Final Product

I finally got my video edited down to around five minutes. It is exactly four minutes and fifty eight seconds long. I was very proud of my work as I watched the final product. My PLC gave me very good and useful feedback when it came time to watch it. I liked my lesson after I watched the edited version more; it seemed more to the point. I am glad to have learned how to edit a video because I will be sure to do that in the future.

The Editing

I had never edited a video before; I had never even uploaded a taped video to the computer. I thought the process was going to be very tedious and difficult but to my surprise it was not like that. The only problems that I had were when uploading the video to the computer. The computer completely froze close to the end of uploading my video twice. That was stressful because I had to start uploading all over again. The third time I moved into a completely different room in the cite lab. Many people were having that same problem in the first room I was in. After I got it uploaded and started to edit I made sure to save as often as possible. I was glad to do so because Windows Movie Maker froze on me a couple of times. Editing the video was not difficult; the difficult part was getting it down to five minutes.

Before the Video

As I was thinking about my lesson that was to be observed and video taped I felt nervous. I thought I was nervous during my first observed lesson, now this one would not only be observed but also video tapped. I knew that camera would give me chills. I already got nervous even when a teacher observed me. There would be three other pair of adult eyes along with twenty one students observing me plus, the rest of the people that would be watching my video. Talk about pressure! I made a plan to be prepared, I worked on my lesson a week before, fixed it to the point I wanted it to be in and gathered my materials all in a timey manner. I knew my students would not be a problem; they are all very respectful and attentive.