Using snapshots

Trial for using snapshots pop up links

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tropicaliving/2437805955/

Week 11 - imovie

movie

Whole Class input:

- digital storytelling - still images

- -editing video in imovie Gruen style

- to make movies, you need to view movies - see what's out there with the links below.

Tasks

View the imovie tutorials-http://www.apple.com/findouthow/movies/imovie08.html

Complete the numbered tutorials below to get you going.

Create your own ad using the supplied video clips and sound effects in class. Ad must include image, music, sound and titles.

Begin to plan your own digital story, using the examples you viewed.

Digital story must include:

• Spoken narration
• Images
• Music
• Sound effects
• Editing - use of titles and transitions

See assessment rubric for final details.

Some inspiration for your movie making ventures

Behind the scenes images and video from the Flick Movie Making Camp for youth with cerebral palsy, held at CuriousWorks loft, July 13-16, 2009.

Find more videos like this on All Around You

See what a two year old can do with stop animation software 'itstop'

PAKT Film - "Caught Between"

First cut of the PAKT film. Conceived and shot by young indigenous kids from Sydney. Shot in Fairfield with Powerhouse Youth Theatre and CuriousWorks.


Find more videos like this on All Around You

Resources

Storyboards- http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/storyboarding.html

View one or two digital stories ( My dog days or Identity are good)

http://www.acmi.net.au/learn_teacher_digital_stories.htm

Other sites:

www.storycenter.org

* - bring resources to tell a short story ( biographical or other) as the basis for your digital story. Also any photos, music or footage you may wish to include.

Week 10 - garageband and podcasts

Garageband and podcasts

Whole Class input:
- Teachers TV ‘ Garageband’
- planning your podcast

* - bring a poem, picture book or a short personal story/ bio to class to use as your script for the podcast.

Tasks
Watch the Garageband video tutorial on podcasts
http://www.apple.com/findouthow/music/garageband08.html#podcast

Using the Kervin reading, plan and record a short podcast on one of the following ( or choose your own topic)Poetry podcast - choose a poem or two to read and then comment on.

Book review - choose a book to review, read a section, then discuss what it is about this book you enjoy or challenges you.
You can work in a group or individually. Aim for 2 minutes.
See criteria on weekly guide.

Podcast about podcasts -
what is a podcast? how does it work? - use this video for information
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-

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Set reading:
Kervin, L., & Vardy, J. (2007). Look Who's Talking: Incorporating Ipods in the Classroom. Screen Education(48), 58-64
Listen to at least one podcast:
Children’s book review - Fun, Times Eleven: The Eensy-Weensy Spider
http://www.justonemorebook.com/2007/06/08/fun-times-eleven-the-eensy-weensy-spider/

Design for the Real World: Propeller- how a propeller works. http://www.studio360.org/design/
Morning Stories - Marshall Jr. and Louise Download mp3 http://www.wgbh.org/article?item_id=2975629 or listen to it streaming.
* - bring a poem, picture book or a short personal story/ bio to class to use as your script for the podcast.

UPDATE

Video used in tutorial is from

http://www.teacherstv.com.au/

Title - "Multimedia and Literacy"

Go to the site, register, then search for title.

Instructions on image below:

Week 4- Blogs,visuals and copyright

Whole Class input:

• checking your blog progress
• collecting images, creative commons

Tasks

Blog- 3 key ideas or activities from each reading on your blog that teachers would find useful.

Here is the link to the library for the readings ( or search under Callow for the reserve)

Include the full reference so that any visitor to your blog can find them.

e.g.

Pericles, K. (2008). Happily blogging @ Belmore South. SCAN, 27(2), 4-6 http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/schoollibraries/

Barone, D., & Wright, T. E. (2008). Literacy instruction with digital and media technologies. The Reading Teacher, 62(4), 292-302

Copyright at university and schools.

Using the links to the Australian Copyright council, work together to answer these questions and post the answers on your own blogs:

Can I copy material from the internet for research?

