Claymation Reflection

I really enjoyed doing this project. It taught me a lot about famous explorers. It also taught me a lot about technology and working with a partner. My partner was River Ellis and he is really good with computers which made the project easier. All around this project was a great learning experience.

My favorite part of the project was finishing it and watching the whole thing together. I think our claymation turned out well, and even though it wasn't the best it was still good. We added a lot of good music with an end that makes the video worth watching. River and I started off not working together very well but at the end it turned out to be a good partnership. I mostly took the pictures and did the narration and he mostly did the computer work. When we started the project River and I fought about everything possible there is to fight about. Everyone was saying how we would be really bad partners but at the end I'm glad I decided to be with him. Some of our claymation has some funny parts and some dumb parts which make it better than if it was just good. That would just be boring. The most enjoyable part was definitely watching the finished video.

The most difficult part of this project was the technology. We had a lot of things we had to know. I did not know how to use the new iMovie and I had to learn. I used the old version of iMovie last year, but to my surprise it was different this year. We learned all about it and now it's really easy. Using it has been a good experience and I now know a lot more about computers. Another hard part in this project was trying to not fight with River. In the beginning it happened a lot but at the end we figured out a system. I sat in the chair with the keyboard and he had the mouse. It ended up working well.

I learned three main things in this project. I learned all about my explorer, Henry Hudson. I read a book about him, that taught me all about his amazing life. Another thing I learned was about technology and using the computer. I didn't know a lot about making videos by taking pictures before but now I know how to do it. If we did this project again it would be a breeze. The third main thing I learned about was being a good partner. During this project I have been on both sides of he argument, being wrong and being right. I learned to listen to River's ideas and what he had to say. Being partners turned out to be good.

This project was a good experience. It helped me learn a lot about technology, partnership, and my explorer. It's fun to share my video with other people. I also like watching other peoples projects and seeing how they did theres. This was a good project to do.