Digital Media Reflection

At the end of my spring semester, it's nice to be able to compare the "me" at the beginning of the semester versus the "me" at the end, specifically with my Digital Media class.

I am not an artsy person. That has been evident and has been repeated by myself throughout the semester. I am a journalist who happens to love editing video. The semester hasn't changed the fact that my art skills are not great but it has changed how comfortable I am in sharing my work and accepting criticism of it. Before the semester started I hated people looking at my work unless if it was the final project and I was actually happy with the product. Now I am much more comfortable with my work, even if it is not top notch.

My computer skills with online programs has definitely evolved as well. I had never heard of websites or programs like Animoto or Soundation. I have actually found myself using these websites on my own time to create different things. This past week I was actually using Archive.org to find some extra footage that I could use for a video I was making for my hockey team. Before this class I would have either just completely scrapped my idea if I could not find what I was looking for or put myself in a position to potentially have some issues with copyright.

This class has prepared me to think a bit more outside of the box and has taught me to try new things that I am not comfortable with to make a finished project that I could have only dreamed of before. I will never be an artist but I am definitely more prepared to enhance my video editing skills and to be more open to criticism than I would have been in the past.

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Daily workout vlog

I thought it might be kind of cool to switch it up a bit and do a vlog showing one of my workouts. I kind of explain why I do what I do in the video along with a little bit of information about full body workouts. Enjoy!

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