My digital autobiography

Creating my digital autobiography was a fun experience. I enjoyed the time to be creative and to reflect on an important personal experience from my past. I took my time to choose photos that accurately and completely describe my journey through Europe in only 30 seconds...this was a difficult task in itself! I had trouble picking and choosing between some of my favorite pictures. I also took my time to choose the appropriate text to go along with the pictures. I had to go back and edit my video a few times because certain images and texts were cut out since I went over the time limit. Overall, I enjoyed using animoto to create my video. It was easy to use and navigate the site. One aspect of the video making tool that I really liked the way it customizes your video according to the music you choose.

Completing this task was a valuable experience because I was able to try something new. Educating myself about a piece of technology that I was not previously experienced with was both frustrating when I approached difficulties and empowering when I figured out how to overcome those difficulties. I value completing this task because I learned to create a video, something that I have never learned to do before, by myself using the technologies that are available.

My future as a teacher will be impacted by my experiences in completing this task in terms of my ability to approach new technology without inhibitions. I must admit was nervous to create a video. Ieven put it off a few days even though I knew it would take time for me to reach success. As a future educator I will need to familiarize myself with new pieces of technology all the time. I will now be more prepared to embrace new technologies that present themselves to me and will be confident in my abilities to figure things out!