EDLD 5363 Web Confernece Week 1

I was unable to attend the first web conference however I watched the video of it.  The web conference that I watched was on June 4th.  It was quite helpful when I was trying to figure out what to do with the assignments in week 1.  It clarified that we did not have to interview another person for assignment just create a digital story.  She explained that the digital story can be about anything that is personal to us.  She also explained what programs that we can use to make the video.  The main thing that was helpful was that she told us that we do not have to quote on the discussion board.  I had read an old version of the syllabus which said that we did.  The conference was very useful because the directions were a little unclear.

Personal Digital Story

It was surprising how easy it was to create the video for this weeks assignment. The software was very easy to use and it was convenient to be able to record sound for each individual picture.  It was fun finding different pictures that would match the place that we went camping.  I just purchased my webcam and it worked very well as the microphone.  The one thing that I did not like was that my voice is a little loud on the video but it was the first time I used the webcam as a microphone.  I think I held it too close to my mouth especially because I have a loud voice as it is.  Overall it was a nice experience.