I have been playing around with this whole video thing and I am coming to realize that this may be my downfall as an educator. I am having so many issues that I truly want to give up. I see the grand potential of how video is a viable part of teaching and how students gain from it, but if I have to put it together my kiddo's are going to miss out. Gathering the data on video is relatively simple as well as downloading it to my computer after that is where I completely loose it. I know exactly how I want the scenes in the video to connect and play out, but slicing and editing this stuff is not for those who lacks patience.
Reading through the textbooks and watching the youtube videos that illustrate how to edit video seems easy enough until you have to do it. For example, I have been trying to put text to introduce the examples of certain types of video shots and movements. . .they all seem to come after the shot itself and not before it. Then when I retried to order them they all ended up at the end of the project. I was so tired of walking away from the computer that I almost called my professor to see if I could just drop the class and start over with another cohort. I love what technology can do for a classroom, especially for those students with learning disabilities, so putting this at the forefront of my mind I stepped back up to the computer and pounded out my edits and film over a total of two days.
As I looked over the finished work I realized that I could do better. . .so as I plan on going on my honeymoon I plan on taking some great footage of my vacation spot to do a geography lesson and then put the pieces together for my upcoming assignment. I haven't given up hope yet. . .let's hope technology won't give up on me.
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