Learning Journal

January 12th was my first time attending an ABRG 4664 class for this semester (I was out of town the previous week). We went over the syllabus for the course and talked about the work load for the upcoming term. My initial reaction to all of this was that this course is nothing like I had envisioned it. I thought the Entrepreneur class would be all about having guest speakers come in and tell us about how they started successful businesses ... or meeting with agencies and/or funding groups and learning how to go about taking an idea for a business and making it become a reality.

Our first assignment is to create a 5 minute video about a random entrepreneur. The one I selected was John Kim Bell. He is a very accomplished musician and philantropist, but the fact that I have never used iMovie, let alone a Mac, had me a bit concerned. As of this evening (January 17), I have spent 4 afternoons trying to put together my video. I have wrestled with iMovie, been very careful to cite all references and record every website I have used to get pictures from to use in my presentation. This afternoon I went to the Multimedia lab to record the narration I carefully worded. To my horror, the whole thing only adds up to about 2:48 of a movie. I will have to try and fill it out a bit more, all the while fighting the little voice in the back of my head saying "it's only worth 5%" ....

The first class gave me a clearer idea of what the course is going to be like. To be honest, the work load is a little intimidating. Public speaking and careful referencing are two of my weaknesses, but I guess that's why I came to University; to improve.


cheers,

Craig