For my Media and Design final project I had to put all of the projects I did in my class and put them in a slideshow to present to the class, but the slides will only be there for a few seconds at a time until the auto change. As part of this project, I had to write a reflection for each project. My reflection is as followed: For the first project in Media and Design class, I had to create a website that has a portfolio about me along with other things about me. The goal of the project was that the website would be a portfolio so when we could send this to colleges we are applying to and they can learn a little about us. My own personal goal, however, was to have a place where I could have some memories and remember. I believe that the project was very successful. I still update the website even though I’m not getting a grade for it anymore. The website gave me a place to look back at and be proud of. I have my own website that I made myself! It’s wonderful. I love how I set it up and the pictures I used. For the second project in Media and Design class, I had to make a video that would express myself. The goal of the project was that when someone watched the video they would learn something and take away a message from it. I believe the project was not very successful, it could definitely have gone better. During this project, I kind of rushed it. I also did not take a lot of time, at the beginning of the project, to make sure YouTube Editor was the best software to use. For my third project in Media and Design class, I had to photoshop two images together to make a new picture. The goal of the project was to learn how to edit pictures and to use pictures to convey a message, a picture is worth a thousand words after all. I believe this project was successful but could have definitely been better. I was able to edit the two pictures together, but making it look real was very hard. When I cut pictures out there was still some edges which made it look boxy. The project I have decided to revise was my website project. On my website, I did not have much on there about me and I felt like that was wrong. So I choose this project to edit for two reasons. The first reason is that I want people who come on my website to know who I am. The second reason is that when I come back to this website in the future I will remember some things I may forget later on. I added two paragraphs to me About Me page. I wrote about how I’m a procrastinator and about my favourite place. A high point of this class was making my very own website. The website, TBExtraorinary, is the best thing I did in this class and I am very proud of it. I think it looks amazing and it’s so cool to have something up that everyone can see. An area of growth for me during this project was making this slide. Being able to put everything together, have it organised, and see everything I did in one place is a really cool thing to me. I used the skills I have learned in this class outside of class during my Spanish Project. For my Spanish project, I was in charge of making a website and I was able to make a pretty nice looking website using the skills I learned in this class. An idea I have for next year’s class is more presentations maybe? I myself like to talk and presenting lets me do that. But also, presentations allows people to share the work they did with everyone else in the class. Not everyone has to present, just people that would like to. Three tips I have for anyone taking this class: This class is an easy A if you just do the work. Since it’s in checkpoints it’s really easy to keep track of everything, even if you miss a class. This class is very easy, just do the work. If by chance you miss a class and you find it a little hard to catch up, just submit whatever you have. A 5/10 is better than a plain 0/10. Ms Hertz is very understanding so if you just talk to her or send her an Email I’m sure you could figure something out. Finally, just have fun. This class is a very fun, relaxed, and chill class. If you just stay on top of everything you can have ten minutes maybe just doing whatever you want, whether its other classwork or watching videos.

1-4 My name is Joelle Putro and for my project I did graphic design. I did a traffic sign that targets poached animals. I really like animals so I wanted to stop them from being killed. This sign is supposed to tell animals that poachers are ahead and to turn around. I also want it to raise awareness on poaching. My project was very successful. I had fun making it because I got to look at many picture of animals. I also enjoy using Pixlr and figuring out new ways to use it. My sign came out exactly how I wanted it to. 5-7 For this project I did image editing. I chose to use Pixlr because it is very similar to photoshop. I did this project around the holidays. I wanted to spread awareness of homeless people feeling left out during the holidays. I was hoping for this photo to inspire people to treat homeless people better. I think my project was successful. It is very similar to what I had in mind. 8-10 I chose to revise this project because I felt like I could add more meaning to it in some way. I decided to add more highly poached animals on the sign. By doing this I felt like it would strike more emotion in people if they see an animal on there that they really like. To do this I had to go into pixlr and make the photos of the animals transparent and merge them with my sign. After doing this I raised the brightness and contrast a bit to make the sign more eye catching. 11-13 In this class my high points include time management and problem solving. While working on these projects, we got assigned checkpoints every week. These checkpoints help me keep up with my projects. I think without these checkpoints I would not have managed my time as good as I did. Problem solving was another high point because I ran into some problems while editing my photos. I taught myself how to use pixlr by watching videos and reading articles on websites. An area of growth for me is being on time to class. Being late will affect my grade and I will not have time to work on my project. This inspired me to be on time more. I have learned skills such as image editing that I can use outside of this class. I do photography outside of school and pixlr can help me edit my photos. 14-17 An idea that I have for next year’s class is similar to the image editing project that we did. It would be different because we would be taking our own photos. The assignment would be to go out and take our own photos and edit them. I think this is a good idea because I enjoy photography and I think it gives students more room to express themselves. A tip that I have for anyone taking this class is to manage your time. This class is very face paced and you have to use your class time wisely. DO not waste time playing around in class because it will affect your grade. It will also affect the outcome of your final project if you wait until last minute. Another tip I have for people taking this class is to not hold back on your ideas. If you have a good idea but you are not sure about what others will think of it, go through with it. This is your project and a chance for you to express yourself. Don’t be too concerned about what other people think of your ideas. The last tip I have for anyone taking this class is to not give up. If you are working on a project and lose motivation or don’t understand how to do something, keep going. There are many times during these projects where I have faced issues but I figured them out. After finishing the projects I was happy that I did not give up because the outcomes were even better knowing that I got through them issues. Solving problems and figuring out how to use different web programs is very important.