The video below has been completed in partial fulfillment of EDUC8842 at Walden University. It is purely hypothetical, although the keynote speaker is not. I hope you enjoy and welcome any feedback you may have.
PS: Make sure you stay through the credits!
Brad--In a word: Excellent! Wow, you took an entirely different approach from what I did and I enjoyed your presentation immensely. You used a number of techniques to keep the viewer's interest and utilized a wonderful speaker (talent+++) and soothing background audio. Your topics were presented in a manner such that they seamlessly moved from one to the next. Your use of fades, object motion, and text effects is superb. My presentation is much more static I am afraid. Goodness, what have I been doing for the last 10 weeks? Back to your presentation, however, I was very entertained by the notebook paper at the bottom of the screen that updated per topic. I must ask whether you created those from scratch or whether this was a template of some sort that could be edited? Also, you mentioned the UMPC's, which was a good call I thought as most people are unaware of them. I have had a Sony UX390N for a little over a year now and it runs Vista very smoothly interestingly enough. Also, I am uncertain whether they qualify in terms of the mobile technology you are addressing in your presentation, but netbooks are quite popular now, and they run XP quite well I find in terms of my Dell Mini9.
ReplyDeleteIn short, I will certainly take a hand from you in terms of online content production. Super job!
Shane.
Brad-
ReplyDeleteTotally awesome! My guess is you did this on a Mac with either iLife or iWork 09 products. Am I correct? I'm afraid that Microsoft doesn't make any products this slick. I caught another presentation on Moodle that has the same seamless flow and was fantastic too. Your creativity is evident. You covered some of the very pertinent points and problems with mobile learning tools. It was a great job!
Shane and Ms. Eder,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comments. To build the presentation I used several applications from Apple's Final Cut Studio. I used Final Cut to do the editing and sequencing; I used Motion 3 for the text effects, paper, and opening and closing credits; I used SoundTrack Pro to lay in the audio; and I used Compressor render the final video. I took all of the video (except for the TED footage) with a small Polaroid camCorder, and the photos were a mixture of my own and ones found online.
Shane, the notebook paper was a template from Motion. I tweaked it some and changed the words, but it was mostly in place when I started.
Also, I have owned a Samsung Q1 for about a year. It is a great little computer. My only regret is the amount of installed RAM. It could use another couple GB. And as far as qualifying as mobile ... I don't know. It does fit in my small satchel and has an optional Verizon wireless card built-in. But, do I carry it everywhere like I do my phone?
Not so much.
Brad
Brad--very nicely done! Your wife's voiceover talents definitely add value, as she did a great job with your script! Good job with the graphics and transitions--Final Cut rules! I also really liked your approach of introducing an actual speaker on the topic--it was totally believable!
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Hi Brad
ReplyDeleteI viewed this awhile ago and didn't have time to post a comment - but WOW! And when Dr. M gave feedbback on mine and said it was lacking, I asked him, "Well what would be a good example for me to see to know what you're thinking." And he said, "Brad's!" Indeed! The most interesting "learning lesson" from this is that yes the content is important and yes your content is excellent. But the medium can certainly take the content to a whole new level!
Anne,
ReplyDeleteThank you. Final Cut is a pretty nice application. And, of course, Apple knows that!
Brad,
ReplyDeleteThis was a very nice, polished, and informative video. The addition of music behind your narration enhanced the production, but at times seemed a bit loud for me. I enjoyed the floating video, and the customized note paper at the bottom.
Thanks for your comments. In retrospect, I agree with the audio problems. There were times I should have manipulated the levels a little more to keep a good listening balance.
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