Part 1:Instructions for the Day:
Part 2:
- Create a new page on your website. Call it Media Labs.
- What are the top five Photo File Formats? Write their definitions and when you would use these formats. Pros and cons. Add pictures to explain if you would like.
- What are the top five Video File Formats? Write their definitions and when you would use these formats. Pros and cons. Add pictures to explain if you would like.
- Task: Embed a youtube video on this page with tutorials related to these topics.
- How important is resolution in an image or video? Show an example of High resolution vs. Low resolution.
Part 2:
- Find a Prezi about file formats and embed the presentation on your webpage.
- Create a contact form and make a survey with questions related to media use.
- Add an upload file button for collecting photos.
- Design a logo for your site using canva.com
April 25, 2017: Term 3 Objectives
Your Term 3 mark will be determined from your best 3 media assignments of this term. You can Choose a new assignment from the ideas below, or look back to our bank of assignments.
1. Book Trailers - A book trailer essentially is the same idea as a movie trailer - it provides a dynamic way to introduce the plot, characters, setting, and conflict to entice a viewer or reader to seek out the full version. Students could use this concept to demonstrate their knowledge of a historical event, document, or person.
2. Movie Trailer – Create a 30 second movie trailer of epic proportions
3. Scene Re-enactments - Students can use video to re-create their interpretation of significant scenes in the books. By using video, rather than just performing a skit, students can also integrate music, images, and even other video clips. You could use go animate to remake a scene from your favorite movie.
4. Public Service Announcements and Advertisements - Students can use the format of a public service announcement or advertisement to teach a concept, explain a theme, promote an author, or market the book itself. These formats can be applied to practically any topic.
5. Commercial or Advertisement - Promote an item using the format of a TV Infomercial
6. Instructional Videos - An instructional video is about teaching something to someone else. It can be about anything. Learners can demonstrate how to: Solve a math problem, Bake cookies, Sew mitts, Use a webcam on YouTube, Use certain software, Start a blog, etc… The students become teachers without having to face their peers in a live performance.
7. Video Montage – Create a highlight reel of a special event. For example, using footage from the Spartan Race, create a montage with music in the background
8. Photoshop Showcase – Use you photo editing skills to showcase a gallery of edited photos showing before and after. You can use Photoshop Elements or Pixlr.
9. Prezi – Create a Prezi account and tell a story.
10. Lego Movies – Use Lego to create a stop animation video
Bank Of Project Ideas:
Conversation with Future Me/You:
Genre Shifting Movie Trailers:
Plot Synopsis in 60 Seconds:
Stop Motion:
Summaries of Learning:
Make a Music Video:
Tutorial or Demonstration:
Make a tour or virtual tour of a significant location
Highlight a cause
Recreate a historic speech or moment in history.
Website Creation:
Canva Poster:
Digital Storytelling:
1. Book Trailers - A book trailer essentially is the same idea as a movie trailer - it provides a dynamic way to introduce the plot, characters, setting, and conflict to entice a viewer or reader to seek out the full version. Students could use this concept to demonstrate their knowledge of a historical event, document, or person.
2. Movie Trailer – Create a 30 second movie trailer of epic proportions
3. Scene Re-enactments - Students can use video to re-create their interpretation of significant scenes in the books. By using video, rather than just performing a skit, students can also integrate music, images, and even other video clips. You could use go animate to remake a scene from your favorite movie.
4. Public Service Announcements and Advertisements - Students can use the format of a public service announcement or advertisement to teach a concept, explain a theme, promote an author, or market the book itself. These formats can be applied to practically any topic.
5. Commercial or Advertisement - Promote an item using the format of a TV Infomercial
6. Instructional Videos - An instructional video is about teaching something to someone else. It can be about anything. Learners can demonstrate how to: Solve a math problem, Bake cookies, Sew mitts, Use a webcam on YouTube, Use certain software, Start a blog, etc… The students become teachers without having to face their peers in a live performance.
7. Video Montage – Create a highlight reel of a special event. For example, using footage from the Spartan Race, create a montage with music in the background
8. Photoshop Showcase – Use you photo editing skills to showcase a gallery of edited photos showing before and after. You can use Photoshop Elements or Pixlr.
9. Prezi – Create a Prezi account and tell a story.
10. Lego Movies – Use Lego to create a stop animation video
Bank Of Project Ideas:
Conversation with Future Me/You:
Genre Shifting Movie Trailers:
Plot Synopsis in 60 Seconds:
Stop Motion:
Summaries of Learning:
Make a Music Video:
Tutorial or Demonstration:
Make a tour or virtual tour of a significant location
Highlight a cause
Recreate a historic speech or moment in history.
Website Creation:
Canva Poster:
Digital Storytelling:
February 15, 2017: Choose your Next Adventure!
Adding to our database of potential projects, choose one of the following topics
1. Conversation with Future Me/You: Create an interview/documentary/mission statement style video that is a message for the future you. It's a video you could dedicate to yourself in the future or future generations of your family with sage advice how to navigate through the world.
