The Finale

We have reached the end of another very fruitful, instructive, and exciting class this semester. In our Electronic Media Production II class, we learned about different social media platforms, had the opportunity to explore different ways to present projects,  and we learned about the world of blogging through the amount of post and type of post we had to do.

Twitter has revolutionized the way we communicate with others across the world and the way in which we share news. Due to Final Exams, having 6 classes and a job, and becoming the technology director at my church, I haven't been as active as normal on Twitter. I did tweet the Facebook Live link from my church service on Sunday and during the break I plan to tweet more of my thoughts and share my blogs. 

On Twitter I am Zach_Mr2Cool. 

This is a screenshot of my profile page.

Been that since I initially joined Twitter. I'm Zach and I'm cool so no need to change. I enjoy Twitter. I learned how hashtags work more in detail and connected with more people as a result of this class.

Linkedin is one of the more professional social media classes. Linkedin is for people who are trying to network with other professionals. Linkedin functions as what some people have called a brag sheet. You create a profile and you tell all your accomplishments in academics and other awards that you have won.

You show the world the best version of you. If the right person sees your information they can connect with you directly or connect you to someone else that can use you or see what kind of talents you can use to help them.

You can view my profile by clicking here.

Pinterest is the newest site to me because I've never used it or been on it. From my experience, Pinterest is really a giant collection of pictures and collage like spaces called boards that can be used to explore your deepest interest and express them.

I created boards for my favorite basketball team the Lakers, another board that uses scriptures and other powerful things to help people get through their days and to keep people uplifted when they are beginning to get stressed, and on my last board I will be posting my favorite songs and artist there so that people can be exposed to some good, positive, uplifting, Christian based music.

You can view my Pinterest site by clicking here.

Prezi is another site we experimented with. Prezi is like Microsoft PowerPoint on steroids! Prezi has so many features and things that you can do with it that it's almost confusing if not for the tutorials and helpful hints. I struggled through making my first Prezi but it was a productive experience and I could see myself using Prezi again for future presentations.

My Top 10 Prezi presentation was so fun. I did the top 10 quotes or things that I tell myself to stay encouraged and to stay focused. You can watch it by clicking here which will take you directly to my blog post about it.



For our green screen project we had to show everyone where we want to be. I chose the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. I started with a basic picture of the Eiffel Tower.

Then I took a picture of myself in front of a green screen so that I could blend it in with the picture of the Eiffel Tower.

To blend the pictures, we used the Adobe Premiere software and an effect in it called Keying.
Keying allows you to remove the green screen background behind you and leave just you on top of the photo.

After that, I simply add text on top to let everyone know that this is where I want to be.

I have been using green screen for a while now and this project allowed me to see another avenue that I can use the green screen to do. I've only used green screens for videos and virtual sets so this was a brand new experience for me.

Kizoa was a site I never heard of before. It sounded like something crazy to me, maybe even an instrument. But Kizoa is like an online movie maker. You can drop clips or pictures together and create slideshows with different effects and music included to play in the background. They even have templates that you can use to do your slideshow. I really like that all your videos are saved on the site and that you can download them anywhere as long as you are logged in to your account.

For my first Kizoa, we had to do a Bulldog Scavenger Hunt around our campus and make a video slideshow using Kizoa. You can view mine directly below.

I enjoyed Kizoa even though it was more confusing than I wanted it to be.

This semester has truly been one of the most fun for me. Through this class I was able to become more knowledgable of social media sites and other presentation sites. I was able to learn more about editing in Adobe Premiere and was able to teach other some of the things I've learned. I also experienced what it's like to have to be consistently updating a blog.

That's the most interesting discovery I may have made all semester. Blogging requires consistency and dedication. And I learned how to blog more effectively and reader friendly like not having a bunch of text jumbled up together, including captions with pictures, and including a good bit of links for readers to click on and using effective tags so that readers can easily find my post and search my blog.

I had a blast this semester and if you'd like to view my awesome teacher Mr. Harwood's class blog, you can by clicking here.

Thank you for joining me as I reflect on a great year! Stay tuned for what's next! 

Pinterest Peeks Much Interest

Pinterest is a giant collection of pictures and collage like spaces called boards that can be used to explore your deepest interest.

From sports to food to tattoos to whatever you love, you can find it on Pinterest. Pinterest was founded by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra, and Evan Sharp and launched in March of 2010. Before making one, I never have been on Pinterest or knew that much about it.

I have a board for my favorite NBA team the Lakers which has a few of the players from the team on it and I hope to add more to it soon of Lakers legends and icons. It is called Laker.

 I have another board for encouragement called "HELP". The idea for this board is to use scriptures and other powerful things to help people get through their days and to keep people uplifted when they are beginning to get stressed.

My last board, CHH MUSIC, is for music because many people look at me crazy when I say I only listen to gospel music and christian rap. People think Christian rap can't be good and real so I will be posting my favorite songs and artist there so that people can be exposed t some good, positive, uplifting, Christian based music.



Whole Foods has a very appealing Pinterest page to me. My girlfriend is vegan. Yes, completely vegan. No dairy, no gluten, nothing. So as a result, I've been to Whole Foods enough times that I should work there.


There Pinterest is full of just great recipes for any time, any season, or any mood. Seeing all the food and meals and recipes makes you want to go there and get the ingredients which I believe is the goal. Not only do we want you to make good meals, but you can't make many of these meals without coming here to shop first. They suck you in. (View Whole Foods Pinterest click here)

Another company I like is Express and they have a Pinterest page as well  If you want to see it, click here.

I truly don't dislike Pinerest at all. I think it is a great social media site that can be used for fun or to bring attention and awareness to things or for business.

I just don't see myself spending hours on it. I'm not really into pictures and all that at the moment. I may give it another go later on, but for right now I am not really into it that greatly.

But follow me on Pinterest and see what I come up with!