Journal #13

Overall I did not think the Franklin Virtues Project was all that bad. I think I probably gained more than I lost and it went a lot better than I thought it would. One of the things that I gained from this project that was most valuable was probably communication skills with people from other schools and then video editing skills from making the YouTube video.Being able to communicate for a project with someone not right in front of you is something that I think was very beneficial to practice. This is not a skill that we had to use only in this case, but it is something that can help us out later in life, for example if your job requires it. I would say that video editing skills were good to learn as well. I had never uploaded a video onto YouTube before this project so it was interesting to me to see how it all works. I think this is a useful skill to know because you just never know when this might be something you will lose later done the road. Along with being the video editor, it helped me learn patience. Practicing this was hard, but it was good for me. In a group project, you never know who is going to hold up their end and who is going to ride off of others work. This project taught me to be patient with the other members in my group. Something I think that could be improved is that if someone in your group fails to finish their part of the video, it would not affect the other members in the group's grade. This would make it less stressful for the video editor. I do not think it should be their responsibility to do someone else's work and then they get the credit for what you did. I would also say that the other class at Farmington should not have a blocked email so it is easier to keep in contact with them.