little video clips to enforce my topic and arguments. I am also going to take interviews with students, both who go home on the weekends and who stay on campus. This will not only help with the college-level thinking aspect of the video, but the creative as well. For the skits, I plan on keeping them short and funny, to maintain the creative portion. 

15V

Autonomy

Autonomy is having independence or freedom and to have free will. This word is what America, as a country, is based on. We, the people of the United States, have the freedom and liberty to self govern, which is also what autonomy is. This word comes to play everyday in our society.

15I

Day of Peace

Wednesday night I went to the Day of Peace concert in the ballroom of the Adanti Student Center. It was put on by my roommates inquiry class. I got a free tie dye t-shirt, pizza, and a bracelet. The bands that played were good, even though there were not a lot of people that attended. The event was from around 7 to 10, and I enjoyed it even though I did not stay for the whole thing.

carren final video

14B

Being Thankful

This semester, I am thankful that I learned who my true friends are. I came here with one of my "best" friends from high school, only to discover that she is not the nice, thoughtful person I thought she was or knew her to be. To make matters worse, she killed my fish. I am thankful to have made amazing, true new friends that truly care and respect me. I have met some of the most amazing people I know here. I am also thankful for my boyfriend who, even though he lives an hour away, can still make my day better and help me through any problems I have to face. It is nice to know that there is someone at home who I can talk to everyday and keeps me grounded. I am thankful that everyone in my life is not terminally ill and that they are in good health. 

I am also thankful that I am not failing any of my classes. I was never worried that I would, but it is still something to be thankful for. I am most thankful that I am not failing math, as that was more of a possibility than any other class. 

14A

Relaxing

This week, I am definitely going to focus on relaxing in preparation for upcoming finals. My workload for classes is starting to calm down, so I can avert my attention from homework and busy work and focus more on preparing for finals, both mentally and scholarly. 

I am going to Pennsylvania to visit family over break and have Thanksgiving at my grandmothers house. Being with family, mostly my cousins, will help me relax and become less stressed about finals. My friends are also coming home for break, so I will finally be able to see them after these past three months.

In order to prepare for finals, I am going to look at the schedule and decide when each one is. Then, I will plan my studying to it. I am going to go over notes, quizzes and tests to make sure I remember the material. I am also, especially for math, going to use the practice books and do different problems. If I set a study day for each class, I am sure that I will be able to study enough to do well on my final exams. 

In these last weeks, my professors have been giving out lots of last minute projects and tests. It is a very stressful time, especially with finals quickly approaching. I have decided that these weeks must be filled strictly with school- no more nights out, movie nights, or 2 hour Conn runs. These are the last chances to bring my grades up, and I intend to do as well as I can on them.

13B

Final Video- Being Creative

In order to be creative in my video project, I am going to film part of the trail that is part of Southern as an example of what you can do on campus during the weekend. I am relating people who leave campus on the weekend to my topic of adjusting to living on your own in college. I want to show how Southerns campus does not necessarily fit the typical college life, as the majority of students leave for home during the weekends. This is not allowing yourself to fully enjoy the college of experience of living away from home. Even though I am one of these, when I transfer at the end of sophomore year I will experience that.

For my skit, I am going to use my friends help and explain what the typical college experience is, and then show how it is different at Southern. I am going to have some friends act like they are staying on campus over the weekend and some that are leaving. I am going to show the "average" time spent in each location, and show how staying on campus is better.