My video and multimedia experience for my Lamar University class

I began this course knowing a fair amount about editing video but I still had lots to learn. Our first few assignments were pretty easy. The final assignment is more of a challenge because we have to work with other from a distance. Google docs has become the best tool to do this in.

Google docs when using the spreadsheet allows for editors to edit real time and chat also on the same page as the document. The people editing show up in different colors. I am sure it works this way for a document also. We had originally put the sequence of our PSA in a Google slide show. That was too hard to edit all together at one time.

We have been meeting regularly on Google chat an on our document to chat and make changes. We have been uploading to a wiki and to www.mediafire.com to share audio, and video. One member of our group will be updated our Academic Coach about how to locate our documents, video, and audios.

I have really enjoyed this portion of the class. It has been fun working together.


I have really enjoyed this portion of the class. It has been fun working together.

I chose Adobe Premier

I chose Abobe Premier Elements to do my one minute video with. I probably should have just used Movie Maker. My little laptop would have performed better. During my movie making the program continually shut down on me. Some of the time I had just saved or many of the times I was just getting to a good save point and the app would just close. I am sure it is my laptop memory and or processor. I love the Adobe apps and that is why I wanted to use it. They are very user friendly. The only trouble I have with Premier Elements is when I want to enter text only the video and give it action. I always have to search for the text tool. Also, adobe using a wide arrange of file inputs and outputs so that you can be flexible with your final product. The content in the software is wonderful with lots of choices and even more choices online.

I created a movie trailer for the children’s church choir that I videoed and participated in as props girl. The girls were great and I can't wait to share the video with the kids and the choir director. None of the names of the children are true, those are their character names.

I hope you enjoy.

My digital story experience

I enjoyed telling my story of our move into the country and the almost unknown. I wish I would have been able to spend more time. It could have been much better. Unfortunately our terra station with many of my pictures is still packed up. BUT I did the best I could.

I have taught my student digital story telling within in my science and social studies classes and now I train teachers. My students loved the creativity of it and also enjoyed having a choice to choose this form of presentation instead of standing in front of the class. Many kids are scared and loose their thoughts in front of the class. I know it is important to learn to publicly speak but we also need to remember that not everyone will be a public speaker. We have to provide our students with other forms of public speaking even if it is not physically standing in front of a group of people.

We have to prepare our students to present in the digital world also.

http://www.nsba.org/sbot/toolkit/index.html

I found a website where School Board members can become more aquatinted with technology.  It discusses technology in the real world workplace and how technology is a very important component in our schools. It has some wonderful tools and guidelines on how to lead schools into the use of technology.  It has change inventories, a page that discusses “Why Technology?”, facility planning, funding, community involvement, curriculum and assessment suggestions along with professional and leadership development. 

Most all information on this website is backed up by research. Unfortunately, the biggest negative of this site is that it is out of date.  It was last updated in 1998.  Because this site is out of date the research and data is also out of date. The articles provided can still be of some assistance when used in the correct context.  

Also, you have to use the back button to get back to the page you were at before therefore it is difficult to get back to the home page. The home page is not clearly labeled as the Home Page in the links provided. This site could benefit form the use of hyperlinking so that a reader would be able to gain a better understanding of lingo used. Since it was created pre Web 2.0 it is understandable.  It would be wonderful if someone would take what is already created and make it 21st Century.

This website still has some value.  It provides a starting point to help readers become more persuasive of their leadership.  It provides guidelines for those in leadership to follow.  There is also a framework for how to present information to leadership.

Instructional technology can change the way teachers teach. But, it is not the answer to all of  educations problems. Teacher training and beliefs, parent beliefs and government beliefs all need to be considered. It seems education is stuck in a rut.

It took us awhile to get to this point and it will take awhile to get out.

Teachers should pick a technology topic to begin working on. It may be a teacher website, blog, wiki etc... Good learners are always learning, but why aren't teachers good learners?

What do you think?