Reflective Blog Post
By: Brooklyn
This is my Keynote YouTube video I made, you can check it out here!
Introduction
Recently my classmates and I completed a big project in PLP, Maker. Our task was to make a powerpoint in Keynote about our PLP journey so far. The driving question for this was, “who am I as a PLP learner?” Let’s get started!
My Reflection
For my reflection I will be splitting it into five parts, my WordPack, I Am Photo, Highlighted Work and the parts that worked well and didn’t work well.
My WordPack
My WordPack and I am photo (which I will talk about later) I would say was an easier portion of this project. Using a PLP app we combined a list of words that best described our self, and the app put it into a shape of your choice as well as a font and colour of your choice.
I Am Photo
For my I Am Photo I decided on something that I am, for example “I am a hockey player.” Instead of a hockey player though, I did it about my love for K-pop. In a quick summary I took a photo of me beside k-pop related merchandise and with my Apple Pencil, doodled some related images on it. This photo show a part of who I am, bring us back to the driving question, “Who Am I as a PLP Learner?”
My Highlighted Work
(aka my Nike shoe)
For my highlighted work I learned many functions of Keynote and how it operated. Some of the tools I learned, I wasn’t even aware existed! For example I was given a template of a Nike shoe to colour. This piece of the project was meant to help us learn more about how Keynote works and to encourage us to play around with the functions it had to offer. I chose colours from the pink and burgundy spectrum for my Nike shoe because they looked good together which is funny as I don’t even like the colour pink. This process allowed me to discover how Keynote functions worked and expand my knowledge of the PLP apps.
The Parts that Worked Well/What Didn’t
The title explains it pretty well as to what I’m going to be talking about, so let’s get right into it!
What Worked Well (something I’m proud of)
First off I’ll talk about what worked well in my project. I would say there are a number of things in the keynote presentation that turned out well, but for the sake of your insanity I’ll only talk about two.
What Worked Well, My Me Emoji
The first one I’m going to talk about is my Me-Emoji. As a class we created an emoji, also known as the “Me-Emoji”, to look like us. Then we used the Me-Emoji emote to make our character hold an iPad, therefore incorporating the aspect of PLP. The next step I took was importing images onto my characters iPad, as well as taking away the background so they looked like stickers. Lastly I animated the “stickers” to add an interactive part to my presentation. I feel this project brings me back again, “Who Am I as a PLP Learner?” All of these stickers represent who I am, in addition to my Me-Emoji that looks like me.
What Worked Well, My Settings
For this portion of my project I talked about my three settings. Radical friend, Student, and Fish Amphibian and Reptile Obsessive. For those of you that don’t know, my “settings” are parts of me you will most often encounter. For example who I am as a student or who I am as a friend. These three settings were really fun to make, especially because I had the freedom to add a lot of humour to it. Without giving much thought to this, you can tell it incorporates PLP by adding illustrations, effects and my Me-Emoji.
What Didn’t Work Well
I wouldn’t say there was a certain part of my project that was a total fail but as I was looking over my Keynote presentation something caught my eye. I’m well aware I just mentioned how much I liked my Me-Emoji, (which I still do) but the resolution was quite poor. This was because I screen recorded my Me-Emoji (since it had animation features) unfortunately due to this the overall product didn’t look quite as pretty as it could have. It’s not the end of the world but it’s definitely something that could have been better. If I were to revise this I would definitely find a better way to make the resolution better.
Conclusion
In conclusion, I think I learned a lot In this project, and it was a lot of fun to make. In addition to this, I also believe reflecting is one of the most important part of a project, to notice what you could improve on and giving yourself credit for what you did well is a really good life skill to have. Thanks so much for reading about my my post, and if you haven’t already checked out my About Me page, I’ll link it right here!