wk 3 Thesis and Media Project

Well this week certainly had its ups and downs. On the ups, I had my thesis written by Sunday with only final proof reading needed and the proof reading is about done at this point. But the downs might have outweighed the ups. The completion of the thesis was promptly followed by a pretty nasty cold and cough that has significantly affected the development of the media project. Hopefully, I will be able to get to work on it this weekend and will have all next week to work on it…this isn’t following the schedule I had designed, but illness wasn’t part of that schedule either.

I present my media project Monday, which isn’t ideal, but I should be able to create an outline of what its going to be so that I can really get to work on it throughout the week. My plan for the media project is to show myself playing the trumpet, singing, and maybe playing the flute (if I can remember how!) different songs using various recording devices. As of now, I think singing will be the thrust of the application. I will then listen to the recording, critique my performance, make suggestions to improve my performance, and implement those suggestions so that my performance (hopefully!) improves. Some of the recording devices include the computer with the headset using GarageBand, the computer without the headset using GrarageBand, the computer without the headset and with a webcam using iMovie or Screenflow, the computer using audacity, a video camcorder, and a cellphone.