1.) What has this week been like for you?
This week has been long and stressful. I finished and presented my capstone on Friday night. I was happy with how the piece turned out and I received some good feedback from peers and faculty. What a relief once the night was over.
2.) If you could change anything in how you did your capstone, what would it be?
Well, like many others I would have liked a bit more time. I felt as if I was very prepared coming into the final week before the presentation but I still found myself crunching to get stuff done at the last minute.
3.) How close is the final outcome to what you originally thought it would be?
I originally wanted to have a LIVE portion where people with questions would be able to call and talk to experts in different fields. This turned out to be too large of a task for one person especially with editing the video, building the website and all the other aspects of the project as well.
4.) If you had one more month to work on the project what would you do?
I would send my current version of the video to the Indiana Woman’s Prison for review. I believe that once they saw the video they would allow me to return and get additional b-roll footage that I think the video is needing. I was not able to get that b-roll due to all the restrictions at the prison.
5.) What advice do you have for me about working on my capstone?
My advice would be to not only choose a topic that you’re into but to choose something that has more meaning besides just entertainment value. I say this because if you crate something that has meaning then you’ll be more motivated to finish it and finish it with quality.
1.) Address the efficacy of the approach we took in this class.
I loved all the time we were given to work on our projects. This was especially appreciated because I was presenting my capstone this semester.
2.) Discuss whether or not the breakdown of the project development was advantageous.
I had already broken down my project so I did not find this as advantageous as I’m sure many that have not done so yet.
3.) Discuss the advanges and/or disadvantages of the student guest speakers for forming your own approach to capstone.
Student guest speakers were a great idea. Hearing from people first hand that have gone through the capstone experience is one of the best ways to prepare ones self for the capstones
4.) Were there any assignments that you thought were particularly helpful? Please elaborate.
5.) Were there any assignments that you thought were particularly useless? Please elaborate.
I’m going to answer questions 4 and 5 together. Because I enlisted in this class during my final semester I believe I had a different experience than other students that are were in there semester before capstone. I did not benefit so as much from the capstone idea and timeline assignments because I had already done those in my independent study. However, I would have loved to have had a class like this the semester before where I would have been awarded credit for doing these things. I did find the guest speakers entertaining and I learned a lot from them. I also enjoyed the peer feedback that I received when we would discuss our projects in our blogs and in class. This helped me refine my project throughout the semester.
