That is, until I had to reopen it once more to dive into its many complex themes and subtleties to create a compilation of examples of de and recontextualized love. And I chose to do this with none other than Mr. Aaron Ach.
Originally the thought was to go with independence as our theme, but we struggled with just scratching the surface and realized that we needed to choose a theme that allowed us to dig deeper into not only Jane Eyre, but also previous English and outside sources. That's when we decided to mashup 'love'.
I will willingly admit that this assignment was not easy. Despite a seemingly obvious topic, it was difficult to "go back in time," so to say, to not only text from Jane Eyre we read weeks ago, but also to that of Orlando and King Lear that we read months ago. But making connections to these very different examples of great literature was surprisingly exciting. Through these commonalities I was opened to new ideas and themes that I never recognized while I was actually reading, and that was fun for me. And while coming up with these connections took some time and thought, it got easier with time. It was like getting a strike in bowling, as weird as that sounds; once you hit one pin, more and more fall each time, and the more excited you get. Once we came up with one great idea, the rest just flowed from there.
Getting to work on iMovie for the first time was awesome. I had so much fun being able to creatively express our ideas on a new medium. I really think that making decisions about what music to use, what transitions were best, and how to get text and ideas across helped tremendously in understanding not only the assignment but also the theme. Personally, I also think that a movie, as opposed to a PowerPoint or website, is very entertaining for the viewer, and that is also an important aspect to this project.
If I were to change anything, it would probably be my partner...
Just kidding! Aaron was amazing to work with, and I think our individual strengths and weaknesses were perfectly balanced with one another, and I think we both share the same determination and work ethic, so this project was very pleasurable! But in all seriousness, I think being more organized during the process would have made it a little easier. This is especially important for someone like me who, as I've probably said in every Metacognition blog, loves diverging and struggles with converging. Organizing our thoughts and keeping track of what we had/what we needed could have been better, but ultimately we nailed it down and birthed a project that I am very proud to be a co-creator of.
I will willingly admit that this assignment was not easy. Despite a seemingly obvious topic, it was difficult to "go back in time," so to say, to not only text from Jane Eyre we read weeks ago, but also to that of Orlando and King Lear that we read months ago. But making connections to these very different examples of great literature was surprisingly exciting. Through these commonalities I was opened to new ideas and themes that I never recognized while I was actually reading, and that was fun for me. And while coming up with these connections took some time and thought, it got easier with time. It was like getting a strike in bowling, as weird as that sounds; once you hit one pin, more and more fall each time, and the more excited you get. Once we came up with one great idea, the rest just flowed from there.
Getting to work on iMovie for the first time was awesome. I had so much fun being able to creatively express our ideas on a new medium. I really think that making decisions about what music to use, what transitions were best, and how to get text and ideas across helped tremendously in understanding not only the assignment but also the theme. Personally, I also think that a movie, as opposed to a PowerPoint or website, is very entertaining for the viewer, and that is also an important aspect to this project.
If I were to change anything, it would probably be my partner...
Just kidding! Aaron was amazing to work with, and I think our individual strengths and weaknesses were perfectly balanced with one another, and I think we both share the same determination and work ethic, so this project was very pleasurable! But in all seriousness, I think being more organized during the process would have made it a little easier. This is especially important for someone like me who, as I've probably said in every Metacognition blog, loves diverging and struggles with converging. Organizing our thoughts and keeping track of what we had/what we needed could have been better, but ultimately we nailed it down and birthed a project that I am very proud to be a co-creator of.
I agree with you kali about how it was difficult to go back in time and remember all of the things we discussed not only in Jane Eyre, but also in previous works we've studied. It surprised me how little I remembered from these books.
ReplyDeleteI similarly enjoyed working with new forms of media. I used Tumblr to create my mashup and found it slightly frustrating, but equally, if not more rewarding.
I agree with you when you siad it was hard to converge on one thought. I found that where I started on my Mashup was a very different place from where I thought I would be, but I ended up liking it even more than I would have my original Idea!