Digital+Video+TC

//Members: Ron Nason, Laurie Celaya, Tamra Ross//
 * Digital Video/ Video Announcements**

Tamra- Photo story and digital story telling Ron/Laurie- video announcements, share equipment ideas and storyboards, take field trip to each other sites, view tapes of announcements Tamra- how to prepare an inservice on Photo Story Ron/Laurie- different things to add to announcements, improve green screen techniques, sources of grants, music, and video clips
 * What to learn and plan to do with our time:**
 * What we want to learn:**


 * What we did:**


 * Visited Cross and AMS. Discussed:
 * Green Screen
 * Lighting
 * Using Power Point
 * Components of a news cast
 * Educational use of video technology
 * Varieties of software
 * Future goals
 * Evaluation of equipment
 * Plans for the future:**
 * **Look into possible field trips**
 * **Look into developing/critiquing forms/procedures/criteria: e.g. rubrics, storyboards, interviewing techniques**


 * Goals for January:**
 * Develop a list of possible field trips
 * Develop rubrics for each of our situations.
 * Develop plans for next year.
 * Explore different graphic software programs.
 * Discuss how we can build Media literacy skills (part of 21st Century Skills)
 * E-mail tech coaches at feeder schools to discuss mentoring, creating partnerships.
 * Go online and look at examples of others' announcements.


 * Goals for February Teach Coach Meeting:**


 * Discuss the field trip proposals from Channel 13 and possibly Access Tucson. Come up with a proposal.
 * Bring rough draft of rubrics for students' video work. Share, discuss, and work on final draft.
 * Show different graphic programs: Adobe Premiere Elements, Adobe Photoshop Elements, [yours here Laurie]. Discuss pros and cons.
 * Look at video example of Media literacy skill lesson that Ron will bring. Look at other lessons available online. Create list of possible lessons and resources.
 * Discuss creating mentoring partnership: Prince<->AMS and Harrelson <-> Cross. Create rough draft of proposal.

What Laurie and Ron did (2-12-08)


 * Researched [|contacts] at local television stations for a field trip this year for Ron and next year for Ron and Laurie. E-mailed contacts at Access Tucson and KOLD for field trip this year.
 * Researched [|basic facts] about news stations such as jobs and past field trips.
 * Created [|purposes] for field trip and list of applicable AZ state standards.
 * Developed list of useful web sites:
 * [|Rubric for college course]

[|Elementary Rubric]

[|Animated Text Program (on district list)] Developed list of jobs for video class.

[|Broadcast jobs]


 * __This Year's Accomplishments__**
 * shared our own school's methods of video announcements
 * explored new software and shared experiences with current programs
 * look into contacts at news stations in town for field trips next year
 * tentatively planned a group field trip with Ron's students and mone to a news station
 * evaluated current rubrics for differnet parts of broadcast
 * developed new ways to analyze and evaluate student performances and output
 * created a list of web sites with new ideas and examples of other school announcements to look at

We visited the awesome links provded by Peggy. We really liked the Kitzu and Crit Lit. We also found [|School Tube]. Tamra gave Cindy a tutorial on Photo Story 3 and helped her create a movie. We compared Photo Story 3 and Movie Maker. Both are very easy to use but have different feature that we like.
 * What Cindy and Tamra did:**


 * Next steps for Cindy and Tamra:**
 * Use Photo Story and Movie Maker with students.
 * Show student projects to other teachers and students to get them excited.
 * Tamra's would like to see if her first grade students can teach other students.
 * Cindy wants to have students create videos that can used in contests and posted online to get more global exposure.


 * 11/28/07**

Tamra shared a Photo Story she made to use with her staff for CM.

