Multimedia Design Project: A Month Later

About a month ago, I was still in the early stages of developing my multimedia design project (see post from 3/4 for more information).  At that time, I was still really overwhelmed with all of the elements and parts of the project.  I decided to focus on a social studies concept because that tends to be an area of weakness for my students.  I'm really excited about the final product that the students will be creating: an artifact and a "diary" that represents their historical figure.  I plan on completing this project with my students in May so I'm really looking forward to see what they will come up.

So far, I have been working on the website for my webquest.  I have found this to be a lot easier than I thought.  I had already determined where my information should go so all I really have to do is put it in my website where I want to it to go.

The hardest part for me is the actual creation of the media to go in the project.  I have to create audio clips and a video file to upload into the webquest.  I know what I'm going to do for these elements of my project, but I haven't done the actual recording for either part.  After talking about audio and video in class, I definitely feel more comfortable so hopefully within the next few weeks I will be able to tie down those last pieces to my project.

Finally, my next concern is I'm using a source that is new to me for the creation of my website.  It is called Wix.com.  I really like the look of the templates they have available and the site is easy to use.  I'm worried that I may hit a glitch when I need to upload my video and audio.  Sites that allow you to create websites for free are often limited in the the amount of space that is offered.  Worst case scenario, I may end up having to buy the upgrade from the site to allow for more space.  I guess I will find out soon what will happen!