My third tool

VideoPad Video Editor
I found this great tool from a fellow student who suggested I google Photostory. I did, and this is what I found VideoPad.  My experience with presentation tools have previously extended to PowerPoint and MovieMaker which I have used to present uni assignments with. Most of the tricks I have learnt on PowerPoint have been shown to me by other, more experienced students, usually the younger ones. I believe PowerPoint has so much more potential than most users realise, and I was excited to learn more of its tricks in the Group 3 technologies. I plan on experimenting making my own 'Choose your own adventure story' to use in class. I didn't mind Prezi, and found it easy to use, I made one advertisement to get a feel of how it could be used by students in the classroom. Although, I have to admit I have spent most of my time enthralled with VideoPad Video Editor. Let me show you why,  go to my Wiki to view my videos. Also see my podcast made on VideoPad also. I never thought that I would be a producer of my own Youtube videos, and was surprised at how easy the process was.

VideoPad
Strengths:

• You can upload images or videos, or record yourself using the computers camera.
• You can add audio files (music, voice recording, or sounds) to your storyboard.
• You can narrate your story.
• You can add effects.
• It is set up clearly and easy to navigate
• It has a link to publish your work straight to Youtube, Facebook or Twitter.

Weaknesses:

• You need to have your own images and audio to upload.
• You need to have a computer that has a camera and a microphone.
• You have to publish your work on Youtube before you can embed it into your Blog or Wiki. This may incur privacy and copyright issues when you publish students work, or images of students.
• It can be time consuming. Trust me I spent all day using it.

Opportunities:

• Students could publish their stories, make news reports, advertisements and so on. Gone are the days of the cardboard projects, VideoPad is a great way for students to present their work with a touch of creativity.
• Teachers could make podcasts, similar to the ones used on the moodle site, and embed them into a class Website or Wiki to help scaffold students learning.
• Students can publish plays and drama assignments.
• Teachers could make a storyboard to display students' pictures or photos of their artwork and add music to it to play for the students or family and others.
• Likewise, teachers could make a storyboard with photos of the students, for example on sportsday. These storyboards can be published and uploaded to a class Blog that the students' families can access to see what they are doing at school.

Threats:

• As a teacher you would have to know your rights and responsibilities when publishing students' work and photos of students.