FETC 2010
I will do my best to Live blog from the sessions I attend. They will be listed below as they are added.
Brown Bag and Pre-Keynote Session: A Sandbox Shootout
Wednesday January 13th, 2010 11:00-12:45
Hall Davidson with Leslie Fisher and John Kuglin
The rules:
-Things that will help and change the way you think and teach - hardware, software, web apps - make the experience easier and more fun.
-Conceived as a shoot-out competetive style but will be rotated as sharing resources
-5 minute presentations - more or less
-If you want to share write it down and send it up in case they are covering it.
Leslie:
www.tripit.com
-Simply send your travel plans to [email protected] from your signed up email account
-Trip it creates itinerary that can be shared, printed, etc
-Supports ical and social networking
-Day by Day summary, weather, generates driving directions
John:
Flip camera
Shoot video
Save and export
Zamzar:
change the file format
Sliderocket - Building Presentations in the Cloud
Import movie - build it in the cloud
Link it
Publish Presentation for your access.
Stratalogica - Explore the worlds through Clouds
*Cisco has bought the flip
John is now taking pictures to upload to Sliderocket
Hall:
Battery extender for MAC
-Go into Preferences
-Universal Access
-Turn on and off the zoom
-Select use greyscale and turn down your brightness to save battery
Leslie:
-MAC Orbicule Undercover
-Tracks by MAC address and if stolen it turns on isight and sends you a picture of the person who stole your machine and emails you the IP address.
-If can't be tracked down, the machine will slowly start to shut down
-Cost=$50
John:
-Netbook
-There is power to working in the cloud
-John is now attaching and converting the file
-Flip software comes with the camera and can be loaded straight from the camera
-Export the file
Hall:
-Jing: Screen capture softwareure box and can record and narrate sceencast or take snapshots
-Google Earth
-Create a field trip report
-Record a flash video with Jing and embed it into Google Earth
-You must save the video to a place you've told Google Earth to look
-Back at Google Earth
-Make your placemark and it will embed the video
-You need to copy and paste code and change the video name
-Blog.discoveryeducation.com/media_matters
Leslie:
Yelp
Online reviews of top business all over the country
Type in address to search for and it will find businesses near that address and pull up user reviews
-Droid or IPhone 3GS monicle will pull up the interactive map based on the direction the phone is pointed.
-Hall is demonstrating a bluetooth webcam to show Leslie's phone! BT-1.com
John:
-Now showing the exported file from the flip
-But it's an mp4 that needs to be converted to flash for Sliderocket
-Zamzar will allow you to download youtube videos
-He's uploading the file and changing the format
-Zamzar recognizes the file type and suggests formats to convert it too, in this case flv
-It's being converted in the cloud
Hall:
-Premiere Elements
-Hall is playing with Photo Booth
-Custom video backgrounds available - Just drag and drop into the application. You then take a snapshot of the background so that it is blank
Leslie is now playing with the dinosaurs - You need a chroma key background to make it better
Leslie:
Evernote
-Will allow you to take pictures of notes and will run OCR to turn it into text
-Can share notes however you please from a central location
John:
-Zamzar is taking some time to convert the file
-Downloaded movie
-Sliderocket
-Share and collaborate and share on the web
-You can import existing powerpoints
-can view from a web browser
-Import and insert the video
-Add effects
-Can share and track hits
-Free and reduced lunch program
Hall:
-Video sites
-Showing time warp videos at Discovery.com
Leslie:
-Showing Etherpad.com
-Live typing conversation collaboration on the web
-Save revisions or import/export
-Can reallign time with the time slider
-Great for backchannels
-It is free up to a certain number of licenses ($5 a student/$99 a year)
-Recently bought out by Google and will become part of Google Wave
John:
-Brown Bag Shootout presentation has been published
-You can require a password
-Lots of options
-Being published to the website
Hall:
-Polleverywhere.com
-Build your poll
-Start the Poll and gives a number to text message
-Text to 99503 (for this poll)
-Text the number corresponding to the answer
-Up to 30 responders for free
Leslie:
-Twitter
-Embed Twitter feeds into websites
-Twitter.com/Goodies
-Very customizable search widget available
Mystery Guest:
-Prezi
-Denise Musselwide
-Showing the Prezi Demo movie
-Manipulate the presentation by zooming
John:
-www.kuglin.com
-look for the brownbag shootout link to see the sliderocket presentation.
-it will also show the statistics
StrataLogica - combines google earth with maps and globes booth #1348 here at FTEC!
Touch tablets and Mac ISlate are coming 10 inch touch screen
Leslie:
-Showing USB turntable that can convert records into mp3s.
-From ionaudio.com
-Wireless network shirt
-Despair web site - create demotivational posters
The rules:
-Things that will help and change the way you think and teach - hardware, software, web apps - make the experience easier and more fun.
-Conceived as a shoot-out competetive style but will be rotated as sharing resources
-5 minute presentations - more or less
-If you want to share write it down and send it up in case they are covering it.
Leslie:
www.tripit.com
-Simply send your travel plans to [email protected] from your signed up email account
-Trip it creates itinerary that can be shared, printed, etc
-Supports ical and social networking
-Day by Day summary, weather, generates driving directions
John:
Flip camera
Shoot video
Save and export
Zamzar:
change the file format
Sliderocket - Building Presentations in the Cloud
Import movie - build it in the cloud
Link it
Publish Presentation for your access.
Stratalogica - Explore the worlds through Clouds
*Cisco has bought the flip
John is now taking pictures to upload to Sliderocket
Hall:
Battery extender for MAC
-Go into Preferences
-Universal Access
-Turn on and off the zoom
-Select use greyscale and turn down your brightness to save battery
Leslie:
-MAC Orbicule Undercover
-Tracks by MAC address and if stolen it turns on isight and sends you a picture of the person who stole your machine and emails you the IP address.
-If can't be tracked down, the machine will slowly start to shut down
-Cost=$50
John:
-Netbook
-There is power to working in the cloud
-John is now attaching and converting the file
-Flip software comes with the camera and can be loaded straight from the camera
-Export the file
Hall:
-Jing: Screen capture softwareure box and can record and narrate sceencast or take snapshots
-Google Earth
-Create a field trip report
-Record a flash video with Jing and embed it into Google Earth
-You must save the video to a place you've told Google Earth to look
-Back at Google Earth
-Make your placemark and it will embed the video
-You need to copy and paste code and change the video name
-Blog.discoveryeducation.com/media_matters
Leslie:
Yelp
Online reviews of top business all over the country
Type in address to search for and it will find businesses near that address and pull up user reviews
-Droid or IPhone 3GS monicle will pull up the interactive map based on the direction the phone is pointed.
