Vision Contents: Working with Uncertainty

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That’s me, the bee on the left. After reading the comments to my last post, I decided to do a generic video for advocating collaborative inquiry. However, almost all of the scholar articles that I have read focus on teacher collaborative inquiry and why it is a more practical and productive format of professional development than the “traditional” way, such as attending workshops. As now I have broadened the range of my targeted audiences, I have to redefine my rationale which I found challenging. Originally, I chose “collaborative inquiry” as the topic for my final vision project because I would like to change the way teachers at my school community do professional development. I had a focus and a clear “mission or task” in mind back then, but now, I feel like I’m lost in an open space. Oh well, just like the other bee says, “Just pick one flower, and start from there…” I have to start at some point, so I chose to start with the learning of making PowToon video.

I watched all the videos on the Tutorials page of the PowToon website. PowToon seems to be user-friendly and I felt confidence that I could make a presentation with this tool. On the right of the page, there is a box titled “Scientist’s Tips – Before You Start Remember.” Its “Step 1 Write Script” caught my attention. The video embedded provides me with guidelines and tips on how to write a script prior to making the slideshow or video, and so I did.

*My sketch of my storyboard.

My Challenge:

I am not an artistic person, and I realized that most of the slides in my video have the format of “one picture, one sentence.” I found that a bit “boring” and I wish I could be more creative with animation. Hopefully, I could overcome this challenge as this project progress along.

PowToon in Progress:

I have started my work on PowToon and this is what I have so far:

*Screenshot of my PowToon in progress.

This is a “tester,” but could also be my final product. I am hoping that once I could master all the different buttons and functions on the PowToon, I might try making a more enhanced one. But for now, I feel that I could see the light at the end of the tunnel.