Monthly Archives: September 2012

Playlist: FRO Blog #1

My eclectic taste in music is a good reflection of my diverse interests.

Spice Girls and the soundtrack from the movie Chicago bring back girlhood memories of my sister and I singing and dancing for hours on end.

Loaded is the theme song of my favorite WWF wrestler – it’s the closest I’d ever come to watching sports growing up.

I did my gymnastics routine to the instrumental version of Sweet Dreams by Marilyn Manson.

The first time I got on a motorcycle I had the Rolling Stones playing.

I psyched myself up before my first bright jump by blasting Disturbed.

I had Alice Cooper playing when I took my first solo road trip for my eighteen birthday.

On the other hand, I keep classical or blues on while I study.

Most of my childhood summers were spent reading at the library.

Between coaching gymnastics, training at school and after hours at my gym, I practically lived in gym sweats for five years.

I shop for office supplies and computer gadgets with the same enthusiasm I would for shoes.

I’d gladly keep my nose buried in my Art History book if it gets me out of washing dishes.

It is very hard to say to define myself in 10 songs. I think that everyone can agree that depending on the mood, your music preference changes. I mostly grew up listening to rap, hip hop and rock. Here are some choice songs that make up who I am. Whether its good or a bad list, even some recent releases..

http://grooveshark.com/s/Stronger+Explicit/3sMhXK?src=5

http://grooveshark.com/s/Crawling/1sJu9x?src=5

http://grooveshark.com/s/Go+Hard/3IaLTi?src=5

http://grooveshark.com/s/The+Motto+feat+Lil+Wayne/4gQiXk?src=5

http://grooveshark.com/s/What+s+My+Age+Again/2chAvR?src=5

http://grooveshark.com/s/I+Know/3nv7x0?src=5

http://grooveshark.com/s/Slippin/2dFAFo?src=5

http://grooveshark.com/s/Sky+Might+Fall/2BkzHF?src=5

http://grooveshark.com/s/Cowboy/3Ifx71?src=5

http://grooveshark.com/s/Make+Me+Bad/4yHUi4?src=5

Here’s a link to the blog that Amy mentioned in class this week —

http://chrisguillebeau.com/3×5/

Anything in particular we should check-out, Amy? Thanks for sharing this with us.

Here is the list that we made in class on Friday.  I hope you all are enjoying the weekend.

Public speaking skills

Physical:

• Eye contact with the audience
• Confidence
• Appearance (match the context)
• Movement
• Mindful of surroundings
• Tone

Content/Rhetoric:

• Fluency
• Articulate
• Knowledge of the material
• Confidence
• Persuasive
• Organization
• Time management
• Powerful words
• Engage audience

Create a two minute video, an eight image slideshow, or a ten song musical playlist that represents who you think you are. Embed your creation in a blog post and then write in no more than 500 words that explains how what you created speaks to who you are. Here are some free tools that you can use to help you with your assignment:

Video Editors
-youtube editor: www.youtube.com/editor/
Image Slideshows:
-Flickr: Flickr.com
-Flickrslidr: flickrslidr.com/
-Picassa: picasaweb.google.com/
-Image loop- www.imageloop.com/
Musical Playlists:
-grooveshark: grooveshark.com
-Spotify: www.spotify.com/us/
-Mixpod: www.mixpod.com/

If you have any questions please email me. Goodluck and have fun with this! 🙂

This is our very own blog site, designed specifically for freshman seminar!
This class doesn’t require you to do homework but there will be a total of four blogs that you are required to complete by the end of the semester.
Each of the blogs follow a specific prompt that i will post on this site. You respond by my making your own post. While this is a necessary portion of FRO, i don’t want you guys to see this as a task, but rather a cool way to express yourself! Enjoy this while it lasts because college assignments dont get easier than this! 🙂