A technology teacher's reflection …

added on Thursday, March 19th, 2009 at 2:44 pm by Margaret Lim

karensparksclassroom1Karen Sparks is an elementary school teacher at Horizon Prep in Rancho Santa Fe, CA (in North County San Diego). She recently attended a DMA workshop at the CUE Conference in Palm Springs and will be taking a DMA course in the summer to further her skills and her passion for using technology in the classroom. The following is her reflection of her experience in a hands-on class in video editing, taught by Tom Wolsky:

My reason for taking the Final Cut Pro class was to increase my knowledge of the Final Cut Pro software. DMA has a wonderful reputation, and I have wanted to attend a workshop at the CUE conference. I currently teach K-5th grades and teach the iLife suite including iMovie. My goal for my students is to make sure that I am preparing my students for Middle School and High School by learning programs such as Final Cut Pro and Photoshop.

I really enjoyed the Final Cut Pro workshop given by Tom Wolsky at the conference. The room was packed with other educators and the group easily digested the lesson. The pace was appropriate and the group enjoyed making the movie including the Sea World footage. We learned how to select the footage for our project and to import music and titles. Tom reviewed the keyboard short cuts for the most frequently used commands and showed us how much easier it is to learn the keyboard commands than trying to find each command in the menu bar. Tom was very patient with the questions form the class and was able to explain himself very concisely. Final Cut Pro offers so much flexibility and creative room to really express oneself. Final Cut Pro allows for so much control over the media and offers so much potential for one’s project.

The staff from Digital Media Academy was very helpful and knowledgeable. DMA has many interesting courses this summer including weeklong sessions on a cruise in Mexico or the Caribbean. How cool would it be to take classes while on a cruise? I am thinking about taking the cruise to the Caribbean this summer and visiting some wonderful places while being able to learn Final Cut Pro.

In this economy it is so important to continue to improve your skills and taking classes through DMA is a step in the right direction.

Karen Sparks
Horizon Prep

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