Number 18: Videos making Fun

Using movie maker for the first time, it surprised me how easy the tool as to use.  I had created a power point to send to a friend as a joke of a sandcastle that I built on Noosa main beach (he happens to be a professional "sandcastle" maker).  Using the clips that I had already setup, I simply imported the powerpoint into Windows movie maker.  Added some text, added some music and a few extra screens and bang....the creation was there.  I was impressed with how easy Movie maker was to use and in many ways its technology shares similarities with the design in power point.  So if you have used on, adding sound and animations is very much the same.  Its always a plus when internet technologies are designed similarly with the look and feel of their editing buttons as that means the learning curve is an easy slope into understanding how to use the tool.   This ICT can do almost everything you would want it to do. Videos are an excellent way to produce messages, ideas and captivate an audience to think further on or be involved in what you have undertaken.  When using vidoes as a tool to teach from, it would be important to ensure that the main message is embedded in a way that captures the audience and is easy to remember. As a tool for learners, it offers the ability to be able to work from a variety of mediums but does not have to be strictly text based.