On the last leg........

Well, well, well it's finally come to the last stretch and class has less than two weeks left. This week we were assigned groups in order to create our last project, A MOVIE!! I worked with the four people in my row of which I've been working throughout the whole semester whenever group projects were assigned so it was a comfortable environment and everyone had good chemistry. We decided to make our video a spoof of presentations we had to present in class just two weeks earlier and I think it's an ingenious idea and the whole class will love it.....Dr. Strong seems to love it and I can't for the final product! This coming Tuesday we'll gather all of our filming and edit and VIOLA!! We're hoping to be done on Tuesday that way we can present on Thursday and do not have to come to class the following week for evaluations which would be nice however I probably still will come because I'll like to see my classmates finished products of their movies. Well that's it for now, I know it's been a while since I've written but I allowed life to get the best of me.....later until I write again.... :D

CRUNCH TIME!

Yes ladies and gentlemen it’s coming down to the wire now, this semester is almost over and I can’t believe it. Crunch time is NOW! Things are up and coming and due like clockwork, click, click, BOOM! Aside from the heap of projects due in my other classes things are quickly approaching with CST as our spreadsheet analysis, electronic presentation, movie, and website finales are soon due. However, it should be interesting with the last four major projects. I’m excited to put together all the final workings of my research project in my spreadsheet analysis and electronic presentation and I think it will be nice to see everyone’s data all gathered and organized. I’m also very excited because we’ve been working with powerpoint and although I had background knowledge on PowerPoint I’m learning many new tricks that will help my liven up future my ppt presentations. Lots and lots to do on my part starting right about…….NOW!

EXCEL INTO THE FUTURE!

What a great week! My stress has definitely digressed from a 10 to a 2 in the words of my professors little granddaughter. This weekend was stressful with midterms and such but I believe my group and I did an excellent over magnificent job on our ethics assignment. The PowerPoint was splendiferous! ……. in my opinion that is, and I’m excited to see what Dr. Strong’s reaction will be and especially our grade, but that goes without saying. Aside from that this week we worked on Excel spreadsheets, ahhhhh my favorite. Ok, well not really but it was pretty basic and I had background knowledge of just about everything we covered, mainly because both of my parents are teachers. I know next week we’re getting back to photoshop dealings and it’ll be interesting. Until then……..

Nice......FUN!!

This week was nice and fun…. Nice because we’re getting to the end of our ethics assignment as a group, which is due next week. I really liked my group and we have everything in order and I think the final product will turn out well. I’m anxious in a nervous excited way to see what grade we get as a group. Aside from that today was digital images day…FUN, FUN, FUN!! Once again I worked with the same group that I’m doing my ethics project since we have good chemistry together and it was really awesome. We all had great ideas although I feel like we kind of held back because things could have been a lot more interesting if we were more comfortable. One of our group members in particular was quite the photographer and she was able to take some nice photos of us and other things. My favorite part, was after having my digital camera for a year and counting, I just figured out today by some miracle how to manipulate the color swap function. This was so cool because then I had the idea to take a picture of myself in a tree while using the color swap function to make the tree RED! It turned out beautifully…..this was such a lovely day and I enjoyed every bit of it. Funny how things can change dramatically from one day to the next or in this event from one week to the next…

COMING ALONG.......

After being so stressed for a while now, things appear to be coming along now but only time will tell how long that will last. We’ve finally submitted our research proposals which wasn’t even an entire proposal and that was stressful enough but I’m glad now that I have some background information on how to go about starting one as it’s a given in the near future I will have to do a few. Aside from that we’ve just started a new project on ethics that involves group work and effort and I think it will turn out very nice because my group is very agreeable and we are very organized thus far. Next week we’ll be finishing up our PowerPoint as a group on computer usage in education all the way from kindergarten right on up to grad school. It will be interesting to see the final product as we review the pros and cons and layout the actual facts with guidelines and policies on the actual matter…….check up next week to see what life brings…

DRAINED!

Wow, well first of all I just remembered my blog two days late as is obvious by now which I'm stressed and upset about as I fear losing points. This week has been too much, I'm finally at that stage, I don't know how I've been making it but by the grace of God. I've recently been hired since I've been out of work for a few months. It's been so hectic because since day one they've been working me for hours and hard from the beginning while I've been trying to stay together with those demands and balancing my school work with a serious lack of sleep as I feel so sleep deprived right now. Then on top of that my sister was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday and I've been driving back and forth to San Jose every chance I get to be with her and with the mix of all of this and i just knew I would forget something and I guess this turned out to be the something I did forget. This week in class was not so difficult but with all the things going around me its been too much and I think the stress has finally gotten to me as I can feel myself getting sick with a scratchy throat which is how it usually starts out for me. Next week is pretty hectic but I hope I will get the swing of the things between balancing my new job and school and my sisters recovery. There is so much I can say but I'm so overwhelmed by it all I just can't even begin to get into. I hope all of my other classmates are faring better than I am. And as the saga goes on, lets see what will become of the upcoming week......

WEBSITE MANIA!

To sum up this week into two words: WEBSITE MANIA! And the intensity goes on. At the start of this week I was absolutely and ultimately frustrated. We had been working on our websites now for a couple days, yet it only seemed more difficult for me. Between working on it at school and at home, I just couldn’t get the hang of it. I was so extremely happy when Dr. Strong returned and advised us to turn our stress levels from a 10 down to a 2. I’m sure she realized how high strung everyone was and assured us not to let it suck our lives away as I was most definitely doing. All in all I’m just elated she’s returned and I feel more relaxed and confident as she is being so patient and understanding with us which I greatly appreciate more than she may know. I’m also glad to say I think I’m finally getting accustomed to it all and I’m willing and determined to make it all work. Hopefully the ending product will be FANTASTIC! And I must say although this has been such a frustrating experience and I’m sure it will continue to be so I’m really, really grateful we are learning all these things and I will not take them for granted as I realize how important it is to be tech savy in this day and age. These are skills I plan to never forget but rather continue to nurture and hone by taking further tech classes. Be on the lookout for more to come!…..