pictures. . .

Year 8, today we are going to look at pictures.

Beginning photography tips: http://www.betterphoto.com/exploring/tips.asp
Resolution: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/R/resolution.html 
Rule of Thirds: http://digital-photography-school.com/rule-of-thirds/
Focal Point:  http://digital-photography-school.com/using-focal-points-in-photography/
Fill Your Frame: http://digital-photography-school.com/fill-your-frame


For interesting photos:
Better Photo http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery-subject.asp
NBC News  http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3842331/

to download music from YouTube

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Downloading music from YouTube is a snap!

Use this link: http://www.youtube-mp3.org/

1. Choose a video from YouTube,
2. Insert the url of your video
3. Click "Convert Video" and
4. Voila, in a matter of seconds your music is ready for download.

Now it's your turn.

PS: Thanks Inês . . .

continuing with the Investigation. . .

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Year 8, now it's the fun part.

1)Click on the following link and choose one (or more) of the tutorials,
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/page.cfm?id=23&cid=23&sublinkid=89

2)Open a tutorial and open PhotoStory 3 on your computer,

3)Follow along with the tutorial and

4)Then make a practice digital story using the topic of your choice (cute puppies, fast cars, cool vacation possibilities).

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3. Design Specification

3.Formulate a Design Specification

            1) Write a sentence to introduce this section (My digital story must have the following design specifications). 

   2)    These are the specifications that I set for you and will be grading your digital story on.

·         a minimum of 15 photos/images,

·         at least 2 photos should include text/title,

·         at least 2 photos should have an “transition/motion”,

·         background music,

·         narration (voice overlay) appropriate to topic,

·         time length - approximately 2 minutes,

·         each student presentation should creatively display relative information.

Now, it's your turn. Create 5-6 design specifications. Write a sentence justifying your design specification (in other words, say why you think it is a good design specification).

3) Create a test to evaluate your product.  Make a questionnaire and  write  1 question for each item in your Design Specification.

I will create a questionnaire to test my digital story.
On a scale of 1-5 (1=awful, 5=awesome) I will ask the following questions:

1.
2.
3.
4.

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Learning objectives: carry out tests to compare final product against design specification, suggest improvements, reflect on their performance and identify parts they found difficult and suggest ways in which their performance could be improved.

more . . .

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Year 8, Welcome back. I hope you had a restful break and are ready to get down to business. Let's continue with the 2nd stage of the Investigation:  2. Develop A Design Brief.

5. What is a tutorial? Explain in your own words.

6. What is video hosting? (Explain in your own words. Give details.).
7. Name 3 free video hosting sites. (Include the url for each).
8. Which video hosting site would you use and why (Explain and justify choice)?

9. What is a storyboard? Explain in your own words.

You will need a Works Cited page.

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Learning Objectives - The student will: consider the importance of the problem within a wider context and outline a simple design brief.