Digital Video

I recognized the fact that digital video brings the power of studio production to the personal computer. With just a video camera or a phone, a computer, and a proper software, Ls can create their own innovative and unique movies for personal and educational use. They can take advantage of today’s technology and to make their learning more engaging, more purposeful and more efficient. This tool provides a huge audience, which makes learning more responsible and meaningful.

As a learner, I learned new interesting things from this lesson as how to shoot my footage effectively, how to transfer it to the computer, how to use editing software to build and enhance material. And how to export it to the Internet. The video material by Santa Fe University taught me the 7 steps of video production, starting from the Treatment step to the ‘getting it seen’ step. The Tutorial by Lights FilmSchool illustrated various framing shots, such as a fool shot, a medium full shot, a close shot, a close up, etc. Curtis Brownjohn’s material revealed a lot of filmmaking techniques including camera shots, camera angles, camera movement, conversation shots, focus techniques, composition, animation, and editing. Moreover, the other two materials helped me understand the basics of lighting and discover some interesting tricks of camera angles.

Here, I’d like to mention that I read a lot, but I learned through my experience. The point is that if listening, speaking, reading, or writing can help the learner retain 60% of information, doing can help him retain 90% of information. This means that technology as an educational tool provides the opportunity which fosters collaboration and creativity where real learning takes place.
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Creativity is an important component of learning as it brings the learner from the knowledge-based level to a level of the higher-order of thinking. I think educational technological tools can serve this goal providing room for exploring, reflecting, creating and sharing their creations with others across the globe.