Recently, we completed our book review projects by doing a a presentation in class lecture- however, we didn't do this in typical fashion. In Professor Langholz's sections of Ed Psych, we were to implement technology by recording what would be our presentation and posting the video on a media-sharing website, such as YouTube.
Utilizing technology in such a way was quite interesting- it was a both an opportunity for wider artistic freedom and expression, yet it was definitely a challenge (and rather time-consuming) to figure out the technology and how best to use it.
Group projects (which in themselves can be rather time-consuming and difficult when individuals don't easily agree) are only complicated when technology comes into the picture. All the planning for the presentation, topped with how to work the camera, the logistics of who is doing what when, and how, make for quite the challenge. The largest chunk of our time was consumed by editing and putting together our final "film." We used i-Movie on a Mac, which is supposed to be a very easy-to-learn and easy-to-use film editing software program. It wasn't extremely complicated, yet it still took a while to learn- I can only imagine the horror of trying to master and use a more complicated technology in a short amount of time.
In the end, our project did come together, but only really at the end! Technology can be a valuable asset in the classroom, yet because of it's ever-changing nature, it is a force to be reckoned with.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p3GeMEFuIk
Check out our finished project, our "First Lecure" (it had to be divided into two parts to be uploaded onto YouTube- the technology again!)
Education Needs New Ideas
13 years ago
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I am very proud of our final project. We put a lot of time into it, and I'm glad we were able to figure out some things about technology, education and group work along the way.
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