Had a great training session today in the depths of the Forest of Dean. Here are the group learning about powerpoint, and Gill and I were playing with videos we had taken on our cameras, which included sound.
For Gill it was a presentation movie on sketchbooks/journals/notebooks and for me it was a video of using the embellisher machine. We both used the gorrilla pod to support the camera, however I think Gill had chosen the easier option to video. She could place the camera and the sketchbooks on a stable surface. I had chosen to video the embellisher machine working, and the only place I could put the gorilla pod and camera was tucked into the neckline of my T shirt! I am pleased with the results though.
Gill and I had both taken the videos before the training session ( read yesterday!) and were hoping to edit them with the software on the laptops. We quickly discovered though, that the software we had, would not do exactly what we wanted it to do. Quite frustrating. Movie maker has no editing facilities we could use. Ulead video was really quite difficult, not in the least intuitive. We could not split the video and work on sections ...... but we are hoping that investing in Pinnacle studio will solve the problem. Either that or we will have to video in small chunks... bit of a nuisance. So we hope to be able to share our edited videos with you at a later date.
We also discussed how we could share powerpoint presentations ... there must be a way....so watch this space. Hopefully one of the other trainees will share with you when they have a few moments free to blog.
Posted by Maggie
Nearly forgot to add.. Gill supplied some brilliant food..... really need to share the receipes Gill.....please?
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Thank you Jane for very clear instructions and support with showing Sara and I how to use Power Point. Yes, it's quite straightforward to use as we'd been told, but it was great to be shown, rather than working it out for ourselves. I can see how I can use it in teaching, both to introduce a session and also to use as a resource to have running during the session for learners to refer to.
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