Week Six

This week we learned how to create a movie using Windows Movie Maker. Using the movie maker was pretty self explanatory. The steps were easy to follow the only difficult part came at the end when it was time to save the movie. It was tricking figuring out that you needed to save it differently than just a project. Once I was able to figure out how to save it in a way that would allow others to view it, posting the video was a lot easier. This project would be a good way to facilitate and inspire student learning, which is commitment standard number one. This is a good way for students to be creative and make a video on their assigned topic.
Another thing that we learned how to make was a VoiceThread. I really enjoyed this assignment and feel that it will be very helpful to incorporate something such as a VoiceThread in my future classroom. I had a professor at Ohio University do something similar to this in place of a class and I felt it was very helpful and informative. The VoiceThread also allows the student to move at their own pace instead of the pace of the classroom. Another reason the VoiceThread is a good idea is because it gives the student a way to be interactive with the material and at the same time incorporate technology into the lesson. The VoiceThread follows along with commitment number two which is designing and developing digital age learning experiences and assessments. It also incorporates number three which is model digital age work and learning since the voicethread does allow students to be involved using a technological medium.