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Capstone Reflection Experience

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My Capstone essay was about tsunamis. I did my project on a WeVideo instead of a TEDtalk. Start of my essay was very long I needed to cut it down a lot. It also took a while to get my essay done. I also spent a lot of time on research. My scripted was made out of parts from my essay. This is because the final video had to be shorter than 6 minutes so I needed to cut out a lot. My final product was good everything was timed well and I was speaking at a good level. The final product took me a while because the final product needs to be as perfect as you can make it. So I needed to spend a lot of time on it to make it the best I was able to make the final product. At the end it turned out well. So now I will tell you about my research.

Before I was going to research I thought it would be easy. It was. But not all of it. The things that went well were things like finding my articles I would use. But it was a little bit hard sometimes it would take me a while to find the right ones. Another thing that was challenging was taking the notes. This was challenging because you needed to pick out the ones you want when there are a lot of other sentences that you don’t want. I found something I have never heard about. It is called a meteotsunami. I have only heard about a tsunami never a meteotsunami. So I found it very interesting.

My essay was big. I used sub questions to sort the information. My main inquiry question was. How have tsunamis changed and what danger can they cause? The essay was enjoyable. Tsunamis are interesting because there are different types and forms of tsunamis, dangerous and not that easy to evacuate everyone. A lot of decisions go into tsunami research and safety. I also never knew that tsunamis don’t only cause damage to places, it also can result in people contracting diseases and living with trauma. I also found out that global warming is affecting tsunamis. This made me think, what can we, humans, do to prevent global warming from getting so bad that tsunamis could be unstoppable.

I choose a WeVideo instead of a TEDtalk. This is because I am not good at remembering things like a script. And so I can read of of the scripted while I am doing the recording. When I was doing the script it was a big process. This is because I needed to get all the timing right get my images and get the information from the essay. While being under 6 minutes. The most enjoyable part was getting closer to the WeVideo. The challenge was that I got my timing wrong so I needed to redo my timing. But at the end I got it done.

So I started images and did my audio. So then I did my images. I found it surprising that there really was not a lot about tsunamis. So I had to improvise by creating my own images on google drawings. So when I finished I was happy. There were a couple challenges but in the end I got through those challenges.my video by doing my images first but then I realized that I should do my audio first. So I stopped my

If you want to see my original essay, click this link. My original script is here. And if you want to see all the sites I used to get all the information click this. My Capstone video you can see by clicking here. So, Capstone was a big project. I thought there were fun and hard parts. So Capstone was interesting, fun, and hard for me.

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It all started one day I was assined my topic, I was Earthquakes. Then I got my sub topic, How they were measured. We had to have an intro, so I volunteered. Each slide was fifteen seconds and we each got two, but since I had to do the intro, I had to do three slides. That is forty five seconds. I new I had bad memory so was really nervous, I did not know if I had enough research, It seemed too hard but I new I could do it, just in a matter of time.

So now I had to research. The first day was pretty short because my teacher was explaining everything, I only got like half, a page or more. The research was not done yet. We researched more. I was researching seismographs, Ricter scales and the moment magnitude. I was not just writing stuff in my notebook, I was using boxes and bullets. I had about six pages of research. I got that info from Epic, Trueflix, Ducksters and books. I was done researching I had a lot of research. I thought I did not need all of it.

Now I am done researching. I needed to do my narrative. So I started typing in all of my info. I had to put in more than just info I had to make it make sense. It was taking a while. But eventually  I was done. So I started to pick out important parts of my narrative and put it in my script. I had to be careful because if I put too much in it would not fit, if I put too little it would not be the time I want it. Just to know I had two slides and each one had some info. I started to time myself I had fifteen minutes for each slide. I was timing it was in the range and I was good.  I made two slides for my info. I put two pictures, one for each.

I started to practice saying and remembering my info. I was practicing a lot. finally I could remember it. So now I started to practice the ignite with my group. We all started to say our topic. the order was cause, effects, prevention and safety and how they are measured. I did my intro and every time it finished on my last word. It was perfect. It was going well. The one problem was my first slide was a little too short. I added more and I said it a little slower and it worked. I was not done, but I was getting closer.. I practiced more and more and I was getting even better. My intro was good, my first slide was good and my second one was good. I still needed to practice. Avenchally I was going to practice in front of the class to know what it was like. I did my intro and waited for my turn. I said my info and it was good, I was where I needed to be. We did this for the last week or two. On the last day of practice our teacher said we were ready. I was waiting for this the whole time.

On the day everyone went to the new multi purpose room. It was time for the presontation. I was really scared, I thought I would mess up. When our group was waiting for our turn we saw the other groups go. Finally it was our turn and I walked up and did my intro. It was good. I felt a lot better than my intro was good. My group was doing good I did not want to mess it up for them. once it was my turn I started to talk. So far I was doing good now on my second slide I said it all. Then my friend did the end. After I was done I went to my mom and I was so happy to see her. She was so proud of me. I hugged my mom and said goodbye, then I left to go to my class. I was really happy I did not mess up. I went to my class and our teacher said how good that was. Then we got back to work.