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__Reflection on EDLD 5363, Multimedia and Video Technology__
Let me start by saying that I have a love/hate relationship with digital video. On the one hand I really enjoy working with it. I like to be creative and figure out the best way to tell the story and communicate the information. But I also find it to be incredibly frustrating and time-consuming. The big problem seems to be that none of the different software and web programs play well together. A video will work in one program but not another. It will upload and play fine in one website, but not in another one. What made this video even more challenging was that you had different creators, different operating systems, and even more different programs. I really felt bad for Karen James who put the final project together. She was sharing how hard it was getting all the components to work together. This was a project that I don't think was completed until the final day.

But I am so proud of our finished product. We were actually able to choose a topic very early on. One of the teachers on our team had a student at their school who was trapped in a submerged vehicle and drowned. So that was the subject we decided to do. My part was to help write the script and film someone buying a car emergency tool and storing it in the glove compartment. My daughter and I went to the local auto parts store and did some undercover filming. This was the last class where our team was able to work on a project together. As usual we learned from each other, and the whole was more than the sum of it's parts.


 * Self-Assessment**

I gained even more knowledge of the intricacies of video production and of collaboration. I already knew how to create video, but what was new was copyrights, fair use, etc. I never had to worry about any of that before as what I did was created by me. My experience was broadened during this assignment as I had to take those copyright and other legal aspects into account. I also learned some of the more technical vocabulary, such as types of shots (Davis, 2000).


 * Learn as a Learner**

I wanted to jump start production of our PSA. I was the one who created the wiki where we started to post our ideas for the video. I knew it would be very time consuming and that every step in production would depend on all of us keeping to the schedule. I think my part was fine, given the time constraints of one minute total, including credits and copyright information. Our group has worked very well together previously, and we know each other's strengths and weaknesses.


 * Lifelong Learning Skills**

I want to continue to learn about the intricacies of copyright and fair use. In the future, I would like to post more blogs and teaching videos. I need to learn how to protect the integrity of my work, even if I don't charge for it. I have come to value my teams perspective so much I will continue to ask them for advice in the future. I know we will keep in touch. I will research more about Creative Commons (2010) for use with my own future projects.

I also want to learn more about how to incorporate this into the classroom. I am very curious to see the benefit of multimedia with student learning (Shank, 2009).


 * References:**

Creative Commons. (2010) //What is CC//. Retrieved at http://creativecommons.org/about/what-is-cc Davis, B. (2000).Nice shot: A guide to common video shot types. //Videomaker//. Retrieved from http://www.videomaker.com/article/7575 Shank, P. (2009). The value of multimedia in learning. //Think Tank//. Retrieved from http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/thinktank/valuemedia


 * Course Artifacts:**

PSA media type="file" key="FinalPSA.flv" width="270" height="270"

iMovie vs. Media Edit Software Showdown

iMovie video created for software review media type="file" key="EDLD 5363 Video - Large.m4v" width="273" height="273"