These past few weeks have been so very busy that I have not actually had time to attend the webconferences so I have to watch the video when I can. What I get from the webconferences is very useful in helping me realize that everyone else feels the same way I do. I get confused by some of the assignments and I sometimes feel I am the only one feeling that way. It is nice to know I am not in this alone.
Dr. Abernathy is real good about making us feel better and she tries to answer the questions the best she can. I understand why she gets frustrated at us sometimes because we are all perfectionist. We want to do our very best so we sometimes as redundant questions so we are sure of what we are supposed to do. I get that way with my own students in the classroom. I have enjoyed this class and getting to use Photostory 3 and seeing what all different free programs there are out there to use.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
EDLD 5363 Mulitimedia Course Reflection
At the beginning of this course, I didn't know much about video and editing. Our first assignment was to make a digital storybook. I used Photostory 3 and it was really easy to use. I chose pictures of my kids and I talked about how proud I am of my kids. It was set to a soothing background music. Photostory 3 is very user friendly with its step by step instructions. Everyone I showed it to was very impressed.
The second week we had to edit some video footage and use Audacity to record our voice. Editing video footage was not very easy for me. I tried to use Movie Maker and I didn't really think I did that good of a job. I had recorded some footage of my daughter at a football game and I figured out how to play to video while I was recording on Audacity so I would make sure my words matched with the footage.
During weeks 3, 4 and 5 we were to get into groups and make a PSA video. My group decided on the topic of getting vaccinated. There is a new law for incoming freshman to get the Meninitis shot. We met through Google Docs and did all of our collaboration there. One of my members works at a high school and was able to use her AV students for the video. I developed the script and the rest of my team tweaked it as necessary.
I don't feel I helped a lot with the editing and I don't feel like I really learned a lot with editing. I really think that is something that needs to be learned hands on. With this type of course it is hard to learn a lot of hands on things. This is totally an online course and I had to really figure things out for myself which is very time consuming. I think the most beneficial thing I learned is Photostory 3 and I will definitely use that again.
The second week we had to edit some video footage and use Audacity to record our voice. Editing video footage was not very easy for me. I tried to use Movie Maker and I didn't really think I did that good of a job. I had recorded some footage of my daughter at a football game and I figured out how to play to video while I was recording on Audacity so I would make sure my words matched with the footage.
During weeks 3, 4 and 5 we were to get into groups and make a PSA video. My group decided on the topic of getting vaccinated. There is a new law for incoming freshman to get the Meninitis shot. We met through Google Docs and did all of our collaboration there. One of my members works at a high school and was able to use her AV students for the video. I developed the script and the rest of my team tweaked it as necessary.
I don't feel I helped a lot with the editing and I don't feel like I really learned a lot with editing. I really think that is something that needs to be learned hands on. With this type of course it is hard to learn a lot of hands on things. This is totally an online course and I had to really figure things out for myself which is very time consuming. I think the most beneficial thing I learned is Photostory 3 and I will definitely use that again.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
EDLD 5363 webconference reflection #2
EDLD 5363 Multimedia and Technology has been quite a challenging class for me. There have been several things that have changed and the only way to find out the changes is through the webconferences. In one of the webconferences I watched, it only lasted about 8 minutes and Dr. Abernathy just gave a little pep talk. I really think Dr. Abernathy is a great teacher I just feel that maybe this class has some design flaws that has a lot of people confused.
I usually find out a lot of information during the web conferences. However, in the last few that have been for this class, the video feed is cutting in and out and it makes it really hard to follow the conversations and to understand what is going on. At one point, everyone started typing they were sorry to Mrs. Abernathy and I must have missed what she said in the video because of it cutting in and out.
I usually find out a lot of information during the web conferences. However, in the last few that have been for this class, the video feed is cutting in and out and it makes it really hard to follow the conversations and to understand what is going on. At one point, everyone started typing they were sorry to Mrs. Abernathy and I must have missed what she said in the video because of it cutting in and out.
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