Conclusion to the Educational Blogs

This may very well be the last blog for P650, unless I get the urge to send my thoughts out into the world of New Media colleagues once again.
For my last project with new media--I chose to complete a video in imovie. A fellow classmate, Ms. Rust, was doing something similar with Moviemaker. I have to say I was very happy to be working next to Julie this semester. Not only could be bond as mothers but we also have some sort of "lack there of" when it comes to technology. We really aren't attached to our phones; we rarely update our facebook page; and we could always use assistance when it comes to computer work. So for this week, she was lucky to have some PC helpers in class, where as, I was left to explore imovie on my own--as Jeffery was stuck in FL or in the air.
But what I found nice was the way I could watch how she was doing things to make her movie and how that differed or related to my techniques. How did she put that title in? What ways did she cut or edit that clip. I think there was a great advantage to simultaneously watching or working side-by-side with another tech user. It is something I will take away as important when considering programs or equipment for schools or advocating for use in classrooms. We can all learn from one program, but what more could we learn if we compared/contrasted with multiple projects. Now, this may be cost prohibitive, but it really depends on the access schools have to equipment for educational purposes.
I guess my summary of this project and course, is that sharing ideas and tinkering with different programs/interfaces makes learning with new media all the more worthwhile and valuable. We need to integrate disciplines, ideas, materials, people to ensure we are providing the most we can for our students.