3/14 Welcome Message

Today, I created my very first podcast. I used the software called "Audacity" and recorded my voice saying these words: "Hi! Welcome to Joyce Ann's Learning Reflections blog. My name is Joyce Ann Taverner and this blog is about my learning at Curtis High School. I hope you enjoy the content here and share it with your friends. Thank you!" It was so simple to use (in my opinion), you just had to launch the application "Audacity", record the message by pressing the record button (the button with the red circle in the middle), save it as an MP3, upload it to this website called "archive.org" to create an audio player, copy the embedded code, going into layout; search up HTML/JavaScript, and paste the code. The player automatically went into the navigation bar of my blog.

3/13 Pivot in Windows Movie Maker

This past week, I had to use the software Windows Movie Maker to create my very first movie. Since I created my pivot animation already, I just needed to add credit slides, music, and sound effects in order to produce my movie. I thought you had to go through long process in adding the music and sound effects but it was pretty easy. I looked up tutorials on YouTube and found out in order to put audio onto the movie, you just have to find "Import Music/Audio" on the sidebar, import a song or sound effect, drag it onto the movie timeline, cut what parts that aren't necessary, and bam you are done. When I was done producing my movie, I looked back and thought "Wow, this software is really easy to use" and "My movie actually came out the way I wanted it too" I loved this lesson because I learned how to use software on a Windows computer. I have Apple products at home so using a Windows computer to create this assignment was new territory.