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Day nine of Bootcamp started on a somber note.  No one in our group was looking forward to spending the entire day in the computer labs learning how to create a slide show presentation.  Thankfully, we did not have to.

After moving from the auditorium to the computer lab, Professor Olmsted made our day.  She told us that we would be going to the National Zoo and working in pairs to capture audio and video to be used in a slide show.  Everyone was thrilled to be out of the classroom and able to get into the field.  It seems like the professors know exactly when we are at the breaking point.  Many of us were on the edge this morning, and spending the day the zoo was a welcome change.

I paired off with Leslie Byford and away we went.  After a quick bus and metro ride we arrived at the National Zoo and set out on our assignment to capture audio and photos for a slide show.

Leslie and I talked about the focus of our presentation.  After listing the obvious topics of pandas, elephants, snakes and little kids, we decided to focus our piece on a zoo employee.  We talked to a parking attendant, bus driver and then finally were directed to a guests services employee, Mr. George.

Leslie and I spent the next two hours talking to Mr. George and other zoo employees.  We learned that Mr. George is considered the “backbone” on the National Zoo.

After returning to the AU campus our entire group was given brief instructions about putting the audio and photos into a presentation.  Then it was baptism by fire, the AU way!  We dove in head first and started production on our slide show.

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