Week 12 Reflection

I learned a lot creating the movie through windows movie maker. I thought the program was very easy to learn and follow. I enjoyed the finished product. I think it would be a wonderful addition to the website for the parents. I can see parents really enjoying watching how and what their children are doing at school. I can also see it being used in the classroom with the students. The students could create one in small groups on their lesson and then present it. It is very similar to a power point, but more advanced. The students would really enjoy being able to record their voices and add music.

I had a lot of trouble trying to save my narration. I figured out that I had not saved it to my movie folder and ran into a couple of issues. Once I went back through the tutorial more carefully it was easy to fix.

The list serv was a little aggravating. I like to do stuff without having to rely on other people. With that said, the list serv was my least favorite project so far. I could not create my list serv without my group members Gmail accounts. I wish that all of us would have known that at the beginning of the semester and as soon as we created them we should have all exchanged. That way when this project came we would have had the Gmail accounts and the list serv would have been simple to create. I created the list serv but had to skip the step that added group members. I was out of town this weekend and had no access to a computer so I was hoping to finish early. I was done with my movie by Thursday and had linked it in my blog but I did not have my list serv finished. So I was not able to send off my assignment through drop box. Then, Sunday night when I got my groups Gmail accounts I had to borrow a computer from someone and run around this country town trying to find Wi-Fi. After my hour long excursion of trying to find Wi-Fi the computer would not allow me to send my movie through drop box. It only pulled up my files and did not bring up my computer where I could browse through files and find my movie on my zip drive. So I had to submit my list serv through drop box and send my movie through attachment. In a panic and teary eyed that is what I did. As you can probably tell I like things done correctly and take my grade pretty seriously. I’m just glad this week is over.

About the list serv, I could see it being a very informative way of communication. However, I do foresee a problem trying to get the parents to participate. In my experience at the school sometimes it is doing good to get a parent to talk to you on the phone. Yet, for those parents who are actively involved I see it being a wonderful addition to my portfolio of technology.


List serv

Ms. D's movie!