“poor planning on their part doesn’t constitute and emergency on mine”
I have a sign that says exactly this posted in my office for all to see
as they enter the room.
Richard Kasson wrote:
That kind of stuff really burns my butt. Not so much that I would be
asked to do it, but that they expect me to do it and do it now. I’ve
stopped doing that kind of thing all together because the privilege
was being abused. I got really tired of one or two teachers dropping
the camcorder on my desk with “I need these on DVD by tonight so I can
grade these skits” messages If the teachers want to do something with
video, I show them how Movie Maker or Pinnacle Studio works and how to
connect the camcorder and let them have at it. They all have the
privileges they need to upload anything they want to their I-Bay. If
they want me to do it, then they are at the mercy of my schedule and
“poor planning on their part doesn’t constitute and emergency on mine”>
I do like David’s idea though. The White Album or Led Zepplin IV
dubbed backwards.
*From:* tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org
[mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] *On Behalf Of *Kenny, David
*Sent:* Thursday, October 14, 2010 2:51 PM
*To:* 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List'
*Subject:* Re: [tech-geeks] video editting rant
Personally, when I get a drop everything and do it now kind of thing
with little or no direction, I like to apply a little creativity to
the situation. Make some kind of cacophonous blurred composite of all
six streams, and dub some clips from the Beatles White album over the
audio. “Number 9… Number 9…. Number 9…”
It may (or may) not teach them an important life lesson. But it will
be a relaxing way to end your day. ;)
David
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[mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] *On Behalf Of *McKay, Curtis
*Sent:* Thursday, October 14, 2010 2:45 PM
*To:* 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List'
*Subject:* [tech-geeks] video editting rant
Came back from lunch today to find a video camera on my desk with a
note saying, “here’s the video we recorded to be played next week.
Please edit and put on the server.” How am I suppose to know what to
edit?? There’s 6 clips filmed today on this camera. I have no idea
what goes where. Arggg.
Curtis McKay
Network Administrator
Belleville Township High School District 201
cmc...@bths201.org <mailto:cmc...@bths201.org>
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