DJ Dalen Austin Video Proj

My group members were Dalen, Dj, and Myself.


http://youtu.be/JQQVfI0ozX4


Disclaimer: Our video is meant to be funny.  It is not offensive since we advocate meeting different kinds of people in it.  

Grad Video Invite

Grad Invite Video
Link.

http://youtu.be/k8PaVRnzNoY

My capstone booth and How I Felt About My Presentation

Here is my capstone booth:

I attempted to keep my booth as simple as possible.  I used two boards, one with my poster, the other with my issue and information about the concepts it addresses.  I tried to keep a consistent color scheme of black and white.  I didn't want to overwhelm people with information or pictures, as what I had to say to them was much more important to me and fielding their questions would prove more informative for them (especially given how my project is centered on individual interests. )

I feel like my project went very well.  I didn't have many visitors to my booth because I was on the farthest end on the Thunderduck side of El Paso, so I didn't get a chance to practice presenting to Juniors.  That being said, I was not nervous and didn't stumble.  I think it went quite well.

Website Address

Here is the address to my website:

http://aus200.wix.com/capstoneproject

Mobile site:


http://m.aus200.wix.com/capstoneproject

Capstone Presentation Ideas

Capstone Presentation Idea

For my presentation, I will try to deliver as much information as possible through speaking. On a tri-fold science project display board, I will attempt to convey the main idea points in neatly organized blocks. I will add attractive visuals in between this information to help further draw the eyes.  Brochures will also be available for people to take and look at.  I will also have a laptop open to my website for judges and viewers to test out.  I will set all of this up on a nice black table cloth.   I will also display little business cards with my website link for people to take.

PSA Video

 This is My Public Service Announcement Video

I kind of threw this together on my own and it's really not that great.  My PSA video is complete(ly terrible) and if I had the chance I would change a lot of things about my video in order to make it better and communicate my message in a more effective way. Still, I guess it's not entirely horrible and I did it and turned it in on time...

What I was hoping to accomplish with my video was to show users was that most activities that people enjoy require electricity (even the most simple or basic ones.)  So I put videos of me enjoying the things I enjoy and then posed the question of whether or not electricity could be done in a cleaner and less expensive way.  Then I put the link to my website for more information.  I was hoping to equate electricity with good times, and then tell people their good times could be less expensive.  I'm not much of an advertising guy, but I tried.

I'd like to redo my video over the break and (hopefully) be able to add someone else to it and do a more focused message that actually makes some sense.  I was thinking of trying to do something funny, but I'm not too funny.  Either way, I know I can improve it over the weekend.
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UPDATE: This is my new video!  I decided to use Prezi because I lack friends and my sister refused to help me out by starring in my video.

http://www.screenr.com/dp67

What I learned today 3/8/12

When Dr. Manes came to class today, I was terrified that their would be an additional assignment or an announcement that we all have to start over again because our projects are terrible. However, Dr. Manes' visit was very helpful.  I was very unsure as to how to include my service learning in my paper because I thought it was completely unrelated to the my topic.  Dr. Manes cleared this up for me, and I understand now that I have to connect something I have learned in service learning to my project.  For example, I can talk about how important correctly implementing design is in power generation, just like it is in building a home.  I also learned that our end product does not have to be flawless, which is a life saver.