Multimedia
School Newspaper, Digital Cameras,
and Podcasting
Video Editing Made Easy
Digital Camera Workshop, Camera Tips
and Curriculum Building
Available by Fee
Digital Camera Workshop for Special
Education
Explore the Universe of Assistive
Technology!
School of Photography and Podcasting
School of Podcasting (Fee: $349/person)
Beginning School of Photography --
Photography Basics and Building Projects (Fee: $499/person)
Beginning School of Photography --
Photography Basics, Field Trip and Building Projects (Fee: $499/person)
Advanced School of Photography-Advanced
Photography, Field Trip, and Animation Workshop (Fee: $799/person)
Target Audience: All Levels and
Special Education
Platform: Mac/Win, 4-8 hours.
Level: Basic and Intermediate
Get your students involved in developing
your school’s newsletter, and watch your public outreach grow! We’ll pass out digital cameras and walk through
some great hands-on tips and tricks for taking better photographs. Explore sports mode and learn how to
reduce blurring in action shots. Discover panorama mode where we’ll
shoot a series of photographs in a 360° circuit. Transfer the images
to the computer and “stitch” them together into one
incredibly long image for your newspaper’s banner. Switch over to the
computer and create a one-page newsletter. Develop the masthead, set
up columns, and add digital photos. Learn how to craft advertisements
using angled text and graphics. Next, we’ll plug in a standard microphone
and turn our newspaper into a podcast. We’ll use our speaking voices to create a podcast
that announces upcoming events, then invite parents to tune in and listen.
Attendees receive a manual packed
with project ideas, a copy of Tool
Factory Workshop (worth $199), plus a subscription to Elementary Zone.
Target
Audience: Grades 2-12 and Special Education
Platform:
Windows, 4-6 hours.
Level:
Basic
Get
out your director’s chair and start a video project in your classroom.
Make commercials, run a digital storytelling project, or develop newscasts.
Click-and-drag skills are all that’s necessary to create and edit videos
projects. You don’t even need expensive video equipment! We’ll use a
simple handheld “digital still” camera to capture short video clips.
Then transfer the clips to the computer’s desktop and simply browse
for the files. Video clips can
be easily dropped onto a timeline and then played back in sequence.
Crop out the best video footage, add transitions, text titles, sound
effects, and narration. We’ll mix-in photographs, add titles, and select
transitions. Discover some great
resources for copyright free photos and music.
Save your final project as a movie. Explore how the video editing
software can be used for claymation projects. Your final project will
be a clay-animated cartoon. Attendees receive a manual, sample software,
plus a subscription to Elementary
Zone.
Target
Audience: All Levels and Special Education
Platform:
Mac/Win, 3-8 hours
Level:
Basic and Intermediate
Come
to this rowdy seminar and find out what you never discovered about your
digital cameras! Get fantastic tips on taking higher quality photographs
for your student projects, newsletters, and yearbooks. Take the sports
challenge and find out how to take better action shots. The instructor
will guide you through a series of photography assignments covering
panorama, zoom and super-macro. Then together we’ll explore an extensive
photographic library and build some of our favorite curriculum projects
created by teachers in these training labs. Construct a report that
includes narration and sound effects. Use a paint program to enhance
your images by creating frames and adding special effects. Smudge out
a frame, stamp down a border, and email your creation to your pen pal.
The instructor will walk you through some impressive projects that can
be done with simple mouse clicks. We’ve loaded each computer with a
great library of photographs to get you started. Learn about a great
online showcase that allows you to easily share your work with peers!
Get strategies on implementing a system-wide training program for your
school or district. Learn how to procure digital cameras through training
budgets, and lower your “total cost of ownership” across district by
standardizing the technology. Attendees receive a step-by-step photography
manual packed with project ideas, a copy of Tool Factory Workshop (worth $199), plus
a subscription to Elementary Zone.
Target
Audience: Grades K-8 Teachers and Special Education
Platform:
Windows/Mac, 1-8 hours
Level:
Basic
If
you are working with visual learners, you’ll know that photographs can
provide an incredible way to reach selected students. Discover a myriad
of ways to use digital images in special education. Take photographs
of all the people, places and things that bring a positive response
from your students, then build learning activities that utilize these
images. Begin at a lower cognitive level with Picture Builder.
