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For this week:
- Video work – +2 hours – Worked to begin clipping videos together. Figured out the problem with the video and projector. Seems that PPT uses Windows Media Player to display its movies. I need to be sure to set the overlays not to display (makes sense to me) and then the video comes through fine. Voice over work and final cuts this week. Needs to be ready to use is two weeks. Dr. Ackerman asked for the links to the products that I used, and they are:
- KeepVid : Download videos from youtube in formats that can be viewed through video program.0
- Camtasia : Program that we used heavily in visual…screen capture and more.
- WMCapture : Program to capture video in high quality…used this to get the Olympics for class use by capturing the video played on the screen.
- First session – 3 hours – I finally had my first set of kids (30) attend the club. I will now have an additional adult in the room with me in order to help me facilitate the sessions. Students were explained my expectations as well as introduced to the types of things that we will be doing.
This week:
- PPT/Video – +4 hours – This week I worked with video capture software to store clips of videogames in order to prepare the tutorial. Additionally for the video I have begun scripting the various clips. As far as the PowerPoint goes, I have completed the skeleton, at least initially. I will feel more comfortable with it after the clips are completed so that I can feel the flow.
This week:
- Techspo – All day Thursday 1-28 and Friday 1-29 (forgot to discuss in previous posting)– Techspo was fantastic and really worthwhile. I highly recommend the individual workshops to teachers and educators across the spectrum. For both days the Keynote Speakers were highly motivational. Our first speaker discussed the changes in our digital natives and accommodations we should make for them as well as changes in ourselves. The second day’s speaker discussed his view on changes that need to be made with technology in schools and how total reliance is as bad as not relying at all. Various workshops that I took discussed everything from free software for use in the classes to 1-on-1 computing, which we will be moving to in my district this year. The agenda (and sites for their powerpoints) can be found here.
- Further revisions – +2 hours – Finished my final (?) revision for the proposal. Added an interactive video tutorial per Dr. Ackerman’s advice. This will be used to guide the students to completing their written assignment in the lessons independently.
- Begin PPT – +2 hours – I have begun storyboarding and building the skeleton to my interactive video tutorial through PowerPoint. When completed, it will have video, along with text, navigational buttons, etc.
