Our group set out to create a simple yet inclusive tutorial instructing colleagues on how to use Windows Movie Maker. Movie Maker is a great tool for putting together slide shows that showcase what was learned or creating longer movies that document experiences. I have used it in the classroom and found that its pretty easy to learn and quite useful. To teach our colleagues this program we chose to use Prezi as a means of creating a tutorial. Prezi allowed us all to edit the tutorial at anytime and didn't force us to be constantly sending files back and forth with each of us adding on the the work others did before us. In our meetings we decided to divide the workload with each of us teaching a different part of Movie Maker how we see fit. Some group members chose to make a slide show and Jing it and up load that to the Prezi whereas others chose to use audio and screenshots to walk the viewer through the tutorial.
While working with my group to create this tutorial I picked up a lot of useful knowledge about group collaboration and I learned how to use a new application, Prezi, that I might not otherwise have taken the time to explore. In our planning I found just how useful sharing files through Googledocs can be and how easy it makes meeting and editing those documents in real-time. Addtionally, it was great learning to use Prezi. It was very easy to use and is a great alternative to a bland PowerPoint presentation. In fact I have been having my students create their own Prezis in which they organize data from class to demonstrate they understand the connections in different science topics.
I was very impressed with our group's final product. After viewing the finished Prezi I think any viewer would gain the necessary knowledge to create their own movie in Movie Maker. However, I think the viewer would benefit from a unified presentation format, either all group members could make a slide show and Jing it or use screenshots to demonstrate skills.
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