Senter,+Kristin

this is kristin's page.

my name is kristin, i will start with the boring stuff first. i am a junior, i am a business major, with minors in english, and art. i don't know why, i am not required to have any minors, but i figure i should try to accomplish something while i am here at alma. i play golf here, well i used to but this was my last year. i work on campus at admissions as a star with perspectives. i am also in involved with APO and i am a Zeta Sigma sister.

some great little things...i have a new tattoo that i just got that is the arabic word for family (my mom's side is arabic), i love to travel and want to go to all 50 states in my lifetime (i have been to 39) and i LOVE art! anything to do with it, and especially creating it! oh and i just read my first book of the semester which was the Kite Runner, and i would suggest EVERYONE read it!



January 16; Society for the Study of Animated Literature

February 2008 Unit 1 Reflection Journal

This assignment was a difficult one for me. I feel as though there was not much direction and I don't deal well with that. I feel that happens a lot at Alma College. Teachers allow us to think for ourselves. Normaly this would be fantastic, but once you are allowed to think for yourself after 18 years of being told what to do, at what time, at what place, it is more difficult then it looks. But because I didn't have an easy time with this assignment doesn't mean I didn't enjoy the project. I did.

My topic is Art Education in Elementary Schools, looking at kindergarden, first and second grades. The images were both from informative websights that gave more information to the public about the value of art on children and why it is important to continue teaching our children about art at an early age.

I liked being able to talk about each picture but I just didn't know what to talk about. I felt as though I analyzed each picture well, I just didn't think I spoke long enough or had enough to say. I liked the power point because I am very familiar with the program and I do not usually have a difficult time giving speeches. I thought my presentation went well. I thought it was short and sweet and to the point. I think I analyzed all the images well and delevered what you wanted.

When it comes to the powerpoint decisions, everything had a reason. Starting with the color and background. I chose the background because I thought it was kid friendly but also had an element of professionalism. I chose the colors of each slide because they are prime colors. The blue and red, and because yellow was not avaliable, I left the third set white. I started with an informative page, becuase I thought it would be approprate to explain the elementary education side of the project. I then showed the two images I would be presenting, and then talked about the positives and negatives of each image.

If I had to do this project over I think I would also add onto my presentation another slide that compared both images. Although I did talk about these images together in class, I feel it would have been more professional to add another slide, just with both images. Other then that, I feel my presentation went well and I got accross all of the points of each image well, and ran into no problems.

February 17; Unit 1 paper final copy

February 20; Images from Fireworks