3.23.2014
Digital Video Projects
3.17.2014
Digital Video Editing
There is
so much to think about when considering making a video such as the basics,
process, encoding and decoding, and DEAPR just to name a few. When you
make a movie you have to think about the basics: purpose, audience, length of
time, and the style of the video. There are some questions that need to
be answered before you can start shooting your movie. Questions such as
will there be actors in the video? Will there be images? Or maybe voice
over the images? Is there some type of music that will help to set the
mood of the movie? Another question that needs to be answered is what
types of shots you will use during the production. Will you have close
ups, wide, pan, medium, bust, or zoom? I believe that in order to really
understand how to create a great video you have to watch good and bad examples this is a part of the decoding
process. While designing or encoding you have to search for images, music,
effects, transitions and recording voices or recording video clips. All
if these parts have to be imported into movie maker to create your video.
This entire process is considered the DEAPR process. Once
everything is imported into movie
maker then publishing and
revisions can begin.
Last
week my group made a video using music, slides from powerpoint and short video
clips. Everything is imported and sliced/pasted together to create our
longer minute and a half movie. It was great to work as a group on the
encoding part of the process because everyone was allowed to play to their
strengths. Once everyone found their pieces of the "puzzle" and
brought it together we were able to create one masterpiece. It was
definitely easier to edit our video in movie maker because we could pick up
whole pieces of video or songs and move them to the place we wanted. If
we wanted to just cut a small part it was a matter of a few clicks and it was
deleted. I enjoyed "playing" around with the tool and then creating
a product that I was proud to share with others. I think that my students
would also be excited to use this tool to assist them in sharing their new
knowledge with others in the community.
3.09.2014
Questions...Questions...Questions
Going through the ITS program has opened my eyes to so many possibilities in the classroom and outside. I've tried out a few lesson plans in my own classroom and shared ideas with others in my building. Most teachers that have reached out to me for "advice" on how to best technology in their lessons want to try it out for themselves. Then, on the hand I've had some teachers say something like "that sounds interesting, would you like to try it in my classroom too?" This made me consider what do really want to do in my school. As I thought about this I came to the conclusion that I want to model technology integrated lessons for teachers in my building. Then I thought about, how could I do this in my current position. As an English Speaker of Other Languages (ESOL) teacher I support multiple classrooms so once I have a rapport with the classroom teacher I could "slip" in and make suggestions for lessons. Before we begin to plan the lesson I could pose am authentic problem and have the students use technology to solve it. This could work right? Or would I need to be in a different position that only focused on technology? Trouble shooting software and hardware problems doesn't interests me so applying for a School Based Technology Specialist (SBTS) position I don't think is the way. Is there any position that would just allow me to work with teachers, students and authentic problems? Until I find something else I guess I'll just stay where I am and influence the teachers around me.
3.04.2014
Social Networking
I think that social networking has benefits depending on what the user is seeking. If they user is purely seeking connections and people to assist them in different situations then that's great. Social networking sites could be used for educational purposes if it is set up in such a manner. One way that came to me right away was having students as the experts for math problems. In my classroom once I felt comfortable that students had mastered concepts I would have them buddy up with other students that were struggling. On these sites students could ask for help with math concepts and the expert student would respond with steps on how to complete certain problems. As teachers we definitely have the responsibility of guiding students in the proper use of social networking. Just because our students have Grown Up Digital doesn't mean we should assume that they understand how to functional in an online environment. Just like we teach students how to read, watch videos, and interact socially with each other we need to teach online skills for them to be successful in an online environment.
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