Course Reflection for EDLD 5366

I envisioned this course as informative and hands on course with the use of specific programs. I enjoyed the assignments we did in this class, but the week 2 assignment on newsletter was my favorite. It gave us the opportunity to uses the 4 design principals we learned and read in week 1, the logo we created in week 2 and the animation we created in week 3. In addition, I read a lot of interesting articles and learned a lot about Graphic design. I never knew about the 4 design principal until I read the Design Principal article and creating the logo with the design principal. Overall, I think I did pretty well on each assignments since I knew how to uses most of the program and I just had to make I followed the rubric.

However, it was nice to collaborate with some same colleague from the same cohort since I knew what to expect from them, which help with the discussion and the assignments. Also, it nice to also get new people in this class since they gave a different point of view on the discussion and the assignments from other that I have already collaborated with.

Therefore, the information I learned will learned will help incorporated new ideas into my instruction to reach diverse learners. Also, I could asks question and pick my colleague’s brain since the past interactions and collaborations with colleague. Finally, the main question I would ask myself is “Does this benefit the student and am I reaching all the learners?

Animation

Assignment 1.2

My first impression of book is patterns and colors used. Each page had a red border repetition used and the writing is always in black. The symbols like circles and diamonds used on the cover and the first couple of pages are centered. The background colors are usually dark and are contrast with the light colored used on the individual faces. Also, the proximity of the picture is always immediately after the writing and the proximity of the border is around the picture and writing. Finally, authors/artists used repetition of the border and alignment writing to help understand the importance of the book.

Course Reflection for EDLD 5363

I envisioned this course as informative and hands on course with the use of specific multimedia and video technology. Therefore, the actual course outcome aligned with what I envisioned and a little more. I enjoyed collaborating with my team in making the PSA and it was something I did not envision doing. Also, the achieved outcomes are relevant to what I can do at school because I can present my work to the student using Photostory or MovieMaker. In addition, I can asks the students to work collaborate in present the material to their peers with the use of different multimedia and video technology. Next, there was no specific outcome that I did not achieved and I also successfully complete all my course assignment as requested. Finally, I learned how to uses different multimedia and video technology that I never used before like Photostory and editing video using Avidemax and MovieMaker.

PSA

The most important part of this PSA project was the pre-production in week 3. I also, believed we had a very though out plan, which made our PSA project successful. We chose our topic on cell phone uses in zones and came up with a script. From there, we each took part in bring in audio, pictures and video for the production of the project. We posted the information on the wiki and email each other about updates we have done on the wiki. Next, we post our rough draft of our PSA video on YouTube and our wiki by using Movie Maker to create it. We then sent comments through our email and posted them on wiki like adding a credit slide and adding all our voices in the voice over in our conclusion. Finally, the final video was post on YouTube.

The only way I believe we could of improve this PSA was to have more time and/or money. This would allow us to do more things create and uses things we were not able to. Also, we created our pictures and videos, thus we did not have any copyright issues. Finally, I think another key in our success of this project was the on going communication. We would email each other or post on the wiki about any problems, comments or updates we had about the project.

Here is our PSA video:

Podcast

Here is my podcast of my Movie Maker Tutorial, which also could be found on my wiki.
http://tonyvo.wikispaces.com/Video+Tutorial+Podcast

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Web Conference

I attended a web conference last week and it was pretty helpful. The web conference helped answer questions I had about digital story on the week 1 assignment. Also, it was nice to see that I was not the only one confused about the assignment. Finally, only a couple people had their webcam on and a lot the question were typed in.