What constitutes research and fair use?

http://www.copyright.org.au/pdf/acc/infosheets_pdf/g053.pdf/download

Can students ( university or school ) use music in videos that they make?

http://www.copyright.org.au/g038.pdf

Collect & Create

Using the listed photo sites on the main blog, collect a series of images you could use with your class to:

• create a text innovation on a picture book ( I went walking or Monkey and Me for example)
• create a powerpoint template for the text innovation
• create a jpg image of one powerpoint screen and post it on your blog.

Photo sites

Stock.xchng - one of the best free sites. Register and you can search for images, which are free to use for educational purposes. http://www.sxc.hu/index.phtml

Science Image - the CSIRO site. No fee for educational use. http://www.scienceimage.csiro.au

Morgue File - more creative commons photos to use. http://morguefile.com/

FreeFoto - free for non-commercial use. http://www.freefoto.com

FreeImages - more free to use photos. http://www.freeimages.co.uk/

Flickr - check the usage for each photo before you use, or search with the creative commons filter. www.flickr.com/ Creative Commons - http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/

Creative commons search - advanced options

Tick the search option as shown below:

Happily Blogging

Find 2 or 3 educational blogs you could use to model to your class as example of effective blogs. Post a link to each on your blog, with a brief review, noting age group you would use, and what content and features make it a good model for your students.

Extras

Site with large selection of Apple quicktime movies - useful for short teaching examples

http://www.esm.psu.edu/Faculty/Gray/movies.html

Buffy meets Twilight

How culture gets remixed when Buffy the Vampire slayer is mashed with the vampire movie "Twilight"

New technologies

I may post a few more links here between now and week 4, to keep you up with some of the many new ideas and technologies that are out there.

Did you see the film Minority Report, where Tom Cruise uses his hands to manipulate screens in any context? That's not so far away.

The TED site has some amazing videos about technology that is nearly here.

Look at this one called the Sixth Sense.

http://www.ted.com/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html

How to link your blog to mine via comments

Hi everyone

Good work last night on our first class.

It seems 'following' a blog gets Safari all hot and bothered, and a few crashes happened.

Also, seems like it doesn't give me a link to your blogs : - (

So, you'll need to give me a link to your blog by adding a COMMENT to this post.

The tricky thing is making it HYPERLINKED, not just pasting in the web address or URL.

Here are your instructions:

How to post your hyperlinked blog

1. Click on Comments

2. Type in your greeting

e.g. Hi Jon, this is Sarah, visit my blog. Here it is -

3. Tricky bit but you can do it! - type in all the following characters.

( use the preview button to check that it worked first before you post your comment)

This should now show up as hyperlinked, so I can visit your blog!

Week 1- Digital media and new literacies

Note - Class is on Tuesdays 4-6pm, weeks 1,4, then 10-13 in Computer Lab 22

Whole Class input:

• bring a USB to class (for unit materials)
• content overview- weekly overview and tasks
• assessment - formative
• using new lits to learn about new lits - youtube, blogs, wikipedia, critical literacy

Reading/ viewing

Callow, J. (2008). New literacies, New York & Web 2.0: a little knowledge is a helpful thing! SCAN, 27(4), 13-16

McDougall, J. (2007). Engaging the visual generation : some Queensland teachers come to terms with changing literacies. Screen Education(46), 130-137

Knobel, M., & Lankshear, C. (2006). Discussing New Literacies. Language Arts, 84(1), 78

NFB- National Film Board of Canada. (2008) RiP: a remix manifesto. Accessed from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oar9glUCL0

Techknowledge - Digital Literacies

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid6415358001?bclid=6310839001&bctid=1457684597

Blog commentary on the show - http://aftered.tv/index.php?q=node/153

Tasks

• Thinking Hard- Write a brief definition of the term ‘new literacies” from the readings for your blog
• Working well - create your own blog on blogger.com, post your definition, review one website from the Callow reading and post link on your own blog.
• Put a link to your blog on the M Tch blog ie this one. Become a follower of this main site.
• View this 7 minute video on Digital and Critical Literacy. Write a brief description/ review of the show. Using the embed code, embed the video in your blog and include your description/ review. http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid6415358001?bclid=6310839001&bctid=1457684597
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  Feeling Good - what have you learned and how to do you feel about it?
• Complete your self assessment profile from the weekly overview booklet