ARW 5/20 Response

ARW 5/20 Response
It was our first ELA class since we came back from Retreat. It was a lot more fun than I expected! It was shocking how that huge was reserved just for us! Time I spent with friends I never met before was exciting, but moreover, I got to hang out with my section mates overnight. It will be my one of the most memorable moments at this university. Anyway, today's ARW class took place at macs room. First Rab showed us presentation slides describing our class. He first introduced the book "One cubic feet" which illustrates biodiversity that can be found in one cubic feet of land at several different places. I knew that he is going to connect this to ELA 1A class somehow. In fact, this was a metaphor to our diversity, countries we've been to. When we make a presentation, we should avoid being boring and try to be as creative as possible.

Afterward, we were taught various programs related to videos. The first thing he taught us was very eye-opening because I was thinking that any kinds of free downloading are banned in this country. However, by using Flash video downloader located under Add-ons of Firefox, we are able to download any Youtube videos!! I mean, I know that I should be using this program mainly for educational purpose, but I can also download some music videos and import to my iPad. I am very excited to use this. Two other programs he taught us are Quick Time Players's screen recording and movie recording and iMovie. By using the former, I can create a narration of any websites or a Webcam video recording. The latter allows me to edit the video in various ways. It is much more powerful and useful than Windows Movie Maker, the program I used to use when editting videos.

At last, we did a birthday surprise to Yuca. Happy Birthday Yuca!!