1. My Photo Essay Reflection By Maiya K.

2. It takes hard work, determination, skill, and knowledge.

4. I worked on a nonfiction genre. My audience for this piece was my G.T. Family. My mentor texts were from others in G.T reading class and from a High School Students Photo Essay about war.

8. I developed many technology skills while I worked on this project. Time working on project Knowledge on how to use Photo Story 3 Knowledge on how to save images as jpgs Knowledge of how to make transitions on Photo Story 3 Knowledge on how to put music on Photo Story 3 Knowledge on how to import pictures on

10. This project increased my knowledge of self. I learned that I am a perfectionist. And sometimes I just need to let it go.

12. After looking back at my Photo Essay I decided that I needed to slow down and take my time. I also felt that I need to put less words on a page. I am proud of how the different pieces of music I used tied together. I faced the challenge of putting too many words on each slide, and therefore have to revise my slides. On my next project I would like to slow down and make sure I dont put too many words on a slide.

13. I used Microsoft PowerPoint I used clip art with the search evaluation http://thebrainteasers.com/brainteasers/images/moving.jpg http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/img_2260_rainbow-technology- sample_450x360.jpg http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&rlz=1T4SUNA_enUS347US343&q=affec tive%20development&safe=active&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi http://www.animationfactory.com

14. To watch my Photo Essay click HERE!HERE