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EDLD 5363 Multimedia and Video Technology Course Reflection The multimedia and video technology course has been an eye opening experience for me and has helped better prepare me for the demands of education the 21st century learner. I envisioned a chance to use my creativity and expression through technology. I did somewhat achieve this. The photostory was a great opportunity to tell a story but I must admit it is tough putting your work out there for the world to see. I think that was the hardest part for me. I usually post things under the umbrella of my school or people I know but to put work out in front of others striving to be experts in this field was scary for me. I made it through that and realized it wasn’t so bad and the next time I have to do it I will be much more confident. My outcomes are absolutely relevant to the work that I do. For one, I now know that I can do these projects like videos, photostory and ipod tutorials. Next time someone needs help with something instead of telling them about it (Charlie Brown’s teacher) knowing they will probably forget half of what I say I shall simply create my marvelous tutorial videos or podcasts and just send them a handy dandy link. I will just tell them to “click click” and in Spanish “Haz clic”. Along with the good comes the bad. There are some outcomes that did not reflect an ideal situation for me living up to my highest potential. I always felt so out of the loop or like I missed a memo. I’m not sure why but I felt like I was having to play catch up to what was going on in class. I didn’t like that feeling but I did not let it discourage me. Like Randy Nelson put it if I failed I was able to recover. I am not a master yet but I do know that if I fail I will problem solve to survive. Although it seemed at times I had to survive a tornado to get my assignments finished I did manage to complete them. I did them in the nick of time but I did them. I have often thought about having my own website called inthenickoftime.com because it felt that I was always battling time. I did learn many things through this course that I will take with me from this day forward. I learned that it is HARD to make videos and creative projects under time constraints. It has taught me to look more realistically about the logistics of a project before I go dreaming in the clouds of all the different avenues I want to go in a project. I learned that one minute is not very long so say what you need to say and cut out the fluff! Collaborating helped me realize that the pressure is on when other people are depending on you and I wanted to “make my partners look good”. I learned that I am still here and it makes me happy. With three kids, two jobs and big hungry husband I honestly didn’t think I would last this long in graduate school. I am still here and I know on graduation day I will be jumping across that stage! I have a happy day to look forward to.