-Hall is demonstrating a bluetooth webcam to show Leslie's phone! BT-1.com
John:
-Now showing the exported file from the flip
-But it's an mp4 that needs to be converted to flash for Sliderocket
-Zamzar will allow you to download youtube videos
-He's uploading the file and changing the format
-Zamzar recognizes the file type and suggests formats to convert it too, in this case flv
-It's being converted in the cloud
Hall:
-Premiere Elements
-Hall is playing with Photo Booth
-Custom video backgrounds available - Just drag and drop into the application. You then take a snapshot of the background so that it is blank
Leslie is now playing with the dinosaurs - You need a chroma key background to make it better
Leslie:
Evernote
-Will allow you to take pictures of notes and will run OCR to turn it into text
-Can share notes however you please from a central location
John:
-Zamzar is taking some time to convert the file
-Downloaded movie
-Sliderocket
-Share and collaborate and share on the web
-You can import existing powerpoints
-can view from a web browser
-Import and insert the video
-Add effects
-Can share and track hits
-Free and reduced lunch program
Hall:
-Video sites
-Showing time warp videos at Discovery.com
Leslie:
-Showing Etherpad.com
-Live typing conversation collaboration on the web
-Save revisions or import/export
-Can reallign time with the time slider
-Great for backchannels
-It is free up to a certain number of licenses ($5 a student/$99 a year)
-Recently bought out by Google and will become part of Google Wave
John:
-Brown Bag Shootout presentation has been published
-You can require a password
-Lots of options
-Being published to the website
Hall:
-Polleverywhere.com
-Build your poll
-Start the Poll and gives a number to text message
-Text to 99503 (for this poll)
-Text the number corresponding to the answer
-Up to 30 responders for free
Leslie:
-Embed Twitter feeds into websites
-Twitter.com/Goodies
-Very customizable search widget available
Mystery Guest:
-Prezi
-Denise Musselwide
-Showing the Prezi Demo movie
-Manipulate the presentation by zooming
John:
-www.kuglin.com
-look for the brownbag shootout link to see the sliderocket presentation.
-it will also show the statistics
StrataLogica - combines google earth with maps and globes booth #1348 here at FTEC!
Touch tablets and Mac ISlate are coming 10 inch touch screen
Leslie:
-Showing USB turntable that can convert records into mp3s.
-From ionaudio.com
-Wireless network shirt
-Despair web site - create demotivational posters
FETC Opening Keynote Ed Begley Jr.
Live Simply So Others Can Simply Live
3:30-5:00
FETC Introduction
30th year of FETC
Remember how tech has changed over the years
Recognizing classroom teachers
Overcame many obstacles to be here today. Budgetary and otherwise.
Tech continues to get smaller and larger at the same.
Video games started the trend with towards digital natives
Tech creates problems as well as solutions
Text, Video, audio are commonplace but not becomming part of the curriculum
World is changing and shrinking
Impact of FETC felt by sharing
Attendees from every state and several countries
1105 media introduced
Meg Allen introduced Florida, teacher of the year
Recognizing world's youngest teacher who is presenting at FETC
FETC Lifetime Leadership award
This Year's Theme - Learn to do more with less
Budgets keep getting leaner but we continue to find ways to excel
Not just about cost-cutting - average American doing more with less and sepnding more time with our families.
Ends up impacting positively on student achievement
Fascinating what we can provide for our students
Important to excite and engage our digital natives
"the last thing we want is for our students to power down when the come to school"
Follow FETC on Twitter!
Introducing Scott Kenny (forgive any mispellings here)
Discovery Education - Media and Digital Content
-Den educators introduced (nationwide network of peers) - 75,000 peers trained through their efforts
Reaches 1.5 billion globally
Sponser of FETC Keynote
Discovery is now state approved for their digital services (media content)
Ed Begley Jr.
-Planet Green Series: Living With Ed
-Comes to events on his bicycle, strong activist
-It wasn't cool in the 70's to ride a bike
-Educators are heroes, embracing digital media.
What's at stake:
Lessen dependance on mid-east oil and put money in your pocket
-Embrace environmental stewardship regardless of the politics
-Need to balance between conserving and using tech
-We know about the hole in the ozone layer and climate change because of tech.
-Both sides are really talking about the same thing
-We have an air polution problem (quantifiable)
-Los Angelas, Houston and Bakersfield (other countries much worse without clean air act)
-Not just Aesthetics - health issues
-Our water has become contaminated from using it and chemicals have gotten into the ground water, lakes, rivers and streams - rivers catch fire!from 1970
-Problems are affecting animals and mankind
-These problems can be fixed becuase we are already in that process - Air in --LA half the smog since 1970 with 4x the cars.
-Did it with catalytic converters and other technologies that work
-In the early 70's the question was about money but created jobs and was good for business.
-Hudson river so poluted in the 60's (fisherman returning from Vietnam could not fish the poluted river anymore - thought about radical)
-Bob Boyle brought up enforcing the 1885 Safe Harbour and Borders Act - now one of the largest fish producing rivers in the NorthEast
-Ozone repairs also through tech
-Nortel banning CFCs
-Ended up saving 250k by not buying CFCs
-Never be disheartened by the bad news, we've proven we can do it and have "climbed halfway up the mountain"
-Father was a conservative who like to conserve - don't just talk about things what is your solution?
-Recycling, composting, electric car (golf cart that top out at 20 purchased in 1970) -realized he felt good but was also saving money because of cost of gas - electricity is cheaper than gas and cheaper to maintain.
-the more you save the more you can conserve
-"pick the low hanging fruit first" - buy energy saving equipment
-Everybody can do something today (energy saving devices, weatherstripping and public transportation)
-Our opportunities are to educate and spread the information.
-Fiscal Responsibility and still do good for the environment
-Everything he's done for the environment has also helped his bottom line
-Discovery Education has some of the best resources.
