The PSA project for EDLD 5363 was an interesting experience for me. As a certified control freak, letting other people essentially have control over my grade is not something I am completely comfortable with. In fact, I have been known to reinvent the wheel simply because I believe my wheels are just that much rounder and, thus, more effecient. Indeed, I discovered my hypocrisy through this project: asking my students to trust their classmates in group projects while I myself dreaded performing the same task. Now, to be fair, my students have the advantage in this situation because they spend 12 weeks in the same classroom as their peers before I ask them to form groups. Our group for the PSA project was formed by both EdTech and Principal Cert students all at different points in the program. Despite my tripdations, the end product was pretty cool.
Using flipdrive to upload and share clips, music, and photo stills was fairly easy and something completely new to me, as was locating free music via creative commons. I then edited the music with the narration supplied by Brittney Trahan using Audacity. I even adjusted levels. How cool is that? I downloaded Community Clips to record a PowerPoint of the Acrostic Poem, and then I edited all of the video clips supplied by Ray Leal, Belinda Nazario, and me into the final PSA project. Overall, it was definitely a collaborative effort, one I would not have experienced without this course.
http://youtu.be/wLEPdvphDAo
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