Many of you have expressed a concern over the differences between Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007. Here is a good website that offers a tutorials for 2007. http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2007/Word/index.asp
This is provided by Florida Gulf Coast University. They also have tutorials for Excel and Powerpoint. Just look for the links on the left side of the page.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
New Media Literacy
Here are some notes from Dr. Jason Ohler's workshop at Pete&C. (New Media Literacy and Narrative in Education)
The Overuse of Music
The #1 Infraction of Digital Storytelling is the overuse of music. To prove this point, you can shoot 30 seconds of video and remove the sound. Show the video and ask everyone what they think the story is. Now, add three different types of music to the video to prove how the music can change the story. You don't always have to have music in a story.
New Approach
1. Story Idea
2. Story Mapping
3. Story Boarding
Why? All story boarding does is make sure you story flows logically. So, if you have a boring story, you will end up with a boring story that flows logically.
The Overuse of Music
The #1 Infraction of Digital Storytelling is the overuse of music. To prove this point, you can shoot 30 seconds of video and remove the sound. Show the video and ask everyone what they think the story is. Now, add three different types of music to the video to prove how the music can change the story. You don't always have to have music in a story.
New Approach
1. Story Idea
2. Story Mapping
3. Story Boarding
Why? All story boarding does is make sure you story flows logically. So, if you have a boring story, you will end up with a boring story that flows logically.
Digital Storytelling: Dr. Jason Ohler at Pete&C
Our keynote speaker for the DEN pre-conference at Pete&C was Dr. Jason Ohler. http://jasonohler.com/index.cfm
Here are some notes from the session.
Screasel = Screen + Easel
Dr. Ohler talked about a term he coined: Screasel. The screens our kids are using are not just screens; they are also easels. The kids are using these things to view and create things. ex. a cellphone is both a screen and an easel. Students use it to view things, but they also use it to create things.
9 Digital Literacy Guidelines
1. Shift from text-centerism to new media collage (Look at most websites. They are no longer just text, they are collages of text, images, and other forms of media).
2. Value writing more than ever
3. Adopt Art as the 4th (Reading, wRiting, aRithmetic, aRt)
4. Follow the DAOW of literacy (Digital, Art, Oral, Written)
5. Attitude is the aptitude
6. Practice private and social literacy (we need to collaborate and edit each others stuff)
7. Develop literacy about digital tools
8. Fluency, not just literacy
9. Harness both report and story...embrace story! (Sometimes when kids say "I'm bored", they really mean "where's the story". Most information we want the students to "get" can be presented in the form of a story).
Assessment
Put the story first, and the tech second. What to you really want the students to be learning.
Avoid the "A for anything that moves" syndrome. Assess the process and not just the product.
There is actually too much about assessment to type here on the blog, so you can access Dr. Ohler's assessment page here. http://jasonohler.com/storytelling/assessment.cfm
Something to Think About
The kids are banging to get in and we have to listen to hear where they are knocking and open the right door for them. We are the gate keepers.
Here are some notes from the session.
Screasel = Screen + Easel
Dr. Ohler talked about a term he coined: Screasel. The screens our kids are using are not just screens; they are also easels. The kids are using these things to view and create things. ex. a cellphone is both a screen and an easel. Students use it to view things, but they also use it to create things.
9 Digital Literacy Guidelines
1. Shift from text-centerism to new media collage (Look at most websites. They are no longer just text, they are collages of text, images, and other forms of media).
2. Value writing more than ever
3. Adopt Art as the 4th (Reading, wRiting, aRithmetic, aRt)
4. Follow the DAOW of literacy (Digital, Art, Oral, Written)
5. Attitude is the aptitude
6. Practice private and social literacy (we need to collaborate and edit each others stuff)
7. Develop literacy about digital tools
8. Fluency, not just literacy
9. Harness both report and story...embrace story! (Sometimes when kids say "I'm bored", they really mean "where's the story". Most information we want the students to "get" can be presented in the form of a story).
Put the story first, and the tech second. What to you really want the students to be learning.
Avoid the "A for anything that moves" syndrome. Assess the process and not just the product.
There is actually too much about assessment to type here on the blog, so you can access Dr. Ohler's assessment page here. http://jasonohler.com/storytelling/assessment.cfm
Something to Think About
The kids are banging to get in and we have to listen to hear where they are knocking and open the right door for them. We are the gate keepers.
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