-DiscoveryEducation.com
-Need to learn the students language which is digital
-"Good for the environment is good for the bottom line"
-support the recycling market by buying recycled - don't just put it in the bin
-post consumer paper or better yet pdfs
-Takes time, need to focus on long term
Questions from the audience:
Q1: What is one convenience you cannot give up
A1: Flying (prefers walking, biking, public transport then the electric car)
-Carbon offset programs (Terapass for things that emit polution) does nothing to eliminate emisions but puts new green electrons into the grid - new energy - so people are able to shut down coal plants even for a few days.
Q2: What do you feel is most pressing environ issue and advice for youth
A2: Global climate change is a serious problem, clean up air and lessen oil dependancy. Need to buy an insurance policy (whole life policy - cleaning up the environment) Comes down to good education.
Q3: Advice to be more entertaining as a teacher
A3: Today's Environment, good factual show on at 4 am not seen by many and what was missing was the entertainment - too factual. Gave birth to the current reality show which is more entertaining. Weave the message into the entertainment. Have someone help you do it! Suprises, hooks and good storytelling.
Q4: Biggest arguement with wife over environmental issues?
A4: The rainbarrel. He timed his wife's shower with a stopwatch. Mitigate the water use with the rainbarrel.
Q5: What do you tell global climate change doubters
A5: Stick with quality research and reputable sources. Stick with good resources (peer reviewed studies).
Q6: How to convince schools to use online digital media instead of books?
A6: It is a process. There is a place for printed material. Send media digitally. Got recent script as a PDF file. If he has to prin, he'll just print what he needs. Savings are incredible with digital media.
Planet Earth Part II - Life
Deep, Deep, Dive into Digital: It's Wild in There
Hall Davidson - 7:45-9:00
http://DiscoveryEdSpeakersBureau.com
-Follow up session will be coming up
-Whose exploring digital in place of traditiional
-Internet=information, vocabulary, arithmetic tools
-Remember when calculators were considered cheating?
-Now required to have a scientific calculator
-The device in your pocket = cellphone = outreach and applications
-"We are entering an epic time"
-We are past Year One of Digital conversion (2009)
-bad economy = reasses your resources
-technology has improved
-Engagement of 21st century learners - the way we access and process information has changed.
- More data and more content
-We are at an inflection point - assessment of online learning environments
-Results = people learn better online because it's engaging and you are forced to go digital
-Teacher as facilitator
-Not without challanges - things can go wrong
-Books are never backed up
-Resistance is futile
-The world is about to change - started in Indiana in Feb 2009
-State law - buy new books because the materials don't engage learners
-Instead any systematic data tied to curriculum
-Laws are changing to allow this
-Digital content has been vetted proving this is a serious move
-Teachers aren't using textbooks anymore (not completely true) but in Texas the state coordinator said this
-The book is no longer the curriculum
-National Teacher Training Institute
-"we build our own textbooks one teacher said"
-California: The rule this year was no textbook adoption. Had to be digital adoptions in math (Free digital textbook initiative - can be found online)
-California Gov. Arnold Schwartzenager talking about his son's engaging experience with digital learning - he said this was a "no brainer" but more because of the bottom line
-ck12.org/flexr ? (correct me if that link was wrong) - example of where you can go to
-The idea is to get rid of paper and you can get more content with digital
-Digital resources are more than PDFs - this confuses textbook publishers
-Currently showing an example of digital media as curriculum on isolating variables - doesn't mean it replaces the physical process
-Digital curriculum means the ability to interact and be engaged
-State test scores in a state that did this ended up being a double digit increase (charolette-Mecklenberg Strategy)
-Involved a lot of professional development
-on the retake it went up 50%
-Variables: intensive teacher training
-Hard to transistion but worth it because:
The 3 reasons are:
1) You can track digital resources and the content that is being used (track how 400,000 users -teachers and students - are using Discovery video - helps to connect and evaluate)
2) Assessment - the digital world will deliver more
-Currently the text based data doesn't necessarily allow you to break down by category and suggest remiediation Not just identifying problem but finding solution
3) Differentiation - We all have different kinds of learners (visual, auditory, kinesthetic) - makes it easier to provide content in each area in various ways with teacher facilitating the final product combining them all
-Discovery education streaming allows you to identify content and assign based on user (video, audio, text, etc) all accessed on computer, teacher can assess and re-evaluate based on results
-The bad old days (sometime in the future):
-Is it true in the old days you had books and the internet at the same time
-Did kids put computers in with the books in 1:1
-Did every kid in the class get the same assignment
-How do we get there?
-Ask people doing it
-Some early adopters will now summarize
-Dr. Mark Edwards
25,000 laptops deployed 10 years ago
-hardware, software, content wsn't ready
-now they have the full 1:1 initiative
-Students on educational discussion sites at night
-90% away from physical textbook
-"It makes no sense to cling to ideas that are no longer relevant to our students"
-When you make it relevant the students will want to learn
-Has impact on students at home and school
-Now in 3rd year of 1:1 program
-Embrace digital content with the will can provide to students with the processes and experiences they need to be successful in their world and make education relevant.
-The future of content is the multidimensional
-Dr. Gerald McLeish
-Indianapolis public schools
-No longer textbook bound (as a goal)
-Are now in month 4 of the pilot (teachers not engaged until October of this year.)
-Giving plenty of Professional Development
-doing this because students are underperforming
-They had to build the infastructure firstsubject because boring and bound to the textbook
-Pacing guides with indicators and assessment to help kids EXPERIENCE learning.
-Social studies weakest because it's boring and text book bound
-Communication, passion, colaboration and persistence
Back to Hall:
-the issue is linking digital content to the standards
-teachers teaching teachers
-Glogster
-using web 2.0 tools to assemble content
-starting to blend together
-Curriculum search for standards and substandards with Discovery Streaming
-Content from Discovery streaming is editable (you can chop them up)
and downloadable to add to web 2.0 tools or carry on ipod
Media usage linked to performing schools
Going digital:
-fundamental common elements that you can also transform and make unique
-shows an example of students doing a voice over on the discovery streaming video
-editing videos you see the content over and over and really assimilate that information
-Now showing Google Language Tools
-Ooooos and ahhhs abound :-)
-Also mentioning the widget that you can embed into your home page
-Now showing Google Trends
-QR Code Book
-The images that link to other sites...it's a live book that changes all the time
-2D codes that can only be read with a mobile phone and the links change
-Next = progress
-putting a webcam over a graphic makes a 3d picture appear
-We enter the new frontier and end up with these kind of fascinating concepts
-Children are now part of the content development
-End users have to make it work
http://DiscoveryEdSpeakersBureau.com
-Follow up session will be coming up
-Whose exploring digital in place of traditiional
-Internet=information, vocabulary, arithmetic tools
-Remember when calculators were considered cheating?
