Semester 2 Final 2017- Junior Year Convergent Journalism

Convergence Journalism 2016-2017 

Technology:

During my time of being in e-comm, I have learned a lot about the technology we use. Many things we use can be difficult and hard to understand. Some of the things we use are teleprompter, switcher, tricaster, and audio control. All of the tools we use make us use a great deal of concentration. If there is one thing I have learned from using this technology, it's working hard and paying attention to your surroundings. Not only do we use the broadcast equipment, but we also use cameras and tripods to film any event. If those pieces of equipment have meaning, they have showed me to come prepared and problem solve. And if you don't know, try to problem solve or ask for help. It has really taught me a lot this year in convergence.

Collaboration:

This year in convergence has really taught me to collaborate with others. A lot of the other kids in this class, I thought I would never be friends with, but having to work every week with them has been a blast. I look forward to coming to this class every single day, and working with many of my new friends. Collaborating with them was a little tough in the beginning, but as the year got closer and closer to the end, I have grown so much just because of the people in this class. Collaborating in this class was huge problem in this class, and we had issues with communicating in the production standpoint such as the script, credits, etc. But many of us learned from our mistakes and adapted to collaborating with the WHOLE class.

Communication:

Communication is very key when working with a big group of people. Everyone has to be on the same page, all at the same time. Many of us today in the real world still struggle with this. For example, during this year, many times while producing the show, we had slip ups of what was suppost to be in the script and what wasn't. One show, it took us many retries of running the show, then realizing something in the script was off. But, later in the year, we also had to problem solve, ask others for help or to help us understand what we had done wrong, and what we could do to fix it.

Project Management:

In this topic, it's very tough to manage your time, because a lot of times, you'll have a story that will be the day before the show airs. So we definitely had to focus and stay positive throughout this whole year managing our time. I had many situations this year, where I had to go out and film a sports event the day before it was going to have to be finished such as the link/project attached. And if it wasn't finished, or it wasn't good quality, it was kicked off the show. If you really want to work hard, I was taught to show that, show others that your work ethic is very very good. It will show up in many real life situations later on. Project management is all about how much your work ethic is, and how much you care about something.

Leadership:

Leadership plays a HUGE role in this specific strand of this program. Many of us in this class, have really stepped up and played a huge role in the class. The seniors we had in this class were very great leaders, and showed us how to really lead others, and to problem solve. i'd say the leadership is the most important thing. But, if there is too many leaders, it can clash. So what I will bring to next year's class will be a lot of leadership. Many of us Juniors this year have really grown as people and into strong leaders. I would have never thought, that in this class, I would play such a huge role. In the beginning of the year, I was shy, I didn't know a lot of people, and I wasn't really a big leader. But this class has taught me so much about being a leader, and stepping up to do the job. Many of us will take this when going into next year's class and will show the incoming juniors what it takes to lead others throughout this class and to be a leader in life itself.

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