Week+4

__Week 4 __

Cell Phones in Classrooms  Podcasting  Windows Movie Maker  Format Factory
 * If used smartly, can be a good thing to allow
 * Student can take a photo of notes or diagram to study later
 * Can use them to download e-notes onto them for transportation
 * Also allows a student to do research in class, alleviating school budget concerns of ensuring desktops in a class
 * Have to build mutual trust with students for it to really succeed and not be abused
 * Once I get my feet under myself teaching and planning, I can see myself using podcasting in my classes
 * Can record lecture’s ahead of time, so students can work through it at their own pace
 * Frees me to work more hands-on with students, and not “chained” at front of class
 * Able to take it home for future use studying later
 * Once it has been recorded, able to keep for future use and able to refine lecturing style via listening to it myself
 * Have to have clear idea of what is going to be said, so that misinformation isn’t given out or tangents occur
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Really got down into using this program to make a movie
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Allows you to be as detailed as you want or as simple as you want
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Very easy to use and intuitive to use, especially once you get some practice with it
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Has nice built in effects that can be used intelligently to mimic fancier effects
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Important to save constantly as it’s a pain to lose your work, but these hiccups could have been the desktops problem and not the programs
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Pain to render movie repeatedly and have it fail constantly for no reason
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">An amazing tool to have, especially for a free tool
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Makes media projects much easier as it can convert from format to format easily, allowing you more flexibility