Week+5+PSA+Assignment

**To the group:** I am not sure what has happened to the Office Live account. I tried to create a new page, shared with everyone, and it still gave me little X's by each of our names. Please ignore the 2 or 3 previous emails sent between 10-11:15...they are automatically sent. I am still trying to figure out what has happened. If anyone has any ideas on what has caused this, they would be very appreciated.

The final video is posted on this wiki under the video tab. I also could not upload onto the live site because it said it wa no longer a shared site. I can email it to everyone. (Michael)


 * To the group:** My son is very angelic when he is a sleep. He is only part of a pair. His twin brother was helping me film that shot. That was all I could do to keep him from waking up his brother. I would like to say once again I have enjoyed working with all of you. Good luck in the rest of your classes and with your teaching. (Michael)


 * To the group:** I am so thankful to work with such a wonderful team. We have overcome challenges of distance learning with very little effort. We have worked well together and have put together a PSA that we can all be proud of. At first, I was apprehensive about working on a "long-distance" project with three other people, but I am happy to say that we are proof that it CAN be done! I just looked and listened to the third draft again, and I think it's a wrap! I don't think we will have any flack for having the extra 4 seconds. I really enjoyed working with everyone. I hope that we will have additional opportunities to work together. (Billye "Darlene")


 * (Betsy)** Thank you for your help with the narration. Without your microphone, patience, and expertise, it would have taken much longer to have recorded. I am eternally grateful for your help! It was nice to finally put a face with a name. I hope you are enjoying choir camp. I am looking forward to working with you again. (Billye "Darlene)
 * (Cathy)** I liked the shot you took of the "dummy" getting the injection. Since I don't like needles, I liked that better than watching a real person receiving a shot. At least I didn't flinch. You did a great job!(Billye "Darlene")
 * (Michael)** Your shots were fabulous! The footage of your little boy is adorable. You really did a great job of putting all of this together. It looks ready to post to me. Thanks for your hard work! (Billye "Darlene")


 * To the group:** I also agree that it has been great working together as a team and I have really enjoyed learning about video and multimedia. I think we have a great final project...and I have to say that I hope that we have the opportunity to work together in the future. I wondered how we would all pull this off since we are not located in the same area, but have learned not to fear it any more. I think that this is probably the first group project that I have worked on that everyone worked well together and the final project is one that we can all be proud of. I am looking forward to the completed project, using what I learned to teach others and finishing up the course so that we can all begin the next course. (Cathy)


 * Michael:** You should be in commercials, and I agree -- your son is adorable. Enjoy him, as they grow so fast. I think you did a great job at putting this together, and after reading the assignment so many tmes I was wondering if we still add some faint background music to it? I thought that I read about adding it in one of the rubrics. The assignment also states that we need to keep it at 60 seconds or less. I don't think that we can make it 4 seconds shorter, but thought that maybe we need to check with Daphne or Dr. A to make sure that we don't lose too many points IF they are going to be strict on the little details. I hope not because I think t looks very nice...even the dummy. If they are not strict, maybe you can another few seconds to the credits in order to slow them down a little. (Cathy)


 * All:** I have played the PSA third draft several times and am VERY pleased with how well it turned out! **Michael:** once you have checked the credits, I think making it the final one will be great. BTW -- Your sleeping son looks so angelic! I remember when my daughters were that age, and they did, too. I wouldn't relive those days, but they sure are filled with good memories. It was nice to be reminded of them. **Darlene** -- I know you updated the narration section of the planning document when we got together last week. Has anyone had a chance to update the shots section? I think the only other thing is to make sure that we give credit for the shot using the picture of the virus. **Cathy**: I liked the "dummy" shot -- I was a little surprised at first (although Michael had given us warning), but the more I looked, the more sense it made.


 * All:** It has been a pleasure working with all of you. I feel very lucky to have joined that conference on that day. I found a great group and I thank all of you for working so hard. The third draft is up for the video and I think it is the final. Look it over and give me any changes that we need to make and we will finalize it and get it put on teacher tube or where ever it needs to go. (I need to check the credits before it can go final for sure) (Michael)


 * Betsy -** thanks for the compliment, but I have felt like I was the weak link. Michael and Darlene are the real heros, as well as yourself. Not only are you outdoors in the 100+ heat, (I will be thinking of you while lounging around on my vacation this week in the air conditioned confines of my easy chair...just kidding) you are at camp working. You are the "glue" that keeps all of us together, completes the updates, and makes sure we are all doing what we need to do. This has been the first group project that looks as if everyone has gone above the call of duty. I would like Michael to give us "weekly video pointers" in creating the magic like he does, and how Darlene can narrate so wonderfully. Please do not worry that you will be getting any emails about not doing your share, I think you have done a wonderful job, including being the leader. (Cathy)

Thank you, Cathy, Michael, and Darlene. You are the backbone of our foursome and I am grateful. (Betsy)  Learning Premier Pro has been the ultimate learning experience. (frustration, stress, and at the end, a faint smile....a very faint smile....) I have placed some pictures on the Office Live account, (you may want to read the last two messages from me from Week 4 -- 774 doesn't show the dummy arm as bad) and also some links to some .avi files from a server. You will have to save the files to your computer in order to view them. The first two, "dummy" and "shot" are 10-20 seconds and the dummy_final is a 49 second version. Due to legal issues, the doctors office and one of the college officials said that it would be best to give the shot to one of the "patients" in the lab. The lady doing the injection and also doing the syringe is Catherine Fleming, the nursing lab instructor and said that she will sign a release if needed, but that she was not under duress when filming. (she is a good friend of mine) Let me know if any of these will work, or whether I need to go back and try again. (Cathy)
 * Cathy,** you are amazing! You have really gone above and beyond to make our group look good! I TOTALLY agree about Premier Pro . . . I tried a copy on a friend's computer at the HISD main office building -- I felt completely foolish and stupid. I have somewhat better luck with Premier Essentials, but do not have the control that I would with Premier Pro.
 * All:** I do not have constant access to the Internet, but will get online as I can each day. I was hoping I could access from my dorm, but have to go to the center of camp in order to pick up anything other than e-mail. Not a problem but carrying my laptop in 100+ degree while walking across an outdoor campus is H-O-T!! and I am a wimp. I will get online at least once a day. and be home Friday afternoon and plan to hit the ground running. If any one of you feel I am not doing my share, write me at RanlyOh@aol.com and let me know. Please be honest -- I not only can take it, I want to know. I can arrange to spend more time online if need be, and will not begrudge it.

I thought we'd start a new page for the new week -- it's getting difficult to get to the end of the page when scrolling on my phone ;-D. Maybe we should add our new messages at the top of the page. . . .  I agree, we need to put the latest message on the top. It is easier to see what we need to do without having to go back through unless we need too. (Michael)