Sunday, February 6, 2011

YouTube Video

Last class we were shown how to take clips from YouTube, edit them, and then splice them together in Windows Movie Maker to create our own conglomeration of clips. I had decided to skip this initially due to difficulties with finding Windows Movie Maker, however I did return to the project simply out of curiosity.

I ended up taking several clips from The Big Bang Theory, a CBS sitcom, and splicing them together to create a tribute to Sheldon, one of the main characters. I enjoyed editing the clips and developing my collection, however I experienced difficulty when I tried to upload them to YouTube. My initial difficulty arose in the fact that my video was 16 minutes and 47 seconds long and I didn't realize that YouTube has a 15 minute time limit. I then had to return to my editing process and cut my clips back further to make sure my video was under the time limit. This was slightly frustrating because if I had known about the time limit I would have planned for it when I created my collection.

I have since re-visited my video and I have uploaded it to my YouTube account. I hope you enjoy my Tribute to Sheldon.

I then continued to work with the video and edited out a clip on the Best Number Ever to use in my math class.

I have also used my new YouTube movie snatching expertise to capture and share a Jack-in-the-Box commercial to use in math class when we talked about ratios and why order was important. The students really enjoyed it and it was fun to add a little humor to math class.

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