Garageband Blog Post

What tools and techniques did you use to create your podcast?

I used the application garageband on my mac. I found my photos online and got all of my sound effects on garageband. I also recorded my voice of the movie review through garageband.

How could you use a project like this in other classes?

In my Church History class we have to make a podcast for every unit study guide. This podcast is a recording of our voice with certain answers to questions.

In the “real world,” how could podcast projects be used (In what careers/businesses, etc.)?

A podcast might be used if you were interviewing someone or in the advertising business. One would definitely use this skill if they got into a profession regarding television, music, or radio production.

In this project, what did you get good at doing?

I got good at using garageband to its fullest in this project. Before, I didn't really know that you could add all of the photos and cool jingles and stuff like that.

What was the most difficult part of the assignment?

The most difficult part of this assignment definitely would have to have been getting all of my jingles, my voice, and all of my photos too go in proper sequence and play at the right time.

Would you do a project like this on your own?

Yes, I definitely would do a project like this on my own. I might not do a podcast but I would definitely make music in garageband because i love music.

Storyboard Blog Post

Our group chose the topic Track and Field. We chose this topic because the Track and Field program at Notre Dame is very successful and a great program to participate in. Also, Ted Ehrhart participates in Track and Field so he could help us easily gather information on the subject.


1. What different images did you include in your storyboard & why did you chose them?
We included images of the Peoria Notre Dame track teams and the coaches of these teams. We also included the teams in the Midstate 6 conference to the incoming freshman have an idea of what school they will be competing against.


2. What tools of collaboration helped you succeed as a team?
We all worked on the project in keynote and would each work individually on it outside of class. Whenever someone made changes, they would just email it to the rest of the group.


3. Describe HOW storyboarding helped you develop the idea for your movie.
Being able to use keynote really helped us get an example of what our final movie will look like. We were able to put transitions and other cool things in our keynote that will help our movie making to go more smoothly.

iPhoto Name Project

Which search terms did you use to find images (for the letters of your name and the images that describe you) and why?
I searched on Google the name of the letter in nature. I think that it is very interesting and cool when there are letter found randomly in nature.


What skills did you use/learn in this project?
I have never made a slideshow on iPhoto and it was very interesting. I didn't know that you could do it before and will definitely use it later in my life.


Describe how you might use these skills and apply them to a real-world situation.
When I get a job later in life, i know that attractive slideshows are very appealing. Also with the world constantly modernizing these will become very common.


This was a more creative project than our first 2. Did you prefer it or the more cut and dry assignments in Word and Excel?
I definitely preferred this over the other ones because it was very fun to do and much more interesting. It seemed more hands on and I had never done something like this before.

Charity Letter Mail Merge Project

List the name of your business and its charity.
I represented UPS and was helping out the Toys for Tots charity.


What skills did you use/learn in this project?
I learned how to write a good business letter in the proper format. I also learned how to do a mail merge. I never knew how to do it before and it was really interesting and saved me tons of time.


What was the easiest part of this project? What was the most difficult part of this project?
The easiest part was probably writing the letter and making the excel spread sheet. The most difficult part was probably getting the mail merge to work properly.


Describe how you might use these skills and apply them to a real-world situation other than writing a charity letter.
It might help when mailing out Christmas Cards or having to make a document and sending it out to everyone in your office.


Did you learn something new during this project that you did not know before?  If so, what?
I learned how to do a mail merge. I never even knew that it was there before and it helps so much so I will definitely use it in the future.

M&M Project

What functions did your spreadsheet perform?
While making my M&M spreadsheet, I had to use certain functions such as adding up boxes and averaging boxes. I had never done it before and it was interesting and made the project much easier.


What skills did you use/learn in this project?
I learned many skills that make making an excel spread sheet easier. I learned shortcuts and also some fun skills to make an excel spread sheet look interesting. I learned how to make a pie chart and change the color of the font.


Describe how you might use these skills and apply them to a real-world situation.
For a lot of jobs you might have to make a spread sheet and and you will want to make it look attractive. Also for a wedding or a large event, you might have to invite a different people and it would make it easier if they were all in a spreadsheet.