Final Group Project for Metaliteracy- The Positives and Challenges (Vlog)

Geoffrey Bapteau and I collaborated on the final project for the Metaliteracy class. We decided to put a video blog (vlog) to discuss how Metaliteracy impacts our everyday campus lives even without even realizing it through the use of technology, blogging and social network sites.

Geoffrey happens to a Resident Assistant on Colonial Quad on campus while  I am the captain for the Albany Red Bulls Soccer Team on campus. Metaliteracy is very important and applies to almost aspects of life.

Here on campus, we use metaliteracy for extracurricular activities such as intramural sports and even in the residential quads and apartments to effectively communicate with members of the University at Albany. I communicate with my teammates via Facebook and Twitter by posting regularly on the team page and sending tweets to members of my team.

This mode of information sharing is very effective and falls within the metaliteracy information sharing and metacognitive frameworks since I carefully think about my thought processes in conveying the right messages to my teammates in a timely and socially accepted manner.

Similarly, Geoffrey reaches out to his residents on a regular basis to inform them about campus-wide events, quad meetings and all other relevant information that enhances the campus experience for all campus inhabitants and visitors alike. Geoffrey puts out information on bulletin boards at designated areas on his quad and around campus to always ensure information reaching the campus community is always up-to-date.

The only challenges Geoffrey and I encountered in our group project was thinking about our thought processes in making the right choice of words for our final video and presentation for this course. Recording was in no way as straightforward as we had both initially imagined. We had to record and re-record parts of the videos so as to get the outcome we were looking for as a team.

Eventually we found a way to make it work and we added a soundtrack and used iMovies to edit the videos. I really liked the outcome of our very last editing exercise and the final video came out just the way we wanted it, considering the time and effort we put in. The recording was done in the Skype Room in the basement of the main library. The video can be found below and please enjoy!