Pharaoh iMovie Reflection

In humanities class, we had to make an iMovie about an ancient Egyptian pharaoh. My friend and I chose to study about the pharaoh Khufu. It was graded with a rubric. We have to write a reflection based on that rubric. Here's how I thought I did:

I feel that we had a good introduction about Khufu because we had a lot of background information including info about Khufu's parents and children. In terms of Khufu's accomplishments, we didn't really have much information. I think that we did pretty well with architectural achievements because we wrote a lot about the Great Pyramid of Giza which Khufu built.

I think we did well with images because we had about 20-25 pictures and only repeated about 2 pictures twice. It took a while for Mao and I had a bit of trouble synchronizing the photos and our narration but I feel the content of pictures were very good. The narration itself was clear and we could understand our own voices pretty well. The transitions in our iMovie were pretty good but we repeated some transitions.

Content Rubric
Introduction~ A description of the pharaoh is relevant, factual and correct. Time he/she ruled is correct.	5	4	3	2	1
Pharaoh’s accomplishments ~ Clearly explains the important contributions the pharaoh made during his/her rule.	5	4	3	2	1
Architectural Achievements ~Clearly describes and explains the important buildings/monuments that were built during this time. Explain how evidence of their religious beliefs is shown in these buildings.	5	4	3	2	1

Skills Rubric
images ~ All images are relevant, interesting and of good quality (saved properly as a jpg). Images match narration throughout.	5	4	3	2	1
Narration ~ Voices are clear, loud and fluent with good intonation. It is obvious you have practiced your part before recording. No background noise.	5	4	3	2	1
Transitions & Effects ~ Subtle transitions between the parts of the presentation are used throughout. Any effects used only enhance the message and are compatible with the image content.	5	4	3	2	1

Total Grade: 27/30

Micah and Rosee did their presentation on the Pharaoh King Tut. They had good information about King Tut and they had interesting pictures. Although they repeated the pictures once or twice, I liked how they had an end slide that gave us a nice laugh. This group didn't have MLA format though.

Another group, Johanna and Dania did their project on Nefertiti. I liked the way they narrated the information. They didn't just read it out in a boring, bland way. Johanna acted as if she was Nefertiti and she said things in her point of view. Their pictures were really nice because they matched the pictures with the narration really really well. I think they had MLA citations but I'm not sure.

This is the URL to watch my project about the Pharaoh Khufu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fApkB6svaCo