Blog 21: Independent Component 2

 LITERAL
(a) I, Emma Seyffert, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
(b) My best source was Elissa Fultz who was the Editor in Chief last year. She helped me calm down and relax when all I wanted to do was curl up in a corner and cry. She gave me a lot of great advice, and it was nice to get some reassuring words from someone who has been in my shoes.
(c) Here is my work log!
(d) Basically, for my second independent component, I completed the 2012-2013 yearbook! We finished the last 16 spreads. We spent a lot of time running around to get last second photos and quotes. It took hours and hours and hours to finally complete the book, and we did it! And it looks pretty darn good.

INTERPRETIVE
I usually spend at least ten hours in the yearbook room per week. It wasn't exactly difficult to reach 30 hours. A lot of work goes into making a yearbook, and even when we finished one thing, there was always more to be done. Here are a few of the last spreads that we completed for the book. Enjoy this sneak peek!

This is the Fullerton Festival spread

This is a spread about Pang's lab

This is the senior mentorship spread

This is the winter formal spread

APPLIED 
While completing the yearbook, the editorial staff played a vital role. I noticed that when our staff was doing the best that they could, everything went smoothly. However, when people got lazy, it was much more rocky. It confirmed my second answer that and editorial staff plays a huge role in the book; it's basically a team sport! You can't play soccer by yourself, and you can't complete a yearbook by yourself.

ANNOUNCEMENT.

guys. GUYS.

The yearbook is done! Yay!



But wait...what now?

Blog 20: Three Column Chart

Here's my three column chart!

Oh. My. Gosh.

     So, I was just being super productive with my Thursday afternoon, and I came across this blog. Am I obsessed with it? That would be an understatement.
     I have literally been sitting here for the past 15 minutes laughing my head off at the accuracy of all of these posts. Every last one is perfection.
     Yerds rule.

Blog 19: Senior Project and ESLRs

• I think that I have excelled as an effective user of technology.

•  Over the course of the yearbook making process, I've become so much better at working on a computer. I've managed to learn how to run InDesign and some of Photoshop. I have also become better at using a camera while taking pictures for the book.

 Ok, so, I didn't exactly design this, but I put in the pictures and  copy, messed with the headline, put in the cutouts, and re-sized the mod. Trust me, it's a lot more difficult than it looks.

Blog 18: 2-Hour Meeting Answer #3

1.  What is the best way to create a yearbook that reflects your student population?
2.  A really solid and committed editorial staff is extremely important to the success or failure of a yearbook.
3.  First off, the editors come up the whole theme of the yearbook. That in itself is absolutely huge. Second, they assemble the book. Photo editors choose the pictures that are decent, copy editors make the stories good, and the design editors make it look pretty on a spread. Lastly, without an editorial team that is committed to the book, nothing is ever going to get done.
4.  Talking to Elissa Fultz really helped me to see this. Also, from personal experience, I've put two and two together, and discovered that you need a strong editorial team to truly succeed.
5.  I plan to break down what everyone does individually step by step, and kind of put myself in their shoes.

Blog 17: Interview 4 Questions

1. What is the best way to create a yearbook that reflects your student population?
2. How can you tell if you've accomplished that?
3. What is the best way to make sure that good captions get written for each spread?
4. This time is CRAZY right now in yearbook; how do you stay sane?
5. How do you keep your editors sane?
6. I've noticed that there's more complaining than actual work getting done; how do I change that?
7. What do I do with my staff when all I want to do is work in the back and finish deadline?
8. How can I get my editors to spend more time in the classroom to work?
9. Lots of times, I end up working in the classroom alone with Strand; that's lame. How do I get everyone else to give up lunch and after school time, too?
10. How do I effectively prioritize my time to get backed up work finished?
11. Deadlines are always SO late; any suggestions to get the last one in on time?
12. ImageIn is having a problem; do you know any work arounds?
13. What is the best thing to do with your staff when the yearbook is done?
14. How do you even start choosing editors for next year?
15. No one wants to be EiC next year; they're too scared. How do I change minds?
16. How can I finish the year off with a bang?
17. We need to break a bunch of bad habits we've made; how?
18. What is the best way to effectively train staffers and editors for next year?
19. How can I help them so they don't make the same mistakes that we did?
20. When the book is done, do I cry, or do I laugh?