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
