Thursday, December 6, 2007
Reflections on EDUC 649 "Video Project"
Well, it's done!
I have a huge sense of relief and a (slightly smaller) sense of accomplishment now that I'm done creating a 6 min video. I estimate that I spent about 4-5 hours interviewing people and about 11-13 hours editing to achieve this "final" 6 min video. In hind-sight, I should have signed up to do the paper instead. I enjoyed the process of interviewing subjects and really learned a lot of interesting information about my topic (MI School Funding), that I may not have found simply through "traditional" research. However, the process of spending so much time in the editing phase of the project really did not add to my learning. I did need to cull through all of the various interviews and try to get the most concise, important clips - but I'm not sure that this really changed what I learned either. I am pretty happy with my video, and I hope I get a good grade on the project - but in the future, I will probably not sign up for a video if given the choice.
I did enjoy the presentations of the SMAC 649 videos on Tuesday. I was SO impressed by several of the videos, we really have some skilled folks in our cohort! I would say that the videos were more "engaging" than the PowerPoint presentations (on offense to anyone). I know that people who did make videos all spent a lot of time making them and editing them. I know several people had frustrations (and shed tears) during the process. I know that Charlie said "The technology should NOT be getting in our way" , and we each choose to make a video vs. write a paper.... Let me know what you would choose if you had to do it over again!?
Lynne
I have a huge sense of relief and a (slightly smaller) sense of accomplishment now that I'm done creating a 6 min video. I estimate that I spent about 4-5 hours interviewing people and about 11-13 hours editing to achieve this "final" 6 min video. In hind-sight, I should have signed up to do the paper instead. I enjoyed the process of interviewing subjects and really learned a lot of interesting information about my topic (MI School Funding), that I may not have found simply through "traditional" research. However, the process of spending so much time in the editing phase of the project really did not add to my learning. I did need to cull through all of the various interviews and try to get the most concise, important clips - but I'm not sure that this really changed what I learned either. I am pretty happy with my video, and I hope I get a good grade on the project - but in the future, I will probably not sign up for a video if given the choice.
I did enjoy the presentations of the SMAC 649 videos on Tuesday. I was SO impressed by several of the videos, we really have some skilled folks in our cohort! I would say that the videos were more "engaging" than the PowerPoint presentations (on offense to anyone). I know that people who did make videos all spent a lot of time making them and editing them. I know several people had frustrations (and shed tears) during the process. I know that Charlie said "The technology should NOT be getting in our way" , and we each choose to make a video vs. write a paper.... Let me know what you would choose if you had to do it over again!?
Lynne
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