Standards: Standard IX

Multimedia

The multimedia teacher has the knowledge and skills needed to teach the Foundations, information Acquisition, Work in Solving Problems and Communication strands of the Technology Applications Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) in multimedia, in addition to the content described in Technology Applications Standards I-V.

Reflection

I have made major accomplishments in this course considering that I had very little knowledge about creating and editing audio, video and animations. My first goal in this course was to learn Macromedia Flash in order to create animations. Flash is now my favorite program since animations can have such a profound effect on web pages and multimedia products. After learning Flash, I focused on editing audio files and learning about the different types of files. This also opened up a whole new world with adding audio to web page and multimedia products. I struggled with video until I took the video course which turned out to be one of my favorites.

I am looking forward to expanding my skills in multimedia since it seems to be a combination of all the other Technology Application courses. My students enjoy adding multimedia to their web pages and presentations. I plan on learning more about Flash ActionScripting and audio to use in my multimedia course next year.

Artifact #9

Caption 9

Indicators: Standards I, II, III, IV, V, 7.4s, 7.6s, 7.7s, 7.8s, 7.9s, 7.10s, 7.14s, 7.15s, 7.16s, 7.41s, 8.1s, 8.2s, 8.5s, 8.6s, 8.8s, 8.11s, 8.13s, 8.14s, 8.15s, 8.16s, 8.21s, 8.24s, 8.25s, 8.31s, 8.32s, 8.33s, 8.34s, 8.35s, 8.37s, 8.40s, 8.45s, 8.46s, 8.47s, 9.1s, 9.7s, 9.8s, 9.10s, 9.11s, 9.13s, 9.15s, 9.16s, 9.19s, 9.21s, 9.23s, 9.24s, 9.25s, 9.26s, 9.27s, 9.28s, 9.33s, 9.35s, 9.39s, 9.40s, 9.41s, 9.42s, 9.43s, 11.10s, 11.11s, 11.19s, 11.23s, 11.24s, 11.27s, 11.28s, 11.29s, 11.30s, 11.35s, 11.39s

Artifact #9

Descriptors: Sound Acquisition, Sound Editing, Video Acquition, Digital Graphics, Animation, Web Authoring, Web Site Navigation, Elements of Design, Product Planning and Timelines

Title: Movie Integration Project on The Sound of Music

Course: 103 Multimedia

Date Created: March 10, 2003

Source: Sound editing principles, Internet Resources for Incorporating Video and Sound in Web Pages as well as sources for images, videos, sounds

Media: Adobe Photoshop Elements for cropping, resizing and optimizing images for the web. SoundEdit 2000 to edit the sound used in the Flash movie and Macromedia Flash for the movie.

Description: This project involved creating a multimedia product around our favorite movie or show. The project incorporated sound editing and incorporating a video. The target audience for the movie was to be determined along with a storyboard, timeline and links to related sites. The product was to be persuasive in nature.

Rationale: I chose this project because it was the culminating activity in a multimedia course where I learned many new skills. This was the first time I had edited sound to place in a multimedia product. This involved locating a number of sound files, editing each file, blending the files together, adjusting the sound levels, and matching the sound to the appropriate images in the movie.

The project required online Internet research to find just the right images, sounds and videos. This was a complicated process since the files needed to be a certain file type in order to be edited in the software I was using.

I also learned how to implement the required multimedia components into a multimedia product using Macromedia Dreamweaver MX. These skills are invaluable to me, and I will use them with my students this year. The completion of the project was a real accomplishment for me, and I learned a lot from the assignment.

Implications for future: I am already using the skills I learned with my students. We are discussing the different sound and video file types and the advantages and disadvantage of each type of file. I am also going to incorporate sound and video into the products we are working on currently in my classroom. The students enjoy adding multimedia to their assignments.

I am also going to pursue purchasing sound editing software for my classroom. My students need to experience editing sound and creating their own sound. I am excited about the skills and knowledge I acquired by doing this assignment and hope to continue learning about sound and video files.

Reviewer's Comments, Name & Title: Great job on the tribute to The Sound of Music. The site was very professional and the links all worked properly. The Flash intro was a great introduction to the movie. All images in the introduction sparked an interest in the movie. I have never seen this movie and have never wanted to until I saw your site. I may have to rent it now. God job.
Katie Favara (TATC Mentor)

Date Reviewed: March 13, 2003

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