Chris Morris
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Dec 21
Final Project
This is it! Here are the links to the final video. Eventually these videos will be posted to Vimeo, but as of right now the best way I could share them was via google drive. Initial Demo video on drivetrains : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YyzI6wYwpI59eHHKxyWdM6EOuuZBUtp5/view?usp=sharing Final Video on drivetrains : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lFaLKmkBPTiwMvdfbOlbK_mYCpx14l6Q/view?usp=sharing Next steps: I am going to be …
Dec 21
Project Reflection
During this Independent study, I have learned a ton about not only video creation, but also how to teach others effectively. I think the most important lessons I learned from the process was how different it is talking to students about complex concepts than a peer. Being on the robotics team for multiple years now …
Dec 21
Weeks from 11/14/22 – 11/28/22
The next big issue to tackle was the visual appearance and present-ability. For these few weeks, I have been working with a professional in graphic design to address the issues that I had with the first video. The motion graphics were low quality, the transitions barely existed, and the presentation of visual information was unclear. …
Dec 21
Week of 10/31/22
This week was primarily a week of planning for the final video project. Now that I have met with many different students and mentors to discover what I most need to add or change about my prior video, I have a good sense for what to put into the final. The first major consideration is …
Oct 26
Quarter Reflection
What have you been learning so far? Give a brief summary. The first major thing I have been learning about the most effective ways to communicate information online, in order to prepare for my actual video curriculum, this will eventually allow me to be the most engaging possible for my audience. I have also been …
Oct 26
Week 10/10/22 and 10/17/22
These past few weeks have been dedicated to creating an in depth planning document. I have learned a ton about how to teach others through my meetings with other teams, so these weeks were when I took the time to solidify these new learnings into a full plan which can be found here(only DA accounts …
Oct 26
Week of 9/26/22
This week has primarily been used to gather feedback on my demo video. I ended up sending the video to a few teams through a few FRC social media networks. Largely the response to the idea itself was very good. Most teams had felt similar feelings of having nowhere to start learning in the first …
Sep 29
Weeks of 9/12/2022 and 9/19/2022
These past two weeks have been very interesting. I met with all three of the teams mentioned in the previous post as well as combing the web for any teams talking about their team structure and learning systems. The results were very surprising. From talking with all three teams the main factors that they assert …