Week+11-12+Multimedia+Presentation+-+Val+Mitchell-Stevens

I have written the script for the multimedia presentation. I am trying to put the narrative to the powerpoint slides and background music. So far I am looking at all the options on how to do it. If anyone has ideas I am very open to them. Val, If I would have seen it ahead of time, I would have recommended copying the slides into Windows Movie Maker and adding voice from there. Jason



So basically I need to add my voice, music and video to the above two files. Also the entire presentation has to be embedded in either GoogleDocs, GoogleVideo etc. We are to paste the link into the textbox within our dropbox by midnight of day 7. My multimedia file is too big so I made a link to GoogleDocs where it is located. Val []

Val,

When I click on your link to Google Docs, it takes me to my Google Docs and only shows my files but not yours. Therefore, I am unable to see your presentation.

Jason

Jason I just fixed the link just click on the above link and you will be in the presentation. If this still does not work, let me know. I will also think of other options. Val

5/28/11 Val,

As someone who has followed your project closely, there is no doubt you delivered on the "goods." There are a couple of observations I would like to make regarding your laudable effort, one focusing on the technology of reading and the other which closely parallels my pending research on multimedia and digital technology and its impact on higher-order learning. The mountain of research I have been able to cull in the past 18 months points to the fact that multimedia technology does, in fact, impact favorably on higher-order learning and the learners you adress in your project. I'll spare you of the voluminous citations, but the five- to seven-year window I have been concentrating on indicates the literacy skills you address in your project were boosted in study after study on multimedia and digital technology by learners. And this research includes differentiated learning as well. One study focused on gifted and academically talented studies -- an area in which I have instructional endorsement -- that showed significant gains and engagement when learners turned to such sophisticated technology as Macromedia Flash animation. The long and short of this point is iPads no doubt come off like a piece of cake for learners, and it is commendable to see your tracking and adoption of this technology. Incidentally, as a former contract language arts teacher assigned to video production with gifted and academically talented students, I had some of the finest projects by these students I had ever seen. And that includes advanced college journalism classes I was teaching at the same time. These kids used their iPods, Apple computers, MP3s, and every other gadget or electronics they could get their little grubby hands on and produced superb work. I suspect the iPads will yield similar results in your efforts.

As to my pending dissertation on multimedia and digital technology, I can't wait until all the research is all in. I have noted your efforts regarding e-reading, and as a college instructor who teaches reading strategies, the conceptualizations, largely through Inspiration and other mind-mapping software, have boosted the reading levels -- speed and comprehension -- of my students in recent years significantly and appreciably.

Bravo for a job well done!

Fred