Course+Evaluation

 1. **What outcomes had you envisioned for this course? Did you achieve those outcomes? Did the actual course outcomes align with those that you envisioned?**

My idea of taking this class was that I would learn how to communicate differently with students of this generation. Social media, video and technology has been a huge factor in the shift of communication and the impacted both learning and teaching for the world. Secondly, I had hoped that from that understanding of how to communicate with students, I would then be about to use technology equipment and software for appropriate classroom activites. This way my lecturing styles would be more engaging to our student poplation. I do feel that I have a better understanding of how this concept can work. I do feel that I could still learn a lot about how my work should be presented, but I do have a great start. The course outcomes did closely align with my vision for the class and I hope that I continue to learn more about utilizing multi-media in the classroom. ** 2. To the extent that you achieved the outcomes, are they still relevant to the work that you do in your school? Why or why not? **  Everyday is a new challenge in higher education. You get new students with new problems. However, I do feel that multimedia and video technologies can help change the lanscape of our classroom lectures. The students we see with problems or issues, about classroom material, is that they cannot speak our language. A lot of professors are using antiquated techniques that do not help our students grasp information. It is hard to change instruction in individuals who do not see your way of thinking. I think with time and effort, and a lot of persuasion, they will come around. Students however, have the disadvantage because k-12 schools are teaching with change. When they get to college, they have to "power down" and sometimes puts these students into a culture shock. The work in this class is very relevant to me in my job because I do get to reach students in ways that I could not before.

** 3. What outcomes did you not achieve? What prevented you from achieving them? ** One of the learning outcomes for this class is to, "assist others for continual growth and expertise in technology operations and concepts." I do not feel confident yet to teach others on specific editing and video software. I think this class built a solid foundation for me to begin learing more, but am not an expert after taking this class. I feel that if we were challenged with using other applications, editing software or more multi-media other than the requirement, then I might be more prepared. I am still learning and I think the more I learn and play around with software, the better I will be. I hope that in the future I will be able to assist my peer colleagues with video. I also think that working in a group is great but it left me with not a lot of hands on experience in some areas because of the dependance of other members. ** 4. Were you successful in completing the course assignments? If not, what prevented or discouraged you? **  My favorite piece of the course was the personal digital story. Because I enjoyed this project so much, I felt that it played a big role on carrying my excitement over to the rest of my assignments. I found myself wanting to show off my work because I put a lot of time and effort to my creations. It made the assignment fun and exciting. The same can be true for our students. When you give them an assignment that they enjoy they will become more engaged and learn to use more critical thinking skills. This can become an important educational component to class curriculum. Teachers using technology, in general, already see this. In this course, and others on-line, I have found that I learn current issues in different ways and I retain it in a different way. ** 5. What did you learn from this course: about yourself, your technology and leadership skills, and your attitudes? **  From this course I learned how to create a multimedia video using still digital images, narration, transitions, and music. For me, this will carry a new skill set into my career that I did not have before. I will be able to continue my growth by teaching colleagues and peers how to utilize multi-media technologies in order to enhance student success. In addition, I feel more confident about making and producing video for classroom presentations. When creating a public service announcement this past week, I got the opportunity to work and learn from talented individuals. This has helped me to build a stronger relationship with people in order to move forward wth professional development. Moreover, I was able to get past some fears that were once there about editing software. Some of those applications exist only for advanced learners while other were easy for anyone to use. I moved from learning very basic steps to editing my first clip. In the past, I found my self deleting and re-doing each clip. Now, I do not have to wast a lot of time when editing my film.