Blog Post #4
For this week, I decided to use a new tool to help document my renovation progress in my bathroom. This week I did not get the chance to focus on the shower at all because I spackled all the walls and sanded them so they will be ready to paint this weekend! I also did not end up going to co-op and getting my supplies so, I will have to go this upcoming weekend as well. I did have a “lazy” week/weekend and was not productive, which resulted in me having to move my timeline around. On a plus note, I bought a new light fixture for the bathroom, and that will be getting put up soon, so pictures will be coming! I returned the wallpaper as well, and I decided I’m going to paint the entire bathroom (taking an easier approach, because I am not a wallpaper installer lol).
For this week, the new tool I used to help document my progress was timelapse. I have been taking pictures this whole time, so trying a new tool was exciting and something I never thought I would enjoy using. I’ve always seen timelapse as a setting on the camera app on my phone, but I have never really used it, so I had playing around with this! I took a few of the time-lapse clips I took and added them to a YouTube video, the video is attached below!
I enjoyed learning about timelapse, and found this website below interesting and gave a good description of what timelapse truly is, and what its purpose is for.
Time Lapse Cameras Ultimate Guide: How It Works & Top Picks (reolink.com)
I feel like time-lapse could be used in a variety of ways in a classroom setting, and could be a very unique teaching method. For example, a teacher could use a time-lapse video for instructional periods with their students. I know there are times when students can use the fast explanation and a time-lapse video can do just that! I also believe that this would be a fun project for students to create their own time-lapse video for certain science projects that require documentation (older grades). Overall, timelapse is a good camera function that can help with documentation and instructional methods. Also, it is a fun way for students to gain and work on their interdependable and interactional skills. With reference to the SAMR model, timelapse can be used as a substitution for other apps and technology software that can be used within a classroom environment or setting.
This upcoming week I will be focusing on the following tasks: Painting the bathroom, taking a photo of the new light fixture, and putting the new baseboards in. If I am ambitious I will also start painting the cabinets as well! My next post might even feature my new favorite tool: timelapse.
Thanks for listening this week! See ya!
Hey Maddie,
I think renovating your bathroom is such a cool idea for your learning project. It never even crossed my mind to take on a task so large. It looks like you have been making amazing progress. I think I would have also opted for paint rather than wallpaper. I love the look of it, but I don’t know that I could put it up on my own. I think timelapse was a very interesting idea for you project. I would love to see what a timelapse would look like if you complied clips like this one the whole way along and then combined them in the end. I also found your possible classroom connections interesting. I utilized timelapse in my internship for a science lesson. We were talking about the physical structures of plants so we watched a video of a plant growing for a month. The students were very excited because they could see the roots grow while the stem came up from the ground. They also thought it was so cool that it only took a couple of minutes to watch an entire month go by. Thanks for the post; looking forward to more!
Karley