I’m sure my group members all talked about what we are deciding to work on together, but if this post Is the first you’ve seen of our groups (lucky me), I’ll give you a quick overview. We decided to choose “Big Top Lincoln” as the business/hobby we are going to focus on for this project. The Big Top Lincoln is a play on the ever-changing exercise landscape; it combines the organized schedule of standard work out classes with the incredibly unique style of Areal Acrobatics. They offer courses in hammock yoga, silk dancing, and much more.

That being said, when we were deciding who was doing what for this project, I’m happy I could plead my case the way I did because I am a 6’10” human, and I will be dead before you catch me swinging from some trapeze equipment. Thankfully I decent at capturing video so I will safely be on the ground while my fellow group members try not to plunge to the safety net below.

This past week we met up in class and ballparked ideas for the project as a group and tried our best to find out what everyone was good/skilled at. I said I am good at capturing and editing video as well as web design.

For the second week of class and the first week of real work, I think “Sad Journalism Kids” started on the right foot. Though it is still relatively early in the creative process, we are already spit-balling ideas for possible topics such as “The Big Top Performing Arts Center” and other local activities. Personally I am very excited for the Performing Arts idea because I think it provides a plethora of opportunities for us to stretch our creative muscles and create content that is appealing on visual and written front. 

I am excited to see how our group works together, from what I can tell we all get along pretty well, even while enduring the icy awkwardness of forced group assignments. We all seem to be marginally well versed in the necessary skills that are reacquired to do well with this project and maybe even have a bit of fun in the process. 

Perhaps it is just early in the process, or we just got lucky, but either way we haven’t experienced any particular set backs, or challenges. I believe the next course of action is going to be solidifying our topic, and making the necessary arrangements to meet with our subjects and set the foundations for the project. Overall, I am optimistic about the course this group will take. I have never been forced to work long term on a project with others before and I look forward to seeing how this will help all of us grow in each of our desired field.

With the beginning of this class, I am very excited to create a great project and work together with my team to do so. Some of the project ideas that we came up with in class included discovering the food of Lincoln, learning more about the Big Top Performing Arts Center, or thinking about some of the hobbies we have and turning that into content. I think with further research we could further cement one of the ideas that was discussed in class or find another potential project topic. There are a lot of organizations and places in Lincoln that could provide an interesting story, which is very exciting. We also talked about the various roles we can all do when it comes to creating for our project. I am looking forward to bettering my content creating skills through this project. I think it will be challenging at times, and some of the tasks will be out of my comfort zone of what I am capable of but it should be a good learning curve. Since we haven’t really done any assignments as a group so far, there haven’t been any issues. I think we will all work together well for the majority of this assignment.

It isn’t straightforward to write about what topic we need to cover for our group project, as we have not entirely narrowed down our idea. Sad Journalism kids had talked yesterday about many different possibilities that we may try, such as the Big Top performing arts center or maybe even working for the classes here on campus. I enjoy the activities that get you out and going. At least getting out of your home is a good start as it makes you active and going somewhere. It was an excellent idea to suggest the performing arts center as there are so many different events happening there that could contribute to a great project my group could make. As a group, we agreed to start researching what the center looks like, and we decided on who would do what — things like photographer, videographer, graphic designer, etc. Asking to do a skill for a project like this where you would want to learn something new or maybe even hone a particular craft is not something that can be agreed on by the whole group. Everyone lives their way, and asking people to try new things may pose a challenge to the group as a whole. So far, I have looked into the events planned for the Big Top center, and it seems that they have weekly classes that students can attend and, more importantly, how long these classes go. This planning will help my group get enough time to work out when we will meet and also what each of our roles are in the process of creating this project. The next big step for our group is we need to finalize our idea and make sure we will be on top of our assigned roles. Our roles are something that could have been discussed more at the time, but we still have contact with one another so that will solve any issues that are in need of desperate attention. Overall, I think we have a pretty good group and I look forward to working towards when we meet again and discuss our future endeavors.

To start off my first blog of the final modules course, I am excited to start getting to know my group and continue to discuss our final project. Personally, I am interested in the variety of hobbies people of UNL and the Lincoln community participate in and I am excited to explore one of these in depth. As a group, we discussed the local Lincoln gym, “Big Top”, a performance and event venue in Lincoln. At this gym, people are able to explore their abilities in acrobatics and aerial performances; this is definitely a topic our group can explore to create an interesting presentation. While researching this topic, I am excited for the ability to potentially participate in one of the group classes to full immerse myself in the company. I became very interested in Big Top when one of my group members mentioned it and began watching videos on the classes offered. This project will be challenging because it is something out of my comfort zone, but I am excited to try something new. Because there weren’t any assignments that our group needed to do before today, we made our Word Press website and started the group contract. So far, we have not encountered any problems; however, I know this will not always be the case. In the future, I will limit the problems our group will encounter by holding all members accountable and using extensive communication.

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— Oscar Wilde.

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