Multimedia Experience

tI thought that I would fly right through my multimedia project due to the fact that it was over a topic that I enjoyed music and Ella Fitzgerald. I decided on this topic because the focus in our curriculum this year has been on memoirs and autobiographies. We have had to study what they are and the students have had to write their own as well as interview someone of interest to them. By putting together this example of expanding their written work I just knew it would be a piece of cake.

I initially started with the trial of Soft Chalk, it appears to be a great tool, but I had a hard time converting the information onto my website and burning to CD. One of the features that I thought was awesome was the crossword tool. But I could not get the feature to come up on my website. After searching YouTube I was able to find a few video’s that were supposed to be instructional, but they did not go into detail as to how to implement a lesson plan online. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pozX628s0FM

Since Soft Chalk did not work out for me I converted the project over to PowerPoint. With the help of a classmate I figured out how to change the slides into jpeg and moving it over to movie maker. (Sounds like I am trying to impress the teacher don’t it) but what didn’t click in my head was the fact that I would lose all of my animation by doing this. So I did a search on the trustworthy Atomic Learning and realize that adding the recorded voice into the PowerPoint presentation was a snap. (How I initially missed this I do not know) Now I think I have it all under control because I have the recorded voice on each slide, my animation, as well as the background music. I am quite pleased with the outcome of this project. And my students love the fact that they can utilize photos and record their own voice for this project. (Mainly because there resources are limited and video cameras are not accessible) I have posted this project onto my website under ‘End of the Year Project’ http://sites.google.com/site/cwillismartin/home/end-of-the-year-project

My parents who have internet access have given me some great response and appreciate the fact that I have listed everything for them. (Even the State requirements) They told me that it helps them understand why we, teachers, are requiring so much from their students.