Work Day #3

Our teacher was gone from class so once again it is another work day. Today I'm working from home, I still have a bit of the podcast to do and we also have the group video project with the horrible subject of ethics. I guess I wouldn't mind it so much but I have business law and ethics this semester and quite frankly am sick of that class. It seems like every class I have taken at this school covers the same subject but in multiple classes. It got so bad last semester that I cover the same topic of generation ages in three different classes. Talk about confusing. Oh well, I will just make the best of things, that is all I can do.

Work Day #2

This week in DCT class we had another work day. Our instructor had an earlier class that had a field trip, so she kept our schedule light and flexible with the field trip in mind. She was available to us and we did go over our next assignment, a five minute video on different subjects regarding ethics.
I will admit its not a thrilling subject but perhaps it is a useful one. We are continuing to work on both our podcast and now our videos. This should be interesting. Keep your fingers crossed for luck.

Using Audacity & Lame

This week in DCT class, we learned how to use a program called Audacity. We will be using this program along with a supporting program called Lame to create our podcasts. Lame is used mainly to help Audacity convert our audio files to a .mp3 file format. I must admit I am a tiny bit excited and a whole lot anxious to do this podcast. All this in spite of choosing a subject, I love to talk about - quilting. That was the easy part of this assignment. Wish me luck and I can't wait to share it with you.

The logos at right are from the Audacity and Lame web sites respectively. Just in case you would like to try them out for yourselves.

Podcasts

So today, in DCT class we learned about Podcasts. We will have to find and listen to two Podcasts and then review them. After that we need to decide on a topic for a Podcast that we ourselves will do. How exciting! Lets see--what subject could I talk about for three minutes?  I think I might choose quilting. Something like how to pick fabrics.

Making Movies...

This week in Digital Communication Technology class we shared are videos or movies that we have been working on the past few weeks. This for me personally was a struggle. In the end, I liked what I shared with the class. I enjoyed seeing what everyone else had done, they all turned out great. We had a very diverse group of movies covering many different aspects of all our lives.  So to all my fellow students, I say well done!

 Next we delve into instant messaging done through the world of business. We all use instant messaging in our personal lives but now we will get the chance to see it work in the world that business runs. Have fun with it and remember to play.

MSTC In-service

Hi Everyone,

So, this week is a quiet week, we are continuing to work on our Futuremaker videos. In my case, let us say struggling. I still do not have a firm direction or even an idea of how I want this video to look. Maybe it is because we have rules to follow and I almost always get creatively stymied when there are too many rules. Then I get frustrated, unable to marry the final product (in my head) with the rules. I will eventually get there but there are some growing pains along the way. I hope my fellow classmates are fairing better. See you all next week.

Work Day

Hi everyone. 
So this week in Digital Communication Technology class, we had a work day. We are continuing to work on our videos for our Futuremaker project. I am not feeling confident with the project but isn't that the purpose of the assignment. Get us out of our comfort zone and try something new, so that we become more comfortable with different technologies. Right now, I just don't have a clear direction for what I want to do. Not sure how I see myself, as a Futuremaker, that seems to be a big problem. All I can do is try something and do my best. See you next week.