Mitchell_Evaluate

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When I evaluated my project I reflected on how I thought my project was. While doing this I felt a bit full of my self because I was saying how I loved my flash animation and how good it was good etc.
 * Introduction:**

The ESLR's I believe I covered in this section of the project were academic achiever, effective communicator, involved citizen, and self directed learner. I believe this because I did my very best, was communicating for help, helped others in need, and I did some of it in my own time (not in class).
 * ESLR’s:**

Over all I think my finished product is quite good and I am proud of it. I like how it turned out because even though it was not how I had envisioned it, it was still very close to how I wanted it and even a little bit better. Also by completing the task in an awesome way I think I have covered most of the ESLR's. This is because my Flash e-card turned out not exactly the way I wanted it to but actually a little better, I turned it in on time (academic achiever), I had to think about what order to put all the frames in (critical thinker), I asked people questions (self directed learner), I helped other people (effective communicator), and I showed everyone my creative talents. If I were to do this project again I think that I would go a little more advanced and I would add special features like buttons and etc. All in all I love the way my e-card turned out and there isn’t much I could do to make it better.
 * Reflection:**
 * Are you happy with your finished work on this project? Why or why not? What would you change about the project if you could do it again?**

While making my flash animation (my e-card) I learnt many things. Although this is true there is one thing I learnt that really shows how I am an effective communicator (referring to the ESLR), and that is that I figured out most things you need to know about flash even though it was my first time using it. I learnt this using not only the worksheets and explanations we got but I also experimented with different tools and ended up doing something we never learnt in class called frame by frame animation. All of this is important because if I didn’t know this there is no possible way I could’ve made a successful e-card. Over all I learnt so many things while making my e-card it would be close to impossible to list them all.
 * What was the most important thing you learnt during this project? How did you learn it? Why is it important?**

I believe I learnt the most during the create stage of the project. I believe this because during the early stages of the project (investigate and plan) making an animation seemed like a very hard process that was difficult and confusing. However as I progressed through the project I got to the create stage and it got easier so I was a lot happier and much more eager to learn. This ended up in me learning a lot more from this stage even though I wasn’t physically being taught anything during it. By clearing my mind and being more eager to learn I was also being a better academic achiever because I was concentrating more and my work quality was improving dramatically. All of this shows me that actually doing stuff helps you learn things a lot easier.
 * In which part of the project did you learn the most (investigate, plan, create, evaluate)? Why?**

During the making of my project I had a few strengths but also many weaknesses. On the other hand I over all deem my organisation as my most important strength. This was helpful not only during the making of my flash with labelling each new layer etc., but it also helped me complete each stage of the project not only on time but some stages were even early which makes me an academic achiever in more ways than one. In contradiction with that my greatest weakness was my attention to detail. You see the first day we started work on our e-cards I was trying to make the text ‘happy’ move using the motion tween. But when you move an object you are supposed to first select the black coloured arrow, this step I just explained was what threw me for over twenty minutes, instead of using the black arrow I was using the white arrow which by the way makes the motion tween screw up and not work. After twenty or so minutes of cursing in my head I then thought back to the investigation part of the project and realised what I was doing which in term meant I was a very good self directed learner.
 * What were your strengths and weaknesses during this project? Why and how?**

These skills that I have learnt during this project will surely help me in the future in many different ways. First of all this will help me in many other classes in the future, for example, high-school IT because we may need the skills we have learnt to create harder and more complex animations that we can use as a tool to teach others or just for simple and fun entertainment. I also believe these skills will help me as a university student especially if I end up studying something to do with IT where I may need these skills to help me create a project or I may even create flash animations in my spare time so I don’t get bored. As an adult this will definitely help because I am thinking of becoming a teacher. This will help because if I can create a flash animation to teach my class a lesson I think they would pay more attention then if I had just lectured them. By even thinking about these things I am surely an effective communicator because I not only had to think a little bit into the future but also ten or twenty years from now. Over all there are many ways I could use these skills in the future and I have just explained only a few of them.
 * How can you use the skills you learnt during this project in the future? In other classes? As a university student? As an adult? Why would you use these skills and how would they help you?**

During this project I have definitely grown as a learner in more ways than just one. First of all I have obviously learnt how to use flash as a tool to create fabulous e-cards and to tell a little story; however, that is not the only thing I have learnt. Something else that I have learnt is that learning something hands on is a lot easier than trying to read a packet and just memorize how to do it. I figured this out because during the investigation part of the project I didn’t get anything and couldn’t really figure anything out, in fact I was so scared I had plans to try and get out of creating a Flash animation. However, as soon as we started the create stage of the project suddenly everything made sense and I no longer wanted to throw the computer on the ground. Ending up figuring it out left me as being a self directed learner because I couldn’t figure something out but I kept trying and trying and I eventually did.
 * How did you grow as a learner during this project? Think about more than just the technology skills you learnt.**