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.

Evaluation of Movie Maker and Avidemux

I chose Windows Movie Maker because it was the top choice in Desktop-Video-Guide and I have to agree with them. Windows Movie Maker is a free video editor that comes standard with the newer vision Windows XP or it can also be downloaded from Microsoft website. Windows Movie Maker can add video effect such as fade in, from white effect, from black effect and move clips up or down. However, projects that are done on Movie Maker can only be save as Windows Media Format, but you can imports asf, .avi, .m1v, .mp2, .mp2v, .mpe, .mpeg, .mpg, .mpv2, .wm, and .wmv files types. Audio can also be add in aif, .aifc, .aiff .asf, .au, .mp2, .mp3, .mpa, .snd, .wav, .wma file type and narration from a microphone is also available. Also, only one audio track can be record with the video. Finally, the interface is very user-friendly and ideal for beginners with the storyboard view and timeline to review and modify clips.

I wanted to chose another video editor that was not on the list, so I google and found Avidemux. Avidemux is a free open source video editor that works on multiple platforms like Linux, BSD, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows. Projects done on Avidemux can be save or converted to as .avi, .flv, .mpeg, .mp4, .mkv and .ogm by drop down list on the left-hand side because of the built-in encoder. However, many file types could be imported, including .avi, .asf, .wmv, .wma, .mkv, .flv, .mpeg, .mp4, .mov and .ogm because of the built-in decoder with multithreading availability. In addition, Avidemux can handle dual audio tracks, but only one internally. The interface is not as user-friendly as Windows Movie Maker because it has more option like multiple preview option with a navigation bar, deinterlacing videos and encoding animation. Finally, Avidemux can be use as standalone MPEG-4 player and it can also save audio or video files only.

In my past learning experience, I never used any video editor and closest thing I have used was Microsoft Photo Story. Thus, all of this was a new learning experience for me. Microsoft Movie Maker was the simpler of the two. It is great to create video for beginners, while Avidemux is for more advance users because of all its options.
Also, I can see video creation impact future lifelong learning by asking students to create video projects and teachers posting video lesson on-line for students. Finally, I will do a podcast powered by podbean.

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Desktop-Video-Guide. (n.d.). Top 7 video editing software programs for beginners. Retrieved on April 12, 2009, from http://www.desktop-video-guide.com/top-7-video-editing-software-review.html