Thursday, December 10, 2015

Final Exam Blog Post !

During my Fall semester of 2015, Electronic Media Production 2 (BC 203) has given me and other students a hands on approach for learning the skills of media. The course taught us how to use social media such as Pinterest, Twitter, Blogspot and LinkedIn, and how to understand today’s professional communication skills. You have to be social to reach desired audiences and be diverse. This course has been about social media and multi media, such as teaching us how to do video, green screen, editing layouts and design.

In this class I have created blogs, and added several content. I was taught how to launch new social media sites and I have used cutting edge tools and applications such as Prezi, Kizoa and green screen/ chroma key.

This course is an important step in a student's advancement towards becoming a mass media and communication professional. The tools that we have learned will help us progress in the communications field. It helps you progress in social and media skills. Overall it enhances your future in the communication and mass media fields. If it wasn't for my wonderful teacher, Patrick Harwood, I wouldn't have learned the great skills I know now.






The online social network Twitter enables me to send and read 140 character messages aka “tweets.” I’m not as active as I used to be on twitter. I used to have long conversations with friends and associates, now you will catch me sometimes just tweeting about an event. 

My twitter name is Kiiyah Love. Three users that I follow are: Power105.1, Wendy Williams, Lala Anthony. I follow Power 105.1 because I intend to intern there or work there with the infamous CharlemagnethaGod. Wendy Williams and Lala Anthony are two of my idols that I look at for inspiration to push forward in my career.  
Above is my Twitter account with previous tweets. Check out my whole page here.

LinkedIn is a social network that is geared toward business. It contains an online directory of professionals and companies. Its place in today’s society is to connect the world’s professionals and make them more productive and successful. It also gives you a faster access to insight and trustful resources. 

It is essential for young professionals to have it to seek future jobs and other connections. You want to have a nice quality account, so that anyone who views your page can easily access important information. This helps you build your network of contacts. 

LinkedIn is for networking, job searching, hiring, and connecting with affiliates, including alumni industry, and a variety of other business related groups. It's quick and easy to get started using LinkedIn. All you do is sign up and create a profile. There are two choices of membership - Basic and Premium. Premium cost but goes into categories of "Job Seeker," "Sales Navigator," "Recruiter Lite" and "Business Plus.”

Click the picture above to check out my LinkedIn.

Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software and storytelling tool for presenting ideas on a virtual canvas. It is kind of similar to powerpoint but more like an upgraded version. The product uses a zooming user interface, which allows users to zoom in and out of their presentation media. 

Prezi differs from Powerpoint in that it is a web-based program that allows you to create more of a canvas presentation instead of a sequential slide presentation. It allows you to incorporate videos instead of just text and pictures. You can create your presentation online and then download the final product so that you don’t require an internet connection to display the presentation.

 I use Prezi for class presentations. My last Prezi was on the subject of cheerleading being a sport. I incorporated videos and pictures explaining my point. I like how there are different templates and designs to choose from. I dislike how it is somewhat complicated to use. You have to be very computer savvy to understand how to work it at first.  Here is a link to my recent Prezi.


The Green Screen “Quick Takes” Video involved each student to mash a moving video and themselves merged together. I did my video using imovie and used videos of me on my skywalker, the SCSU Cheerleaders and the cafeteria. In each video I talked about something Knowledgeable about each subject. 

 I learned how to join videos together and hopefully next time I can put myself in front of a weather screen, and do the weather forecast. This technology is commonly used for things such as the weather and movies when they add fx effects and crazy scenes. Here is a link to my “Quick Takes” video:  https://youtu.be/CX49xiONS_g   




 Kizoa is an online slideshow maker, collage creator & photo editor. It works by you uploading pictures from either the internet or your files from your computer and they will put them together. It can be used for presentations for school purposes, jobs, or even family events. You gather all of the memorable pictures and are able to share them in a creative way. 

I like that you can add effects and graphics along with music to your slideshow. What I don’t like is that you cant add video. My Kizoa creation was a show of the recent Christmas Parade downtown Orangeburg, SC. It shares the wonderful moments of several schools, clubs and organizations celebrating the most wonderful time of the year. Check out the parade here: http://www.kizoa.com/Movie-Maker/d28052742k2037411o1l1/harwood-kizoa-project

Kizoa Slideshow!!

The Kizoa project consisted of multiple slideshows and pictures accumulated together. 
I chose to shoot the amazing Christmas parade that was held downtown Orangeburg, SC on Dec. 6.
 The parade included several organizations, clubs and schools. 
Why not share this beautiful event by doing so with Kizoa!


Harwood Kizoa Project - Kizoa Online Movie Maker