ETC_Final Project

Relevant and Innovative Learning Scenarios Plan

For my Emergent Technologies in a Collaborative Culture class, we created a Relevant Innovative Learning Scenario. This is my plan and a video showing how it was implemented into my classroom.

Target Audience: 9-12 grade photography 1 and 2 students. My classes are diverse including students of various grade and ability levels in the same class period.

Materials: cameras, computers with Internet connection, project directions, projector

Objectives: Student will create an Edmodo account with 80% mastery. Student will photograph a given theme with 80% mastery. Student will critique the work of a fellow student using Edmodo with 80% mastery.

Procedure: Students will photograph 20 pictures that represent who they are as a person. The photographs will be saved to the student’s folder on our school server. The student will choose one photograph to upload to Edmodo for critique. Each student must critique two other classmates’ photographs.

Web 2.0 Tool: Edmodo. Edmodo works just like Facebook for the classroom. Students can create posts, upload files, and have discussions. The site is completely private and students only need a group code, user name, and password to register.

Social Participation/Social Learning: Students will collaborate to critique the work of their peers. I hope that students will gain valuable insight into their own work as part of an effort to improve the work of the entire class. Most of my students already enjoy talking about each other’s work. I am hoping some of the quieter students will have another option to express their viewpoints.

Making Connections: Students will use previous knowledge about how the camera works to take new photographs. Since the semester just started, I usually start with something relatively easy to accomplish then build from there. Students will gain new knowledge in critique techniques and contribute to improving the work of fellow classmates. If the site is successful, I can use it for more than just critiques.

Create/Produce: Students are creating a body of photographic work. The Edmodo site will give students the capability to share their work with other photography students.

Reflection: Students will be asked to reflect on the experience through the daily classroom journals. Students will analyze their experience using Edmodo and provide suggestions about what is or is not working.

PE3_Final Cut Pro 7

I finished the last section of my tutorials today.  This was the creative part of editing with Final Cut Pro 7.  The tutorials went over adding titles, adding markers, importing and exporting files, using filters, adding transitions, and changing the speed of clips.  It was very informative and I learned how get the clips to act and look the way I wanted them to.  I feel like I know much more about using Final Cut Pro 7.  It was definitely worth the time it took to go through the tutorials.  Now on to my commercial...

PE1_Final Cut Pro 7

Video has become something I have enjoyed working with over the course of this program. I have been working with photography for years but never ventured into video.  I like using the camera along with audio to express my thoughts.  While working on the videos for last class in iMovie, I became frustrated with the lack of control I had in editing my video footage.  I wanted more control over the transitions, color correction, and adding moving graphics.  I feel that beginner consumer software generally is easy to use but in the process of making it easy, most of the control over the finished product is lost. (I could go on and on about this. Photoshop versus iPhoto.  InDesign versus Pages, etc.) I looked to professional video editing software to allow me to create my vision.  Half-way through the last class, I began to work with Final Cut Pro 7.  I asked for permission to complete the video tutorials on Lynda.com for Final Cut Pro 7 instead of iMovie so that I can learn more about using this program.  I have completed about 1/3 of the tutorials.  So far most of the information has been very basic but I did learn several different ways to advance footage, create in and out points, and keyboard shortcuts.  I begin the Advanced Editing section tonight.  I am excited to see where this takes me.

Here is a screen shot of my tutorial project and the Final Cut interface.