EDLD 5363 Web Conference Reflection 3

I attended the 12/9/12 5 pm web conference for Lamar EDLD5363 Multimedia and Video Technology course.It is obvious that Dr. Abernathy wants to work with us and help us every step of the way, and I have no doubt that the skills I will derive from this class will have a profound impact on my job as a classroom teacher. I do, however, wish the timing of this class was better, as this is a crazy time during the the last few weeks of school, particularly when we have mid-terms and CCA's. Despite the shortness of time, I will apply myself and do my best to create meaningful work which I can be proud.

In this conference we discussed clarification on the week 3 assignment. We talked about the details for week four, and how we should submit weeks 4 and 5 at the same time. Dr. A also talked about graduation and the traditions for Masters in Education students. She indicated that it was a wonderful time to me out professors and cohort's and that we should plan to attend.

EDLD 5363 Web Conference Reflection 2

I attended the 12/1/12 10 AM web conference for Lamar EDLD5363 Multimedia and Video Technology course. There was not many classmates in attendance to this particular conference so Dr. A. was able to answer each persons very specific questions. There was mostly talk about Audacity and LAME. We talked about how to use them and mostly how to download them. It seems as though we have several MAC users in the class and a student named Travis was able to give us some pointers regarding downloads. We also talked about finding groupmates, and the expectations for group size. Dr. A introduced us to our fellow classmate Bonnie, and tried to assist her in finding For next week's assignment, we must try using two different audio/video editing software packages; while they can be packages we or our district own, it is suggested that we try open source editors. A great site, www.osalt.com, was mentioned that helps recommend open source replacements for common pay or shareware applications.

EDLD 5363 Web Conference Reflection 1

I attended the 11/26/12 web conference for Lamar EDLD5363 Multimedia and Video Technology course. Today, I participated in an Adobe Connect videoconference with my Professor, Dr. Abernathy, and about 6 of my classmates. The experience is always enjoyable and beneficial. I was bumped off and had to reconnect about ten minutes into the conference. Overall, though, the audio I received was generally of good quality, and my interactions with Dr. A. and my classmates solely through the keyboard proved adequate.

Several key questions regarding the expectations for this class were answered. The most important answers and information I derived through this conference are:

• It is OK to post our videos to a site such as YouTube and then link into our blog and/or wiki, but Dr. A. would prefer us to try to embed the story within our blog.
• We also talked about Audacity, and how to download the software to a MAC computer.
• We talked briefly about the creative commons, but Dr. A indicated that we would talk in greater detail at the next web conference.
• We reviewd the Creative Common expectations for this course.

EDLD 5363 Week 2 Reflections

Creating a Podcast was a new exciting task that I was eager to conquer. I had no experience with any of the software that we were using for week 2. I had to start by doing the readings, and watching all available tutorials for Podcast, Audacity, and LAME. I was off to a scary start when it came time to for all of the downloads. The challenge was ultimately that I needed to run some OS X software updates on my Macbook.
Once I successfully got the software on my computer is was easy sailing. I chose to do a tutorial on Apple's iMovie, because I am most familiar with it. I enjoyed recording my tutorial take after take. My personal dilemma was the sound of my voice. I had to practice my one and pitch, and disguising my strong Texas accent and draw.
I enjoyed the week 2 task, and will positively implement podcast tutorials into my social studies classroom. As a member of my campus tech team I will also try my hardest to persuade other to use this exciting technology. I think that podcast tutorials could be amazing with math and science.

If you want to check out my podcast on easy video editing with Apple iMovie visit the the below link.
http://jenniferwinston.podbean.com/