My Visual Products

This week I created three visual products, and discussed each product. Here is a link to the PDF file that contains the products I created.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6shIV6ePiiTN3VaMlp2TU11TGs/view?usp=sharing

Creating A Video "All About Kahoot" Using iMovie

This week I created a video about how to use the platform "Kahoot" using iMovie. I got started by downloading iMovie from the app store onto my iPad.  I have always heard how it easy and fun it is to create videos using iMovie, so I was excited to get started.  There are several ways to make videos using this app.  You can use videos you have filmed or create a video with pictures from the camera roll.  This part was simple enough, but editing and timing the transitions was a bit challenging.  I played around with the app for a couple of hours, and eventually had what I wanted.  I did a voice-over recording, explaining the way Kahoot is used in the classroom.  I really liked that iMovie allowed me to go back and edit any mistakes I made in my recording, and that there was music that was included.  The only downside to using iMovie was that I could not make rolling credits, and maybe this is only true of the iPad version, but I assumed that any movie editing software would have a credit function. In the end I was able to transition to some basic screenshots of the credits.  Overall, iMovie created a professional quality video, and even though you have to pay for it on the app store, I think it is well worth it because I feel like I can use it again. Here is my video "All About Kahoot."

Exploring Web-Tools

This week we had to create a presentation that explained the concepts of Web 2.0 and 3.0.  I used the website PowToon.com to create my presentation.  This website allows the user to create animated movies and slideshows.  It is a really fun website, and is extremely user friendly. I had never heard of this website, but was able to create my presentation with ease.  I like that you could select pre-designed templates, or start from scratch.  I chose to start from scratch because I knew what information I had and how I wanted it presented, but it was time consuming.  The best part was choosing the graphics, fonts, colors and pictures. It even has stock photos and music you can add to your presentation, some of which require a membership, but others are free.  I also liked that I could export my video directly to YouTube with the click of a button.  Overall, this website is extremely fun and effective in creating presentations, especially if you are like me and are drawn to the funky graphics. This tool could easily be used to present various information in class to students, or in an informal presentation for colleagues in much the same way you can use PowerPoint.  I feel like elementary students would especially appreciate the fun graphics.

Here is a link to my video:

https://youtu.be/Wp3diL4MfF4

Comparing LibreOffice To Microsoft Office

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  Below is the link to my blog post PDF.

  Blog Post PDF

Here is my screenshot of LibreOffice.

Hey everybody! My name is Faun, and this is my first post for my EDM510 class. This is not my first time in the blogging world, I had to create a blog for EDM310 as well, which I was I chose to go with Blogger, simply because I am more familiar with the site. I love blogs,and I subscribe to many in my own life. I love that it connects the author to the reader in a personal way, and I look forward to sharing my thoughts, ideas, and a few assignments I am sure, with all of you. To begin this week, I had to create a matrix on the four learning theory perspectives discussed in chapter 2, which is something I have never done before. I started off by simply googling, "How to create a matrix in MS Word?" It retrieved my directions using three steps, which seemed almost too easy, but I went with it, and soon had a template for a matrix. Everything was going great, I had my information, and my pretty color design, and that is when I realized I had written way too much to fit into the matrix. So I condensed what I had to say down to a few bullet points, but I have to admit, I had a lot of issues formatting my information. I would have liked my font to be larger, and as an English student, I can take a single sentence and write a novel out of it, so I feel like a took a lot of information out, but maybe that is what makes the matrix more concise and accessible. I looked at some images of other matrix's, but many seem either really simple or overly complicated. In the end, I decided to just stick with what I had and not overthink it. In the future, I may attempt creating another matrix using Excel, so that my formatting can get straightened out. In any case, it was a definite learning experience for me.