How have I been an effective learner?
I have been an effective learner by actually trying to learn new things about my topic in doing this Senior project instead of just doing the project off of things that I already know about skateboarding. For example, when I go in to do service learning, I really pay attention to how things work there, and try to remember all that I do, instead of forgetting it all by the time I get back home. One example of this is I have noticed the style of skate videos that are becoming more popular now, editing wise and trick wise. For example, I have noticed a trend in skate videos which is that viewers like slow motion that matches with music, also, a popular trick by demand is a tre flip, so what I have done is took a day on the weekend and filmed and edited my own video, keeping in mind the tricks that are popular and the editing details that are in right now. the video that I made is the one I'm posting right under this.
How am I going to improve?
I can keep doing what I'm doing and see if I can notice any other tends in the style of editing and tricks that kids like. Also, I can upload multiple videos to youtube, and see which ones get the best feedback by the viewers from youtube. But doing so will take time because wach video will need time to produce a lot of views and produce a range of commments with feedback.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Essential Question
EQ: What is the best way to make a living in skateboarding?
3 answers:
-To become a professional skateboarder.
-To own a skate shop or skate company.
-To film/edit videos for the professionals.
3 answers:
-To become a professional skateboarder.
-To own a skate shop or skate company.
-To film/edit videos for the professionals.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Service Learning Information.
Location
Utility Board Shop (Covina Location)
What I've been doing
I have been working at the skate shop bascially like any other employee there, except, I don't get paid for it. It's all volenteer hours. And what I've been doing is mostly working downstairs where all the shoes are, and I go through and sort all their stock of shoes be first, brand, then stlye, then color, then size. And they all have to be in numerical order. Also, when I am upstairs, I am either stocking the place, meaning opening boxes of new product, and putting them on the racks, or I am, going to the customers and seeing of they need help with anything, and helping them to the best of my ablitly of they do.
Most important thing I've learned
What I have learned most from all this is that working in skateboarding isn't like working other jobs, it seems like a family at the work place. Being there at least 4 hours a day, is just being around other dudes that skate that I can relate with, even the customers that come in, you can just talk to them like a friend. And because it's a skate shop, the topic of skateboarding is being thrown around the 24/7 (well not really 24/7 because it does close, but you get the point). And since people are always on that topic, I learn new things every time I go in there, whether it's news in skateboarding, tips on how to skate, or little secrets peoples have to fix up a board, like using the shavings of the griptape after you have pealed it off, to sand down the grip on your board because new grip can be very sticky and wear out shoes very fast. Things like this is what I learn in the shop.
Utility Board Shop (Covina Location)
What I've been doing
I have been working at the skate shop bascially like any other employee there, except, I don't get paid for it. It's all volenteer hours. And what I've been doing is mostly working downstairs where all the shoes are, and I go through and sort all their stock of shoes be first, brand, then stlye, then color, then size. And they all have to be in numerical order. Also, when I am upstairs, I am either stocking the place, meaning opening boxes of new product, and putting them on the racks, or I am, going to the customers and seeing of they need help with anything, and helping them to the best of my ablitly of they do.
Most important thing I've learned
What I have learned most from all this is that working in skateboarding isn't like working other jobs, it seems like a family at the work place. Being there at least 4 hours a day, is just being around other dudes that skate that I can relate with, even the customers that come in, you can just talk to them like a friend. And because it's a skate shop, the topic of skateboarding is being thrown around the 24/7 (well not really 24/7 because it does close, but you get the point). And since people are always on that topic, I learn new things every time I go in there, whether it's news in skateboarding, tips on how to skate, or little secrets peoples have to fix up a board, like using the shavings of the griptape after you have pealed it off, to sand down the grip on your board because new grip can be very sticky and wear out shoes very fast. Things like this is what I learn in the shop.
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