EDLD5363+Reflections

EDLD 5363 Reflections: Video Technology and Multimedia

The assignment in this course was a public service announcement video completed in a group project and then posted on the internet. The knowledge I gained in this assignment and course covered several different areas. I was able to learn about combining multimedia elements (i.e. stills, video, music, voiceover, etc.), video editing, how to post the final product on the internet, and how to make that final product an appealing one that people would actually want to watch. I own a couple of video cameras and had previously learned to use one, but I had never learned to edit the content. Making that connection was helpful to me because I will be able to use that many times in the future. In my own experience, I had not realized all that it took to make a video, regardless of how short or simple, that would be interesting and engaging for the viewer. This course helped me realize the work that had gone into viedos that I had previously seen, but had taken the work behind them for granted.

The hands-on work of this course was much more helpful to me than any of the readings. I am definitely someone who has to learn by doing. The readings had good information, but they were theoretical in nature until I could actually do some of the things that they were describing myself. The group aspect of this project was a very good experience. I am a person who generally speaking dreads group projects. Over the course of this entire program, I have been able to get to know a few of my colleagues very well, and any chance we get, we do our group projects together. Working with them on this particular project was lots of fun, even though we never got to be in the same room together. Two of my team mates had a stronger foundation in doing multimedia projects such as this one than I did. That never became a power struggle issue, though. We divided the work up as evenly as possible and we made regular appointments at least once a week to communicate with one another and share our progress on the work we had completed up to that point. I thought there would be issues or upset feelings among team members, because I am an early person and one of my team mates is one who likes to do things very last minute. We were all able to be flexible with one another and make it work.

I am going to be working with my campus technology facilitator to find out what resources are available to our campus to do a project like this with our students. We have character pillars each month, and I would like to help students make a public service announcement to share with the rest of the school on each one. I am puzzled about other ways I can incorporate this into more of my teaching. It seems to be a very engaging and motivating thing for students to be able to do, so I am going to continue to pursue this.

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