I feel I exerted a fair amount of effort on this task. I decided that I wanted to use it for making a video on my vacation because I thought it would be a good way to do the assignment and have something cool to show my friends that went along on the trip. I checked out and tried a few of the different online options before deciding on Animoto. I did a lot of tweaking of it. One of the toughest things I found while working with Animoto is that in order to fit into the 30 second time frame in the free version you had to really adjust what text and photos were really important in getting the main message of the video across. Even though it was just a video on a trip there were certain aspects that made it amazing that I wanted to get across.
I think the value of this course task is getting people to try new things that they haven't been exposed to before and showing that there are a number of tools online free that can be useful to educators. I for one have only been exposed to picture and video editing tools that are loaded on my computer and not online. Another value may be in exposing some students that are not as tech savvy as way to “wade into the waters” of using technologies such as the ones used.
I would say this exercise impacts my future teaching in showing me that there are number of free and simple tools that are out there for me to use in my future classroom. These tools could be used by me in finding new ways to present material to classes or utilizing tools like Animoto in class projects with my students. I think in a high school science class open ended projects like this that allow the students to use multiple options could help in getting students that wouldn’t normally be interested in science to get into it more. This could be especially useful in a district that does not have much in the terms of software but has Internet access. Another way that it might help me in my future teaching is thinking outside of the box a bit more. There have been plenty of projects I have done doing autobiography type style but this is the first that really was a more open format.
I think the value of this course task is getting people to try new things that they haven't been exposed to before and showing that there are a number of tools online free that can be useful to educators. I for one have only been exposed to picture and video editing tools that are loaded on my computer and not online. Another value may be in exposing some students that are not as tech savvy as way to “wade into the waters” of using technologies such as the ones used.
I would say this exercise impacts my future teaching in showing me that there are number of free and simple tools that are out there for me to use in my future classroom. These tools could be used by me in finding new ways to present material to classes or utilizing tools like Animoto in class projects with my students. I think in a high school science class open ended projects like this that allow the students to use multiple options could help in getting students that wouldn’t normally be interested in science to get into it more. This could be especially useful in a district that does not have much in the terms of software but has Internet access. Another way that it might help me in my future teaching is thinking outside of the box a bit more. There have been plenty of projects I have done doing autobiography type style but this is the first that really was a more open format.
Take a look at my video. Summer Trip Out West Video
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