-Now required to have a scientific calculator
-The device in your pocket = cellphone = outreach and applications
-"We are entering an epic time"
-We are past Year One of Digital conversion (2009)
-bad economy = reasses your resources
-technology has improved
-Engagement of 21st century learners - the way we access and process information has changed.
- More data and more content
-We are at an inflection point - assessment of online learning environments
-Results = people learn better online because it's engaging and you are forced to go digital
-Teacher as facilitator
-Not without challanges - things can go wrong
-Books are never backed up
-Resistance is futile
-The world is about to change - started in Indiana in Feb 2009
-State law - buy new books because the materials don't engage learners
-Instead any systematic data tied to curriculum
-Laws are changing to allow this
-Digital content has been vetted proving this is a serious move
-Teachers aren't using textbooks anymore (not completely true) but in Texas the state coordinator said this
-The book is no longer the curriculum
-National Teacher Training Institute
-"we build our own textbooks one teacher said"
-California: The rule this year was no textbook adoption. Had to be digital adoptions in math (Free digital textbook initiative - can be found online)
-California Gov. Arnold Schwartzenager talking about his son's engaging experience with digital learning - he said this was a "no brainer" but more because of the bottom line
-ck12.org/flexr ? (correct me if that link was wrong) - example of where you can go to
-The idea is to get rid of paper and you can get more content with digital
-Digital resources are more than PDFs - this confuses textbook publishers
-Currently showing an example of digital media as curriculum on isolating variables - doesn't mean it replaces the physical process
-Digital curriculum means the ability to interact and be engaged
-State test scores in a state that did this ended up being a double digit increase (charolette-Mecklenberg Strategy)
-Involved a lot of professional development
-on the retake it went up 50%
-Variables: intensive teacher training
-Hard to transistion but worth it because:
The 3 reasons are:
1) You can track digital resources and the content that is being used (track how 400,000 users -teachers and students - are using Discovery video - helps to connect and evaluate)
2) Assessment - the digital world will deliver more
-Currently the text based data doesn't necessarily allow you to break down by category and suggest remiediation Not just identifying problem but finding solution
3) Differentiation - We all have different kinds of learners (visual, auditory, kinesthetic) - makes it easier to provide content in each area in various ways with teacher facilitating the final product combining them all
-Discovery education streaming allows you to identify content and assign based on user (video, audio, text, etc) all accessed on computer, teacher can assess and re-evaluate based on results
-The bad old days (sometime in the future):
-Is it true in the old days you had books and the internet at the same time
-Did kids put computers in with the books in 1:1
-Did every kid in the class get the same assignment
-How do we get there?
-Ask people doing it
-Some early adopters will now summarize
-Dr. Mark Edwards
25,000 laptops deployed 10 years ago
-hardware, software, content wsn't ready
-now they have the full 1:1 initiative
-Students on educational discussion sites at night
-90% away from physical textbook
-"It makes no sense to cling to ideas that are no longer relevant to our students"
-When you make it relevant the students will want to learn
-Has impact on students at home and school
-Now in 3rd year of 1:1 program
-Embrace digital content with the will can provide to students with the processes and experiences they need to be successful in their world and make education relevant.
-The future of content is the multidimensional
-Dr. Gerald McLeish
-Indianapolis public schools
-No longer textbook bound (as a goal)
-Are now in month 4 of the pilot (teachers not engaged until October of this year.)
-Giving plenty of Professional Development
-doing this because students are underperforming
-They had to build the infastructure firstsubject because boring and bound to the textbook
-Pacing guides with indicators and assessment to help kids EXPERIENCE learning.
-Social studies weakest because it's boring and text book bound
-Communication, passion, colaboration and persistence
Back to Hall:
-the issue is linking digital content to the standards
-teachers teaching teachers
-Glogster
-using web 2.0 tools to assemble content
-starting to blend together
-Curriculum search for standards and substandards with Discovery Streaming
-Content from Discovery streaming is editable (you can chop them up)
and downloadable to add to web 2.0 tools or carry on ipod
Media usage linked to performing schools
Going digital:
-fundamental common elements that you can also transform and make unique
-shows an example of students doing a voice over on the discovery streaming video
-editing videos you see the content over and over and really assimilate that information
-Now showing Google Language Tools
-Ooooos and ahhhs abound :-)
-Also mentioning the widget that you can embed into your home page
-Now showing Google Trends
-QR Code Book
-The images that link to other sites...it's a live book that changes all the time
-2D codes that can only be read with a mobile phone and the links change
-Next = progress
-putting a webcam over a graphic makes a 3d picture appear
-We enter the new frontier and end up with these kind of fascinating concepts
-Children are now part of the content development
-End users have to make it work
Digital Video:Authoring the Educational Viral Video
Missed very beginning - laptop wasn't booted will add notes later
89% of users 18-29 say they watch content on video sharing sharing sites 36% in a typical
day
Younger users are producing content
8% of adults have uploaded 15% 18-29 are creating content
YouTube over 78 million videos as of March 17th 2008
video is ubiquitous
Viral = sharing and re-sharing information
There is a lot of poor content there
Visual CUlture
-Less Textual
-More Visual:
Iconic
Photographic
Videographic
Authoring: Tradionally a "writer"
We no longer just write on paper, websites combine audio, video podcasts
Blogs
Videos
New forms of publication require learning new authoring tools
Just as you verbalize thinking yu can visualize it
Speech and linear constructs
Moving pictures are spatial constructs
A letter = a frame (a still shot 30/sec)
Word = Shot
Sentence = Sequence
Paragraph = Scene
5 Paragraph Essay = 5 Scene Essay
Alleteration = Motiff (lots of info in a row)
Paradox = Mise en Scene
Metonymy = visual devices
Synecdoche = Shot Comparison (parts make up the whole)
Onomonatopeia = Sound Effects
Introduction - Motivator, Thesis Statement
1st Body Paragraph - Topic Sentence
repeat
Choose topic
Prepare Outline
Author Thesis Statement
Author Body
Author Conclusion and Introduction
Video - visual
Decide what message to convey
Script/Storyboard
Location and Shot List
Shoot Video
Edit Video
Upload (publish)
Want video to be natural show things in pictures without audio (to start)
Visual language
decide what to shoot, selct significant emails
reveal only features necessary to tell story
camera is pov
Create avisual thesis statement
Executing Visual Devices
The Shot
Kinds
Establishing
Extreme Long
Long Medium Close up
Extreme Close Up
Showing examples using a digital video camera
Use extreme wide to show location
Angles (POV is everything - tells the audience who they are)
High Angle (cat and human)
Eye Level
Low Angle
Reverse Angle (reaction)
The Shot
Pan/Tilt
Truck/Dolly/Track - you move closer to the action
Zoom -looks like subject comes to you)
Focus (Depth of Field)
Think of the camera as your head
Compositional Principles
-Aspect Ratio:
4x3
16x9 - almost everything today shoots this format
Think about your result
Graphic and Index Vectors
Provide a point of focus.
