{"id":6,"date":"2019-09-09T11:54:21","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T18:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/imkelsey\/?p=6"},"modified":"2019-09-09T21:27:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T04:27:47","slug":"week-one-student-video-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/imkelsey\/2019\/09\/09\/week-one-student-video-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Week One: Student Video Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey everybody! My name is Kelsey and I am a 3rd-year transfer student, so even though I\u2019ve been in post-secondary education for a while, this is my first semester at UBC. I am a history major and enjoy learning about the history of the Americas, especially about patterns of colonisation, culture, and conflict. So far I\u2019ve mostly focused on American, Canadian, and British history, so I\u2019m really excited about the new perspectives this course will give me!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

My favourite student video is \u201cThe Meeting of Two Worlds III.\u201d I think the topic this video covers will be one of the most interesting topics for me in this course, due to the relationships between the meeting of two different cultures and the ensuing conflicts around this time of discovery. I also really enjoyed how the video was presented, using cartoon footage and historical images as the background, while narrative audio was overlayed, so as to keep the audience\u2019s attention. What made this video stick out to me is the fact that it included alternate perspectives (not just the famous story from Columbus\u2019 point of view) and facts about more than one of his voyages, and a bit of historiography at the end.<\/span><\/p>\n

I also really liked the video \u201cCasta Paintings.\u201d Again, I\u2019m interested in the integration of cultures that occurred when the Europeans began colonising the Americas. The thorough explanations for each class represented by the Casta system were well done, I think, and I enjoyed the informative visuals in the video as well! The facts, presented in audio format, were accessible and easy to understand and follow.<\/span><\/p>\n

I feel bad identifying least favourite videos! I think each one of these videos, though some may not be my favourites, have good, unique, and interesting features. That being said, this is part of the assignment. While I cannot account for the validity of any information as I have not yet gone through all the material in this course, I found \u201cThe Meeting of Two Worlds IV\u201d to be a little repetitive in the information given. Also, the visuals were a little one-note compared to some of the other videos. Unfortunately, I also got the same one-note vibes from \u201cMart<\/span>\u00ed and Cuba.\u201d The information seemed to be all there (again, I cannot say for sure as I\u2019m not yet familiar with the subject matter!) and it made sense while I watched it, but the nature of the narration and visuals were a little flat.<\/span><\/p>\n

While watching these videos, I learned some information that will hopefully be useful to me as I progress in this course! I also hope that I picked up some good tips that will help me once it\u2019s my turn to create a student video later on!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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