Next Stop: Websites

   With the conclusion of the YouTube project, we are ready to take our journey to the next place on our itinerary, websites. For this project, I will be working in a group with three other girls to complete a professional, functional, and easy-to-use website. We have settled on using wix.com for creating our site, after seeing the vast number of layouts and easily adaptable interfaces that it provides for free. One downside is that this site only allows for one collaborator, so multiple group members cannot work on the project simultaneously. This will require a little out of class work, but hopefully we will be able to finish in time.
   The theme and purpose of our website will be educational resources and activities targeted to teachers, both primary and secondary. Three of the four group members are education majors, so we hope that we can learn a little more about our future professions throughout the course of this project. I can't wait to post the final project! Stay tuned...

...And That's a Wrap!

   Hello everyone! With the conclusion of my YouTube project, I am checking back in to report on my progress. Overall, the project was a success, and I learned some important things in the process. My video, "Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle in College," was fairly easy to put together, and my prior knowledge of video editing really came in handy. I had some trouble figuring out how to incorporate adequate closed captioning on my video, but with a little help from the Internet, all crises were averted.
     As an elementary education major, being able to make videos will come in handy, whether it be putting up lessons online for my students or being able to document fun activities in the classroom. I am positive that the set of skills that came along with creating this video will be very useful in the future, and I am excited to see what else lies ahead.

To watch my finished video, click the link below! Enjoy :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUjJ1VLYIHE