Digital Tools for the Classroom Cynthia K Riley

Digital Tools for the Classroom Cynthia K. Riley Elementary Music Teacher Janesville Schools ciriley@janesville. k 12. wi. us (608) 290 -4848 Phone

Agenda Why Digital Video in the classroom? n Windows Movie Maker n Capturing Digital Video n Digital Pictures n Sound n Extras n

Media Literacy stimulates the imagination of students and teachers. n Learning: – Engages students and makes learning meaningful. n Teaching: – Brings curriculum to life and facilitates sharing of best practices. n Community: – Allows schools to easily share students work with parents and members of the community.

Windows Moviemaker meets these PI 43. 02 Teacher Standards: 1, 3, 6, and 7 n Movie Maker 2 is included in Service Pack 2 (order SP 2 CD) n How to get your collection n – Digital video – Digital pictures – Sound file

Capturing Digital Video n What you will need – Cameras – Computers – Fire Wire – External Hard Drives – Media Converters

Computer Considerations n n n Processor- Pentium III/4 or AMD Athlon Speed- Minimum 1 Ghz but faster is better RAM Memory- Bare Minimum 256 MB-1 GB > Hard Drive Space-Minimum 80 GB-100 GB > Drive Speed-72 K or 100 K faster is better Consider External Hard Drive – – – Buy as much storage capacity as you can afford. Firewire, EIDE, RAIDS, or Ultra. SCSI No Wide SCSI, or SCSI drives

Digital Video Camcorders Considerations when buying a DV Camcorders v Format- Mini DV or Digital 8 (not Hi-8 or Super 8) v Input/Output Ports- S-video, analog in/out, Firewire, and external microphone v. Zoom- Optical and Digital v. Battery- length and recharging method v. Size- Based on format v. Price- $500 -$5000

Analog Video Camcorders n Use Media Converters – Turn old analog VHS or TV programs into digital files – Adapts to non-DV cameras – No need for a Digital Camcorder – Priced between $150 -$400 – Dazzle Media Converter is around $100

Firewire, i. Link, IEEE 1394 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Sony v. Plug and Play Windows Apple v. Up to 800 Mbps transfer rate v. Up to 63 different devices v. Industry standard for digital video v. Cables come in 4 pin and 6 pin combinations-request on new computers v. Firewire ports need drivers

Firewire connection n n Some PC’s are coming with firewire all ready installed (Sony Viao, All Apple computers) PCI or PCMCIA Firewire cards cost under $40 Most cards have 2 to 4 Firewire ports Avoid buying a card that’s bundled with software Belkin, Adaptec, Keyspan, Dazzle,

Digital pictures n Graphic image files – – jpg: pics and photos gif: cartoons and icons(256 colors) png: (256 -16. 7 million true colors) bmp: a standard Microsoft Windows graphic format – tif: save scanned images as TIFFs – psd: if scanning into Photoshop, save as psd. after edits you can always convert the image to. gif or. jpg

Sound files n Save and use a file from your personal CD collection Use a microphone headset Files from the internet MP 3: compress sounds for compact storage Wav: sound file, standard for Windows machines, also works well on Macs Can use 30 sec of any song and then loop it n Sound Converter: n n n

Movie Maker tips n Use storyboard for beginners Use timeline for editing n Use atomiclearning. com tutorials n Operate off hard drive 5 minutes of video can take up 1 GB space A CD will hold 5 min of video n n If use viewfinder –use twice as much battery (1 hr vs. 2 hrs. )

Additional handouts n n n Voice to Text Online note taking Copyright laws Office tips and tricks Music sites – Finale Note. Pad 2006, free basic music notation software www. finalemusic. com/notepad - Music Maestro, software to learn music basics www. harmonicvision. com