Week 14 Blog

Below is a table of my completed work for ETAD 402

Items Required	Completed
Week 1 Blog	Finished
Week 2 Blog	Finished
Week 3 Blog	Finished
Week 4 Blog	Finished
Week 5 Blog	Finished
Week 7 Blog	Finished
Week 9 Blog	Finished
Week 10 Blog	Finished
Mid Winter Break
Week 12 Blog	Finished
Week 14 Blog	Finished
Assignment 1 Text	Finished
Assignment 2 Images	Finished
Assignment 3 Audio	Finished
Assignment 4 Sketchup	Finished
Assignment 5 Video	Finished
GIMP Training Certificate	Finished
Audacity Training Certificate	Finished
SketchUp Training Certificate	Finished
Assignment 4 Embedded Youtube Video	Finished
Assignment 5 Embedded Youtube Video	Finished
Chapter 1 Quiz	10/10
Chapter 2 Quiz	15/15
Chapter 3 Quiz	10/10
Chapter 4 Quiz	10/10
Chapter 5 Quiz	10/10
Minimum of 14 comments on Peers’ Blogs	Finished

This class has encouraged me to push myself further than I normally would.  I really enjoyed the layout of the assignments and how clear your expectations were.  I did not find the workload too heavy, however it was still challenging when learning a new program.  I feel that I did exceptionally well in this class and I really home that the Master's program is fairly similar.

I had some blogs completed late, however I feel that it was a grey area.  This has been my first correspondence class and really liked the flexibility of it.  Thanks Marc for the excellent experience.

Self Assessment

5 Major Assignments                  45/50
5 Chapter Quizzes                       20/20
Blog Entries/Peer Sharing           20/20
Participation and Interaction       10/10

Total                                           95/100

Assignment 5

As I said in my blog, I would like to turn this into a series of video tutorials for my PAA8 - 10 classes and link them to my Google Classroom along with the assignment sheets and the corresponding assessment pieces.  It would be an incredibly large undertaking but I think that it would really benefit my students.

I do think that a tool like this would be great to introduce to students for their own assignments, perhaps in safety videos or presenting alternative building materials.




The process:

I began by creating a script.  I am not much of an artist and I felt that a script would work best for me.  I typed up what I wanted to say and I typed underneath in bold what I wanted to show.  The bold parts made it incredibly easy to see what shots I needed to make.  I feel that was a system that worked best for me.

Once the script/storyboard was created, I began shooting.  I got all of the footage that I needed plus a few more takes, just in case I needed them.  Once I got home, I uploaded all of the data and picked the best shots.  I definitely saw a difference in quality on a bigger screen.

I began to import my videos and chop up what I wanted, in accordance with my storyboard.  At this time, I found a couple clips from bensound that I threw in (Thanks Marc).  I was able to edit the audio in Shotcut and matched to the audio to the video.  While I was playing with sound, I muted the clips that were poopy and brought the volume down on the power tools and the sanding.

Once my video was completed, I exported it and created a new project with overdubs.  The overdubs were completed in Audacity and took an embarrassing amount of takes.  Although it is done, I would like to rerecord(sic?) using my Bluemic Yeti someday if I do eventually create a wood project series.



Self Assessment

Cinematography              25/25
Pre-production                 13/15
Programs                         18/20
Final Product                    25/25
Overall Quality                 15/15

Total                            96/100

Week 12 Blog

Despite what the others feel about the camera angle guy, I felt he was fairly engaging and informative.  I was able to take what I learned from him to compose a multi-angle how-to video.  

For an open sourced video editing program, Shotcut is quite a beast with a lot of options.  I found that once I got the hang of the program, it was much easier to use.  I was getting very frustrated with the program however, because whenever it was doing a "heavy" task, Shotcut would crash.  I see that Germs and Lance were having similar problems.  

Although I was working with fairly large files, Shotcut would be ideal for students that are capturing video on their phones and importing it to their Google Drive.  It seems to be another tool that can be utilized by students when creating choice assignments. 

Working on this assignment has inspired me to create a series of woodworking videos that can be shown to anyone by anyone.  There has been a push for teachers to begin using "Google Classroom" in our division and I have been banging my head against a wall trying to figure out how to use it effectively.  I believe that if I can produce these videos, which would be supplemented by the assignment and its rubric, students can complete their projects wherever they are, whenever they can.