When I first started this class I wasn't sure what to expect. The fact that we were going to use iMovie intimidated me, even though I am seen as relatively tech-savvy among my peers and family. I had the internet early, back in the very first days of dial up, on a network created for physicians (my Mom is an M.D.) that was out before AOL. I have always been into technology and the cyber world, even considered and proposed doing a doctorate at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute that examined the construction of identity online. I was accepted! But my life took another path and technology and all that became a hobby. I blog and post YouTube videos, use tumblr and Twitter and Facebook and Google. I can do simple photo edits and can build sites on Dreamweaver and the like. But I have always had trouble doing anything on a Mac because they are so foreign to me. It's like driving on the wrong side of the street, and all the gears mislabeled.
My hesitation about the class led me to look more closely at the programs on my own laptop, which is relatively new. I found windows movie maker and gave it a whirl, adding captions and transitions to a hip hop video I found randomly saved on my desktop. I played with that for a few hours and then felt less wary about using the iMovie technology. So that was a good strategy for me.
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