EDLD+5363+Reflections

I envisioned learning more about multimedia and how it can be integrated with education. I figured that a course called Multimedia and Video Technology would involve my learning how to create video and how to integrate that video into a multimedia form by adding text and audio. The course's readings and assignments were well aligned with my envisioned outcomes. The readings were very helpful in helping me achieve the outcomes while the assignments gave me a chance to experience and explore what I had envisioned for this course.

The achieved outcomes are partially relevant to what I do in school. I primarily teach orchestra which has little direct relevance to this course. I can however, adapt the outcomes of this course to what I teach. Time permitting, I would be able to create video and multimedia that will help demonstrate to students particular aspects of playing their instrument. The experience I gained from making this multimedia online will allow me to make my newly created content available to students anywhere they have internet access. Given how much of this is already available online already, having been created by others, I can also now take what I need and tailor my multimedia to my students specifically rather than having to create new content. Copyright permitting, I can use video and audio editing software to give my students what they need.

There were no envisioned outcome that were not achieved in this course.

I was successful in completing the course assignments. The only difficulties I had were technological in nature and had nothing to do with the course. My computer has been sent off for repairs for the past two weeks. This has prevented me from participating in the editing aspects of creating the PSA. I was relegated to helping make suggestions and edits to the wiki in order to do my part for the group.

I learned a number of interesting things from this course. I gained numerous insights and ideas from the readings on video and multimedia. From them, I learned about different shots when taking video, how to better use different video editing software, and how to better utilize the tools available in Audacity. I learned that group work always requires a leader no matter the age of the group.