5:53 pm Assignments
The thing that our esteemed Mr. Seamon should know is that it’s a dangerous situation, asking teachers to talk about themselves. We talk for a living!
My history of tech – well, let me put it this way – I remember using Yahoo when it was a Stanford University project, using a Windows 3.1 program called “Pine” to check email, and my first PC was a Packard Bell. Fortunatley, it’s all been uphill from there. My A/V stuff has been learned by hook and by crook through my years at the Academy as well as spending half my life in the theatre.
I’m here primarily on the media side of things – looking at piggybacking on existing infrastructure to better integrate media and media creation as part of curriculum. The day of the TV cart and the tape you have to check out are over – as are the days of plopping a class in front of a movie for a block and a half and giving them a writing prompt afterwards.
Hmm, a dream project . . . a current project I’m working on is the creation of a school-wide Video Lab – something separate from my Videography equipment that would allow any student to come in, check out equipment, and make movies for any class for a project. Another would be the Safari Montage project, which takes all our video and turns it into a locally-hosted server. I’m also interested in a school-wide videocast system, with “announcement TV’s” at key traffic points in the school. If you’ve been to LSC recently, you know what I’m talking about.
Current tech use – I split my time pretty evenly between Macs (for video, graphics and audio) and my PC (word crunching, email, etc). Tech is, of course, fundamental to my Video classes – digital shooting, editing and publication.
That’s about it for me. See you around!
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