--- Forwarded Message from "Breeyear, Susan" <[log in to unmask]> --- >Subject: Digital video editing >Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 08:42:32 -0500 >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >Thread-Topic: Digital video editing >Thread-Index: AclAlksG5nZ85AS/RbWTaB+H8HkZRAARoJAw >References: <[log in to unmask]> >From: "Breeyear, Susan" <[log in to unmask]> >To: "Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum" <[log in to unmask]> Hi, Do any of you have labs with Pinnacle Studio installed on the computers for video editing? We are running into a problem here as we think about future expansion of a pilot we're about to do in the spring. Our IT Helpdesk people want to be able to manage the lab with a Ghost console, but since Pinnacle apparently does not sell a site license, it requires reinstallation on each machine after any re-image process in order to verify license keys. That's fine for our small language lab, but if we scale the program to our other larger labs, it's not going to fit with IT's service policies and we're getting a lot of pushback. Why use Pinnacle at all? We've found that unless students are taking courses that actually teach Adobe Premiere--which we do supply in our multimedia labs--they have no simple way to edit videos and no training or support available to them. In a current environment that refuses to support Macs, iMovie is not the answer. Learning the ins and outs of Adobe Premiere is a project in itself. Our faculty want to move into the 'brave new world' of Web 2.0, but are being held back by IT policies. I'm wondering if any of you have found a way around this or a similar problem, and would really like to hear it if you have! Thanks, Sue Breeyear Asst. Director, Language Learning & Instructional Technology Saint Michaels College Colchester, VT *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************