EDLD 5363 Web Conferences

I can see how in theory web conferences would be a great way to keep in tough with your students; to allow them to ask questions and get clarification on questions they have on their projects. However, I'm not fully convinced that our web conferences have been very successful. I think that the software and bandwith issues remain and really need to be worked out. There were some clarrifications to our assignments for the PSA and for what was expected by the end of the course. I was wondering about the groups that we worked in.....maybe they could be called our success management teams (a term borrowed from the National Society of Leadership and Success). I really enjoyed working with the group I had for the PSA in EDLD 5363. We all worked well together. I don't know what the next course will include, but I'm looking forward to next class.

PSA: "Cyberbullying--It's Real) Video for EDLD 5363

EDLD 5363 Reflection Week 2 and 5

I really enjoyed week 2's assignment of evaluating open source video editing software. I had a few problems with some of the choices, but I finally settled with Pinnacle's Video Spin. There were a few bumps, but It really was pretty easy to figure out. I had the opportunity to help a couple of other students with their software and projects which was pretty nice.

I enjoyed working my with group for the PSA. We all worked well together and seemed to have the same goal in mind. Everyone was flexible and wanted to put together the best product that we could. I found that keeping the PSA t 60 seconds was more of a challenge than I had thought. We had good ideas that had to be pretty modified without loosing the meaning or focus of our PSA. I think we came out with a very good project. In the midst of all of this, my computer started freezing up a lot. I knew it was getting close to time for it to crash. I was really just keeping my fingers crossed that we would be able to get the video finished up before it totally died. I'm looking forward to the next few weeks off because I have purchased a new computer (my Christmas present), and I'm looking forward to setting it up and getting it running.

I enjoyed this video class. There was a learning curve on several things, and I do think prior knowledge really helped me a lot.