For next time: Share progress we have made since today's meeting and find out what teachers at our sites might be. Create picture galleries for teachers so they can more easily put shows together (Tamra).
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 * [|MyTube: Changing the World With Video Public Service Announcements][|MyTube: Changing the World With Video Public Service Announcements]MyTube: Changing the World With Video Public Service Announcements
 * [|VIDEO PRODUCTION 101][|VIDEO PRODUCTION 101]VIDEO PRODUCTION 101
 * [|Renwick Middle School Video Production Links][|Renwick Middle School Video Production Links]Renwick Middle School Video Production Links
 * [|High Tech Tools: Video by Annette Lamb][|High Tech Tools: Video by Annette Lamb]High Tech Tools: Video by Annette Lamb
 * [|Meaningful Digital Video for Every Classroom][|Meaningful Digital Video for Every Classroom]Meaningful Digital Video for Every Classroom
 * [|Kitzu - Digital Video Kits for Students][|Kitzu - Digital Video Kits for Students]Kitzu - Digital Video Kits for Students
 * [|Photo Story 3 Instruction Sheet][|Photo Story 3 Instruction Sheet]Photo Story 3 Instruction Sheet
 * [|Creating a Class Pattern Book With Popular Culture Characters using PhotoStory][|Creating a Class Pattern Book With Popular Culture Characters using PhotoStory]Creating a Class Pattern Book With Popular Culture Characters using PhotoStory
 * [|Digital Photo Safaris: Authentic Learning Across the Curriculum][|Digital Photo Safaris: Authentic Learning Across the Curriculum]Digital Photo Safaris: Authentic Learning Across the Curriculum
 * [|Crit Lit for Kids: From Critical Consciousness to Service Learning][|Crit Lit for Kids: From Critical Consciousness to Service Learning]Crit Lit for Kids: From Critical Consciousness to Service Learning
 * [|Taking Photos of Curious George: Exploring Character Through Images][|Taking Photos of Curious George: Exploring Character Through Images]Taking Photos of Curious George: Exploring Character Through Images
 * [|Powerful Literacies, Inquiry, and Technology-Enhanced Learning][|Powerful Literacies, Inquiry, and Technology-Enhanced Learning]Powerful Literacies, Inquiry, and Technology-Enhanced Learning


 * January 16, 2008**

I missed you Cindy!!

Since we last met, I influenced one teacher to attend Robert's class on Digital Storytelling. She came back sooo.... excited to try out PhotoStory with her students. She has now jumped way out of her comfort zone and is going to teach an introductory PhotoStory class at our inservice on Jan. 31st! (Hooray... building capacity!) For the 3 hour all day meeting, I will come prepared subject matter given to me by teachers to build a well-organized picture gallery for students to have easy access to pics for their PhotoStory presentations. I can't think of anything I need from Peggy right now!

Hi-- Sorry I missed our last meeting. I was able to present Digital Storytelling at the AZTEA conference on January 31 and showed participants Movie Maker and PhotoStory. I had burned a CD for them with a file of images and a file of sound clips so they were able to put together their own movies in a short period of time without having to spend any time searching for material. They were all surprised with the ease of the program and were able to create short movies. I also showed them the Kitzu site and how to navigate through their ideas.

My 7th and 8th grade students are currently working on stop animation movies using digital images and movie maker. The part of the project that has taken the longest has been coming up with their ideas! They have used a variety of ideas for their content: stuffed toys; pet rock; self-writing quote; toy godzilla; claymation. I am anxious to see their finished products!

We explored all of these Video Hosting Sites (the list came from Bob Rankin, The Internet Tourbus guy) and found some which we liked but many which, unfortunately, should be blocked by the district.  ·  [|Blip.tv] Not appropriate for elementary students  ·  [|Revver.com]  Needs blocked  ·  [|Metacafe] lready blocked by the district.  ·  [|vimeo] Good to store your video and then upload them to blog (this is what Lee Street at CDO uses does)  ·  [|Stage6] Needs blocked—has sexually explicit photos  ·  [|Photobucket] Already blocked.  ·  [|Dailymotion.com] Needs blocked—has objectionable material  ·  [|Imeem] Needs blocked—has objectionable material  ·  [|Putfile] Needs blocked—has objectionable material  ·  [|ShortBrain] Needs blocked—has “two hot girls in the shower”…and other objectionable material  ·  [|Zazzoo] Needs blocked—has a “personals” feature which may lead to objectionable material.  ·  [|SelfCastTV] Needs blocked-- Has objectionable material.  ·  [|Magnify.net] Provides lots of cool features. Even offers a tool that lets you put a webcam widget on your page
 * February 12, 2008**

Tamra has continued to add resources to her Holaway Technology Page for her teachers to use as they put together their movies. Cindy has continued to explore tools for students to use as they create their videos and post them. She is most excited about what she has learned from Lee and Mitch about using vimeo to embed videos in blogspot. Not only will this help her with her classes but it will also work for a teacher at La Cima who wants to post instructional videos online! Yay!


 * March 26, 2008**

Cindy shared videos that her students made. She found that using Vimeo to store the videos keeps them secure and works for theri needs.

Tamra shared that teachers have begun to use PhotoStory. Kindergarten teachers are using it as a follow up to a Zoo unit and field trip, First grade is going to make a class video to follow up on thier Habitats unit and vist to Desert Museum using photos that they will take themselves and then upload to use in the PhotoStory.


 * April 23, 2008

I was successful at meeting my goal and have seen more teachers now using PhotoStory as an interactive publishing tool with their students! Some examples were Zoo, Desert Musuem and digestive system presentations!