I would like to share the video slideshows my students I have managed to
get my students to create as part of a project that began with my
participation in the EVOvideo07 course.
I used video making as part of a second-year college class that focuses
on writing and speaking skills. Four other students (two third-year ones
and two fourth-year ones) also created videos as part of a
technology-oriented class. Originally, I had intended the videos to be
about my students' hometowns, but some students were not able to go back
to their hometowns to take pictures, so I decided that any place that
was significant to them would do.
Once again, I wish to thank all those who kindly provided advice during
the EVOvideo course. The video-making activity definitely enhanced my
classes and I hope I will be able to continue using video in the future.
All the slideshows were created using Windows Movie Maker 2. In most
cases, students took the pictures with their camera phones as they did
not own digital cameras. I offered to lend them my camera, but only a
few accepted. This was probably because the camera phone pictures seemed
to be adequate.
I soon abandoned the idea of having all second-year students record the
audio simultaneously in the computer lab because when a student spoke
her microphone would also pick up the voices of other students sitting
near her. Instead, I gave these students individual appointments in my
office, where they recorded their voices using a digital recorder
(Marantz PMD 671) and a condenser mike (Behringer B5). I put the
resulting files on a network drive for students to access when editing
their videos. Only the third- and fourth-year students recorded
themselves using computers.
EVOVideo Yahoo Group: Msg 408 Videos to Share
Posted by: "smazzare" smazzare@yahoo.com smazzare Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:27 am (PST)
Dear Colleagues,
I would like to share the video slideshows my students I have managed to
get my students to create as part of a project that began with my
participation in the EVOvideo07 course.
I used video making as part of a second-year college class that focuses
on writing and speaking skills. Four other students (two third-year ones
and two fourth-year ones) also created videos as part of a
technology-oriented class. Originally, I had intended the videos to be
about my students' hometowns, but some students were not able to go back
to their hometowns to take pictures, so I decided that any place that
was significant to them would do.
Once again, I wish to thank all those who kindly provided advice during
the EVOvideo course. The video-making activity definitely enhanced my
classes and I hope I will be able to continue using video in the future.
The videos can be found on YouTube by clicking on this link
<http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=orandazaka>http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=orandazaka. My students and I
are grateful to anyone who uses the comment facilty on YouTube to post
observations about these videos.
Yours sincerely,
Sergio Mazzarelli
Technical Notes
All the slideshows were created using Windows Movie Maker 2. In most
cases, students took the pictures with their camera phones as they did
not own digital cameras. I offered to lend them my camera, but only a
few accepted. This was probably because the camera phone pictures seemed
to be adequate.
I soon abandoned the idea of having all second-year students record the
audio simultaneously in the computer lab because when a student spoke
her microphone would also pick up the voices of other students sitting
near her. Instead, I gave these students individual appointments in my
office, where they recorded their voices using a digital recorder
(Marantz PMD 671) and a condenser mike (Behringer B5). I put the
resulting files on a network drive for students to access when editing
their videos. Only the third- and fourth-year students recorded
themselves using computers.