3/4/17

Today I recorded the reading of Little 1’s Adventure.

This was the second time that I had used CamStudio to create a video, but it was my first time including audio.  Using a university computer, so I could access the CamStudio software, I had quite quite a lot of difficulties with it accepting audio and video.  In reflection, this I believe was down to the length of the story, which increased the recording size.  Therefore, the computer did not see to like me saving the video to my student N:drive.  After about 6/7 recordings of the story, I was able to save it, using the computer desktop.  A suggestion made by the gentleman that works in the computer suite.

Throughout the recordings, I did experience difficulties with the flash drive and the computer trying to catch-up with the recording of audio, video and playing the powerpoint story.

After changing computers twice and about 4 hours after I first started, I was able to get it sorted.

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A thought after the recording, as I was uploading it here on my blog.  It sounds like my voice is being condescending as I read the story.  This was no intentionally done and noway intended.  At the time of recording, I was trying to talk like I was including a classroom of children, which was very hard to keep my enthusiasm up through all 7 recordings.  In practice reading this story to my class, I would incorporate individual children, if they had their hands up or if they would shout out as classroom participation.

I have included several progression ideas on the session 3 plan, including using whiteboards so individual children are not singled out when answering the sums.