Video Project.

Video Project

About our final video project I have to say that I enjoy work in group. Collaborative work is always interesting and much more creative since everyone is able to bring their personal insight into the project. The preproduction part of the project was very fun, but not so realistic. The moment we got together and we started making the prompts; we realized that would be a most extensive part of our work. We work non –stop for almost 3 hours to have all the prompts and the script done. Filming the project was exciting and we were able to retake the scenes several times until we were happy with the results. The digital editing was another step to take into consideration. We were obligated to work just during the class period, which limited the quality of editing. Most the people in class never did IMove before and everyone needed help with editing. Just one instructor to help it became difficult to learn a lot about editing. I wish we had more time and more qualify people to help us editing the video. I have to say that I did what I could do with the previous short instruction I got. I hope in the future I can lean more about it and take full advantage over this great media technology tool.

Splicing Video Into The Writing Process

The article is great, describes the work of these two teachers that decided to expose their students to a multimedia assignment. These teachers were capable to use multimedia too to enrich their content area. Like they say on the article “this is a great way to communicate in the digital era” (Hanging & Scot, 26). With the use of this multimedia they were able to raise the enthusiasm of learning of their students. In the article they listed all the steps necessary to have a video project done. There are many different steps before the project is completed and ready to be presented to the class. This collaborative work requires commitment from all the group members. During the assignment course the students: brainstorm their ideas, they create a purpose for their audience, and they organize and revise the final product. During this creative process the students become expert at their material with the intention of to be ready to teach it to the class. Could not be a better way to learn than to be part of creation.

“I’ve come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that creates the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child’s life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration.”

Haim Ginott
Teacher, Author