My Video Project

For my video project, I have created the first in a series of videos that I will use in my classroom to teach about Broadcast Law and Ethics.  I have found that the State wants us to teach this, but they have given us no resources to do so.  I think that if I am able to continue this series, it is something that could be useful to video teachers around Georgia. 

Let me know what you think.



I thoroughly enjoyed doing this project. I love doing video production and even more, I enjoy teaching video production. I feel that by having such a passion for the subject matter, no matter what that is, you get more students interested in it. For me, my passion started in high school, thanks to Ms. Linda Morris (Central High School). I just wanted to get to a classroom and share what she had shared with me.

As for my reflection of the project, I really did learn a lot. I have been very hesitant to include videos that I have gotten off of the Internet. In doing my research for this project, I found that I have the right to include snippets of other people's work, provided I credit them and do not seek monetary gain. If you are interested in reading more about Fair Use in Education click HERE.

I also learned more about my editing software.  I am self-taught in using Final Cut Pro, so I am always learning how to do cool things.  One thing that I wanted to incorporate in this video were fly-in transitions.  I was able to accomplish this using the coolest little things since sliced bread... motion key frames.  Setting a point here, advancing the timeline, and setting another point, I could have a picture start over the shoulder and then zoom to fill the screen.  This was really cool and I can see a number of ways to incorporate this in future projects.

 Doing a project that interests me and has immediate value in my classroom really helped to make this project more beneficial to me on a personal level.  I haven't enjoyed some of the projects in this class because I couldn't see how I would ever really apply them, with this project, I have seen tons of applications.  Maybe quite literally tons, who knows?