EDLD+5363-Week+1+Personal+Digital+Story+and+Blog+Reflection

=EDLD5363-My Personal Digital Story-Week 1=

media type="youtube" key="_ES-Jt7ruFI" height="344" width="425" The above link is to my personal digital story that I completed in Week 1 of this course. As I reflect back on the making of this project, I realize the many skills that I learned as a result of producing this video project. When I first scanned the original pictures, I scanned them as pdfs instead of jpegs and had to learn how to convert these files. As I was in the editing process, I was amazed at how everything can be viewed and moved around, and how I could record my narration while I was looking at the pictures to try to match them up. Adding in background music was challenging in that I searched many sites to find a song with Creative Commons licensing and that matched the mood of my video. Putting all of these elements together was very time consuming as I was learning as I was doing. This is the best way to learn how to do anything technical, however. Finally, everything came together in the end and I was pleased with my final production. Not only did I learn new skills while producing this project, but I have a finished product to share with my family and friends.