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=PSA Post-Production=

This week our team was not able to find a workable time to all meet together so we largely communicated by emails and Emily P. and I met on TinyChat.com on Thursday night according to our project schedule.Emily P. and I discussed the Rough Draft #3 of the PSA. We both agreed that Michael A. did a great job of editing our PSA. Michael showed rough draft #3 to a friend that composes film scores who suggested using one theme only since the PSA is so short. Michael unified the music in rough draft #3 and added it to the dead parts. He also added the credits to the end of the PSA this week.Emily P. added the talent releases for both actresses to the “files” section of our Google site this week and added modifications to the script outline in red.Michael A. created a Final Shot List page to reflect the final revisions that were made to the PSA shot list. Emily W. kept our project proposal updated with the changes to the PSA and Janie F. contributed by editing and posting comments on the Google site. Our team agreed to meet at 4 p.m. on Sunday. Our plan is to complete our debriefing at that time, clarify everything that is required for completion of this assignment, and discuss the strengths and weakness of our group project. Our team has been great about communicating with each other and keeping the project on schedule as originally planned.I think we have all been pleased with the outcomes and have learned alot in the process. I liked the quote by Randy Nelson when he stated “The core skill of innovators is error recovery not failure avoidance.” When I first started this Master’s program I had a fear of failure, but I didn’t let my fears cause me to abandon my dream of furthering my degree. Failure can be the best motivator at times because it causes us to refocus on what our goals are and find new ways to achieve them. In my opinion we need to educate teachers and students that failure is not something to be avoided but is sometimes the best object lesson available to us. In practicing my multimedia skills during this course, I made a lot of mistakes, but with each mistake I learned something valuable that will help me improve my technology skills over time.

Nelson, R. (2008). Learning and working in the collaborative age: A new model for the workplace. Edutopia. Retrieved April 23, 2009, from @http://www.edutopia.org/randy-nelson-school-to-career-video. Kathryn, the ability to work collaboratively is such an important skill in the world we live in today. I was like Anthony in that coming up through school, I was taught to work individually and often that meant competitively. Working together as a team was not something we did on a regular basis and yet we always seemed to look forward to opportunities to do group work. What I see in working with college students today is that they often struggle in working in groups because they feel that others won't do their fair share of the work, or they lack the skills necessary to work collaboratively. The first course we did where we worked on a group project was Teaching with Technology. Not being a teacher, I was really intimidated by working with those who were trained in the profession, but I enjoyed the experience tremendously and it had a huge impact on the way I now approach collaborating with others in my place of employment. Michael, You did a great job describing our team work. It was a pleasure working with you and each of our team members! I agree that I do better work when I am networking and collaborating with other students. It doesn't have to be on a group project. In the past, I have worked with students from other cohorts who have now graduated. I now consider some of these classmates as my technology mentors! They were the pioneers in this educational technology degree and when I shared my work with them I found I always put alot more effort into it because I knew my peers / friends would be looking at my work. Phelecia, Matthew, Kathy, Danielle, I loved your PSA!!!! Talk about attention getting! It really had some pizzazz to it. I laughed out loud, but it sure got the message across. I never thought about tucking your shirt in being a safety factor for students. Great job ! [|To Tuck or Untuck?] PSA Post-Production Revised Pre-Production Document