TESOL, Tampa March 15, 2006 Spice-up Student Presentations with Video Editing Software, CALL IS Electronic Village Applications Fair Spice-up student presentations with video editing software CALL IS Electronic Village Applications Fair Johanna Katchen ( 柯安娜教授 ) National Tsing Hua University

TESOL, Tampa March 15, 2006 Spice-up Student Presentations with Video Editing Software, CALL IS Electronic Village Applications Fair Teachers have been videotaping student speaking and performance activities, role plays, mini-plays, speeches, poetry readings, songs, etc. Teachers can grade later and more thoroughly, use for research Students can self-critique for self- improvement, and they can enjoy their performances

TESOL, Tampa March 15, 2006 Spice-up Student Presentations with Video Editing Software, CALL IS Electronic Village Applications Fair Digital technology allows teachers to make more inviting and professional- looking videos –Editing to exact beginning and end –Adding titles and credits –Adding music or narration

TESOL, Tampa March 15, 2006 Spice-up Student Presentations with Video Editing Software, CALL IS Electronic Village Applications Fair From Mini-DVD, the common recording medium of digital video cameras, we can make –DVD –VCD –Electronic files for hard drive or to upload to the Internet

TESOL, Tampa March 15, 2006 Spice-up Student Presentations with Video Editing Software, CALL IS Electronic Village Applications Fair Can make digital product from analog camera (with hardware—digital bridge) Some newer cameras record to mini- disc Newest cameras record directly to hard drive (JVC to 30 GB) and download to computer

TESOL, Tampa March 15, 2006 Spice-up Student Presentations with Video Editing Software, CALL IS Electronic Village Applications Fair Video Editing Software May come with your camcorder Windows Movie maker comes on new PCs What about MAC? Other software can do more

TESOL, Tampa March 15, 2006 Spice-up Student Presentations with Video Editing Software, CALL IS Electronic Village Applications Fair U-Lead Video Studio Captures in many formats, from AVI (highest quality) to MPEG to WMV Can select place to save and resolution each time WMV captures without sound on, but whenever other formats are problematic due to recording or copyright problems, WMV works

TESOL, Tampa March 15, 2006 Spice-up Student Presentations with Video Editing Software, CALL IS Electronic Village Applications Fair Editing is straightforward Can cut to the exact frame Can cut and paste seamlessly Many options for adding fonts and transitions Easy to add sound

TESOL, Tampa March 15, 2006 Spice-up Student Presentations with Video Editing Software, CALL IS Electronic Village Applications Fair Windows Movie Maker Menu is easier to use Importing of captured video is done in small segments and not in one file Editing not so straightforward Easy to add titles, credits, music, sound Allows pasting into titles and credits (U-Lead does not) necessary for me with Chinese names of students Saves faster than U-Lead

TESOL, Tampa March 15, 2006 Spice-up Student Presentations with Video Editing Software, CALL IS Electronic Village Applications Fair I capture and edit with U-Lead Video Studio, then switch to Windows Movie Maker if I want to use Chinese in the titles. Otherwise I continue in U-Lead Video Studio. Example Dueling Club videoDueling Club video