Wrapping and Waving

Part of the reason I choose bathroom model for my topic for this project was because it is something I have wanted to do. With three little girls and a busy schedule to boot, things that don’t get scheduled don’t get done. Although the inquiry process is obviously a huge part of the bathroom remodel process, my goal was to finish the bathroom itself to present for my final product. It has been a crazy few weeks trying to get everything done and stay on top of the blogging as well, but I am so excited to say that the bathroom is finished!! (Well, nearly finished. Still need to paint the door and touch up the trim.)

According to Pappas and Tepe searchers, during the communication stage, "choose a format that appropriately reflects the new knowledge they need to convey, then plan and create their product." I knew that I needed a visual way to represent the individual changes in the bathroom as well as the steps taken in completely the remodel. In a previous class I was introduced to Animoto, but I hadn’t had a chance to use it. I thought it would be fun to create a before/after/remodeling process video. The clincher was when I received a promo code in my email for a free full-length video. To create my video I edited (using Microsoft PictureIt) and organized digital pictures I took of the bathroom. Animoto uploads pictures really quickly, but sampling and choosing a soundtrack was pretty slow.
http://animoto.com/play/sNbJlGsUMLUO7HFKrp8Gcw?autostart=true

I also wanted some way to detail the changes and the costs involved in the process since part of my focus was being frugal. I thought Inspiration could be a fun way to create a “map” of what I had done. My Inspiration free trial had expired, so I decided to try Webspiration. Because our bathroom is so small, I couldn’t get a full shot of any of the walls; instead I took several shots and used PictureIt to compile several shots into one complete image for each wall. I then imported these images in Webspiration and labeled the changes we made in the bathroom.
https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B9XPuNMzDNi3MDFmN2E2NjAtYjM4OC00MzliLTg1OWQtMThlZGMxZjk0NzFh&hl=en&authkey=CL3NrI4P

https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B9XPuNMzDNi3OTg3YTg0MjAtMDdjNS00ZjI2LTkyZTQtNDlmYzQ0NzUzNTZh&hl=en&authkey=CKaO1K0K

https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B9XPuNMzDNi3ZjE4YmY4YjAtYTQ2YS00NGQ2LWJmYWYtM2FmZDUxYTFjODcw&hl=en&authkey=CKnw26AL

https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B9XPuNMzDNi3MDYxZmFjZGUtOGU1Ny00MDA0LWJlOTktNWUyMGU3YjkzODk3&hl=en&authkey=CLed_P8E

I posted my Animoto video to Facebook, and I intend to link up my blog and my Webspiration PDFs there as well. It’s fun to share something like this, and I know some of my friends are still trying to understand how my bathroom relates to my SLIS course : )

Pappas, Marjorie L. & Tepe, Ann E. (2002). Pathways to Knowledge and Inquiry Learning. Libraries Unlimited.