In my Production and Utilization of Instructional Technology class this past week we learned how to make a digital movie. I chose to write about this because I saw it to be similar to the 20 shot story we did a couple weeks ago. We used Windows Media Player and PowerPoint to complete the digital movie. When she mentioned that we where going to use Windows Media Player, I was not as nervous because I was able to get familiar with it with the 20 shot story project. Although we did not finish our digital movie yet, we spent the whole class period to learn all the ins and outs of how to make a successful digital movie. Learning how to make a digital movie or 20 shot story at first maybe kind of scary and intimidating, at least my first experience was especially because I am the worst at speaking in front of people, but once you get the hang of it, it becomes second nature. I find a lot of similiarities between these two classes, in that pedagogy is first and technology is then incorporated into the learning process. I am glad I am getting the chance to learn some of these multimodal tools twice, it is giving me the chance to really practice with them, so one day when I have students of my own I am able to clearly explain it to them. Just like anything else, the more you practice, the easier it becomes.
I had this class last year and did the same project. I found most of the assignments in that class very basic. I do see the similarities but I loved the project from NPM so much better! Did you like the movie process using powerpoint?
ReplyDeleteI really did not like the movie process using PowerPoint. It got confusing when we had to add music to the slides. Making the 20 shot story was so much easier for me, and I think the final product turns out better when explaining a story more than PowerPoint slides.
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