EDLD 5363 Week 4 Reflection

I had a hard time getting started on the project.  I was hoping to work
with a former group that I had established a bond.  It was our
November/December class that we meet and have been friends since. 
The criteria to keep our groups small is what kept us apart. 

Yet, the separation led me to a new and wonderful group, Group Five! 
Members of our group:  Lauri Arnold, Susan Haught, Laura Lopez,
Angeles Perez, and myself.  As I mentioned in my previous blog there
was a uniqueness to our group.  Two of our members Lauri and Susan
live in Beaumont, TX and Laura and I live in San Antonio, TX. 
Our fifth partner had to work solo and meet us on tinychat.

Speaking of tinychat.com, what an an experience!  I loved it because
it was easy to join and get online, what I didn't like was the feedback
and Lauri was always five minutes behind our conversations.  I decided
to look into Google Video Chat, thinking it would be easier since we
 emailed in Google and housed our collaborating documents in Google
documents.  Well it worked like a charm and not feedback.  My next
goal to tackle will be SKYPE, I don't know why that seems intimidating. 
The hardest part of in creating our PSA was deleting shots to meet the
60 seconds criteria.  I felt we cut a lot of great information. 

Below are the links to my group's collaborative documents.

Week 4 Assignment: Public Service Announcement (PSA) Pre-Production
https://docs1.google.com/document/edit?id=14zrjTDdc8Q_10HDAi-RyF_vEfXorQeNTV66iWFFegnI&hl=en&authkey=CIaD2IUK


Brainstorming for PSA
https://docs1.google.com/document/edit?id=1gX-ZSuZkHQ7vRYAlaYu_dqoDHGmU-CJwRhtPKPNmcD8&authkey=CJPVhbEP&hl=en

Group 5 Web Conferences: Tiny Chat & Google Video Chat
https://docs2.google.com/document/edit?id=1TBCEQ80_ShtCpe6El_oPluD-eMsYnM4bUhT4OiZMgyc&authkey=CIuqx_MJ&hl=en

Week 3 Assignment: Public Service Announcement

Our team consists of four members, Lauri, Susan, Laura, and me. We
thought it was ironic that Lauri and Susan are located at Beaumont
and Laura and I are in San Antonio.We decided to tackle the latest
technology chaos, texting and driving. Technologyis such a luxury
and a necessity and just a way of life. Yet, our phone can be a danger
in the wrong hands, especially that of a driver.

We began our planning on Google documents and followed Lauri
to tinychat.com. While we chatted we made our changes on Google docs.
It’s kind of eerie having two people work on the same document at the
same time. We found ourselves referring to two of our readings when
selecting our camera shots, “Guidelines for Shooting Quality Videos” and
“A Guide to Using Your Camcorder.” We wanted to take advantage of
the expertise these articles offer to give our PSA the cutting edge.

I really enjoy my teammates, they have a great personality and funny!
It was nail biting at first trying to find a team that would accept my partner
and I. I saw on the Discussion Board that Lauri and Susan were in need
people to complete their team. My partner and I decided to join them!

Desktop-Video-Guide. (n.d.) Guidelines for shooting quality video.
           Retrieved May 5, 2009, from 
           http://www.desktop-video-guide.com/shoot-video.html

Peters, M. (2006, April 18). Shoot to edit: A guide to using your
           camcorder. Digital Director. Retrieved April 6, 2009, from:
           http://www.blogger.com/goog_692136350
           guide-to-using%20your%20camcorder-a184.html