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Class Eight: July 20, 2006
 
Topics for this Week

 

Optional Front Page Session - Three

During our third and final optional Front Page session, we will explore additional features of FrontPage.
 

Review Assignments from Class Seven

We will begin this week's class with a review of the assignments from last week.

 

Class Seven Posting Assignment:

In this week's class, we briefly discussed how video technology might be used in an educational setting. For this week's posting assignment, conduct some research to see if you can find examples of useful video clips that are available for viewing on the web, or ways that educators are using video in their instruction. You may look for and discuss example videos that are included on websites, large video archives or simply articles and other web materials that discuss how video is being used to support a course, for example. Additionally, you may discuss another use of video that has not already been discussed, but you feel would be of interest to others in our course.

 

 

Class Seven Hands-On Assignment:

In this week's class, we also reviewed several facets of digital video, such as searching for video clips online, saving video, inserting it into programs such as PowerPoint, and using video editing software to add titles, transitions and effects to digital video clips to make them more interesting. For this assignment, continue working with digital video in some manner that you select. This could include such activities as:

  • finding video clips and inserting them into a PowerPoint presentation you already created;
  • shooting and editing video clips shot with a digital camera or camcorder;
  • using a program such as Windows Movie Maker (or other similar software) to edit a video clip or several clips;
  • adding motion video to a .wmv file you created with Photo Story;
  • converting a video clip in one format to another format;
  • or any other video-related project you choose.
 

 

Another Digital Storytelling Software Option

Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0

Like Microsoft Photo Story 3, the latest version of Photoshop Elements 4.0 allows you to create slide shows that can contain zooms and pans, recorded narration, added text and transitions such as fade in and out.



However, unlike Photo Story 3, the Photoshop Elements 4.0 also allows you to add video clips to the slide show, not just still images. More information about this feature may be found online.
 

 
Discussion of Final Semester Projects

Final semester projects will be presented on the last day of the semester, Thursday, August 10, 2006. Each student is expected to present their project to the class using the instructor's computer which will be projected on the large screen. Each presentation should take approximately 5 minutes and presenters should be prepared to answer questions about their project from members of the audience.

Final Projects may be submitted as a an educationally-relevant website created with Pachyderm 2.0 or Microsoft FrontPage or any other program of your choice, an enhanced PowerPoint presentation, a digital story created with Microsoft Photo Story, Adobe Photoshop Elements, or other program of your choice. Each project should include at least SOME of the following components we covered in class:

  • Graphics retrieved from the web or created

  • At least one graphic that has been modified

  • A thumbnail image gallery

  • A screen capture

  • An edited digital audio segment

  • An edited digital video segment

  • A CD or DVD version of your project or supporting materials

In addition to presenting the final project, each student should submit a 1 to 2 page written final project paper that describes the project, and includes the following information:

  • The goals and purpose of the project;
     

  • The intended audience for the project and a brief description of where and when it will be used;
     

  • A description of the challenges you faced creating your project;
     

  • The most significant things you learned from this course and from completing the final project.

If all components of your project are not completed, you should include some descriptive information about the components that are still in development.
 

Introduction to Pachyderm 2.0

Pachyderm is

Pachyderm Showcase
http://www.pachyderm.org/showcase/index.html

 

Additional Resources

 

Assignments for Next Class

Read/Explore Assignment:

 

Posting Assignment:

Hands-On Assignment:

 This week's hands-on assignment includes several parts.

  1. Submit a brief report in which you describe the work you are planning for your final semester project.
     
  2. You should also upload a working version of your project so that you can receive feedback on the work to date. If you are unable to upload this version, please try to bring it with you to the next class on your flash drive or on a CD.
     
  3. Continue to use Pachyderm to create an entry page and any other screens linked to this first page. NOTE: This is an optional assignment for students who wish to get extra credit or who simply want to experiment with the program.
  • Use the online submission system at: http://eclassrooms.coe.uh.edu/assignments/ to submit your proposed report and a prototype version of your final project. Also, if you used Pachyderm to create a webpage or series of pages, please publish the pages (using Pachyderm's publish feature) and submit the URL of the entry page you created.


 

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