Today we started to get organized with assignment two and I began once again to lose all confidence in my technological abilities. The task involves creating a screen-cast in the form of a movie embedded in our web page which shows the viewer how to reference using EndNote or another similar referencing program. As I have only been introduced to referencing this year and did not previously know it even existed, this was a bit of a shock. I am not really sure how to approach this task and the idea of creating a screen-cast using my own voice is not something I'm comfortable with. I am not a confident user of technology and have never created a screen-cast before. I have looked up the example screen-cast created by some of our lecturers and tutors to get ideas about the detail the markers are looking for, as well as having a look at some of the videos of my peers. I had a look at this tutor's page to get a bit of an idea. I still feel pretty overwhelmed but my group members seems to be feeling the same way.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lifementalhealthpics/8385575866/
For our assignment we have formed peer review groups and have each been assigned a different medium to reference including a book or Ebook, a Journal entry, a website, blog or wiki or a video or audio podcast. I am with Ashima, Megan and Guzalnur. We are supposed to each find a source that involves using technology in teaching a particular subject and have decided to choose science as our subject because we think that there will probably be an adequate number of resources for this teaching area. I will be searching for a journal entry.
I searched YouTube for a simple instructional video about EndNote, because I already have EndNote installed on my Macbook and found it useful although this screen-cast was created on a PC. I soon found I could apply this information as my EndNote version for Mac was not much different from the PC version. I will research other referencing programs however before making my decision.
"How to use EndNote in 7 minutes" instructional video on youtube
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