Creative Communicator Video
ISTE Standard for Students 6: Creative Communicator
Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals.
6a. Students choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication.
6b. Students create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations.
6c. Students communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively by creating or using a variety of digital objects such as visualizations, models or simulations.
6d. Students publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences.
Description
This is a basic video editing tool. You can add photos, short videos, music or other audio tracks. If you upgrade, it offers a lot more editing capabilities too such as different ways to present text on top of images or different kinds of transitions. I liked being able to add instrumental audio to my video as I think that made it sound a lot more professional. I also found it way easier to edit using a larger screen because I could zoom into the seconds. I had difficulty figuring out how to get my video uploaded to YouTube ast
Reflection
I liked generally how my video turned out but it took me a ton of time just to do a video that was over 2 min long (like 6hrs!!). For this reason, I think I am unlikely to do a video in the future or at least when I am starting out teaching because I know I won’t have the time to truly dedicate to the video…unless maybe I was teaching a video editing class or something like that. I also with there was a faster way to give attribution…because that was one of the biggest time sucks for me.
However, it did give me a good chance to reuse content (though I didn’t necessarily do a lot of editing to the photos I used). I was able to communicate sort-of complex ideas visually, though I struggled often to find pictures that matched the content.
Ali Holmes | Art Educator 