I have been diving into this Youtube movie making project and it has got me thinking about low-bridge technology and its usefulness in education. I say they are a step forward that definatley help students to learn and be more familiar with multimedia literacies. The biggest reason why I think they are good is because low-bridge videos are “hands-on” projects that put students in creative control of their work. Creativity is a cornerstone to education because it sparks a student’s interest in learning by peaking their imagination. I believe that motivation is essential if students are to learn and low-bridge videos have that capacity.
The process of making low-bridge videos and the process of writing are not that different in my mind’s eye. Both processes include a beginning, middle, and end (brainstorming phase, creation phase, and editing phase). Although overall movie-making is probably more collaborative than writing. Movies can be made by one person alone, but collaboration helps in many ways. For instance, more perspectives on a more project help to ensure that the public audience will get what your making. On the other hand writing is often very personal and additional viewpoints can askew the original intent of an author. In other words I think collaboration is essential to movies, whereas in writing it doesn’t always help.
