Let me start out by saying that this was one of the most exciting and thought provoking projects I have ever done! I got to be as creative as I wanted and I got to explore my own life and really think about who I am. I didn’t have any trouble deciding on what to do for this project. As soon as I started thinking about what to do I knew that I would do a video scrapbook. This summer my dad and I spent a lot of time putting together videos with the flip camera. I really enjoy working with technology and I also love making music videos.
The storyboard for this project kind of just fell into place. There are three distinct sections to the video. The first answering the question, “Who was Megan before college?” I chose to pick very significant events that happened in my life before college. For example, I chose prom, Seniors ARE special, my senior recital, Furman recitals, and SOAP to represent who I was before college. I spent most of my high school career trying to figure out who I was. I never really had a steady group of friends until my senior year. I finally thought that I had found my clique my senior year, but then it was time to graduate and we all went our separate ways. All of those events that are shown in the video impacted my life in very big ways. Each occasion helped to shape me in its own kind of way. Family, friends, my church, recitals, and SOAP have all shaped me into the young woman that I am today. This first section of the video goes by faster than the other two parts because it is in the past. I am now looking forward into my future and I do not want to look to the past.
The second section answers the question, “How has Megan changed since Converse?” This section is all about my new experiences. It includes things like a new instrument, new friends, activities, new home, and “new traditions.” Pictures from 1889, powderpuff, College Fest represent new experiences and traditions and pictures of my room, roommate, and new friends represent my life right now. There is also a clip from the CBS National news in this section. After the powderpuff game, my family and I went to the Beacon and CBS was filming that day we went! It was so exciting!
The third section is filled with question marks. It does not answer just one question, but poses many questions. I chose to do this section this way because as a freshman in college, I do not really know what my future looks like. I know that it will definitely be something in the music field but I do not know if I want to be an elementary school teacher, a choral director, or go to graduate school. I chose to put a clip of an elementary school class in this section because I would absolutely love to teach elementary school children! The second clip in this section is of PS22 in New York. I find this elementary school chorus one of most inspiring things I have ever seen! I want to be like Gregg Breinberg! The way he has shared his passion of music with PS22 is amazing. I have followed this school since they first went on Facebook and I hope to one day model my elementary school classes after what this director has done with his chorus.
I chose the song Keep Your Head Up by Andy Grammer because the whole song talks about when you get overwhelmed and feel like you cannot make it any longer, you just have to remember to keep your head up and keep looking forward because things will get better! I find this song very inspiring. AND I met Andy Grammer at College Fest which makes me love his music even more!
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Revamp 1889!
The history and traditions of Converse College are some of the main reasons I am here. I love how historic our school is and I found it so intriguing to learn more about her history yesterday. Even though some of the traditions here may seem kind of weird, I still think that they are what make the school. My favorite tradition that I have had the privilege of participating in thus far would have to be Big Sis/ Little Sis week. I love how that week brought two classes together and new friendships were formed! Another one of my favorite traditions was taking the class picture in the fountain on move-in day! That really made me feel at home Converse and I believe it started the year off with a bang!
After Big Sis/ Lil Sis week and the fountain in the picture I was really anticipating 1889 week to be a lot more fun than it turned out to be. I am sad to say that I was a little disappointed with the week. I was expecting the week to be packed full with activities, spirit, and games but I never really saw any of that. I participated in the skit and dance, I played powder-puff, and I went to the dance. Those were fun, but the week itself was not that exciting. The penny and canned food drive turned out well, but I think there is a better way to raise the money and cans for that. If I could, I would revamp the tradition of 1889 and bring out the spirit!
The first thing I would do to revamp 1889 week would be to assign each day a theme. Purple Friday was awesome, but what if every day had a different theme? Monday would be wacky tacky day and everyone would wear crazy colors and dress in their tackiest clothes. Tuesday would be twin day; this means everyone would dress up with someone and have a twin for the day. Superhero day would be on Wednesday, everyone would dress up as their favorite superheroes. Thursday would be tacky holiday sweater day, and of course Friday would be purple day! I think each day having a different theme would take 1889 week to a whole different level! Also, don’t you think that theme days would make for great memories and even better pictures?
Another way I would revamp 1889 is to have different activities to raise money or cans. To collect cans, we could have a pie-in-the-face competition. Each class would compete against each other to throw pies at targets. To participate in this activity you would have to give one can. This is a fun activity and a great way to collect cans. Another activity would be a team building games on the quad. Each class could compete against each other in different games and to participate in these games you would have to pay one dollar in change to your classes bucket or you could pay one dollar in bills to a different class bucket. There would be a different activity every day either during lunch or during dinner! I think that would be really fun and it would bring out more competition between the classes.
I really wish I had the opportunity to help out with the next 1889 week. I don’t think it was all that terrible, but I think there are a few ways to make it so much better and bring out that awesome Converse spirit! I think the competition between the classes is exciting and the revamp to 1889 would just bring out that competition a little bit more.
After Big Sis/ Lil Sis week and the fountain in the picture I was really anticipating 1889 week to be a lot more fun than it turned out to be. I am sad to say that I was a little disappointed with the week. I was expecting the week to be packed full with activities, spirit, and games but I never really saw any of that. I participated in the skit and dance, I played powder-puff, and I went to the dance. Those were fun, but the week itself was not that exciting. The penny and canned food drive turned out well, but I think there is a better way to raise the money and cans for that. If I could, I would revamp the tradition of 1889 and bring out the spirit!
The first thing I would do to revamp 1889 week would be to assign each day a theme. Purple Friday was awesome, but what if every day had a different theme? Monday would be wacky tacky day and everyone would wear crazy colors and dress in their tackiest clothes. Tuesday would be twin day; this means everyone would dress up with someone and have a twin for the day. Superhero day would be on Wednesday, everyone would dress up as their favorite superheroes. Thursday would be tacky holiday sweater day, and of course Friday would be purple day! I think each day having a different theme would take 1889 week to a whole different level! Also, don’t you think that theme days would make for great memories and even better pictures?
Another way I would revamp 1889 is to have different activities to raise money or cans. To collect cans, we could have a pie-in-the-face competition. Each class would compete against each other to throw pies at targets. To participate in this activity you would have to give one can. This is a fun activity and a great way to collect cans. Another activity would be a team building games on the quad. Each class could compete against each other in different games and to participate in these games you would have to pay one dollar in change to your classes bucket or you could pay one dollar in bills to a different class bucket. There would be a different activity every day either during lunch or during dinner! I think that would be really fun and it would bring out more competition between the classes.
I really wish I had the opportunity to help out with the next 1889 week. I don’t think it was all that terrible, but I think there are a few ways to make it so much better and bring out that awesome Converse spirit! I think the competition between the classes is exciting and the revamp to 1889 would just bring out that competition a little bit more.
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