Technical skills

Reflection upon technical skills:

There are three skills represented here, each a vital and necessary part of the making of a conversational podcast. The first skill is more practical, with its focus being the format and creation of the physical product, while skills two and three relate to the recording of the podcast episode.

Let’s start with leading a conversation. While I made a conversational podcast with my groupmates (Skylar and Kristina) It is important to delegate the one to be the guide throughout the topics. We decided that the one who was going to edit the podcast would be the host while the others would be the co-hosts for the episode. While leading the conversation, you act as both the guide to the group members and the audience, this is why it is imperative to have a strong leader lest the audience gets lost more so than the group members. I believe, after reviewing my final podcast that I would fit nicely into the category of excellent due to my ability to introduce the topics clearly and make sure the audience would not get lost, and yet I did not speak the entire time, allowing the others to share their thoughts fully. I participated and had my own ideas, I would even consider changing my opinion from time to time.

Next we can transition to staying on topic. We recorded my podcast first, meaning we were the most energetic and staying on topic was almost like herding cats, almost. While there were sections I have to cut due to break-aways from the conversation, this happened few and far between. For this I shall give myself a substantial. There were a few deviations, they did not take away from the conversation, instead adding to it, and added to the fact that it is a conversational podcast, not a scripted one, adding to the humanity of us, the group members.

Finally we have skill one, Audio editing. Audio editing is one of the most crucial staps in the making of a podcast because it is your way to show the world only what is needed. With audio editing I was able to remove the few deviations from topic, I added the intro music, and ordered the podcast that made sense and flowed. I also cut a few parts in which we were testing the mike, as this was the first podcast we filmed and needed to test the mike. For this I will gie myself a substantial, as I did have to go in to clarify something one time and was using a different mike, other than that my podcast was clear, with my excited talking annoying the mike every once and awhile, unfortunately I was unable to remove this using anchor.

I chose the technical skills of technology, planning, and editing because the majority of this unit was spent using new technological programs and planning for the final product. I demonstrated the Planning and Organization technical skills through creating and rearranging the Gantt chart. This skill I think I demonstrated well (7-8) because I was able to create a successful and time efficient while being able to stick to the schedule and even stay ahead of schedule. The Technical Skill of Technology I used constantly throughout this project through recording, editing, and building this website. For example, when having to put the li8nk to my podcast on this website, I dint just want a like that would take you to our podcast, I Wanted people to be able to listen to the podcast in the website itself so I found a way to embed the podcast into the website so that it could be played directly in the website. I would also give myself a 7-8 on this skill. The technical skill of editing I used to edit my episode of the podcast. This was more difficult for me as it was hard to find good software compatible with my laptop to be able to edit this on. For this skill I would only give myself a 5-6 because There are a few silent spots and 1 or 2 obvious cut in the podcast, making less seamless than I would have liked.

Based on the rubric I created in class there were 3 skills listed: recording, editing, and planning. The Recording skill specifies that to get the best grade the audio must be clear and easy to hear as well as understand what is being talked about. I think I did a good job demonstrating this skill because the audio is clear and easy to understand. There are some parts in the audio where people move away from the microphone which does affect the grading of the skill. The editing skill specifies that the final audio flows together very well and it is hard to tell that there are different takes. I did well in this skill however there are not many takes in my episode which reflects that I did not have to do as much editing as originally thought but during the parts I edited I think I did well. The last skill on the rubric I created is planning which specifies how effective our Gantt chart was, how well we kept up with it, and how effective the Gantt chart was. I think I did very good in demonstrating that skill because I edited and made changes to the plans as obstacles occurred. Most charges are shown in my 2nd Gantt chart (the edited version of the original Gantt chart) . I also think that using the Gantt chart was successful in planning time and dates for the group.