Digi Autobiography

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

I really didn't expect this task to be as time consuming as it was. I figured I could just pull up some photos, type in some text, pick a song, and be done. Wrong. Picking the photos wasn't too difficult, but uploading them was quite the feat, I had to have my younger sister Katie (13) help me. I learned I need to brush up on the different formats you can save your work in (such as PNG versus JPEG which is why I couldn't find any of my photos to upload). I would say I put a lot of effort into editing my photos, logical sequencing, and my music selection (as I was limited to Animoto's music content). I've never spent much time editing my photos and I found it quote difficult to do so in Photoshop, but after some time, I was able to acclimate.

The value in completing this course task is not only learning how to work with photos in various programs such as Photoshop and Animator (my tools of choice), but also being able to do something neat with the many photos I have and share my life with others. I have a new way to introduce myself now or to tell a story/explain something.

Completing this course task will impact my future teaching by being able to incorporate my travel and learning experiences through photo in the classroom using a fun tool other than the traditional PowerPoint slide show. I feel that I can handle my pictures better now that I have experimented with the various programs and tools and now I will be able to help my students use images in their scholastic work.