Creates an expectation - if you do what's expected the video will be boring
Headroom and Leadroom
-Make sure the person in the scene has somewhere to go
Horizon Line
Change the angle to create visual interest and literally set the audience on edge
Psychological Closure
-Our mind combines visual cues and fills in missing visual information to arrive at complete and stable configurations
-Our mind can fill in the missing pieces with visual cues
Manipulating Picture Depth
-Foreground
-Middleground
-Background
-Create angles to create depth
-Compression schemes are improving
-Content is the most important thing not the technology
-Put camera on tripod and take shots from multiple angles and edit on the computer with Final Cut Pro
-Think visualuly to improve videos
-Get students to
Z-Axis Blocking
Assessment
Grade based on content
www.jmuehl.com - all his resources and srubrics/sylabi/lessons are here
Transforming Education for the 21st Century
Book called Disruptive
Chris Dede
W414AB
10:35-11:30
[email protected]
www.ges.harvard.edu/~dedech
-More new powerful tools for teaching and learning beyond the pc and evolution of the web
-Time is right for the transformation of education
-Live in a time that shifts in the knowledge and skills society values (multiple jobs in careers that yet exist)
-Development of new methods of teaching and learning
-Changes in characteristics of learners
A challenge to education video from Panasonic
Emerging info tech are reshaping our lives
Educational transformation is to reinvent schooling based on tech and what we know about the brain
prepare students for 21st century
Assume:
Industrial model of education is broken and does not succeed
We know more about learning now than ever before - enable the concept of no one right way to teach
How do we change
Average person increasingly disillusioned becuase they are learning but told they are not educatable
Nothing in life looks like structured text
Education is one of the last vestiges where the
Web 2.0 and immersive tech not embraced
Big group ready for change and accountability is the business community - 21st work and tools are different
Microsoft Video - 2019
-example of the tools our current students will be using in the work place
-Interesting to decontruct video in emerging technology - probably wrong in detail bt right in it's flavor
-Life size telepresence with translations
Complex visual interface on touchscreens
Digital Ink
Wall-sizes semi-transparent holographic surfaces
-Situated Learning and Transfer
-when you learn you are part of an environment in which every aspect of the environment applies to your learning
-like a medical internship
-higher transfer of learning here than in the abstract
-Immersive interfaces to enable vuirtual situational learning
_Ubiquitous Learning
Multi-User Virtual Environment
-Virtual Reality
-EcoMUVE
Building virtual ecosystems
-not a substitute but as a compliment to reinforce learning
-Causality is complicated. Global issues, climate change and financial as examples
-1st virtual ecosystem modeled after Black's Nook Pond Cambridge (but it simplifies things to make it salient)
-Demoing Ecomuve live
-Very impressive interactive 3-d world that is content rich with educational
-Includes a back story with a calender tool and the environment changes
-Real world questions and application of learning.
Pond is part of a larger environment...too much fertilizer in new subdivison kills off fish but you have to find out what did it.
-Mentioned RiverCity
-Gaming Engines becoming more powerful to create rich situated content
Performances as Assessments
It's holding us back because we don't have an accountable way to assess - but on the back end we have incredible amounts of information.
-Building virtual assessments
-Formative and Diagnostic assessment to get a sense of how to intervene - provides specific assessment suggestions
-Next Generation Interfaces - Augmented reality - not as an avatar but as yourself, but virtual mixes in with the real world. Overlay Devices
Roku's Reward HP video
Adds a fantasy overlay to tech we already have
Fight fire with fire use what the do already to get students to learn
Technology is a catalyst, the become transformational with new pedagogy and assessment
Disruptive Innovation Theory
Just making progress isn't enough
-Offer a new product initially not as effective as what is currently sold, but immediately meeting a specialized need
Book called Disruptive Class talks about this
Inclusive, customized learning
Scaling up in Education is more difficult than in Industry
Microsoft 5 dimensional way of thinking about scale
All the pieces are coming together for a massive change in how we teach and learn!
Teach With Video: Student created digital video projects in your class
Steven Katz
-Presentation beginning with a very moving video example final product from a 9th grade world history class.
-Teachers and students had not done video before.
Handouts:
http://teachwithvideo.com/blog
http://teachwithvideo.com/samples
http://www.youtube.com/stevegatoz
-20th year of teaching
-He is a technology integrator
-Learn to setup projects regardless of software
-Video is fun and engaging
Objectives:
-Promote creativity in lesson design
-Help solve logistical problems
http://forgetcomputers.com
Get Creative
History reasearch project in history becomes a 1 to 2 minutes video representing the Alamo as a soccer game.
Any time you do history videos discourage battles!
Tech is a tool not a subject
-The teacher must be comfortable with the tools before teaching them!
--Be able to answer basic questions
Integrating digital video teaches life skills
Planning and Organization, Leadership & "followership", communication, tech skills, Cooperative learning, problem solving, etc...
-Cute commercial for mega sports wrist band commercial created by students
as well as some other GREAT examples.
-news show project became an elective class (looked like fun)
-Can't do video?
