Reflection of Week 1 Web Conference EDLD 5363

I was not able to attend the web conferences this week since we were visiting our son, daughter-in-law, and three year old granddaughter.  Our granddaughter demands our full attention at all times, therefore, web conference was out of the question; however, I did want to view the chat list and recording.  I began with the chat list to see what information I could glean from that.  After a few minutes I was totally confused. The most you can get from the chat is web addresses and emails; without the recording, the rest is gibberish.  Next, I opened the recording.  I like the new setup and realized the chat is much easier to follow on the bottom than on the side.  A little into the conference, I realized quite a few people had issues with old assignments.  I did obtain the new assignments through EPIC, but the readings and the video transcript was not updated.  I have a system to my studies.  I always begin with the readings then move to the assignments.  I wasted quite a bit of time on those seven readings, although there was great information.  When I couldn't find the cookbook site, I was quite stressed.  The stress was alleviated once I read the new assignments.  

EDLD 5363 Week 1

Digital Story

A Miracle Named Sheila






When I first realized this was the class we were going to take next, I was excited. I love working with video and knew I would enjoy learning new information about what my videos were lacking. Starting the Wednesday before, I began checking EPIC to see if assignments were ready to be accessed. Unfortunately, they didn't update until 12:00 a.m. on our starting date.

Once I accessed the assignment, I began my brainstorming. I could talk about a lot of stuff, but my son suggested I tell about Sheila. He said he could see how much this student had affected me by the light in my eyes when I talked about her success. So I wrote the script. It went through a few revisions before the final. I decided music would
be a distractor so I didn't use any. The next issue was pictures. I didn't have a clue what I was going to use. Once we returned home on Friday, I began going through all my pics and the pics on our school's common drive. No use. Nothing fit. The next morning it hit me. I would go to the school and take pictures of the guidance office, the texts we used to study, and Sheila's actual work.

The next step was learning iMovie. I am a Mac user but have never used iMovie so I took the opportunity to learn the program. It was user friendly for the most part and what I didn't know, I found a how to video. I think my only issue with this was getting the timing correct and the correct words with the correct pictures.

I do have a lot more practice to do before I feel I am a semi-pro; however, once this activity is in the hands of the students, we find out what Pro really looks like!