EDLD 5363 – Week 2 Video Editing Experience Reflection

This week started out being a time of anxiety and concern for me. Frankly, I did not have a clue as to how I was going to complete the assignment. I have never used video editing software and the task at hand seemed overwhelming. After listening to Wednesday’s web conference I felt a little more comfortable, but it wasn’t until I decided to evaluate and began experimenting with Windows Movie Maker that I felt more at ease. As a teacher who has taught and used many of the Microsoft Suite programs, Movie Maker was simple and uncomplicated to learn, and the applications were not difficult to figure out. I watched a couple of tutorial videos on You Tube and soon I felt secure in making my podcast. I had never used Audacity, so that also was a new experience for me. Putting the two together was easy, although I had difficulty downloading the LAME mp3 encoder software. I ended up just saving my audio file as a WAV file and it worked perfectly in Movie Maker.

After this experience, I am sure I will continue to use Movie Maker and Audacity to support and enhance my future assignments and especially in my classroom. This week’s assignment has definitely been an educational event, and I am excited at the prospect of teaching my students the new applications I have learned.