Coretta Edwards CUIN 7358

Digital Photography and Digital Storytelling

I’m glad I had the opportunity to take Digital Photography and Digital Storytelling as an elective. This class demonstrated a variety of innovative technology. I learned the following skills while taking Digital Photography and Digital Storytelling:

§ How to narrate a meaningful digital story.

§ How to take a PowerPoint presentation, write words on the slide, then combine it into a digital story.

§ How to add music and set duration in Photo Story 3.

§ How to capture professional pictures with a camera.

§ How to create a blog page in Blogger.

§ How to create a collage, upload and download music and videos in Blogger.

§ How to properly use Utube and convert videos for personal use.

§ How to burn CD’s and DVD’s.

This class was extremely exciting for me and most of all, very helpful when it came to knowing how to edit and format a digital story. I was closed-mined about many things we did in class until I met Dr’ Robin’s.

I was unaware of the different camera lens settings and how they can enhance the quality of pictures when using a camera. I learned how to use a USB Scanner to edit pictures and sizes. I found the USB Scanner to be more user-friendly compared to the parallel port scanner. I also took pleasure in using the freeware software to edit my digital stories, create a storyboard, edit music and be sufficient in burning CD’s and DVD’s.

Dr. Robin has showed me so many new inventive ideas. He has opened my mind to Blogger and Utube to see what is going on with other technology. Indeed, Dr. Robin was very knowledgeable on the subjects he taught. I was impressed with all his skills such as:

§ Being a skillful blogger.

§ Utube expert on downloading videos to the desktop computer.

§ Critiquing the light settings when taking pictures with a camera.

§ Knowing the difference between a cheap and expensive microphone when narrating a digital story.

The class was interesting just as well as the instructor. I appreciate Dr. Robin’s teaching me how to make several collages then uploading them to Blogger and Utube. Because Dr. Robin’s has taught me so well, I feel as though I’m a professional digital story teller.

Overall, this class was a good experience for me to learn and be knowledgeable about blogging, Utube, narrating digital stories, camera settings, light settings when taking pictures, burning CD’s and DVD’s, and uploading and downloading music and videos.

Semester: Fall 2008 Professor: Dr. Robins