Kristina Wright
Grade 8
Period 4
March 28, 2006
Final Reflection:
Technology Literacy
My
favorite part of this class was working on the power point about Habitat for
Humanity. The power point was my favorite because we got to completely design
and do all the work by ourselves the way we wanted it or we had the option to
work with a partner if we wanted to. We were also able to choose our own topic
that we were interested so that made it to where we didn’t mind doing the
research for the project. When we did our slide shows we even got to choose our
own music that we and Mrs. Colburn felt went along with our topic for the
project so this to keep us interested in the project. My least favorite part of
this class was working with the camera and having to do the public announcement
about Habitat for Humanity in front of the camera. This was my least favorite
because I don’t think we should have had to have been in front of the camera if
we didn’t want to be. So a way to still do the announcements and not have the
people who didn’t want to do it would be to have one person in each group do
the announcement and the others could do the filming, editing and the other
parts of the public announcement project. I also think that we should have been
able to choose our groups to work in or at least have one person in the group
that we picked or something on that order.
In
Microsoft Power Point I learned how to add music and get it at the right speed
for my slides and translations. I also learned how to add the translations to
my slides. In Microsoft Publisher I learned how to insert pictures from my file
to the page I am working on. I had known how to put pictures on a page but
never knew how to take them from a file to put on the page I am working on at
the time. What I learned about Habitat for Humanity is that Habitat for
Humanity was founded by Linda and Millard Fuller who were former millionaires.
I also learned that Habitat for Humanity doesn’t just give away the homes they
build. The people receiving the home have to work for so many hours on the
house and they do have to pay Habitat back for the house they receive.
The
project I liked best was the power point and that is the project I am most
proud of. I am proud of the work I did on the power point because it was a way
for me to teach others about Habitat for Humanity and the history of Habitat
for Humanity. Plus it wasn’t just a list of facts that they had to read it was
an interesting power point that they watched and even listened to music that we
got to pick for our topic. I think that the translations that I used between my
slides broke it up good and it wasn’t all the same translations either it was a
variety of translations. The variety of translations made the power point a
more interesting power point to watch then watching the same thing over and
over again.
The
project I could have done better was my public announcement project. The announcement
that I did was ok but there were just little things that would have made it
look better and would have made it over all better. The reason I feel I could
have improved on this project was because I am not really into being in front
off or on the camera and I think that really showed in my project. The thing I
would have done to improve my announcement would be to make it a little longer
so I seemed like I didn’t mind being in front of the camera and I would have
gotten more information about Habitat for Humanity out. I also would have
spoken a little slower so that too would have made it seem like I didn’t mind
being in front of or on a camera.