EDLD 5363 Week 1 Assignment Reflection

                In EDLD 5363 Multimedia & Video Technology, we learned how to create a personal digital story.  The readings this week allowed me to learn more about creating a script prior to piecing together the video.  I create many videos for my school and for personal memories, but rarely do I write out a “voice over” script for any of them.  This was an interesting experience, because normally my ideas are kept in my head as I produce the videos.

                This week my team and I worked on a group wiki to help facilitate our collaboration throughout this course.  Prior to writing our scripts, our team began an interview wiki page that allowed us to all ask and answer questions.  This Q & A Interview activity assisted us with developing our personal video assignment for Week 1.  We also uploaded our scripts to our EDLD 5363 wiki and gave feedback to each other.  This collaborative effort was very beneficial in guiding me to create a video that focused on my family and me.  It also allowed me to feel confident that in my understanding the assignment requirements, because we were able to give each other clarification.

                There were numerous opportunities for gaining new knowledge through this week’s reading assignments, but I wanted to share a quote that really stuck with me.  Torres stated, “Working in this program has completely changed the students’ outlooks, their lives” (Edutopia, 2002).  This quote stuck with me, because I feel this Masters program has changed my outlook and my life.  As an educator, I strive to find lessons or activities that will make real-world connections with my students.  I want students to work on projects that will change their “outlook” on life and their outlook on education.  I see so many students bored in elementary classrooms, because the majority of their school day is spent sitting in rows and being lectured to.  I want to empower my students and my colleagues to work with programs that will completely change their “outlooks, their lives”.

Edutopia.  (2002).  Multimedia serves youths’ desire to express themselves.  Retrieved on November 14, 2011, from http://www.edutopia.org/print/980.