Using cameras and digital recording devices Julian Growcott Ultranet Coach

Why use digital devices? Enhance visual literacy Students today live in a multimedia world and appreciate variety in their learning environment. Some forms of literacy they can develop include textual, numerical, visual, audio and multimedia. Visual Literacy can be defined as the ability to understand and produce visual messages. Both teachers and students can benefit by developing their abilities to create, use and evaluate visual resources "Young people learn more than half of what they know from visual information, but few schools have an explicit curriculum to show students how to think critically about visual data" Mary Alice White, researcher, Columbia Teacher's College Using digital devices to create multimedia is highly engaging and requires critical thinking and creativity.

Digital cameras Mobile phones Digital cameras webcams Considerations: cost, resolution, sturdiness, power source, file storage and transfer.

Using photographs Animoto Glogster Photostory PowerPoint MonkeyJam Big Huge Labs * Remember to re-size photos!! Microsoft PowerToys

Video cameras Tuff Cam High End Camera Flip Camera Mid Range Camera Camera Phone Tripods Considerations: cost, purpose, sturdiness, power source, file storage and transfer, software.

Using Video Movie Making Software Entry Level Windows Movie Maker iMovie High End Sony Vegas Pinnacle Studio 8 Adobe Premiere Final Cut Conversion software?? Posting videos online – YouTube, FaceBook, wikis, blogs, fliggo etc Soundhouse – great for movie making PD

Voice recording Considerations: cost, purpose, sturdiness, power source, file storage and transfer, software.

Using voice recordings Audacity iTunes/podcasting VoiceThread Podium

Using student photos There are some issues to consider when publishing student images which need to be kept in mind. Students are increasingly publishing their work, including images of themselves, not only for the school community, but often to a global community via the web (eg MySpace, FaceBook, Youtube etc) It is important that students are educated about some of the dangers of posting photos of themselves in an online environment. Probably the easiest way to ensure anonymity online is for students to create avatars for themselves. This is an image that represents them but gives no indication of what the person actually looks like. Students should also only include their first name when posting online.

Multimedia resources and clip art A/V stockists www.itmadesimple.com www.dataworks.com.au www.edsoft.com.au www.jbhifi.com.au www.ebay.com.au Multimedia resources and clip art Connect Website http://www.education.vic.gov.au/connect/default.htm Awesome Library Clip Art List Clip Art Gallery Pics4Learning Icon Bazaar Microsoft's Image Collection Clip Art Review Education Clip Art Discovery School's Clip Art Gallery The Teacher's Guide Clip Art Clip Art for Teachers School-Clip-Art.com Science Spot: Science Clip Art Clip Art 101 * Remember copyright issues and make use of creative commons