TIE 300 Session #5

October 11, 2012

http://tie300fall2012.wikispaces.com

Welcome Back!

• Today’s Agenda:

• Changes to Syllabus• PLN Check in• Felicia & Janee’s Tech in Ed Presentations• Tech Tac Toe Revisited• Break/Video• Digital Storytelling: Big and Small• Web 2.0 Cool Tool: Piclit

Syllabus Changes

October 18th: Off Site work session. Work on your digital story and Tech Tac Toe Assignments. Take your time! Quality counts!

Digital Stories due by start of class November 1st

Tech Tac Toe due by start of class November 8th

*PLN Assignment due by midnight on the 18th (blogs are time-stamped)

October 25th: ONLINE Session (switched from November 1st- November 1st is now in class)

PLN Check In• How’s the PLN assignment coming along?• Create a Twitter account (you may use an existing account). • Find 5 (or more) education related people/organizations to follow.• Check back every few days. On October 18th your 4th blog post will

be due. You will write about 1 resource you found through your PLN and how this resource can help you in the classroom.

Make sure your Twitter URL is posted on the blog!

Tech in Ed Presentations

• Felicia: Digital Storytelling

• Janee: Assistive Technology

Tech Tac Toe Revisited

• Tech, Tac, Toe Tools – 12 points – due 11/8 by midnight

Popplet Practice!

http://popplet.com/app/#/501697

Web 2.0 How-to for Educators: Gwen Solomon & Lynne Schrum

The eight C’s (introduction): Communication, Collaboration, Connectedness,Communities of Learners, Convergence, Contextualization, Cloud Computing, and Cost-Free

Place examples of technology tools that fit each category in the Popple. Some tools may be placed in more than one category.

Break!• Ten Minutes, please.

Digital Storytelling: Big & Small

Digital Storytelling

What is digital storytelling?

• old fashioned storytelling + technology• digital stories weave images, text, music,

narrative, and video

Digital Storytelling

Elements of Digital Storytelling1. audience 2. purpose3. content4. voice (perspective)5. technology6. connections7. economy (tells enough to get the point

across)

Digital Storytelling

Ideas for digital storytelling:

• personal narrative • instructional• informational • historical

Digital Storytelling

Examples:

http://www.photobus.co.uk/

Digital Storytelling

Digital Stories can teach a lesson (even to self)

http://youtu.be/j6rwc8V2r7U

Digital Storytelling

http://youtu.be/poIndZwyJrE

Digital Stories can be reflective:

Digital Storytelling

• Digital Stories can be just for fun!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epHzs4J9aGo

Digital Storytelling

• Digital Story made by students with green screenhttp://www.dvoraktech.org/apps/video/watch.jsp?v=1849

Digital Storytelling

Software for digital storytelling:

• iMovie/Garageband (Mac)• Windows Movie Maker (Windows)• PhotoStory 3 (Windows)• Adobe Premiere Elements (cross platform

$)

Digital Storytelling

Web 2.0 for digital storytelling:

Web Resources

• Consider these tools for use with digital stories

Digital Storytelling: starting small with students

Start Small with students

Start Small

• Although this isn’t a “true” digital storytelling tool it can be used with students as a starting point

http://www.blabberize.com/

Blabberize is a program where students can upload a picture, record audio and make the picture talk with a moving mouth

Use with Students:

Have students research an animal and blabberize it Blabberize a historical figure Give an “all about me” speech Leave a message for your students:

http://kuchtaalgebra.wikispaces.com/

Web 2.0 Digital Storytelling Tools

Animoto is digital storytelling in its simplest form. Upload your images and order them as you wish. Include text, music, and even video. Animoto renders the video for you. Anyone can try for free (videos are limited to 30 seconds) but educators can get an unlimited account for no chargehttp://animoto.com

Use with Students:

Book Trailers All about me presentations Take daily pictures and create a slideshow to

show off your classroom on a class website, blog, or during report card pick up

Web 2.0 Digital Storytelling Tools

Three components:Collage, Express & Studio

Collage: Add video, photos, music, and audioChoose backgrounds, colors, and textures to create a collage panorama

Express: Choose images from an RSS feed, add a style to them, and add into your collage

http://www.vuvox.com/

http://studio.stupeflix.com/

Add in photos, video, music, text, and even maps

Embeddable, and easily publish to YouTube or Facebook

Themes available

Text to speech available

Web 2.0 Digital Storytelling Tools

http://www.onetruemedia.com/

Add photos, video, effects, text, and music

Free for up to 30 second videos

Allows the ability to purchase high quality DVD of your video

Web 2.0 Digital Storytelling Tools

Free program downloadable to PCs

Available for XP and Vista (already on systems)

Was abandoned after Vista, but was replaced by Microsoft Windows Live Essentials (also free)

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads/get-movie-maker

Create slideshows using your digital photos. With a single click, you can touch-up, crop, or rotate pictures. Add stunning special effects, soundtracks, and your own voice narration to your photo stories. Then, personalize them with titles and captions. Small file sizes make it easy to send your photo stories in an e-mail. Watch them on your TV, a computer, or a Windows Mobile–based portable device. Quoted from Microsoft website

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=11132#overview

iMovie ‘11

iMovie is a paid program for Apple computers

Create movie trailers

Audio editing available

Effects

Sports and news themes available

Digital Storytelling

Assignment

Create a digital story. It should include a minimum of 3 of the 5 elements of a digital story (images, text, music, narrative, and video) with one element being narration. It should be between 2-4 minutes.

Be creative! Take pride in your work!

Web 2.0 cool tool: Piclits

• http://piclits.com

Due Next Week

• 20 web links due on website• Make sure they are links!

• NEXT WEEK IS A WORK SESSION OFF CAMPUS