Browse for a single photograph, then touch the screen to make it slowly
reveal. Anticipate what’s coming next and hold discussions on the content
of each photograph. Build a puzzle from a digital image to hone matching
and ordering skills, then increase the difficulty to progress. Place
a photograph on the face of a slider puzzle to work on problem-solving
skills. We’ll show you how to activate a “sound switch”. Students who can only make simple vocal utterances,
will be able to play a myriad of learning activities that develop the
use of voice through extended sounds, tone, pitch, and volume. Explore cause-and-effect activities that develop
timing skills and targeting. Using
a collection of photographs, we’ll play the Touch It game, where
photos fly across the screen in pre-selected speeds and directions,
giving students the opportunity to capture them with a touch. Travel
up the cognitive spectrum and build a mnemonic memory aid for difficult
spellings. Browse for a photo, write your own mnemonic, and even record
your voice speaking the mnemonic in rhythmic tones. Wrap up with some
confidence building activities using a paint program. Open a photograph,
then use blurring, blending and smudging techniques to create vivid
images with simple mouse strokes. Frame a photograph, stamp down borders,
and even create wrapping paper from photographs. Wrap up by building
a photo-rich report with speech feedback and narration. Your visual
learners will excel! Get a great manual and free copy of Tool Factory Workshop (worth
$199).
Target
Audience: Grades K-8 Teachers and Special Education
Platform:
Windows/Mac, 1-8 hours
Level:
Basic
Experience
a hands-on exploration of assistive technology. Journey into a wide
array of hardware and software programs, and identify powerful new ways
to reach your students with special needs.
We'll demonstrate a myriad of input devices, designed to work
in tandem with software for skills building and literacy development.
Try out pressure-adjustable switches, then explore a switch-adapted
reading reinforcement program for phonics development. Plug in two types
of trackballs and feel what it’s like to access the computer with only
the tips of your fingers. Look at a touch screen overlay and then play
the Touch It games to develop targeting, tracking, and timing
skills. Grab a mini-mouse and imagine you have small hands. Then try
out a paint program that develops click-and-drag skills and decision-making.
Learn about mounting devices that make computer usage possible for students
with motion issues. We'll even show you how to use a microphone to control
character movements during game play. Learn how to set up each device,
discuss when to use each one, then experience firsthand the software
that complements each assistive device. Discuss situations where each
tool can make a big difference in achievement. Play games, make music,
and practice literacy skills! This is a great session to get a general
overview of many available software programs and hardware devices in
context. Find out how and when to best use assistive technology. Free switch-accessible phonics software (worth $70) for every
attendee, great printed manual, plus a subscription to www.elementaryzone.com.
Target
Audience: K-12 Teachers, Special Education, and New Podcaster
Platform:
Win
3-6
hours
Level:
Basic
Each
attendee receives an Olympus WS series Digital Voice Recorder
(worth $100) ideal for daily classroom or field trip recording, Olympus
Noise Reduction Microphone (worth $20), Tool Factory’s Simple
Guide to Podcasting Book (worth $20), Clip Art Station subscription
account (worth $35) and Tool Factory Podcasting software (worth
$100). Learn create podcasts
and use all the necessary equipment that will get your students jumping
out their chairs for more! The
Tool Factory trainer will give the basics of how to podcast using Tool
Factory’s Podcasting software and in minutes you will be creating your
very own podcasts! More detailed training will include instructional
use of the microphone and digital voice recorder. Later, using Tool Factory’s Simple Guide
to Podcasting book, the trainer will cover aspects, unknown to most
podcasters, such as copyright information and acceptable use policies. Come with curriculum objectives in mind and
leave satiated with podcasting classroom applications!
Target
Audience: K-12 Teachers, Special Education, and New Camera Users
Platform:
Mac/Win
3-8
hours
Level:
Basic
Each
attendee receives an Olympus FE series, 7.1 megapixel digital camera
(worth $250) ideal for daily classroom shooting. This camera features
12X zoom, macro mode, panorama, and video. Plus receive a detailed digital photography
book, lesson plan packet, and a free copy of Tool Factory Workshop
(worth $199).You'll be taking quality photos for yearbooks,
newspapers, flyers, lab reports, worksheets, presentations, bulletin
boards, and much more! Construct a report that includes
narration and sound effects. Use a paint program to enhance your images
by creating frames and adding special effects. Smudge out a frame, stamp
down a border, and email your creation to your pen pal. The instructor
will walk you through some impressive projects that can be done with
simple mouse clicks. Come and explore various camera features, learn about storage
formats, and decipher the often-cryptic terminology you’ll encounter
when learning about a digital camera.
