“What did I learn and how can I use it in the future?”
The assignments and readings for session four certainly challenged me to think not only in terms of technology, but to also think creatively. As an educator who constantly tries to keep students engaged by flip-flopping between dance movement to reading, a dance video clip to an active worksheet, a dance image to individual reflections, I can absolutely incorporate a lot of these editing and publishing tools into my lesson plans. As I wrote in the discussion forum, I use iPhoto frequently for my own personal organization and storage. However, it was great to learn how to compress photos and change the size and/or dimensions of a photo. I have been turning to Flickr and a few other Web 2.0 applications in order to save space in my laptop's memory.
I also make various flyers throughout the year for my dance company, CoEXISTdance. Since I have started making the flyers I stick to a system that is quick, easy, and works for me. Although there is nothing wrong with being efficient, I was happy to push myself to work outside of that comfort level and to acquire some great new capabilities in creating a flyer, newsletter, or brochure. I am excited to show off a great brochure-formatted program for Longstreth's Winter Show in December!
Overall, session 4 did not teach me brand new skills or applications, but it did teach and push me to work within these applications on a much deeper and more intimate level. I feel much more familiar with these tools and I am excited to put my new discoveries to work!
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