Back in Orlando

I'm back in Orlando now - with internet and phone access. I'm going to post all my information today, from the last few days. Can't wait to get home and share!

Sunday - Arrived at the ship on Sunday. This place is just like a little city. You could live here and never leave. Didn’t get to explore much as we had to get right to work.

Joe Brennan shared information on AFI and good movie making tips. We worked for several hours creating a movie using the green screen effect. I’ll post our movie here later today.


Monday - After breakfast we met in our groups to plan our project. Our project is going to be based on the value of the dollar in countries around the world. We hope to use Google earth to travel to the different countries, then have a video there that tells about the economy of the country. Next, we’ll create a “behind the door” video where when we open the door, we will show what $1 will buy in the chosen country. Since we are in the Bahamas, we are heading out to take some video to use in our project.

Back from the island. Talked to a Bahamian about what a dollar will buy there. Seems to compare to the U.S. Did a little shopping, walked in the ocean and headed back to the boat.

Tuesday - Today was excursion day in Nassau. I headed to lunch about noon and then went ashore for a little shopping. I even bought a little something for my friends. ☺ After returning to the boat, I went to the pool for a while. (A very short while – it’s REALLY hot and muggy here.) Now, it’s getting close to work time.

Tonight was formal night for dinner, so we had a few sessions on 2nd life, delicious skype, meebo, and twitter. Did a little game with clickers called, 3 Truths and 1 Lie where each person had to tell 3 things that were true about them and one thing that was not, then we had to pick the lie.

After the formal dinner, we did a little karaoke and dancing.

Wednesday – Work, work, work! Today we got to really work in our groups for most of the day. Up until this time, we had only small amounts of time to work together. We created our video on my (Brad’s) computer. While I worked on that, the others were working on United Streaming resources and sharing information with me to add to the video. It was a great group effort and a great project. We shared them after our last evening meal on the boat. Saw some great projects!

Thursday – Up early today to get ready to disembark. They picked up our luggage last night, so had to make due with only a carry-on bag. Then after waiting in line for a time, we picked up our baggage – mine wasn’t there, but was found soon enough in another room with no tag – yikes! – and headed to the airport. Everyone got off at the airport but 2 Floridians and me. We rode to the hotel where we stayed on our trip out. I’ll park here until around 3 and then head back to the airport. Wanted some free internet for the duration of my wait.