Blog Post #4

This week we did not have an actual in class session and therefore all of the work had to be done individually and without one on one instruction. I found this to be a little daunting as we all know that sometimes technology can be unforgiving to those that do not know how to properly use it. However, I was able to manage fairly smoothly and was able to complete what was asked of me in the online slides. I completed the "Not a Box" picture but had a little trouble posting it to the google drive slides. I am assuming others had the same issue as Sue had to send out an email informing us that she had to make some changes to the google drive form to make it editable by the class. I also had a good time making the genius hour movie trailer. I bought my MacBook two years ago and aside from wen browsing and streaming movies etc I had yet to really use any of the cool applications that come standard with the Mac. For my trailer I used the iMovie Application which I found to be really cool. It comes loaded with trailer templates in which you can just plug in your characters, pictures and different names etc. I chose the film noir template. All in all I am pretty impressed and satisfied with my movie trailer. I think that it conveys what my genius hour project is all about and why I chose this specific topic. In terms of my actual Genius Hour project, there is not very much left for me to do in terms of planning. Now it is just a matter of me actually putting my plans and recipes into action. If time allows it, I think that this weekend will be my first attempt at actually making some pasta. Wish me luck!