Week 14

Video Editing Part 2 and Test Preparation

The last studying week for this semester. Wow! I have really learnt so much! New ideas has been emerging in my head from time to time about how to create new resources in classroom. I have learnt how to download photos, videos and music.

A few tips on editing videos for teaching purposes were given to us. We have to create a video based with a theme. Then, I discussed with my partner Flora and we decided to create a video based on the theme family love. We focused on a father and son relationship.

We chose this theme because we want to emphasise that a father is also an important figure in the family as he is the breadwinner. In the world today, mother is always being praised for being a great sacrifice and concern for family and children. However, that is not a true fact. Fathers show their concern and sacrifice to the family too, only in a different way.

We brought in the local context by focusing on the Chinese culture. This is to bring a message that father and son relationship is also being focused in the Chinese culture.

Besides, we added two songs to the video; one by Keith Urban entitled "Song for Dad" and the other by Josh Groban entitled "You Raise Me Up". These two songs went hand in hand with our theme of this video.

Frankly speaking, it is a great challenge and we need to be very precise in making this video as with every added photo, the timeline and its text shifts. A lot of careful adjustment need to be done and it is very time confusing. It is a very difficult skill to be acquired and lots of practice is required.

As I am making the video, I started to learn so much more about the possibility that Windows Movie Makers can bring in video editing and making.

I think that is all for this week. All the best for the test everyone!