Well, first off I am a longtime Mac user and venturing into the world of PC only software was thoroughly frightening. It took me several minutes in class to even find the program in the endless, small font-ed, confusing lists provided by the My Computer button. I hope when I am a teacher, I will be able to use my Mac for lessons, as the applications are just infinitely more user friendly.
Okay, enough of my soap boxing! Once I was able to open Windows Movie Maker I found the program fairly easy to use. The hyperlinks in the left-hand column allowed me to easily import my pictures and add sound. Once I got to the captions portion, I had to pester my fellow teacher education peer as to the location of the option. Also, once I maneuvered my way around the program, the skewed language threw me through a loop. Add to title page? The computer asked. No! I replied, I want it on this particular photograph, not the beginning one! Oye! It was a process debating with the computer my intentions for the movie.
Overall, once I wrestled my mind into submitting with the wiles of Windows, I was pleasantly surprised with the end result of my movie. I just hope next week when I demonstrate my skills to middle school students that they are sympathetic to my meanderings.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
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