tgj-teachers

As a photographer with a new DSLR, you might be trying your hand at video production. Most people completely overlook audio and they shouldn't. If a video sounds cheap then in most people's minds, it is cheap. If you don't have enough money to afford fancy lav mics, don't worry, you can record clean audio with a number of devices that you may already own.

"Exposure Photo & Video Imaging Expo"

"We have devised an interactive curriculum aimed to support teachers of secondary students (approximately ages 13-17). The curriculum helps educate students on topics like: YouTube's policies How to report content on YouTube How to protect their privacy online How to be responsible YouTube community members How to be responsible digital citizens We hope that students and educators gain useful skills and a holistic understanding about responsible digital citizenship, not only on YouTube, but in all online activity."

Thanks Peter. That's going to come in handy this year as WRDSB opens Youtube in limited access.

So I've been watching Ben Rimes' posts for DS106 go by and I keep thinking I should give that a try. I was inspired by the Return to the Silent Era assignment, so after watching a couple other people's submissions I figured I'd jump in. One of the things keeping from trying any ds106 assignment before was a lack of expensive software. Ben always uses high end programs like Adobe Premier and Photoshop that I don't have. How could I possibly do any of the cool stuff he does. Well, I decided to see if I could do the whole thing using only my iPad. It also gave me an excuse to buy Avid Studio, an app I've been looking at since it came out. Apps I used: Avid Studio $4.99 - For video editing Blux Movie (free right now) - I shot the movie with Blux. PhotoShop Express and SketchBook Express (free) - To create the placards. I added the text in Avid Studio iSuper8 (free) - Final aging effects added.

"This is Now project is a visual composition which uses real-time updates from the ever popular Instagram application based on users geo-tag locations. The tool streams photos instantly as soon as they are uploaded on Instagram and captures a cities movement, in a fluid story."

Transparency can be both empowering and inhibiting. Ask some of my students who try to make excuses for work not being done. Since my classes are fully digital, the Internet catches these folks every time...date stamping, digital attendance notes, permanent links. Plausible deniability just doesn't cut it. Because of this, youth need to learn a whole new accountability. Fortunately, many of my students are stepping up...and they're going places with this whole new mindset.

The flipped classroom

Embed images in a Google Docs form

You only get to go to prom once (or twice, if you're cool like that). So make photos that'll wow your date and will be awesome to look at years later!

A birthday card created in Photoshop (I'm assuming) that uses texturing in its creation. Should be an easy assignment for TGJ Comm Tech students. Links to original photo and texture are included. 

Texture Set 2012 contains twelve large assorted and colorful textures,  all weigh in size (2592 X 1944) pixels each. The textures within have a painterly touch to them, so they should blend very well.

A set of textures along with an example showing how they can be used.

It seems as though teens are becoming conditioned to be "on call" through texting with cell phones. Some youth say they feel social pressure to answer each other's text messages regardless of the time of day, and that's causing problems at home and at school. Teachers are concerned about the impact of interruptions on learning, and school administrators are responding with policies on cell phone-use in schools. But how can the education system guide teens through confronting compulsion if students are conditioned to be "on-call"? Can kids find the self-control to plan time with their cell phones efficiently?

Online virtual lighting studio

Free screen share. A bit of lag but works fairly well.