Valuable take aways
Technology:
Throughout the year I have taken away many important values from this class, the most important thing I have taken away from this class in the technology aspect would have to be learning how to run the tri caster. I learned how to run the ti caster by live broad casting the football games. By learning how to run this I can now broadcast ONW on the tricaster and do most sporting events.
Collaboration:
Learning to work as a team could arguably be the most effective way to work. Throughout the year I have developed friendships that I would not have had formed outside of e-comm, Granted, There has been a fair share of rough patches along the way but now that we have learned to work together I believe our team can be stronger and more effective.
Communication:
Communication strongly corresponds with collaboration as if you are working with a group your group needs to have communication and tell each other who is filming/editing, when the story needs to be done, and if you told the teacher who you are working with on the story. I have never really struggled with communication but I do believe it is a very important aspect of the class.
Project Management:
I believe that my project management skills have developed immensely throughout the year and will deeply be beneficial to me in the future. Sometimes it can be difficult if you have to go out and film a story on a Monday when you record ONW on a Tuesday so then you will have to rush back to e-comm to edit the film. This is very important as you NEED to complete stories on time to get them posted onto the website quickly and to put them on ONW now.
Leadership:
I would like to think that I am a pretty good leader, However, I have never had the opportunities. Being a producer is one job that I would like to try out in this program. Leadership is very important in this class and is a key element when being producer, and I am willing to try and do that. Next year will be my year to learn leadership and sharpen my skills.
Strengths: My strengths in this class are mostly editing and going out to get the film but i believe that I have improved my strengths on the "switcher" so now I am pretty good at that. By editing and filming this year my skills have greatly improved and I am sure that heading into senior year that I will take these skills with me.
Weaknesses: Most of my weaknesses are incorporated within the studio, such as anchoring and running the cameras. I think I need to work on these skills but mostly focus on my strengths at this point because I will not be anchoring or working on the cameras much next year.
What I will be doing with what i learned:
next year I will be incorporating all of the skills that I have learned and using them all together not only to improve my self, but the incoming juniors as well. My skills will greatly improve next year just as they did this year so I am greatly looking forward to it.
Changes:
Next year I would like to turn my weaknesses into strengths and become more of a leader/ mentor to the incoming juniors to show them how to do some of the complicated work.
Conclusion:
This year has been great I have gained great skills throughout the year from calling sports games to editing film, this year has been great and I am looking forward to the next one.
