Educational Technology Adventures

I have discovered many things this semester concerning technology in education. Some things were fun and interesting , while others were hard and tedious . So I would like to take a few minutes to reflect on the journey I have been through this semester.  I was a little nervous and apprehensive at the beginning of this class, because – despite what others may think – I have never considered myself a tech guru. But over time in this class, I surprised myself with the scope of technology that I can use and what I have accomplished with it.  It was definitely  not easy   or a  “walk in the park,” and many times I had to go back over concepts, applications, and directions. There were many Ups and Downs and All-arounds Ups: ⮞When I first started doing my blog posts, I was FRUSTRATED that I had to learn a different way to write that was more personal than academic , in order to keep people ENGAGED. But as I kept doing blog posts and using VDT (Visually Diff

I have created a video highlighting my educational technology (see previous post). To create my video I used a 7-day free trial from LightWorks What I think about using LightWorks:  Because I have never done anything like this before, I was pretty nervous about making this video. There were many times that I was extremely frustrated because the program was not doing what I wanted and I did not know how to do it. But I eventually got the hang of it and once I figured many, many, many things out, I improved and it became easier. With LightWorks, if you do not know how to do something, then it is hard to figure out how to do it, but once you know how to do it, it is easy. My recommendation: Use the tutorial videos, and remember it takes time to learn how to do something well So do not get frustrated - just keep learning and doing your best I watched this basic tutorial video many times to help: QuickStart ⮞ ⮞ ⮞ While it did help, it went through key things