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=**EDLD 5363 Multimedia**=

What I like about multimedia is that it can be designed around the UDL principle. If well planned and designed, Multimedia can actually augment and extend learning because it is reaching pretty much all of our students learning styles by using video, text, and audio. According to Shank (benefits of multimedia in learning, http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/thinktank/valuemedia/), a well-designed multimedia helps learners build more accurate and effective mental models than they do from text alone. In other words, it allows students to participate actively, accelerate reading, develop higher-order thinking, as well as autonomy, problem solving skills, and what I think is more important, the fact that they can retain and apply their knowledge in real situations. However, it doesn't mean that multimedia has to be used for everything in order to learn. if there are no resources available to make a good multimedia project, then that is not the best way to present the information to our students. Designers or in this case us teachers, should first determine what results we are trying to achieve and then select elements, lessons, objects well suited for these final result without forgetting that such elements have to be designed well and work well together.
 * Reading Discussion**
 * Week 1**
 * you will explore the week’s readings using the final word protocol.**

http://www.medialit.org/reading_room/article3.html http://www.desktop-video-guide.com/video-creation.html http://desktopvideo.about.com/od/desktopeditinghardware/u/GettingStarted.htm http://desktopvideo.about.com/od/editingsoftware/bb/Buyeditsoftware.htm http://www.desktop-video-guide.com/top-5-free-video-editing-software-review.html http://www.desktop-video-guide.com/top-7-video-editing-software-review.html Garrison wrote “Media production engages and excites; it leads to unexpected discoveries, increased self-awareness and esteem, sharpened critical thinking, analytical skills, group work skills, and ability to communicate ideas” (Garrison, 2007). I also think that allowing our students to create their own work is the best way to engage and take direct ownership of their projects. Recently at my husband's school, students were given video cameras in order to make a film, they were given certain topics, but the students decided how to make it and what to use. It was a 2 weeks project, and they were allowed to go to the computer lab to edit it, add music and animations, text, etc. By the end of the 2nd week, the school organized a "red carpet event" to show all the videos to the rest of the students, staff, and of course parents. It was a great parent/community event, and the students were so excited to show their work. Every class/workteam received a diploma. I was able to see in this activity engagement, creativity, cooperation, and quality.
 * Week 2**
 * you will explore the week’s readings using the final word protocol.**

While I was reading all of our web-readings, I realize that making a good video relies on knowing how to apply redaction skills, technology skills, and some other skills that we learn in the classroom. We have been talking about integrating technology in the classroom, and how to align technology to our curriculum, making videos is a great way to integrate technology into the classroom while meeting the curriculum. It is also a good opportunity to create a great project by experimenting, trial and error, rewriting, and reading your script and all the components/stages of a video production until you are satisfied with the result.
 * Week 3**
 * you will explore the week's readings using the final word protocol.**


 * Week 4**
 * you will explore the week's readings using the final word protocol**.

Although, we used Audacity before in order to complete a Web mastering project, I thought it was a recorder rather than an audio editor. the interface looks very simple, but it seem that it has a lot of tricks while using hot keys to edit, cut, insert audio, etc. It is going to be very useful as we assemble our PSA since we are going to be working with different audio and video files at the same time to make them a sequence, rather than just shots of video and pieces of audio. I also like the tips for video recording. I used them with a home video and they definitely enhanced the quality of the final product. These two weeks have been great. I have been able to create sequences in a very simple way and that I'm sure my students are going to enjoy using these tools to create their projects and watching them.


 * Week 5**
 * you will explore the week's readings using the final word protocol.**

"failure and recovery" is one of my favorite parts of the whole video clip. Sometimes is really hard to accept that without failure there is no way to learn or be successful. Those who have failed, or faced a mistake, know how not to repeat the same things again. They are ready to face things with a different perspective, a different view, make it right and accomplish their goals. They know how to face a problem, solve it, and be successful, because they already had the bitter taste of failure in their mouths and they know that is not good. Nelson, R. (2008). Learning and working in the collaborative age: a new model for the workplace. Edutopia. Retrieved September 20, 2010. http://www.edutopia.org/randy-nelson-school-to-career-video.

