That's All, Folks

It seems only yesterday that I first walked into Production I class. When I first came in, I didn't expect to learn that many new things - I had already taken Production II and III. Fortunately, my assumption was wrong and I learned about completely new tools to integrate technology into the classroom.

The design theories we went over were all very interesting, and after learning them I feel that I can create appealing and practical tools. It was great to have this class in conjunction with my Webpage Technologies class, because I can use many of the things I learned in Production and apply them to my web sites. At the end of the semester, seeing our comprehensive combined information was extremely rewarding.

I had always been interested in video editing, but I never had a chance to fool around with Adobe Premiere. I had heard that it was a great program, but this class really allowed me to put it to good use. In Production III we did video editing, but we only used Jaycut and Windows Movie Maker. Now that I have been exposed to this tool, I will use it any time I wish to edit or compile a video. I never knew that such a powerful piece of software was already preloaded onto our computers!

Podcasts are a very interesting and creative way to spread information, and I'm very glad we learned about them. They seem extremely useful for the classroom, and it's great to see that some schools are already creating their own podcasts. Most important of all, it was fun making them!

Overall, I had a great time in Production class. It was interesting having undergraduate and graduate students in the class, because it bought varying opinions to each tool we used. Being able to talk to Will Richardson was also a very cool experience. Thanks for a fun semester!