Group Leadership Project

 What tool did your group use to deliver the the PD tutorial? Why?
The tool that my group members and I chose to use to deliver the final version of our professional development tutorial is Microsoft Windows Live Movie Maker. However, we orginally completed the presentation in Prezi but decided to make a video using Movie Maker with audio recordings using Audacity. We chose to use this tool because it allowed us to easily include images of our presentation, audio, and video clips we found on Youtube or those we created ourselves.

What did you learn during the development process of the final product?
During the development process of the final product we learned several things. One major thing I discovered was that sometimes the images you use in the video may appear extremely blurred after saving and publishing the video. I also learned how to add other videos to our own video. Another major learning lesson was figuring out how to adjust the timing of everything we put into our video to prevent any audio and videos playing at the same time and ensuring the audio would not end prematurely. It was also difficult figuring out which type of font would have a good visual appearance. I also learned that group projects can be difficult to coordinate but so much can be learned.

What would you do differently if you had to develop a similar product again?
If we had to develop a similar product again, we would not use Prezi. We were not able to get a program to record or capture our Prezi transitions without them appearing blurred or choppy. Additionally, Prezi does not allow audio. Due to these reasons, we ended up with more work than expected. I would recommend using powerpoint for images and audio and add special effects in Movie Maker vs. using Audacity, Jing, Prezi, and Movie Maker.