Megan Matthews
IdEA
Blog 2- October 20, 2009
We met with Phyllis today at the Vermillion Recycling Center. It was my second visit to the center and I feel that I have learned valuable information about recycling and an understanding as to what our group is going to do for the organization. We discussed what information she would like to see on the website. Phyllis would like to see a bold update area where she is able to post updates concerning recycling around the Vermillion area. She told us that there are always issues that evolve about recycling that she would like the Vermillion community to know about but it takes an awful amount of time for the City of Vermillion to update their website. Then, we went through the Vermillion recycling brochure; we discussed certain parts that she would like to see on the website. She would like to see more visuals compared to works because who wants to read a website filled with boring text and no pictures. We are planning on adding a map of the Vermillion Recycling route including which days go to which routes; she is going to send us that to upload on the website. Then, she would like us to add which number can be recycled and which products fall under each category. Also, she encouraged us to visit the City of Vermillion website and see what information they have posted about recycling so that we are not repeating what they have.
After visiting for the second time with Phyllis, I feel comfortable to get started working on the website. Janelle and I have used Microsoft Front Page in our Education classes, so we are planning on putting our computer skills to good use to build the website. The Vermillion Recycling Center has not changed much since the last time we were there other than the cats being put in the office so they are not a distraction to us during the meeting. We are going to talk with Phyllis to get a tour of the landfill to better understand the type of issues they deal with on a day to day basis. I feel that this would be beneficial to our group because none of us have been there before. I hope that the website will help the people of Vermillion to understand what can be recycled and what cannot be. As a resident, I had no idea that recycling was such a process! Many residents of Vermillion recycle the wrong type of things that creates extra added work to their already busy recycling center.
As a group, we will be meeting next week to start working on the website. We are going to look at the City of Vermillion website and decide what information we do not need to add to the website we will be creating. Also, we are going to create a contract with Phyllis and present that to her in our next meeting, which will be in two weeks. If time allows for our project, we may tackle a video of what to recycle and what not to and include that on the website. I feel this would be a great way to integrate technology and college age students into the recycle project.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Megan Matthews
IDEA- Blog 1
Our first meeting with the Vermillion Recycling Center went pretty well. We met with Phyllis at the Recycling Center for our first meeting. While at the meeting, we discussed what we can bring to the organization, what needs the organization has, and information about Vermillion recycling. I learned a lot about recycling that I did not know. For instance, I learned what types of cardboard they can recycle and they can only recycle plastics with numbers one and two. It was very interesting to learn about the different types of cardboard and plastic. I feel like there are a lot of people in Vermillion that may not know exactly what can be recycled and what cannot be recycled. We talked about the organizations needs and what our group can do for them. One of the first needs we talked about was creating website about recycling in Vermillion and different ways that she can make updates to the website concerning the Vermillion public. Phyllis has stated that she is not very computer friendly and would need something that she could easily navigate. Next, we talked about creating a commercial about what can be recycled and what cannot be recycled and make it appealing to the University of South Dakota students has well as the Vermillion community.
It was my first time visiting the Vermillion Recycling Center and it was not exactly what I was expecting. When I first walked in, I wasn’t sure I was in the right place; it was very messy with a lot of stuff that needed to be recycled and was not recyclable. I was very confused and it was hard to find my way around the place to find her office. There was one very large cat sitting on a chair next the table where we would have our meeting. When I stepped into her office, there was another very large cat meowing at me. She said that they live there and they got fat because they caught all the mice that used to live there. It was very hard to imagine a thousand little mice running around that place and at the same time trying to hold a conversation. I tried not to make any judgments towards the facility and the organization but I can’t say that I would ever want to work there. I really enjoyed talking with her and she is a very nice lady who knows her information about recycling.
After talking with Mr. Grayson in class about our first client visit, he informed us that we should choose one avenue to go on instead of trying to tackle both the website and the commercial. Our group has not yet decided which road we are going to take. I feel that the organization could use a website more than a commercial because when I was trying to find information about Vermillion Recycling, I had to find information through the City of Vermillion website and it was very confusing. Also, I feel that on the website we can include information that we would be using in the commercial. Although, a commercial would be a great way to communicate to a large crowd, I feel the website would be more beneficial for this project.
IDEA- Blog 1
Our first meeting with the Vermillion Recycling Center went pretty well. We met with Phyllis at the Recycling Center for our first meeting. While at the meeting, we discussed what we can bring to the organization, what needs the organization has, and information about Vermillion recycling. I learned a lot about recycling that I did not know. For instance, I learned what types of cardboard they can recycle and they can only recycle plastics with numbers one and two. It was very interesting to learn about the different types of cardboard and plastic. I feel like there are a lot of people in Vermillion that may not know exactly what can be recycled and what cannot be recycled. We talked about the organizations needs and what our group can do for them. One of the first needs we talked about was creating website about recycling in Vermillion and different ways that she can make updates to the website concerning the Vermillion public. Phyllis has stated that she is not very computer friendly and would need something that she could easily navigate. Next, we talked about creating a commercial about what can be recycled and what cannot be recycled and make it appealing to the University of South Dakota students has well as the Vermillion community.
It was my first time visiting the Vermillion Recycling Center and it was not exactly what I was expecting. When I first walked in, I wasn’t sure I was in the right place; it was very messy with a lot of stuff that needed to be recycled and was not recyclable. I was very confused and it was hard to find my way around the place to find her office. There was one very large cat sitting on a chair next the table where we would have our meeting. When I stepped into her office, there was another very large cat meowing at me. She said that they live there and they got fat because they caught all the mice that used to live there. It was very hard to imagine a thousand little mice running around that place and at the same time trying to hold a conversation. I tried not to make any judgments towards the facility and the organization but I can’t say that I would ever want to work there. I really enjoyed talking with her and she is a very nice lady who knows her information about recycling.
After talking with Mr. Grayson in class about our first client visit, he informed us that we should choose one avenue to go on instead of trying to tackle both the website and the commercial. Our group has not yet decided which road we are going to take. I feel that the organization could use a website more than a commercial because when I was trying to find information about Vermillion Recycling, I had to find information through the City of Vermillion website and it was very confusing. Also, I feel that on the website we can include information that we would be using in the commercial. Although, a commercial would be a great way to communicate to a large crowd, I feel the website would be more beneficial for this project.
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