2. Genre Shifting Movie Trailers: Creators take movie clips and retell the plot of the story in a different genre than the original. Popular examples include The Shining as a romantic comedy, Mary Poppins as a dark horror film, Home Alone as a horror/thriller, Superbad as a thriller, Ferris Bueller’s Day off as an indie “coming of age” film and Mrs. Doubtfire as a horror film.
3. Plot Synopsis in 60 Seconds: Precise editing of a full story to tell it in 60 seconds. For example: "Forrest Gump in 60 seconds", "Lord of the rings in 60 Seconds"
4. Stop Motion: Using precisely timed and organized photos to create animated stories. The possibilities are endless. Google "stop motion videos" for examples.
5. Summaries of Learning: Create a “Summary of Learning” that captures and describes growth and key learnings throughout a course. It could be a digital lesson on a particular topic that could help students understand a concept.
6. Looking back: You can always choose a topic from below that you haven't had a chance to do yet.
1. Conversation with Future Me/You: Create an interview/documentary/mission statement style video that is a message for the future you. It's a video you could dedicate to yourself in the future or future generations of your family with sage advice how to navigate through the world.
2. Genre Shifting Movie Trailers: Creators take movie clips and retell the plot of the story in a different genre than the original. Popular examples include The Shining as a romantic comedy, Mary Poppins as a dark horror film, Home Alone as a horror/thriller, Superbad as a thriller, Ferris Bueller’s Day off as an indie “coming of age” film and Mrs. Doubtfire as a horror film.
3. Plot Synopsis in 60 Seconds: Precise editing of a full story to tell it in 60 seconds. For example: "Forrest Gump in 60 seconds", "Lord of the rings in 60 Seconds"
4. Stop Motion: Using precisely timed and organized photos to create animated stories. The possibilities are endless. Google "stop motion videos" for examples.
5. Summaries of Learning: Create a “Summary of Learning” that captures and describes growth and key learnings throughout a course. It could be a digital lesson on a particular topic that could help students understand a concept.
6. Looking back: You can always choose a topic from below that you haven't had a chance to do yet.
January 13, 2017: Choose Your Own Adventure!
The Goal of this project is to integrate multiple media applications to create a masterpiece!
Choose a project from the following topics:
1. Tutorial or Demonstration: This is your opportunity to teach! Create a tutorial on an area of your expertise. You can also record a screencast demonstration . Free screencasting sites like Screencast-o-Matic and Tiny Take turn your computers into simple video creation tools. WEVideo also has a screen capturing feature. Students can show a slide presentation with audio descriptions or demonstrate how to do something on their computers.
2. Make a tour or virtual tour of a significant location — If students visit a place — on a field trip, on vacation or any time — they can share their learning experience with others by recording video of it and narrating as they go. You can also create a virtual tour using GoAnimate and WEVideo.
3. Highlight a cause — When students find about problems in the world and decide to act, the result is more than learning — it’s change for the better. Students can use their video skills to encourage others to make change as well and contribute to something bigger than themselves.
4. Recreate a historic speech or moment in history.
5. Website Creation: Create a digital portfolio or digital resume in website form. Weebly or Wix are easy web creation sites.
Choose a project from the following topics:
1. Tutorial or Demonstration: This is your opportunity to teach! Create a tutorial on an area of your expertise. You can also record a screencast demonstration . Free screencasting sites like Screencast-o-Matic and Tiny Take turn your computers into simple video creation tools. WEVideo also has a screen capturing feature. Students can show a slide presentation with audio descriptions or demonstrate how to do something on their computers.
2. Make a tour or virtual tour of a significant location — If students visit a place — on a field trip, on vacation or any time — they can share their learning experience with others by recording video of it and narrating as they go. You can also create a virtual tour using GoAnimate and WEVideo.
3. Highlight a cause — When students find about problems in the world and decide to act, the result is more than learning — it’s change for the better. Students can use their video skills to encourage others to make change as well and contribute to something bigger than themselves.
4. Recreate a historic speech or moment in history.
5. Website Creation: Create a digital portfolio or digital resume in website form. Weebly or Wix are easy web creation sites.
December 5: Go Animate
Objective
Create Your Own Animated eLearning or PSA Videos
Assignment:
1. Create A Storyboard
It all starts with a storyboard. These visual outlines serve as a guide throughout the entire video production process. Use a template to save time and then add screenshots, images, and illustrations to map out your animated video. Focus on your key takeaways to prevent cognitive overload. Remember, animated eLearning videos should be bite-sized to make them easier to digest.
2. Know Your Audience
Animated eLearning videos offer the perfect blend of entertainment and engagement, but only if you know who you're producing them for. You must learn as much as possible about your audience. What do they need out of the eLearning experience? Which problems are they trying to solve? What tasks do they need to learn in order to be productive in the workplace? Which devices will they use to watch to the animated eLearning video? Surveys, interviews, and pre-assessments are ideal feedback tools. They can help you custom tailor your eLearning video to meet the needs and preferences of your online learners.
