Reflection

This was the assignment of all assignments. The aim of this assignment was to create a video that could be used to aid classroom instruction. Our group choose to focus the video on the topic 'Personal Protective Equipment'. 

Our first task in the video production process was to create a storyboard. It seemed quite tedious at first, but the significance of this step was quickly realized - a video without a storyboard is like a cart without a horse. Story-boarding allowed us to visualize how everything will be put together and to organize our images, text, motion and sound effects before attempting to shoot the video.

On November 4, 2013 our story board was shared with the lecturer and the class as a whole. We received suggestions on improvements that could be made to make our video more effective in the classroom.Our group went back to the drawing board and came up with the final product. 

Now that we had the 'horse', we set out to get the 'cart'. We had great difficulty in accessing a construction site in the north of the island that would allow us to shot our video. We were however able to shot our video in the community of Micoud. Our clips were shot from a cellphone. Movie maker software was then used to turn our clips into a video.

Finally, we had to utilize the ASSURE model to create a lesson plan in-cooperating the video that was made.

This was the first time we were using this model. It proved to be extremely thorough. The learning styles of most students vary from auditory to visual to kinetic hence the use of the video will be very useful in ensuring that learning takes place. 

Despite all the challenges that we encountered as a group this assignment brought about a change in the way that I view the instruction process. I have learnt to focus on the needs of the students and provide the necessary environment that would make learning fun for them.