Student+Creativity+and+Innovation

http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2010/02/21/beyond-the-textbook-multimedia-eiensteins/ good site from one of the presenters

Urey

Through the Looking Glass--Alice 2.0 [|http://www.mrmclaughlin.com] mclaughlint@nhsd.org Alice is a modern programming environment (animated movies, video games, students control the behavior of 3D objects and characters in a virtual world.)

www.alice.org invented to get women involved with programming Alice is a FREE program that is EASY to use. Missy Howard

Cool presentation on "Build a Book", site-liscence fee for students to create an online book, but **Free versions available**- will experiment and update: bookrix.com and Thinkfinity, storybird.com Meghan Snavely-Farr


 * __Lights, Camera, Action- Quick & Easy Movie Making with Flip Camera (Kendra Ericson)__** Meghan Snavely-Farr
 * since we already own a flip video camera, one button "on". click red record button to begin filming. + to zoom in, - for zooming out. trashcan to trash it. USB plugs right into computer. CORRECT WAY TO PASS VIDEO CAMERA TO A STUDENT: PUT STRAP ON THE WRIST OF THE PERSON YOU PASS IT TO.
 * old school flip cameras are discontinued. all HD now, so larger file sizes, but better quality picture. (restart computer before beginning new project. also shut down all other programs first)
 * Digital Wish (sister nonprofit organization to get teachers technology) give fundraiser ideas, and deals (2 for 1 etc.)
 * when you first set up your camera- do you want the red recording light on when it's recording? yes or no Sound to indicate filming?
 * record clips and transfer to computer by plugging it in. Free software flip share (updates when you plug in the camera- so watch out, features evolve and disappear)
 * See images in thumbnail form. automatically saves imaged by month/year. can change names later. must save to computer- can remove from camera after save to computer.
 * Can crop using scissors icon. Click 'SAVE AS' not save to save edited copy. can take stills from video by "create snapshot" which saves it as a jpeg. (anything that has those "photo corners" is a jpeg photo)
 * can playback full-screen, email it. stores on flip site (the flip share cloud) and gives out a code for people to go check it out
 * can create a flip channel (pushes out a code that alerts subscribers to new videos posted)
 * greeting card creator, online tool that posts to YouTube, Facebook. exports a compressed copy of video to desktop for other websites for posting.
 * __Movie Creator:__
 * drag clips to order them
 * Magic Movie (randomly chooses tiny clips to make a montage) or Full-Length (you choose).
 * Full-length:
 * add title page (only white font on black background)
 * add credits (incl. option to share credit with flip)
 * can preview on right hand side
 * can include background music- drop down menu, or audio files from your computer.  Can pull from iTunes- might be saved as its own file type. have to change your settings to mp3 file. Watch out for copyright issues.
 * click "create movie"
 * __Movie Maker: (GOT A FREE COPY TODAY- YAY!)__
 * movie file type 'mp4'
 * "Any Video Converter" in flip software folder.
 * "add video"
 * find by 'My Videos', 'FlipShare Data', 'Videos' folder.
 * select videos and "open" (dropdown on upper right hand side- choose AVI, frame size, frame rate)
 * Click "Convert"
 * drag movies to desktop and select to '//populate into the bank//'. also add clipart and photos if you want.
 * can choose transitions (optional, and can be distracting, especially if longer videos without talking at beginning/ending of clips.
 * make a bunch of pages to help transition.
 * DESELECT TRANSPARENT BACK to keep writing on black page. can change font, size, and color. choose contrasting background color. can choose scroll direction, effects (fade in, fade out, sepia etc.)
 * add sound effects, rythyms/beats/songs
 * use TIMELINE to create movie. color coded sections to keep elements seperate and in correct format
 * red handles= cropping or looping. Adjust length, volume, etc.
 * click in middle of video to drag it. hand icon will appear.
 * use microphone and narrate video or voice over. must save file before can play with it and have it "populate into the bank". __adjust playback speed for chipmunk voice!__
 * credits page.
 * WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED, MAKE SURE THAT YOUR SOURCE FILES ARE STILL IN THE SAME PLACE! this means that you can't move the files that you used UNLESS YOU SAVED IT.
 * export after saving, can burn so kids can take it home.
 * Claymation: find images to populate the bank, click "ADD DIRECTLY TO TIMELINE". change "seconds" to "hundredths".


 * __Glogster EDU (Traci Blazosky)__** Meghan Snavely-Farr: I'm currently using Glogster, so if you want to check out some of the cool stuff my kids are doing, email me!
 * 3 P's of Glogster: presentations, portfolios, and projects
 * free or you can pay for premium: $59 for 1 year subscription. $2/kid site license
 * manage kids from the dashboard.
 * Portfolios: celebration, projects (steps, processes), growth (can be multi-year). Can link to other places.
 * mostly an infomercial about Glogster. can get most features for free.