Looking back...

I really enjoyed this multimodal project.  The fact that I was able to work on several different things and put them into one project made it more interesting to me than just writing an essay.  Not being in class last week because I was sick definitely made this project a little more difficult.  I wish I had been able to be in class and get more feedback on some of the things I had in my project.  I also wish I had more time to work on the project, there are things I would have liked to add.  Overall, though, I'm very proud of my project and how it turned out.  I worked with a new movie editor, but I loved it way more than Window's Movie Maker.  I had to buy a one year subscription, but I think I'm going to use it a lot, so it's worth the twenty dollars.

One thing that was brought up after I presented was the last text slide: "One things for sure, though, kids aren't going out and playing hide and seek like they used to."  This was one of my ways to connect the video with the song I used.  The song title is "Hide and Seek" and those were also the first lyrics that were sung in my project.  I picked this song because I found it almost ironic with the theme of my project: technology and kids.  After being a nanny, babysitting, and watching my several younger cousins play, I've seen that kids are still playing outside, but, in my experience, they spend more time showing each other things on their electronics, playing games on their electronics, or doing other things with their electronics.  Two weeks ago while I was watching twins, the daughter wanted to go outside and the son wanted to stay inside and play video games.  This was something that was strange to me because the son usually always wants to go outside, while the daughter usually wants to go watch television or play on their parent's iPad.  I often ask them if they want to go outside, play tag, or play hide and seek and they often tell me no and that they want to play with their Wii.  This is one of the main reasons that I chose this song and theme.