Project Three Reflection: Exciting

Project 3 was by far the most interesting project this year, in my opinion.  I feel as though recording it rather than writing it was pretty exciting (even though we had to write a little bit for the script).  I think I did well with my topic choice.  I really like the topic I chose for the project.  I think it turned out pretty decent; however, I struggled with the recording part.  I am probably, by far, the most technologically retarded person in the world.  I ended up having to get the boys that live on the first floor of my dorm help me with recording it and posting it to blackboard.  The software was glitching when I was trying to record my project, so it took a few times to get it all set and done.  That part was a little bit stressful.  Also, when I was trying to record it, my phone kept going off and making noises during the presentation, which was frustrating.  The guys in my dorm were being super loud in the background, too, so that was frustrating as well.  It was hard to find a totally and completely quiet environment to record in.  Throughout this project, I learned that not procrastinating pays off (hopefully).  I didn’t procrastinate as much as I had with the previous projects, so hopefully everything will turn out the way I thought it would.  It was much easier to write the script without feeling super rushed, whereas with the previous projects I honestly would do them the night before.  I am not so sure about how I will alter my writing process, but I will alter my recording process by trying to learn more about the recording software and educating myself with it instead of having other people help me.  I feel as though I did craft a strong argument and that it was a good topic choice.  Personally, I think my script had enough details in it to let people decide whether they would agree with my argument or disagree, while I also provided my input that I would agree with my argument.  In all honesty, I am not necessarily entirely sure how I will apply my work to the world outside the university with this project.  I just chose a topic and did the project.  It is a topic that applies directly to the university and students attending universities, so I am not sure how I will apply that to the outside world.  Overall, project three was a learning experience to me.  Writing in script was totally new because I have only done script writing once before in my life, and that was because I took creative writing in high school.  Other than that, I have never written a script, and I have never recorded a script, so that was all new and exciting.  Project three was my favorite project out of all the projects this year.  It was a good learning experience and a great way to do a project.