Whether we were making our dreams come to life with green screens or setting up our linked in account as a brag-sheet or resume, we gained a lot of skills.We learned the history and operation of social media platforms such as Pinterest, Twitter , and LinkedIn. We also used blogger to help us expand our creativity in writing.
In order to understand the depth of this educational journey I will give you a rundown on the important things we did.
1. LinkedIn
From my understanding LinkedIn is a professional website where students like me, job seekers, and hiring businesses can contact each other and connect.
LinkedIn allows job seekers to include their skill set and experience, so that jobs can see them and be interested in what they have to offer.
LinkedIn is like your online/mobile resume that can attract jobs to you. It's advanced way of allowing people to see your level of education and achievements, keeps it competing with top social medias as far as establishing yourself in the business world.
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| Arabia Green's LinkedIn |
LinkedIn also allows you to put a professional picture of yourself as your profile. As you see on the left is an image I took to put as my profile.
On my personal LinkedIn account I have my educational level, bio, etc posted.
Among other things, I also have the option of listing the jobs I've worked at , institutions I went to, internships, etc.
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| My Twitter |
There was a time where only birds could tweet but that all changed in 2006 thanks to Jack Dorsey. Users are now allowed to share views and stay informed on various topics by "tweets" in a free space where others may agree and make your tweet trend or disagree and still make your tweet trend.
My thoughts on twitter are that it is a wonderful tool to market your business, gain a following, become a social media influencer and reach out to the world. Twitter is another way to be informed of news or share news. Users get to keep up with what's going on around the world, what’s trending and Trump’s constant rants.
I like the fact that twitter has a limit on how much characters users can tweet. I feel like this technique challenges users to get straight to the point about how they feel or what they're thinking.
My twitter handle is @RayeArabia Im not very active with twitter because I find instagram to be the better app but I still believe twitter is useful.
Here is my Blogpost where I further discuss twitter and it's history.
3. Pinterest
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| My Pinterest Log |
Pinterest is a social media network where users are allowed to pin things that spark their interest and a visual discovery engine that allows you to find ideas posted by other users. Pinterest was created by Ben Silberman on March 2010.
Pinterest is an amazing app where you can look up style ideas, make-up looks, home decors and recipes. You either can get inspired by certain pins or create pins that inspire other people.
Businesses like Sephora use Pinterest to engage their clients. Users are also allowed to have their own boards full of things that they will one day purchase , looks they'll imitate or recipes that they'll try.
Go check out my Blog post to get more information.
4. Green Screen Project
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| Background Image |
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| Green Screen Image |
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| Blended Image |
With this green screen project we were able to place ourselves anywhere we wanted to be. As you can see in the three images above, I place myself in front of an enchanted castle like the one you would see on the Wizard of Oz . I chose the background image above to place myself in front of because I feel there is no place like home. Also, what better place to place a queen other than in front of a castle.
In order to place myself in front of this background image, I had to stand in front of the green screen as you see below. I could not stand directly in front of the green screen behind me because it would not have worked for the editing process. So, as you can see below I stood a distance as the green screen was way above my head.
In order to complete the process, we had to put both images on adobe premiere to edit. Using the Ultra key feature by keying the tab and using the dropper in order to match the shade of green allowed me to blend my picture with the background.
5. Prezi
Prezi Next is the latest generation presentation platform built on HTML5 platform, which gives you high resolution and a smooth experience on your presentation. Basically it's an upgraded PowerPoint.
My Prezi presented my choice of Top Ten 90's movies. I also included important quotes and messages that most might have missed, if they've watched this movie.
Prezi Next allowed me to use various features to let my presentation be very creative. I could choose the order of each slide , choose different templates, backgrounds, etc.
To see more information about my presentation go check out my Blogpost.
It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday
As you can see, we learned a lot throughout the course of the semester. Using blogger especially help me to expand my creative writing skills. We also set up our LinkedIn accounts and made our skillsets and work experience available for future jobs to see.
We got a chance to make a twitter account that will allow us to tweet, even though we aren't a bird.With twitter we are able to brand ourselves, communicate with people across the world and just tweet our thoughts.
I already had a Pinterest account, but I was able to create a blogpost showcasing the creative boards I've put together.
The Green Screen Project taught me a whole lot of techniques I could use on feature jobs as far as editing, photoshop and advertising.
Prezi Next allowed us me to get creative with my presentation in a high-tech manner.
All these skills can be applied to our future careers. That is the reason that this abrupt ending to the class makes it so hard to say goodbye.
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