Blog Post 14

I have to admit that I was not really excited at the thought of making a video with other students from my class whom I knew virtually nothing about. Although it was a little slow in getting the ball rolling – once we did, there was no stopping it. What an experience! There were so many different aspects and levels of learning that I experienced on a personal, emotional, educational level, I don’t think I could even begin to list them all. It was interesting to meet the people “behind the words.” We are four completely different people in various stages of our lives, but we each brought unique interest/talents/and experiences that we could share with each other in the making of the video.

Anderson’s article “The Low Bridge Benefits: Entry Level Multimedia Literacies and Motivation, states that the amount of passion/motivation a students invests in his work is completely dependent upon his interest level in the assignments. I agree with this completely, as this was very evident with my group members who had AV backgrounds and interests. I think that Anderson has a valid point. We can’t expect the students of the 21st century to learn in the same manner that the students in the 20th century did. Teachers have to incorporate low bridge technologies into their assignments to keep the students interested, motivated and engaged. A well-written paper isn’t the only assessment of skills or knowledge that should be used. We need to appeal to the learning styles of the 21st century student in order to help them succeed.

Blog 13

It takes a bit of work to find it, but there is some correlation between writing and making a movie. Most importantly, unless you are making a silent movie, there is the script to prepare. That involves writing. For this, Williams’s guidelines for appropriateness are important. When making the movie, we need to make sure that we are mindful of who our target audience is. We also need to make sure that we are actually conveying our message not only in our words, but in every other sight or sound that appears on our video. I think that reviewing the You Tube commercial in terms of style will be the most helpful when it comes to creating this movie.

Post 12 – Peer Review

It doesn’t seem like a whole lot has changed from the first two reviews. Overall, I agree with the concept, even though it may be hard to receive (constructive) criticism. I know that I have a hard time taking the thoughts from my head and putting them on paper and have them sound coherent. They make much better sense in my head. Getting the feedback from my classmates helped a lot. By this third review, it was much easier to give suggestions. Although, I think – and it seems that most of my classmates agree – that the star system really worked the best. I don’t think it really had to do with the stars, it’s just that along with the stars, we had specific areas to look at. Unfortunately, since the first review, the amount or lack of participation of some members hasn’t changed. The responsibility of making this peer review work is dependent upon the degree to which the peers participate. **new edited version** I found that it is important to check my spam mail, notifications for comments on my style guide arrived there. I didn’t notice until today. My sincere apologies for thinking/stating that my group mates hadn’t critiqued my guide.