3. Develop A Short Video Script
After you've created your visual road map and researched your audience, it's time to start writing. A video script is essential for animated eLearning videos. It must convey the right tone and speak in a language that your online learners understand. In other words, leave out the jargon and keep it conversational. Have your Subject Matter Experts on-hand to lend their expertise and try to stay under the 5-minute mark. Remember, bite-sized is best.
4. Use Go Animate to create your Short animation
Login Site: https://goanimate4schools.com/school/cvr
Topics: To be chosen from list provided
Create Your Own Animated eLearning or PSA Videos
Assignment:
1. Create A Storyboard
It all starts with a storyboard. These visual outlines serve as a guide throughout the entire video production process. Use a template to save time and then add screenshots, images, and illustrations to map out your animated video. Focus on your key takeaways to prevent cognitive overload. Remember, animated eLearning videos should be bite-sized to make them easier to digest.
2. Know Your Audience
Animated eLearning videos offer the perfect blend of entertainment and engagement, but only if you know who you're producing them for. You must learn as much as possible about your audience. What do they need out of the eLearning experience? Which problems are they trying to solve? What tasks do they need to learn in order to be productive in the workplace? Which devices will they use to watch to the animated eLearning video? Surveys, interviews, and pre-assessments are ideal feedback tools. They can help you custom tailor your eLearning video to meet the needs and preferences of your online learners.
3. Develop A Short Video Script
After you've created your visual road map and researched your audience, it's time to start writing. A video script is essential for animated eLearning videos. It must convey the right tone and speak in a language that your online learners understand. In other words, leave out the jargon and keep it conversational. Have your Subject Matter Experts on-hand to lend their expertise and try to stay under the 5-minute mark. Remember, bite-sized is best.
4. Use Go Animate to create your Short animation
Login Site: https://goanimate4schools.com/school/cvr
Topics: To be chosen from list provided
November 8: Digital Story Slideshow Assignment
Objective
The purpose of this project is for students to create a multimedia presentation in the form of a digital story. A digital story is the result of a narrative that is written or recorded as audio and amplified with a sequence of images. This story should be compelling and meaningful and may also be personally relevant.
The slideshow is one of the dominant visual storytelling methods in use in media presentations. More and more, these slideshows are accompanied by audio, music, interviews, text as well as video. We will begin with the basics: still photos, accompanied by tightly written cutlines, that taken together to tell a story with integrity. Using video is optional if you find relative material
The Assignment.
1. Select a story of interest to the community that lends itself well to visual storytelling.
2. The story will be told as a slideshow using WeVideo or PhotoStory.
3. Photos should be in focus and well exposed, well composed and high quality. Consider different framing types for your photos ex: wide/overall, medium, close-up, and detailed.
4. Cutline should do more than state the obvious about the photo. The first sentence usually adds context or information about the situation in the photo. Second sentences often add information that advances the story or provides additional information.
5. The design of the slides should be consistent. You are encouraged to use motion effects or transitions as long as they remain consistent with the message of the slideshow
6. Keep slide design clean and simple.
See Rubric
Guide to PhotoStory
The purpose of this project is for students to create a multimedia presentation in the form of a digital story. A digital story is the result of a narrative that is written or recorded as audio and amplified with a sequence of images. This story should be compelling and meaningful and may also be personally relevant.
The slideshow is one of the dominant visual storytelling methods in use in media presentations. More and more, these slideshows are accompanied by audio, music, interviews, text as well as video. We will begin with the basics: still photos, accompanied by tightly written cutlines, that taken together to tell a story with integrity. Using video is optional if you find relative material
The Assignment.
1. Select a story of interest to the community that lends itself well to visual storytelling.
2. The story will be told as a slideshow using WeVideo or PhotoStory.
3. Photos should be in focus and well exposed, well composed and high quality. Consider different framing types for your photos ex: wide/overall, medium, close-up, and detailed.
4. Cutline should do more than state the obvious about the photo. The first sentence usually adds context or information about the situation in the photo. Second sentences often add information that advances the story or provides additional information.
5. The design of the slides should be consistent. You are encouraged to use motion effects or transitions as long as they remain consistent with the message of the slideshow
6. Keep slide design clean and simple.
See Rubric
Guide to PhotoStory
| photo_story.zip |
Novemeber 3: Banner Assignment
Depending on how it's used, a banner is either a graphic image that announces the name or identity of a site (and often is spread across the width of the Web page) or is an advertising image.
Your task is to create banners for cvrhighschool.com
There are 2 dimensions of banners used on this site:
Short Banner: 960x130 pixels
Tall banner: 960x236 pixels.
Choose a page on the site and create a banner in the exact dimensions stated above. you may use your program of choice. (ex: canva.com or Pixlr.com
Your task is to create banners for cvrhighschool.com
There are 2 dimensions of banners used on this site:
Short Banner: 960x130 pixels
Tall banner: 960x236 pixels.
Choose a page on the site and create a banner in the exact dimensions stated above. you may use your program of choice. (ex: canva.com or Pixlr.com
ex: