This past week was my first week back from Christmas break. I went into the class PR Pubs with no idea what to expect or even what PR Publications was. I was excited to see what this class was all about and get a feel for how the rest of the semester would go. My first day of class my teacher, Croom had everyone go around the room and introduce themselves and if they had any experience with Adobe applications. I soon learned many of my classmates had little experience with anything Adobe and that we would all be jumping into this class with little prior knowledge or skills. I liked that we introduced ourselves and the level of experience we had with Adobe because it helped me feel more comfortable with my little experience. Croom told us that this class was going to help us become familiar and work with Adobe applications and that he was invested in helping us create our best work. Croom then instructed the class to write about their favorite spot on campus. I thought this was a fun way to get some practice in on blogging and get to learn more about everyone in the class. Our only homework assignment was to watch the movie "Inside Out" if we hadn't seen it which sounded interesting and easy enough. The second day of class I came in having watched the the movie "Inside Out," and we then watched a video about how the story and plot was created. All of the class wrote down anything they thought contributed to creating the story during the video. After watching the video, we split up into groups of four and did and activity where you divided sticky notes (with key points on how the story was created from video) and put them into five categories. The five categories were empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test. These 5 categories will be used throughout the entire semester when we are creating and brainstorming our projects/assignments. Croom taught us that these five categories when brainstorming and creating are almost never used in a linear order, but more of a circle and that you can jump from category to category, For example, you could have a prototype ready on what you think is a good project but then jump back to the empathize category because your project could be lacking something. Overall, this week was interesting and a smooth way to ease back into school after the long break. The video we watched and activity we did helped make learning about the five categories for creating more interesting and applicable. I think using these 5 categories when I am creating a project will help me tremendously and a great tool to look back on. I am excited to see what the rest of the semester will be like!
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Amanda HuseI am a recent graduate from the University of Oklahoma. I majored in Public Relations with a minor in Nonprofit. I am an authentic, philanthropic and proficient person who has technological and communications skills that will help me efficiently communicate with different publics. Archives
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