Fatuma Fadhil- Project Wrap Up
Going about this project has been very difficult at times, but I also have to say there were some good things that came out of this project as well. I've learned that thinking ahead before actually getting there can really cause less complication. I have witnessed thesein the last week of this project, We were at Village Fest and we didn't get to perform because we didn't plan on our mics picking up on the the bands across from our booth. I have also concluded to this solution because of the lack of equipment we had to start with. Although with all the misshapes, I got to talk to different people and pursue the communication skills that I wanted to improve by doing this project. I can remember a conversation I had with my mentor that I did by myself without my partner. I went to High Tech Middle Media Arts to ask for a microphone and she was so nice and she gave me a mic to use. The conversation went very well, and I was proud of myself because I didn't make it awkward or lost words. I also loved how much I had to think and use my head when working through problems that we had to deal with. Like planning out the lessons for the students that we were teaching and also, trying to hook up the keyboard and mic to a very complicated speaker system. It was the toughest last week, but the most learned from.
Going about this project has been very difficult at times, but I also have to say there were some good things that came out of this project as well. I've learned that thinking ahead before actually getting there can really cause less complication. I have witnessed thesein the last week of this project, We were at Village Fest and we didn't get to perform because we didn't plan on our mics picking up on the the bands across from our booth. I have also concluded to this solution because of the lack of equipment we had to start with. Although with all the misshapes, I got to talk to different people and pursue the communication skills that I wanted to improve by doing this project. I can remember a conversation I had with my mentor that I did by myself without my partner. I went to High Tech Middle Media Arts to ask for a microphone and she was so nice and she gave me a mic to use. The conversation went very well, and I was proud of myself because I didn't make it awkward or lost words. I also loved how much I had to think and use my head when working through problems that we had to deal with. Like planning out the lessons for the students that we were teaching and also, trying to hook up the keyboard and mic to a very complicated speaker system. It was the toughest last week, but the most learned from.
Noah Greene - Project Wrap Up
This last week finishes the project, which certainly had many ups and downs, but overall was somewhat successful. For our project, we designed a week-long ukulele lesson plan that we taught to students at Explorer Elementary School. Not only did our ukulele course go very well, but I actually really enjoyed what I was doing. It was so much fun to interact with the kids, and I actually felt like I was really helping people. I had this profound feeling of purpose, the same one I described in my article, and it was a very gratifying experience that I would love to have again. Even though I was "just" teaching kids to play the ukulele, it felt like I was making a difference, and I was. All the kids there were so excited to learn a new instrument, and it was really cool to see them perform their songs at the end, and feel like they accomplished something. I got to talk to a lot of the students parents, and they told me how their kids were so excited to learn the ukulele, many of the parents actually bought their kids the ukulele because they were so passionate about learning an instrument. Although that part of the project was successful, our last week did not go as planned. We originally wanted to perform every day of the last week to raise money for the charity Malaria No More, most of last week revolved around getting equipment to use, receiving broken equipment, and going everywhere to find equipment that worked. We didn't actually get all of the equipment until Village Fest, and the day of Village Fest was the first and only time we performed. We performed at Liberty Station for a few minutes, and raised 15 dollars for Malaria No More. However, we (Fatuma and I) didn't actually get to perform together, because we didn't have working microphones at the time. During Village Fest, we were also going to perform to continue to raise money for our charity, but we found out that raising money at Village Fest isn't allowed unless the booth where we were raising money was paid for. Also, our booth was directly across from the stage, where loud music was playing, and our microphones picked up on the sound so we couldn't perform at all. So instead of performing, we waited at our booth holding the flyers we made, and were ready to teach the people walking by how to play the ukulele. Unfortunately, no one stopped by our booth, so we never got to teach anyone at Village Fest how to play a few chords on the ukulele. Looking back, I don't think Village Fest is the best place to exhibit a project. Regardless of how "fun" or "non-school" like a project tries to be, people would much rather go to a more exciting attraction at Village Fest, than to listen to students present a project they did in school. However, the teaching at Explorer really made me value the importance of generosity, and showed me how wonderful it feels to make an impact on someone.
This last week finishes the project, which certainly had many ups and downs, but overall was somewhat successful. For our project, we designed a week-long ukulele lesson plan that we taught to students at Explorer Elementary School. Not only did our ukulele course go very well, but I actually really enjoyed what I was doing. It was so much fun to interact with the kids, and I actually felt like I was really helping people. I had this profound feeling of purpose, the same one I described in my article, and it was a very gratifying experience that I would love to have again. Even though I was "just" teaching kids to play the ukulele, it felt like I was making a difference, and I was. All the kids there were so excited to learn a new instrument, and it was really cool to see them perform their songs at the end, and feel like they accomplished something. I got to talk to a lot of the students parents, and they told me how their kids were so excited to learn the ukulele, many of the parents actually bought their kids the ukulele because they were so passionate about learning an instrument. Although that part of the project was successful, our last week did not go as planned. We originally wanted to perform every day of the last week to raise money for the charity Malaria No More, most of last week revolved around getting equipment to use, receiving broken equipment, and going everywhere to find equipment that worked. We didn't actually get all of the equipment until Village Fest, and the day of Village Fest was the first and only time we performed. We performed at Liberty Station for a few minutes, and raised 15 dollars for Malaria No More. However, we (Fatuma and I) didn't actually get to perform together, because we didn't have working microphones at the time. During Village Fest, we were also going to perform to continue to raise money for our charity, but we found out that raising money at Village Fest isn't allowed unless the booth where we were raising money was paid for. Also, our booth was directly across from the stage, where loud music was playing, and our microphones picked up on the sound so we couldn't perform at all. So instead of performing, we waited at our booth holding the flyers we made, and were ready to teach the people walking by how to play the ukulele. Unfortunately, no one stopped by our booth, so we never got to teach anyone at Village Fest how to play a few chords on the ukulele. Looking back, I don't think Village Fest is the best place to exhibit a project. Regardless of how "fun" or "non-school" like a project tries to be, people would much rather go to a more exciting attraction at Village Fest, than to listen to students present a project they did in school. However, the teaching at Explorer really made me value the importance of generosity, and showed me how wonderful it feels to make an impact on someone.