Creating a Public Service Announcement

Our team formed rather quick. We had read our expertise in a separate wiki that we manage. Therefore we decided what roles to take upon that previous knowledge. At the beginning it was not clear about the challenges we where going to face as far as shooting footage for example. That possed a little concern since we wanted to create a fairly congruent video. We rely on a collaborative wiki where we could update info constantly as scenes, music, script. There was a lot of enthusiasm from everyone of us but there was a time when timing was not perfect and goals were delayed a little. We learn to adjust and we found that some of us did shooting and others did scripting and ideas. We all tried to provide footage but not all the footage was included in the final cut or even did not make it to the edition board. Most of use used email, chat and celphone to communicate. As far as the web delivery format we all tried to go for what suit us best.

Movie Maker an old friend... but it is getting old.

I recently had to create a one minute video with music and transitions with titles for a Masters Degree Assignment. I had several programs to choose among free software and fine products on the market. I personally have a Mac and I thought in using iMovie. But I choose an old friend…Movie Maker. I gave it a chance one more time. I have been working with Movie Maker since I can remember. I have created school Movies, home movies, created short clips and also 2 hours movies. I still cannot stand the music that comes with it so I choose my own music. The interface is easy to use and understand. It has also a wide variety of formats on which the movie can be saved. Therefore I went for that same old program. If I had more time I would explore more with Adobe Premier or even Corel. But once again Movie Maker did the job for me this time… again!.

Easy digital story tool, difficult process.

I have been exposed to a lot of technology lately. Some of the editing software like iMovie, Moviemaker. I have quite used Photostory too. I always find Photostory3 easy to use. the complicated part for me was creating a well organized Digital Story. This time I had to learn about the process to create a Digital Story. The story script, the storyboard and the edition process. I found it more challenging creating the storyboard. The storyboard is a very important step. in the storyboard we can organize the secuence of events in a logical manner. There came the creativity side of making the movie. I thought that finding pictures was the difficult part but making a long story short was hard to do. Finally, I edited the movie in photostory and I did learned this time several limitations: when uploading music to the presentation there were limited editing tools. I was asked to use photostory but even though I knew their limitations I still think that it is a great tool easy to use to create great stories...just look at mine!

Anniversary 8

Using blogs following the protocols

I find myself learning about blogs and use them for.... yes...what for?. I recently found that there is a beautiful learning experiences that can happen using a blog as a class discussion. Do you other practical use in the classroom? what do you think the safety precautions anyone should have while owning a blog?

  

web evaluation

http://www.ictl.org.uk/U1O3CG/index.htm
Website’s Purpose
To Deliver high-quality training for the Information and Communications Technology Diploma.

Website Evaluation

This particular page was part of a whole site devoted to deliver high-quality training and completion of the Information and Communications Technology Diploma (ICT). An ICT is a person who supports teaching, learning and a range of activities in education by the use of information and communication technologies. The site was developed in the United Kingdom. The targeted audience was mainly for the roles of Net Navigator, Information Consultant, Information Gatekeeper, Information Manager and Educator.

I found the information to be uncomplicated, accurate yet challenging in the promotion of reflection during the learning process. Direct link: http://www.ictl.org.uk/U1O3CG/index.htm
The page layout was straightforward with three colors (including black for the font) which made it easy to read. There was no need to scroll down on any page. The left menu bar kept the user on track on where he or she was but only at that particular unit, not in the whole site. The fact that it did not have graphics made it less distracting and easier to focus on the information. During the delivery of information, there were two types of exercises to secure the learning outcomes: Activities and Tasks. They were engaging by providing questions before going on to the next piece of information, even reviewing or giving samples from links to other sites for review. This gave the user an opportunity to reflect on prior knowledge, making it a productive learning experience.
The page did not provide a contact’s name or a date of creation, only an email address. In addition, updating was not a priority for the authors.
This page was valuable for the learning education of the 21st Century due to its simplicity in navigation but its complexity on the content delivery. It demanded a more proactive attitude from the user by making the learning stimulating, however, additional pages should be consulted to verify the current information presented since current updates were not present at the time of this evaluation. In conclusion, refreshing information and the acquisition of new knowledge in an interactive way were the goals you will discover by visiting this page.