PE4_Jamcut

www.jaycut.com homepage- an online video editing tool

      The Web 2.0 tool that I chose to use for this project was www.jaycut.com. purpose for using this tool came about from a problem that my students had downloading the flip videos to moviemaker and premiere.  I have 30 DELL desktop computers in my room that have Microsoft Office 2007, and Adobe CS4.

     

       The problem is the computers are not powerful enough to run premiere and there is a glitch with Moviemaker that causes the video to only show up as still photos. This has been an ongoing problem for students the entire school year and I had really given up on them creating any type of video.

       

       This week I discovered www.jaycut.com as I was trying to find a solution to the uploading dilemma. Jaycut has provided a solution to the problem with moviemaker and premiere. The students are now able to actually create super bowl ads. This particular project was to be introduced before the super bowl and then filmed the week after the super bowl, but the weather kept up out of school the entire week before the super bowl so we are a bit behind.

                 

       Jaycut is an editing tool that allows the user to edit videos and is not like Animoto – the tool I reviewed before. Jaycut allows the user to actually edit the video, add images, audio, transitions and text. I used my conference period to learn it, that’s how simple it is to use. As you can see from my screen shots. 

www.jaycut.com log in screen - very simple to sign up

I also like the fact that the students can easily log on and not have to wait for any code. So far, they have uploaded their videos and didn’t have any problems. The only complaint I heard was it took some time to upload the videos. Other than that, there were no other problems.  In my next post, I’ll explain how the editing process went. I haven’t had a chance to really play with it and see its full capabilities.