To produce a PSA, was a very exciting project and, full of learning opportunities. I was not only able to try several tips that I learned from my classmates, but also it gave me the chance to put in practice my technology skills and use new tools to create a final project. I was able to compile audio, video, pictures, and text in one presentation that will reach not just the audience that was designed for, but also other multiple learners regardless of their race, abilities, social and economic background, among other diverse characteristics. I enjoyed working with my team members online, and I got to know them a lot more. We worked really hard trying to adjust to different schedules, infrastructure, and at the end, we were able to put it all together and show a good project that talks about what we like to do, and how being a teacher can inspire others to do their best in their own professional careers. We used technology as much as possible not just in the making of our PSA but also in the way that we brainstormed, communicated, exchanged information, and collaborated to make this assignment possible. I believe that online collaboration is possible if we set a calendar/schedule to develop the project, and if all team members work as a whole to make each other look good, and of course, if we are able to receive feedback, learn from it, and modify/add/adjust what currently has been done and improve it to make the project even better.
 * Week 5 Sharing experiences/PSA production**

The Multimedia Video Technology was a very productive and creative class. It gave me the opportunity to create videos, writing, audio, and other resources that reach more students/audience and fulfills their needs in a better way. I was also able to watch my classmates videos and important technology tips and videos that gave me a better idea on how to integrate technology in the classroom by allowing the students to create and communicate their ideas in a way that they integrate several classes/domains in one project that will let them be successful. As Garrison wrote “Media production engages and excites; it leads to unexpected discoveries, increased self-awareness and esteem, sharpened critical thinking, analytical skills, group work skills, and ability to communicate ideas” (Garrison, 2007). I think that students learn better when they take ownership of their projects and they are able to use the tools used in the classroom to create something real and meaningful to them. I really enjoyed working with my team members because it also made me think about how different we are and how by using technology we were able to complete a job regardless of our schedules, age, likes/dislikes, and places where we live (we all live in different cities).
 * EDLD 5363 Final Reflection.**


 * Week 2 assignment investigation**
 * open source video editing applications chart**
 * ** Video Editing Software ** || ** Strengths ** || ** Weaknesses ** ||
 * ** Virtualdub ** || ** Mac and windows platforms, process linear video streams, operates on [|AVI] files, requiring that appropriate video and audio [|codecs] are installed, creates video files from files .bmp or .tga, comes with filters, allows the user to delte segments of a video files, append new ones, reorder an exisiting recording, it cqn open mpeg-2/dvd, wmv/asf, ac3, flic, quicktime, flash video, mp4/3gp, pvn, R3D, and direct show files. ** || ** It seems that for editing purposes, this tool works fine with mac and windows platforms. However, if you want to create a video more sophisticated, the creator of the video needs to know programming in java, html, visual c++, and other languages. ** ||


 * ** Movie masher ** || ** Is a set of Adobe Flash™ applets that provide front-end tools for common video editing tasks, An XML API is used to customize both the appearance and behavior of the tools, mixes video, audio, images and text, allows you to build your own controls, effects, transitions and titles in Adobe Flash™, The applet must be viewed in a web page, through a web server - local viewing is only supported through a local web host. Any reasonably up-to-date browser should work fine - JavaScript needs to be enabled for applet loading through SWFObject, Movie Masher can be hosted on any standard web server. Files are transfered normally, typically with FTP. CGI scripts can be used instead of static files to supply both XML configuration and media files to the applet. Any CGI compatible middleware language like PHP, PERL or Ruby can be used, Some badly configured web serving software may require that the mime type for SWF files be adjusted. In the unlikely event that the Flash Player version 10 or higher plugin is correctly installed, but Movie Masher refuses to trigger it, your server administrator or hosting provider should check their mime setup, Movie Masher supports all the media file formats that can be imported by an SWF at runtime, including other SWFs, Supported video formats include FLV and (with player release 3) H.264 encoded files. It's also possible to use image sequences together with MP3 audio to provide optimized 'video' that will load better within an editing environment, All the video formats can also be used for audio files, but MP3 offers much faster seek times. Audio files can optionally have a waveform graphic that provides a visual representation of the track in the timeline, making it easier to sync with other tracks, maximum width and height of the image is 2880 pixels. Supported image formats include JPEG, GIF, PNG and SWF. JPEG images will usually provide better quality in smaller files, except for flat illustrations which might perform better in one of the palette or vector based formats. These can also include transparency masks which are helpful for compositing logos and animations. ** || ** It requires a web server in order to run the applets. **
 * To configure the server the administrator of the server has to know how to program in languages such as PHP, PERL, or Ruby. ** ||
 * ** Lives ** || ** Mac and Linux Platforms, **
 * loads and edits almost every video format, smooth playback at variable frame rates, forward and in reverse, frame accurate cutting and pasting within and between clips, saving/re-encoding of clips, selections, and individual frames, Lossless backup/restore.**
 * streaming input and output, ability to edit many filetypes and sources including remotely located files, resampling of video (time stretching) to any frame rate (1 to 200 fps - accurate to 8 decimal places); option to auto-resample or speed up/slow down between clips, rotation, resizing and trimming of video clips, Can load [|mp3], [|vorbis] , [|mod] , [|it] , [|xm] and [|wav] audio files.**
 * LiVES can also load tracks directly off CD to use with your video.**
 * Sample accurate cutting and pasting of audio within and between clips.**
 * Resampling of audio, and Able to record from any external audio source ** || ** Is not compatible with Windows. ** ||