This week was definitely the only week so far that we did absolutely nothing. We only had to go to school two days this week because of Thanksgiving break so none of us really wanted to do anything since we had such a long break. Ty went out of town and was gone the whole week and Ethan and Cam both had their own Thanksgiving plans with their families so there wasn't really enough time to do anything over break even if we wanted to. This break was definitely a good mental rest for all of us before we get to Christmas break, which can't come soon enough. School has been stressful for all of us and having five days off is a really good thing for our head space. I will say though that it felt like the break went bye really fast which is kind of disappointing but Christmas break is like two weeks so that should be nice. Getting back into the school mindset after break is definitely the hardest part because no one has any motivation to do anything and it can become very frustrating. Next week we definitely plan to interview at least one person, maybe two, and record a podcast on that so we can get closer to what we planned to do for this whole project. It is also crazy to think that we are almost done with this project because it feels like we just started it and it has gone past very quickly. At the same time though, I think that we are all kind of glad that this project is coming to a close because it has definitely been stressful at times and getting it over with will become a huge reliever to all of us, not just the members in our group.
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The past couple of weeks have been very unproductive for us to say the least. But this week we actually did something! We finally got our fifth episode uploaded about Mr. Poller and that was very refreshing. Mr. Poller actually got to be the very first teacher to come in and speak on our podcast which is a fun fact, if you want to call it that. He was really only able to do this because we were recording our podcast in a study room in the learning commons and we saw him walk by so we stopped in. He was very open to talk about his class and we think that he really added a lot to the episode. We don't know if a new episode will be uploaded this week because it is only a two day week with Thanksgiving break coming up. Ty will be out of town the whole week and Cam and Ethan have their own Thanksgiving plans. Next week though we should hopefully have a new episode come out. We really don't know how many episodes we will end up with but at this rate we are just going at our own pace. We are still kind of frustrated with the direction that this project has gone because none of us planned ahead for when basketball season started. It came out of nowhere and not one of us had a clue on how to react and to adjust schedules in order for us to continue recording our episodes on a regular basis. We all expected things to go our way all through these twelve weeks but we should have expected them not to and it has led to a nasty decrease in productivity. But let's talk more about the good stuff that has happened. We are lucky that Ty's mom was our substitute on Wednesday and she brought the stuff that we needed to record our podcast. If she wasn't our substitute then we probably still wouldn't have recorded our fifth episode.
This project has definitely been going downhill during the past couple of weeks. The real reason for this is honestly just schedules that don't cooperate with each other. Like we've said in the past, basketball season has started for Cam and Ethan and this is really been setting us back. They are both on different teams so their practice times don't match up with each other's which is making things even more difficult. Ty has been able to record anytime but we just need to all communicate with together better in order to record this next episode. It has been sort of disappointing to not record an episode for about two to three weeks now. We have been getting a lot of people telling us that they enjoy our podcast and are waiting for the next episode but we have not been able to deliver. We are kind of in a tough spot now because we have honestly no clue on how we can all make our schedules work together. We have thought about meeting together late after everyone's practices are done, but we really don't want to meet at 8:30 after a long day of school and basketball. Our other option was to bring all of our equipment to school and record in the media center and that one is definitely becoming a better option for all of us. We don't know if we will interview another teacher this week or not but hopefully we can interview someone during Smart Block and then record an episode during our Genius Hour time in class. This project has increasingly became more and more difficult for all of us but we all hope that we can find a solution that can get us closer to our final goal. We hope to record an episode this week and to also attempt to try and get back on track.
Once again, we were faced with more setbacks this week. We thought everything would go smoothly after week six and we felt as if we were back on schedule. Week seven was a whole different story though. Cam and Ethan both had basketball tryouts the whole week so we were not able to record the podcast and upload it. We also did not interview anyone this week because of this. We thought it would be best to not interview anyone so we did not add any additional work onto us and not get too ahead of ourselves. We don't know how this upcoming week will go with Cam and Ethan's new schedule with basketball and also only going to school three days this week. The next episode will definitely need to be recorded this upcoming week and we definitely need to interview someone as well. We used our Genius Hour time in class though to revise some older blog posts that needed more words added. This week was a relief to us as well though as we all felt like we needed a break for a little bit. With basketball now in the picture, these next few weeks will definitely become a lot more challenging as it will require a lot more planning from all members of our group. This project has definitely been a challenge to all of us as we all have had to plan well, manage our time well, and communicate with others and each other well. If we do not complete our goal of ten total episodes then we all would have learned these skills very well and hopefully been able to master them. This project has also given us the resources and knowledge to make another podcast as a group of friends in the future. Our friend group in general has talked about starting a podcast, possibly a sports one, in the future and we all think it would be a pretty fun thing to do and talk about. We all have pretty good sports knowledge and we think we could make a funny and entertaining sports podcast as a group. So if we aren't able to reach our goal we have definitely learned a few life skills and also have opened up a possibility of another podcast in the future.
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