Educational Video 2 Outline

Literary "Lock-it" Construction

1. What is an acronym? (Text with voice-over)

2. Acronym for "go-to" literary elements.

Provide 6-7 letters and have students create a sentence.

3. Literary "lock-it" Introduction

four sheets of multi-colored, unlined paper

4. Literary "lock-it" construction/demonstration (live video recording)

5. PowerPoint presentation of literary elements lesson

Educational Video 1

Video 2 Outline

J.D. Salinger Interview

1. streaming works of literature he produced- ending with still of Catcher in the Rye. This will be accompanied by music in the background.

2. banned books- flash pictures up on screen with colors (red, for instance) that denote bannings. Also, have noise effects incorporated.

3. Life in the times of Salinger (historical perspective) with pictures and/or videos from google. While pictures are streaming, dub audio piece (myself talking) over it

4. Then, go into the life of J.D. Salinger (biography) with possible interview

5. students of today commenting on Catcher

6. credits- returning to music

rainbows

Rainbows

http://www.nextvista.org/rainbows/

Boring! The speaker in this video has no inflection in his voice. He showed the same 5 pictures the entire times, but these pictures would change every so often. Not good! The audio was dry, the picture choices were lame, and it even made me dizzy at times! Not a good model.

Hamlet: Five O'Clock News

5 O'Clock News: Tragedy in Denmark

To access video

http://www.nextvista.org/hamlet/

The main characters in this video were a body of students. I liked the uniqueness of the project and I think the students got a lot out of creating this.

Besides the actual content in the video, I also liked how the editing was seamless. There were times where they jumped from one video clip to the next like an interview, but there were no weird jumps or awkwardness. I also loved the credits at the end. They listed each of the participants individually along with a short comedic clip of this person in action. This was humorous and creative.

In terms of a few areas which could have used more thought- the audio for one. The audio was definitely off. Their voices were moving, but not at the same rate as the sound. This could get annoying after awhile. Also, at one point in the video, there was a female discussing Ophelia's death. She was doing this, however, in front of a waterfall. The waterfall was loud, drowning out the sound of her voice. More thought could have went into the location of this particular interview, proving how important the background sounds are in a video. The last comment for this video would be that when referring to a specific piece of the text, it would have been nice to have included the text on the screen because the students decided to read it, then just flash the name of the person speaking. Since these parts were read fast, it was very difficult to make out.

Hotel Sales Manager: Next Vista for Learning

Hotel Sales Manager: Next Vista for Learning

Here is the direct link to the video:

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l292/nextvista/light_bulbs/?action=view&current=hotelsalesmanager.flv

Here is where I accessed the video: http://www.nextvista.org/hotel-sales-manager/

For a video having to do with a hotel, I would have assumed that there would have been more "glitz and glam;" however, the video is quite boring. The manager spent most of the video behind her desk. She mentioned two things, which made me chuckle a bit. One, she said that in order to get a job in her industry, you need to have "people skills" and be "very outgoing." I thought that since this is such an integral component to her job, that she would have shown this somehow in the video. She did not socialize with anyone, however. Secondly, she mentioned that there one of her favorite elements of the job was "the social interaction" it entailed. She also did not show any of this.

As far as some positives, she did include a few pictures of the hotel itself and describe some important tasks a hotel manager would be responsible for. In addition, the lighting and sound to the video was very good as well.

Educational Technology Philosophy Video 1

This 47 second video shed some light into the promise technology offers to individuals in the current and future age.