-Computers too old
-mac mini $599
-macbook $999
Windows software
XP has movie maker
videospin - like Imovie6
In the cloud software:
jaycut
auto edit with animoto
free to educators
No cameras?
Flips, Iphones other smart phones even regular cameras do video
Social Studies, English, Science, PE, Art, Music - find a way to integrate (even in math -explain formulas bisect an angle)
Mathtv.com
The Rubric
-Know what you want before assigning it
-Include a time constraint (with penalities) - 1 to 2 minutes is plenty to get quality
Remember: *1 minute movie = 1 hour of editing time
-Breaking News Video (students as reporters for school events)
-from the video journalism class
Individual Accountability
Assign specific, graded tasks for all students to avoid one person doing all the work.
Video journalism - everyone has to do there own
History class - work on own until 2nd draft of script and then work as groups with each person has a role.
-Have students do self and peer assessment
-Pre-production
One step at a time
-student selects topic (much like writing an essay)
-take it in steps - have a hook, get audience attention, tell your story and wrap it up.
-storyboard
-script
Props and Costumes:
-Makes or breaks the film (if graded the costumes are better)
-Simple solutions make excellent costumes: be creative, research on the internet and do best to replicate. Second hand works well (rarely end up spending more than $5)
-Don't rent or have it made for you
Editing
-Order of Operations
-Edit Clips (size and edit clip length)
-Transitions (don't forget about taking time from each side of the transition)
-Effects
-Add Titles
-Add sound (music, sound effects, redo lines) - do this towards the end so you don't chop the sound up - unless your doing classical music videos (or any music)
(this is most time efficient but doesn't have to be in the order)
Filming tips
-Use a tripod (on a flat surface) or brace camera hand against solid surface
-Various angles (above, below from the side - more editing time but more options)
-5 + clip + 5 (5 seconds of silence at the beginning and end for transitions
-One class period to rehearse scripts
-Do not read the lines (memorize one line at a time if you have too)
Sound
-toughest part to get right (speak in a teachers voice and project so the mic will pic it up.)
-Use a microphone if you can mounted on the end of the camera for amplification
-Use a wind screen outside
-Avoid background noise
Lighting
-do not film in shade or partial dark reduces film quality and takes more time) so that the light sensor can adjust
-extra light inside (overhead projectors provide more than enough light)
-Light in front of subject to avoid shadow
-Film a test shot and then don't look at it again until it's in the computer (so you don't erase something you want or misplace it among all the clips)
Gunfight at the OK Corral (shows the work and rehersal that went into it)
Editing Tips
-Use easy to read fonts
-Display them long enough to be read
-Don't place it on top of subject and away from edges
Sound
-Keep sound at the same volume
-Make sure voiceovers are not too loud.
Music
-Can add to videoirmation (present to peers, school, community
-Music videos? (do you want to do them)
-Knock off highs and lows of voices by playing music under them
Affirmation (present to peers, school, community)
-The kids end up being mini-celebrities
-Vodcast
-Youtube
-have multimedia festivals or join one-Community access TV
-Distribute DVD's
-A few more commercials
Podcasts
>>CDW News
www.cdsnews.net
Teach with video
http://www.teachwith video.com/podcast
Teach with video: A Practical Guide to Integrate Digital Video Projects into the Subject You Teach
Includes lesson plans, rubrics, a great step by step guide
-Presentation beginning with a very moving video example final product from a 9th grade world history class.
-Teachers and students had not done video before.
Handouts:
http://teachwithvideo.com/blog
http://teachwithvideo.com/samples
http://www.youtube.com/stevegatoz
-20th year of teaching
-He is a technology integrator
-Learn to setup projects regardless of software
-Video is fun and engaging
Objectives:
-Promote creativity in lesson design
-Help solve logistical problems
http://forgetcomputers.com
Get Creative
History reasearch project in history becomes a 1 to 2 minutes video representing the Alamo as a soccer game.
Any time you do history videos discourage battles!
Tech is a tool not a subject
-The teacher must be comfortable with the tools before teaching them!
--Be able to answer basic questions
Integrating digital video teaches life skills
Planning and Organization, Leadership & "followership", communication, tech skills, Cooperative learning, problem solving, etc...
-Cute commercial for mega sports wrist band commercial created by students
as well as some other GREAT examples.
-news show project became an elective class (looked like fun)
-Can't do video?
-Computers too old
-mac mini $599
-macbook $999
Windows software
XP has movie maker
videospin - like Imovie6
In the cloud software:
jaycut
auto edit with animoto
free to educators
No cameras?
Flips, Iphones other smart phones even regular cameras do video
Social Studies, English, Science, PE, Art, Music - find a way to integrate (even in math -explain formulas bisect an angle)
Mathtv.com
The Rubric
-Know what you want before assigning it
-Include a time constraint (with penalities) - 1 to 2 minutes is plenty to get quality
Remember: *1 minute movie = 1 hour of editing time
-Breaking News Video (students as reporters for school events)
-from the video journalism class
Individual Accountability
Assign specific, graded tasks for all students to avoid one person doing all the work.
Video journalism - everyone has to do there own
History class - work on own until 2nd draft of script and then work as groups with each person has a role.
-Have students do self and peer assessment
-Pre-production
One step at a time
-student selects topic (much like writing an essay)
-take it in steps - have a hook, get audience attention, tell your story and wrap it up.
-storyboard
-script
Props and Costumes:
-Makes or breaks the film (if graded the costumes are better)
-Simple solutions make excellent costumes: be creative, research on the internet and do best to replicate. Second hand works well (rarely end up spending more than $5)
-Don't rent or have it made for you
Editing
-Order of Operations
-Edit Clips (size and edit clip length)
-Transitions (don't forget about taking time from each side of the transition)
-Effects
-Add Titles
-Add sound (music, sound effects, redo lines) - do this towards the end so you don't chop the sound up - unless your doing classical music videos (or any music)
(this is most time efficient but doesn't have to be in the order)
Filming tips
-Use a tripod (on a flat surface) or brace camera hand against solid surface
-Various angles (above, below from the side - more editing time but more options)
-5 + clip + 5 (5 seconds of silence at the beginning and end for transitions
-One class period to rehearse scripts
-Do not read the lines (memorize one line at a time if you have too)
Sound
-toughest part to get right (speak in a teachers voice and project so the mic will pic it up.)
