Overall, I thought the literacy narrative project was useful for me as a new consultant. I’ve worked with several clients on literacy narratives, and my own experience enabled me to help them a great deal. Last week, I had an appointment scheduled with a client who wanted to work on a digital remix of their literacy narrative. I got really excited about working on something beyond a traditional paper, but the client never showed up. Having recently completed my own remix, I would have enjoyed working with someone else on the same type of project.
For my final version of my digital remix, I chose to remake my original video in iMovie. From what Karissa showed us in class, iMovie seemed to offer a lot more options for putting together the various elements of a project. As I worked with iMovie, I came to discover that it has as many limitations as Windows MovieMaker. While I think my final product was an improvement over my initial presentation, I was just as frustrated by the time I finished. Nevertheless, despite all the grief this part of the project caused me, I’m glad I did it. I feel like I have a better handle on how to use iMovie, which is helpful considering how many professors assign projects using it.
Likewise, I’m glad I got the chance to remix my original literacy narrative as a piece of creative writing. Beyond just stretching my mental muscles, it gave me the opportunity to see the consulting session from the perspective of a client bringing in a piece of creative writing. It can be difficult sharing something that personal and submitting it for “judgment,” but I think now that I’ve done so, I can help other creative writers. Having someone else look over my writing generated valuable feedback that I could apply not just to this assignment, but also to my writing in general. Furthermore, the workshops we did in class gave me a better idea of how to address creative writing samples that clients might bring in. Overall, all of these experiences have helped me develop as a consultant.
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