- The idea Ohler reiterates often in this chapter that you can do a lot with very little has been helping me along. When I first found out we had to create videos I was VERY intimidated by the equipment and software I thought I would need. When I borrowed the little canon from Mark my anxiety went down a bit. I thought "Oh, that's it? I can do this." Chapter 13 echoes this idea--do what you can with what you have and focus on the story.
- Don't buy on the leading edge--good advice. I suppose this validates being a semi-luddite. I am always behind on the latest technology. I like to trudge along with what I know rather than work out problems with the newest thing. I realize that this is not an positive attribute to confess to having in an educational technology program but there it is! I think this relates to the first point--work with what you have and focus on the story telling.
- "Audio is king" This is my next area to struggle with. I have been avoiding recording my voice (until last week) and having problems with music. I know I need a better microphone if I really want to do higher quality work. And ultimately if I want to make movies of good teaching, (which I do) I would need to address the issues with recording groups with a boom mic or a flat mic.
- After Ohler's enthusiastic discussion of garage band I was very disappointed to learn that garage band is only for mac. I have it on my iPad but I don't think that is quite the same thing. I did however download audacity and I plan to get to know how to use it this week.
- Overall, I found the nuts and bolts of this chapter to be very helpful.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Chapter 13
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Letty,
ReplyDeleteI liked your summary of the chapter. I too was worried at the beginning of how we were going to make stories. I felt better after getting the camera too because most of us should know how to use a digital camera for video and pictures. I have heard of garageband before and went to look it up and was also disappointed it was only for Macs. I haven't' tried audacity yet but would like to as well.
Letty,
ReplyDeleteYou created a great summary of the points from Chapter 13. I have also been avoiding recording the sound of my voice. With a headset microphone I feel more comfortable with it. There are millions of programs and things we use for our videos; we just have to find out which is right for us.