Multimedia Design and Development

Taking this course this semester has brought me to new horizons with technology. At first I was just an "Internet-surfer" and Facebook addict. I never really knew anything about multimedia much less creating it. Now I can be proud of myself for learning how to use Windows Movie Maker, Garageband, Audacity, Powerpoint w/audio, and SoftChalk. I also now have a blog which I never thought of doing before and have learned a lot of ways to do web-authoring and audio-video editing.

This course has also made the importance and benefits of incorporating multimedia in the classroom clear to me. I am thankful that I now have the knowledge needed to incorporate multimedia into my class. The only problem now is the funding and approval to acquire it.

Even though we had to produce a lot of projects, I learned a lot through trial and error. Overall, I really enjoyed this course. I'm looking forward to the next course this summer.

SoftChalk...one of the greatest web authoring tools ever created!

After receiving an email from Dr. Smolka about using SoftChalk to create our Multimedia component I got curious. The name itself got me thinking, what the heck is a "soft-chalk"? I guess I didn't think in terms of technology. I get it now. Anyway, this software is one of the best I've ever used this whole semester. I had fun playing around with the free trial that I'm tempted to get it even though it kinda costs an arm... and maybe a leg too but I think, since I'm a student I can get it for $99? Is that correct? Anyway, I created my multimedia component here and I think I did a great job for a first-time user. I actually attended their free Intro to SoftChalk webinar 3 Thursdays ago. It really helped me get familiar with the product.

I enjoyed using this software so much that I told some of my co-teachers about it and one of them downloaded the trial and is excited about it as well. She said she would like to help me try and talk to our director about getting it for the school! I can't wait!