April 2022 – afinger29’s blog

In class, we had to interview an immigrant. You could choose a family member or friend. I chose my family friend, called Federico. We interviewed them and then put together a video. This is a little bit about mine.

I found using Adobe really easy. I did not have a lot of options, so it was less overwhelming. The voice-over was stressful because I had to record each picture individually. Also, the voice-over can not be longer than 11 seconds. When writing the script, I got it done really quick since I had really detailed answers. The most challenging thing was redoing my video after it got deleted. I had to start over from scratch. It got stressful because I had to restart everything. Also, some things did not come up the second time I did the video.

I learned that there is no reason to be nervous when you are going to do an interview. Usually, the person you are interviewing is really nice. Conducting an interview is a lot easier than you might think. Especially if you are confident, flexible and a good listener. I also learned that people from the 1960s and on did not go to Ellis Island because it closed.

In conclusion, I think doing this project was really important. We need to learn from real-life experiences, not just stories.

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In school, my class and I are doing a unit on immigration. For our final project, we had to interview an immigrant of our choice. We will put together a presentation to share with our classmates. I interviewed a family friend, Fede (Federico is his full name).

The process began with, finding questions to ask. Mrs. Cooper shared a document with some suggestions on what the questions should be like. I wrote 20 down in a doc of my own. I edited my questions so that they sounded more grown-up. I looked to my Mom and brother a lot for help. I rehearsed the questions and practiced using the recording app on my phone. Then I was ready.

I was really nervous when I met up (In-person) with the person that I was interviewing. But I soon realized I had nothing to worry about. We started looking at old photos and chose a few. Just like I had practiced I propped up my phone and started to ask questions. I did my interview a month before it was do. So I had my final answers done early. I liked doing the interview because I got to know my friend better. One thing I would have liked is to take a picture of what Fede looks like now.

In conclusion, I think that learning to interview someone is important. I also thought it was fun.

Browsing monthly archives: April 2022

Immigration Blog Post # 2

Immigration Project Post #1