video

As if wikis and blogs werent' enough to deal with, now comes video and digital editing. I guess if I was really smart about it (no comments from the peanut gallery), I would wait until I mastered the first 2 before tackling the next item. A part of me also thinks, just do it all at once and see what works and what didn't.

Friday, my classes were working on their "digital notebooks". I added in the idea of a hypermedia presentation and showed them how to hyperlink in their powerpoints. I mentioned the idea of incorporating video into their work and showed them an example or 2 of videos on the topic that we are currently on. I told them if we can manage it, we would probably attempt to make our own videos as well.

One suggestion given to me was have the students do a problem and film it after each step. They could then narrate how the problem was done. Another idea that was talked about in our grad class, was to give them a bunch of scenes and they would have to figure out what order (or edit them to go together smoothly) and then add audio to go along with the video. Any other suggestions?

This is a project that will go on all semester. My plan is to work on it in class at least once every 2 weeks. Ideally we work on it once a week, even if only for 30 minutes. That way they won't get so far behind. I've mentioned that they can be looking for stuff to link on their own time, but I don't expect many to do that.