-Use a microphone if you can mounted on the end of the camera for amplification
-Use a wind screen outside
-Avoid background noise
Lighting
-do not film in shade or partial dark reduces film quality and takes more time) so that the light sensor can adjust
-extra light inside (overhead projectors provide more than enough light)
-Light in front of subject to avoid shadow
-Film a test shot and then don't look at it again until it's in the computer (so you don't erase something you want or misplace it among all the clips)
Gunfight at the OK Corral (shows the work and rehersal that went into it)
Editing Tips
-Use easy to read fonts
-Display them long enough to be read
-Don't place it on top of subject and away from edges
Sound
-Keep sound at the same volume
-Make sure voiceovers are not too loud.
Music
-Can add to videoirmation (present to peers, school, community
-Music videos? (do you want to do them)
-Knock off highs and lows of voices by playing music under them
Affirmation (present to peers, school, community)
-The kids end up being mini-celebrities
-Vodcast
-Youtube
-have multimedia festivals or join one-Community access TV
-Distribute DVD's
-A few more commercials
Podcasts
>>CDW News
www.cdsnews.net
Teach with video
http://www.teachwith video.com/podcast
Teach with video: A Practical Guide to Integrate Digital Video Projects into the Subject You Teach
Includes lesson plans, rubrics, a great step by step guide
The New 21st Century Classroom: Using the Cloud to Create Affordable Learning Systems
John Kuglin
Watch for how he's a digital teacher.
Need to be quick thinking in the cloud.
Have a vision and be tuned in
-We are challenged differently today and have tools to conquer them
-21st Century learning cornerstones
-Learning Standards
-Learning Skills
-Learning Technologies
-All with in the context of 21st Century learning pedagogy
-End up with skills in literacy, thinking and personal
-Showing how he's using Sliderocket on a netbook to demonstrate how the model is changing
-Building classrooms in the cloud
-must review your systems
-Admin data, student data, and academic data
-Get a complete system audit (including hardware, software, network, policies and proceedures, professional development, culture, staff proficiencies)
-working cloud is more efficient with less money
-network policy and proceedures may be hurting the desired outcome
-understanding the convergence of three major trends:
1)Wireless
2) Mobile devices
3)asp
Earthurl.org - georeferencing photographs Opens Google Earth in a browser
Trend #1 Wireless
Stimulus bill for 7.2 billion dollars for national wireless
Just like Lincoln and the transcontinental railroad - we need to build the infastructure
Eisenhower - built the highway system
Trend #2 Affordible Mobiles
Going to be a problem for "institutions of learning" who have policies against cell phones and netbooks. Wi-Max and 4G
-Apples "Islate/Itablet" multitouch slate to be announced end of January running IPhone software.
-Understand how other parts of the world are using these devices
-Digital package for delivering magazines
-Microsoft Courier foldible two independent sceeens operating together in a foldable notebook
Stratalogica - maps and globes that superimpose on Google Maps, can write on it and spin the globe with multi touch boards Booth #1348?
-Have to understand the world you live in
IPhone apps have for education
ITunes U
ITune K-12
nano for pics and video
-showing an SNL video spoofing obsolesence?
-Flip bought out by Cisco but syill cheap HD
Trend #3 ASP or Cloud Computing
What is it
It's software that is virtualized
Data no longer necessarily stored locally
Clouds can be individualized
Some apps to accomplish our demands
Content, Communication and Collaboration
GoogleDocs as an example
Buzzword by adoba as a word processor
Use Sliderocket to create you Powerpoints in the cloud
These products are just coming of age.
Collaboration and affordability are the key
A Kid's Eye View of an Innovative Classroom
Friday, January 15, 2010, 7:45 - 9:00 a.m.
Adora Svitak
Using examples, anecdotes, and engaging activities, the presenter humorously and honestly shares strategies educators can use in their classrooms to get kids excited and passionate about learning. She encourages the use of interactive writing activities and demonstrates use of innovative strategies in learning and teaching. Her goal is to encourage other students to become passionate and serious about learning, and in this session she works with teachers to reach that goal.
Room: West 414AB
Let me preface my notes by saying that I was disappointed to not attend the session live but grateful that Andora and her parents were kind enough to allow the keynote to be streamed and recorded for later. This is how I was able to watch the keynote since I was afraid to leave me presenter room or shut down my laptop for fear of loosing my IP address before presenting. The Orange County Convention Center had some serious wi-fi problems
Intro by gentleman from Scholastic
Adora is unique in that she is only 12 and yet is polite, generous and genuine
Dreams of winning Nobel peace prize
Education and teaching is a bumpy road
Using an Activeboard for her presentations
Acknowledges the mad scramble of trying to get ready to present - she's human just like us
Kid's eye view of an innovative classroom
-Has already written three books - Flying Fingers: Master the Tools of Learning Through The Joy of Writing (2005)
Dancing Fingers: Selected Poems and Writing Inspirations from Two Sisters (2009)
Yang in Disguise (2009)
Has taught in over 350 Schools and Classrooms worldwide
Tweet about her session using #FETC hashtag and also can be found on UStream
Raffling off copies of her book and a video conferencing session - but there will be a quiz
Likes to keep her audience busy
Notices its usually adults who are presenting at these conferences, she hopes to bring another dimension by working for us in return for how hard teachers work for students
Using Activevotes to find out why folks are here (why is a kids eye view important)
Results (some examples):
-be inspired
-future view
-exposed 2 new idea
-because teaching is about kids
-kids are a teachers target audience
-to learn and grow
Polling her audience to find out what they do:
Majority are teachers (although the majority was only 15%)
-Stressing know your audience (know your students to create customized content)
-know what sets 21st century students apart
-reading off a Facebook poll but can't understand much of what she's saying
allow students to become creators
-polling audience to describe average student
Results:
-needs motivation
-bored
-curious
-energetic
-frustrated
-wanting guidance
Do these words apply to most students?
Results: 20% said yes 3% no
Are today's students so different than yesterdays students.
