Capstone #3

I finished Capstone! This project has been fun but stressful. I had a lot of fun doing the whole project though. I think I learned a lot of useful things. I had a lot of trouble with my filming, at first I couldn’t get a good take. I must have taken about 150 times. It got really stressful. After I couldn’t get a good take my phone broke and that was what I was using to film, I got really upset because  I didn’t know what to do. Then once I told my mom she let me use her phone. Then it got too late and I had to shower.  I got up the next morning and it took me many more tries. Then eventually I got a good take! I was very happy because I had been working very hard. Then I ran into another issue. I didn’t know how to upload the video from my photos, so I just clicked some buttons and then I was done!  Overall I think it was a project that was stressful but fun!  Here is a link to my capstone presentation video,

 

Capstone Post #2

So far, Capstone has been going really well for me. On May 29th I did my interview with Kim Culmone who is Senior Vice President, Global Head of Design Barbie and Fashion Dolls Mattel, Inc. I had fourteen questions that were all answered and had a very fun time.

For the interview, I had to make sure I went somewhere in my house that was not noisy. I also had to make sure that I had all of the tabs open that I needed. I needed a tab with my questions and a place where I could take notes. I also needed to make sure that I was not speaking too fast. Before the interview, I had sent her my questions so that she could be prepared to answer my questions. At times it was a bit tricky because I would freeze for her or she would freeze for me, but it was okay because, in the end, I got all the answers I needed. My dad was in the room so he could take notes in case I didn’t get something she said.

I think that this was a really fun experience. I am very excited to be able to use my interview towards answering my main question for my final project.

Capstone Blog Post #1

In class we have started something that is called Capstone! Capstone is something where you get to pick a topic, you can know a lot about it or it could be something you want to learn about. Another part of this project is to think of a main inquiry question, that is basically the big question and then pick five sub-questions. 

I chose the topic Barbie. I chose this because my sister had done it in the past and I know a lot about Barbie. So far I have taken notes on my sub questions and I got a lot of information like what the inspiration for Barbie was. 

In the beginning I had chosen a topic it was Tiktok. I chose that in the first place because it was something I really liked and knew about. I couldn’t exactly think of what I wanted my main Inquiry question to be, and decided maybe that wasn’t the best topic. I thought of Barbie and I already knew a lot about it, and it could be really fun for me. 

I’m really happy with my decision to go with Barbie. I am also excited to see the end result of my Capstone project. I’m excited to see what else I learn!