Digital Booktalk

Today I created a digital booktalk using P.D. Eastman's "Are You My Mother?" I enjoyed working with my friends to plan and film this video. I exerted a great amount of energy designing costumes (with a limited amount of resources), deciding how to narrate, filming, acting, and editing this piece to make it into an exciting booktalk. Making this booktalk entertaining and easy to understand took a lot of work. Since it was my first time using Movie Maker, I also had to take my time to explore this tool in order to edit my video.

Completing this task provided me with a valuable experience. I was not proficient in creating videos before this assingment, in fact, I had never attempted this task before. Now I am confident in my ability to plan, execute, and edit my own videos using various pieces of technology. I used my Olympus digital camera to film the video in segments, and the Movie Maker tool to edit the final product, then posted the film on youtube.com for others to see.

This course task has increased my knowledge and experience with filming and editing videos. I am now able to use the available technologies to complete my own videos and share them on the web. As a future educator who uses technology to their advantage, this assignment has increased my confidence to try new tools to help me complete my tasks. Making videos would be an interesting way to allow elementary school aged students to create, share or present their knowledge and experiences. I can also see using videos I have created to present concepts or ideas to my students. I am now capable of teaching these techniques to my future students.