Over the past several weeks we’ve been asked to use our fellow cohort members as critical friends. I’ve found that my peers have been very helpful in my journey to create a 90 second video for the home page of the Learning Innovation Lab.
Input from people striving for the same goal and using similar technology is helpful and more enjoyable than doing it on my own. Feedback from cohort members helped me overcome obstacles. My initial video was far too long. I had become attached to certain ideas and to pieces of video footage. My classmates were able to give me objective, detached suggestions on what could be cut out without losing the central message. Thanks to their thoughts, I was able to edit my video down to the required length. Also, I had struggled with a functional aspect of the Adobe Spark editing platform. I wanted two different music tracks on my video and had not found a way to do it. Though I probably could have searched for a way to do it on an internet search, a couple cohort members had tips that saved me the time and ultimately ended up being successful. It occurred to me that it is also more social and enjoyable to troubleshoot an issue with friends than it is to do it as a solitary endeavor.
From my experience I glean lessons to bear in mind as I continue to help my students to use technology effectively and with positive results. Technology can become a force that isolates humans from one another, or it can be used to bring us together for collaboration and for recreation. Technology is often a huge learning curve, but once we invest a little time and wade through the frustrations, it is also a tool to save time.
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11/29/2017 11:57:31 am
It's wonderful that you have gotten the help you needed in the time you needed most. I think it's something I've lost in the Visual Arts dept. you are a lone wolf in that know one teaches what you do. I had a guest artist in and we rambled on about glazing issues and clay making for hours. It reminded me of the days when I was teaching in the business dept. and we talked daily with each other about what we were doing and trying. I wish I would have research out more in this class, but life is very busy in the art world. It's get it done the best way you can with the time you have...always. Back you, wonderful job you did go out of the box and try new exciting stuff. 1 big thumbs up for your hard work in making this video. :)
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james landis
11/30/2017 08:16:39 am
Nancy,
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12/2/2017 11:16:47 am
I love reading your blogs because you are the kind of teacher I always wished I had - someone who was serious, kind with a sense of humor. Your love for reading comes through, and your search to help spread that love of words through whatever means necessary is what makes you such an innovative educator.
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