Curation Update

I am happy to say that as I am writing this I am feeling very confident about the information I have found through my research so far. Over the past few weeks I have done continuous amounts of research about all the information I need to complete this project to the best of my ability. As of right now I have taken notes and kept websites I will need to construct this project. I have decided that I will be using prezi.com to help me to construct this project. Prezi has a unique way of making something like a powerpoint come to life and considering that my topic is mainly about pictures and videos, using prezi will help make these features more appealing to my audience.

My plan from this point moving forward is to put all my gathered information into a well organized work. I will admit right now that all my information is just the basics of what each style is about, but it is the true basics of all of these topics and all the infer is very trustworthy information. However, this just means that I have so much room to keep improving on these topics. 

One of the many problems I have encountered while actually organizing my information in Prezi is that I feel I am running out of room for each slide of information. To deal with this I did the best I could to use the shapes and sizes of all the information to make the slide appealing to the eye. 

As of right now I am very excited to see my final project and see how all the things fall together. This project has been a great way to end the year and to do something that is enjoying to everyone. Lastly I included one of the websites i used to learn the do's and donut's of being a preppy person. 

http://thepreppyprincess.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/fashion-rules-from-true-prep-j-crew-taken-to-task/

Curation: Update

So far in my curation I have done some extensive amount of research and video watching on what is the perfect way to achieve each and every one of these looks. There are certain steps one must take and there are certain places one must shop. But out of everything I have researched I have found that there are so many places where you can get almost all of these things. In fact, many of these places aren't really really expensive. Although, what I have heard is that sometimes you have to pay the dollar to achieve the look.

Majority of my research has basically told me most of what I already know. Although I have learned so much more than I could imagine. Getting this information organized is my first priority to completing this project. Organization to me is key and that is something that I am doing really poorly at right now. So if i am going to work on anything over the next few weeks my organization is going to be my main priority. 

Over this long period of time, I must admit I have been a little bias toward certain styles, such as preppy and sporty. These are my two favorite categories of style maybe because they interest me the most. Having this advantage I haven't really done much extensive research on these two particular subjects. However, considering I have learned so much by researching all the other subjects I have decided that by the next time the next blog post comes around I will have done some extensive research on those subjects. 

Some of the  research I have done is consisted of video after video after video. However there is one person's youtube videos that seem to help me out the most. Below I have one example on how to achieve a quick and easy classy look. 

Even after doing this project a little more, I still found that the biggest obstacle is finding that line that shows what is right and what is wrong when it comes to dressing up in any of these styles. I feel as if this is going to be a problem for me no matter how much research i do because Each style has so many different options to choose from. However, that could also be an advantage as well because people have so much to choose from and they can make their one style different from someone else.  

Besides organizing myself and researching more on the things I know about, I just need to work on continuing to work hard. I know that sounds ridiculous but it is something that is hitting us seniors pretty hard at this time of year.  Other than that I am enjoying this project and can't wait for the school year to end!

Over the course of this week I am sad to say that my progress for this curation has not been at it's best. I have slacked off a little on preparing myself for this curation. I have started it, which i think is the biggest obstacle of all. I first started by just writing out what I want to accomplish on paper. I separated my curation into different sections. There is hipster, prep, goth, athlete, ghetto, and classy. These are my  six major clothing styles I will be researching and curating over the next few weeks.

After writing out what I wanted to be done I noticed a few minor problems. The first word on my list is hipster. Now, if someone came up to me and asked me the question "what is a hipster" I wouldn't know how to handle it. I would stand there trying to describe something I really knew nothing about. And without even second guessing myself I immediately googled that question. For the next hour I watched videos and read articles about what being a hipster means and that if your a hipster you don't admit your a hipster and your pants need to be as tight as possible and so much more. So for me, picking which link was the most interesting was kinda difficult for me because they all say so many different and important things. The link below is a link that I chose summed up what every other choice had said. It may not be the most interesting one I found but it gives a general over view of what it consists of.

http://thecrite.com/home/2012/12/02/becoming-a-hipster-music-fashion-and-sex-are-key-2/

As far as my biggest obstacle for this project, I would have to say that trying to describe and include EVERYTHING that each of these styles consists of is going to be a challenge. These styles aren't just clean cut topic. The boundaries are blurred and can be stretched in each direction. For example, one could be semi preppy and semi sporty, and there is nothing wrong with that. Also someone could have some aspects that make him or her a goth but might not have ALL of the criteria. This is going to be very difficult for me but it is something I can over come.

The next three steps I need to do to move forward are what seem to be basic but are actually quite difficult. The first step is to get motivated. I know this sounds very strange but especially at the time of year like this, I need to get motivated to end these next three weeks with a bang. The next thing I need to do is fine out more information about what the difference is between classy and preppy because these two seem to be interchangeable. The last step I need to do is make sure I just keep organized with this project because with all this information it will be very easy for me to become unorganized.

As far as this project is going so far, it is going pretty well except Im finding it really hard to be motivated for a project that is extended for such a long time. Other than that, I have no complaints at all.