Blog #8

The idea of using video production professionally is a very interesting one. First of all, I believe that this is an area that would actually excite students and make them want to learn the process of creating their own movies. By using a software program like Microsoft Movie Maker it could allow a student who is very creative an outlet to their creativity. I believe that there are very creative students in our schools who may not be doing well in core classes because they are so creative and unable to use their imaginations in those courses. This in turn bores them and they may not put forth the effort because it is not something that they "like" to do. Whenever we can tap into something that our students actually want to learn and do is definately worth the effort of teaching it to them. I could also see students producing their own movies, documentaries, or maybe even creating a recruiting tape for the business program. I know that my own home school district is looking for more areas in which to open up the media and instructional courses and this could be a course that could be taught very easily. Is it possible that someday you may have to submit a video interview in place of a resume for employment purposes rather than going to a face-to-face interview? The possibilites are endless and only squelched with the possibility of no creativity.

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Blog #7

The video that I am making currently with Movie Maker is about my son's basketball team Orange Crush. Throughout his season I have used my digital camera and taken many action shots of Nate and his teammates. I am using them in conjunction with some video I shot of them during a basketball game to create a year end movie of their season. My plan is to show them their movie at the end of their awards program and to present them with their own copies. This is becoming a very time consuming project since I have to search through approximately 300 pictures to chose which ones I feel are appropriate for viewing. Also to come yet is the editing process of the actual video footage which I took of their recent game. Each team member was interviewed on the video tape so that each one of them becomes a part of the overall project. Music is pretty easily brought into the project, as we (my family and I) own quite a bit of Jock Jams CD's which contain alot of upbeat music.

http://audio.search.yahoo.com/search/audio?_&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-501&x=wrt&sngid=52396982262806f42fc773363c481baa&p=get+ready+to+rumble&n=100


Click on the above link and you will be able to download "Let's Get Ready to Rumble", which is one of the songs I'll be using on Nate's movie.

I'm really looking forward to finishing this project. Only because I'm excited to see the boys' and their parents reactions to viewing it. Here's hoping that they love it!

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Blog #6

Working on Movie Maker so far has been a really interesting activity. I chose to work by myself because of the project that I wanted to do. I originally had the idea to create a Powerpoint presentation for my son's basketball team, but after hearing about the abilities of Movie Maker I decided that this software would be perfect to create a movie instead. I only chose to work alone because of the topic of my video and I assumed that other's wouldn't really be interested in my son's team. Anyway, it is nice to have a personal connection to this movie, which makes me want to work on it.

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Blog #5--Literacy

I think that contempary design can help to improve literacy. If we can make a newsletter, newspaper, or magazine article more appealing to the eye then maybe they will want to take the time to stop and actually read it. I think this can really be used with the teen age group. It seems that in this day of technology not many teens actually take the time to read. Emails, instant messenging, and cell phone technology has made communication a very short and quick process. Unfortunately, I think that this technology has caused people to push literacy issues aside. As a future educator, I want my students to be literate. They need to not only be able to read the material, but comprehend it. If I can design something by using contempary means that makes a student want to pick it up and read it, then I'm all for using it.

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