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3 Credit Graduate Course

Instructor: Lory Stewart (stewartl@dy-regional.k12.ma.us)
Date and time: Monday-Friday, August 3-7, 2009 8:00-3:30
Location: Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School Room 017
Directions: Google Maps
Exit 8 off Route 6 turn right. Go through 2 traffic lights and the school is just beyond the Administration Office and Station Avenue Elementary School. Enter the first entrance to the school. Drive to the end and park. The computer lab is located in the lower Math wing and the exterior door at that end of the building will be open.

3 Credit Course
Credits through Salem State
Out of district fee $500.00

Course Prerequisites: None

Course Description: This course is designed to introduce students to create digital images, videos and combine various file formats into electronic portfolios for use in the classroom and with their students.

 Global Goals: Students will learn

• To design more effective curriculum by using new emerging technologies
• To use a variety of digital imaging, audio and video software to create educational content and develop project based learning assignments for students
• To understand the multi-sensory world that our students live in and how the way we present instruction and develop assessments is critical to student success in the 21^st Century

Course Agenda

1. Learn to use Picasa, a digital imaging software, to edit digital images
2. Learn to upload digital images to an online resource to access from any Internet connected computer (Flickr, PicasaWeb)
3. Learn to use audio capturing software on personal computers (with microphones and voice recorders) to create content
4. Learn to use Window Movie Maker, a video creating software, to create a video
5. Learn to use Jing and VoiceThread to create video content to share on the web and embed in a blog, wiki or web site
6. Establish a SchoolTube account to upload videos to share on the web and embed in a blog, wiki or web site
7. Learn to use PowerPoint to create animations
8. Learn to use Adobe Acrobat Pro to combine file formats and create electronic portfolios
9. Students will learn about digital and video copyright laws and how it pertains to education