We’ll cover the basics of digital photography, and practice using
resolutions, zoom and macro. Learn about the rule of thirds, leading
lines, and foreground interest. Complete a series of mini-photography
assignments, transfer the pictures to the computer, and touch them up.
Edit your images, improve lighting, and eliminate red-eye. Then we'll
show you how to create a one-click slide show, and build impressive
worksheets with your digital photos. Add captions to photographs, and
turn a photographic scene into a background with clip art characters
for story writing. For math and science, we’ll create a photo-enhanced
database and spreadsheet. Finally, we’ll build a more serious report
that integrates photographs, text, video, and sound effects. Come prepared
to experiment!
Target
Audience: K-12 Teachers, Special Education, and New Camera Users
Platform:
Mac/Win
6-8
hours
Level:
Basic
Each
attendee receives an Olympus FE series, 7.1 megapixel digital camera
(worth $250) ideal for daily classroom shooting. This camera features
12X zoom, macro mode, panorama, and video. Plus receive a detailed digital
photography book, lesson plan packet, and a free copy of Tool Factory
Workshop (worth $199).You'll be taking quality photos for
yearbooks, newspapers, flyers, lab reports, worksheets, presentations,
bulletin boards, and much more! Construct a report that includes narration and sound effects.
Use a paint program to enhance your images by creating frames and adding
special effects. Smudge out a frame, stamp down a border, and email
your creation to your pen pal. The instructor will walk you through
some impressive projects that can be done with simple mouse clicks.
Come and explore various camera features, learn about storage
formats, and decipher the often-cryptic terminology you’ll encounter
when purchasing a digital camera. The instructor will guide you through
a series of mini-photography assignments covering resolutions, zoom
and macro. Get up to speed on camera basics and get answers to questions
as they arise. Transfer the pictures to the computer and edit your images,
improve lighting, and eliminate red-eye. The instructor will guide you
through building a “one-click” slide show. Then create impressive worksheets
with your digital photos. After lunch, we’ll take a field trip to (organizers select field trip location) where we’ll take photographs of (field trip events). (Insert descriptive sentence of the place we
visit). Learn firsthand about the rule of thirds, leading lines,
and foreground interest as the instructor shows you quick tricks to
improving photo composition. We’ll return to the training lab and wrap
up by building a final project using the photos we just shot. Submit
your final project to the online showcase (optional) and share your
work with your peers after the workshop! Come prepared to experiment,
and bring your walking shoes!
Target
audience: K-12 Teachers With Good Computer Skills
Platform:
Windows
6-8
Hours
Level:
Intermediate and Advanced
Each
attendee receives an Olympus 8 Mega Pixel digital camera (worth $650)
ideal for the yearbook or photography department. Camera features include:
15X zoom, super-macro mode, panorama, video, audio, and sequence shooting
modes. Attendees also receive
a detailed digital photography manual, lesson plan packet, plus a free
copy of MultiMedia Lab V (worth $99).
If
you want a high-end camera for the yearbook or photography department
this is the seminar for you. We’ll explore the difference between digital
and optical zoom, then demystify resolution versus compression, and
explore nuances of macro photography. Get composition tips, and complete
a series of mini-photography assignments as we explore each camera feature.
Transfer the pictures to the computer, and touch-up your photographs.
Get tips on cleaning up red-eye, eliminating imperfections, and cropping
images. After lunch, we’ll take a field trip to (organizers select field trip location) where we’ll take photographs of (field trip events). (Insert descriptive sentence of the place we visit). Get photographer’s
tips on the rule of thirds, leading lines, and foreground interest as
the instructor shows you real time tricks to improving photo composition.
We’ll return to the training lab and use our photographs to build websites
and photo-rich animation projects. We’ll show you how to import a photographic
backdrop. Then construct a path animation, by inserting a character
and giving it a multi-point path to travel around the scene. Insert
more paths to create a moving photography montage. Use the “Sprite”
builder to create a virtual flip-book out of photographs. Shoot 3 frames
of animation and assemble them into a looping Disney-style cartoon.
We’ll even manipulate clay figures along with a digital camera, to create
a mini clay-animated sprite. Finally, we’ll show you how to bring all
these project together using MultiMedia Lab V and post them on
the internet. No beginners please.
