For this project i loved the fact that we were able to learn something new, that we otherwise would have never experienced! On Google days my friends and I would run up and down the halls yelling "GOOGLE DAY!" We tweeted about it and posted our videos and pictures on Facebook because we knew what we were doing was awesome, but also uncharted! It was so cool to learn the ukulele and I definitely gained huge respect toward people who can play stringed instruments. I especially loved the freedom involved with the project. We were able to choose, no only what we focused on, but also how we spent our time. It was nice to be in such an unstructured educational society, for once. I really hope to continue learning the ukulele because it's fun to be able to play multiple instruments. I didn't realize how much I was going to miss it until after our last presentation day finished and my friend Mike was taking the ukulele home.
Overall, this was an awesome project. GOOGLE DAYS ARE THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!
Friday, December 16, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Day Number Five (December 13, 2011)
This will be the last time I write in this blog, unless we continue our Google Project into Second Semester!
I know it has been a while but I missed out on our last in-class Google Day so I had to make up for lost time on my own!
I went over simply reviewing the notes I had previously learned and getting back into the groove of strumming the chucking. It may seem like I haven't made much progress throughout this whole program when in actuality, I personally feel like I have gained a lot. I played piano for years, clarinet after that, but I had never attempted a stringed instrument. To be able to now strum and play a few songs on the ukulele is actually so awesome! I always want to show off my skills, even if I play extremely slow and segmented songs...I'm proud that I at least have SOME basic knowledge!
Today for the class, I presented what I had learned. I played, "I'm Yours" while the class began to sing along. Sadly, I'm still not very skilled at the ukulele so I got my chords mixed up and played to slowly to keep up with the class's singing, BUT it was still fun to talk about what I'd learned throughout first semester!
I WILL BE CROSSING MY FINGERS THAT WE CONTINUE OUR GOOGLE PROJECTS UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. This was so awesome.
I know it has been a while but I missed out on our last in-class Google Day so I had to make up for lost time on my own!
I went over simply reviewing the notes I had previously learned and getting back into the groove of strumming the chucking. It may seem like I haven't made much progress throughout this whole program when in actuality, I personally feel like I have gained a lot. I played piano for years, clarinet after that, but I had never attempted a stringed instrument. To be able to now strum and play a few songs on the ukulele is actually so awesome! I always want to show off my skills, even if I play extremely slow and segmented songs...I'm proud that I at least have SOME basic knowledge!
Today for the class, I presented what I had learned. I played, "I'm Yours" while the class began to sing along. Sadly, I'm still not very skilled at the ukulele so I got my chords mixed up and played to slowly to keep up with the class's singing, BUT it was still fun to talk about what I'd learned throughout first semester!
I WILL BE CROSSING MY FINGERS THAT WE CONTINUE OUR GOOGLE PROJECTS UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. This was so awesome.
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