One teacher said: "The way we learn has changed so as educators we need to evolve with the changes in the world"
More online and digital content
Another teacher "Level of stimulation required to engaged has changed because of such a fast pace with visual auditory stimulation"
Andora's view:
Today's students are a diverse bunch
Diversity is great for variety but creates a need for differentiation
Language barriers, socio-economic add to this differentiation
Independence is important to today's students
-Most importantly students need to own their learning
-Disenfranchised group without much decision making power
-Skills learned in school will be what shape their lives
-Use tech a great deal but not necessarily for education
-Social Networking (both online and face-to-face not just facts in a book)
-To keep up we need innovative tech classrooms
-showing innovated classroom video off Google
(interactive, solves real problems, differentiated, connected to community, challenging, creative, fun,)
-reach potential, create interest, quality work produced in a quality platform, ownership, sociality
Unfortunately the feed cut out at this point. Thankfully it was back quickly but there was a break in the action.
Adora Svitak
Using examples, anecdotes, and engaging activities, the presenter humorously and honestly shares strategies educators can use in their classrooms to get kids excited and passionate about learning. She encourages the use of interactive writing activities and demonstrates use of innovative strategies in learning and teaching. Her goal is to encourage other students to become passionate and serious about learning, and in this session she works with teachers to reach that goal.
Room: West 414AB
Let me preface my notes by saying that I was disappointed to not attend the session live but grateful that Andora and her parents were kind enough to allow the keynote to be streamed and recorded for later. This is how I was able to watch the keynote since I was afraid to leave me presenter room or shut down my laptop for fear of loosing my IP address before presenting. The Orange County Convention Center had some serious wi-fi problems
Intro by gentleman from Scholastic
Adora is unique in that she is only 12 and yet is polite, generous and genuine
Dreams of winning Nobel peace prize
Education and teaching is a bumpy road
Using an Activeboard for her presentations
Acknowledges the mad scramble of trying to get ready to present - she's human just like us
Kid's eye view of an innovative classroom
-Has already written three books - Flying Fingers: Master the Tools of Learning Through The Joy of Writing (2005)
Dancing Fingers: Selected Poems and Writing Inspirations from Two Sisters (2009)
Yang in Disguise (2009)
Has taught in over 350 Schools and Classrooms worldwide
Tweet about her session using #FETC hashtag and also can be found on UStream
Raffling off copies of her book and a video conferencing session - but there will be a quiz
Likes to keep her audience busy
Notices its usually adults who are presenting at these conferences, she hopes to bring another dimension by working for us in return for how hard teachers work for students
Using Activevotes to find out why folks are here (why is a kids eye view important)
Results (some examples):
-be inspired
-future view
-exposed 2 new idea
-because teaching is about kids
-kids are a teachers target audience
-to learn and grow
Polling her audience to find out what they do:
Majority are teachers (although the majority was only 15%)
-Stressing know your audience (know your students to create customized content)
-know what sets 21st century students apart
-reading off a Facebook poll but can't understand much of what she's saying
allow students to become creators
-polling audience to describe average student
Results:
-needs motivation
-bored
-curious
-energetic
-frustrated
-wanting guidance
Do these words apply to most students?
Results: 20% said yes 3% no
Are today's students so different than yesterdays students.
One teacher said: "The way we learn has changed so as educators we need to evolve with the changes in the world"
More online and digital content
Another teacher "Level of stimulation required to engaged has changed because of such a fast pace with visual auditory stimulation"
Andora's view:
Today's students are a diverse bunch
Diversity is great for variety but creates a need for differentiation
Language barriers, socio-economic add to this differentiation
Independence is important to today's students
-Most importantly students need to own their learning
-Disenfranchised group without much decision making power
-Skills learned in school will be what shape their lives
-Use tech a great deal but not necessarily for education
-Social Networking (both online and face-to-face not just facts in a book)
-To keep up we need innovative tech classrooms
-showing innovated classroom video off Google
(interactive, solves real problems, differentiated, connected to community, challenging, creative, fun,)
-reach potential, create interest, quality work produced in a quality platform, ownership, sociality
Unfortunately the feed cut out at this point. Thankfully it was back quickly but there was a break in the action.
School TV Newscasts and Video Projects with Adobe Visual Communicator
Rob Zdojewski
9:15-10:10 am
W311D
Use 3 lights for lighting = 2 zones - two for the wall and one for the subject
-Adobe Visual Communicator
-Upper left is live feed teleprompter is too the right
-Amherst central school district creating daily newscasts-
-can add ready to add graphics and change backgrounds on the fly
1) live daily morning newscasts - upload to schooltube.com
2) Classroom projects to creat content
3) Advanced Level DVD projects
-comforting to have the use of a teleprompter
-News clip about the program being shown look for it on School Tube
-Ask Mr. Z Blog for Adobe Visual Communicator - a blog
askmrzblog.com
-Showing Obama video project
-video messages to the president
-Each question in front of a different visual background
-amhertstechtv.org
-Firewire converter box
-Want an audio mixer
A package is available for $699
teachmevc.com
They have 3 day workshops to teach how to use this stuff
Students get different roles on a rotating basis
They start with a read only template to keep the show consistent
Career Academies and the Senior Project.
Patrick Coyne
12:30-1:30
W304D
Career Academies at Johnson Senior High School
-Starting with a video about the program
-Freshman Focus Class
-Foundations class next
-Frameworks Class - Start working on Senior project with Project Proposal Letter
-Senior Finale class
-Schools in Minnesota are by choice. You get to choose which school to go to.
_Large demographic of Black and Asian students, only 18% caucasion
-Free and Reduced lunch at 80%
-ELL 38%
Special Ed 16%
-creating a well defined plan for the future
-three r's becam rigor, relevance and relationships
-received a number of large grants
-Schools-within-schools
-Houses
-Career Academies
-Connect School to the Future
-Build relationships
-Set High Standards for all
-Provide Opportunities for All
-Promote Professional Collaboration
-fresman focus academy
-transition between jr high and high school
-Culture and Tradition of the high school
-Career Exploration
-Oral Presentation of an I-Search paper
Sophomore Foundations
-Intro to academies
-job shadowing experience
-Get Ready - federal program to bring sophmores out to different colleges
-Continued Career Explorations
-Advisories
Partnerships
-Job Sharing information and shadowing
-Frameworks
-What I want to do after high school?
-College and Career Research / Post Secondary Visits
-College Admissions
-My Senior Year/Senior Project Proposal
-3M E Mentoring and mock interview
Senior Project and Finale Class
-They write a paper
-Create a project that takes 15 hours
-Also create a portfolio
-and finally they present
