Digital Media Workshops
Participant Requirements and Schedule
Last updated: March 9, 2009
Instructor: Robert Simpson, Technology Specialist Ferryway School teachers who complete the DM workshop series are eligible for a total of 20 PDPs. Requirements are as follows:
- Attend and complete all six workshops.
- Produce one digital media product as part of a lesson.
- Implement DM enhanced lesson.
- Share student work using a Web 2.0 tool.
Example: A sixth grade teacher collaboratively develops a lesson with the art teacher in which students develop a book cover consisting of one real image taken with a digital camera, two images downloaded from the Internet under Creative Commons license, and appropriate text. The digital book cover is produced by compositing three different layers in Photoshop Elements and output as a JPEG. After implementing the book cover lesson, students working in teams of two, upload their book covers to a class wiki. Students critique two book covers using a rubric developed by the teachers and their critiques are posted as wiki discussion comments.
Workshop curriculum delivered through Ferryway wikispace.
| Technologies used | Mondays | ||
| 1 | Ferryway teachers meet Web 2.0 – Expanding your classroom online. | Wikispaces, Edublogs, podcasting, Adobe Presenter, Adobe Acrobat PDF, RSS, HP tablet | October 6 |
| 2 | Digital images – Part 1 Download, organize, and create online slide shows. | Adobe Photoshop Elements, HP tablet computer, Adobe Photoshop.com. Optional: personal digital camera with 10 photos, USB connection cable or SD card. | October 20 |
| 3 | Digital images – Part 2 Adjusting images, layers, and text overlays. | Adobe Photoshop Elements, HP tablet computer | November 17 |
| 4 | Building online learning modules with Adobe Presenter. Example > Waterwheels |
Adobe Photoshop Elements, MS PowerPoint, Adobe Presenter, HP tablet, USB microphone | December 8 |
| 5 | Concept Mapping – Making Literacy Visual for today’s students. | Inspiration, HP tablet | January 12 |
| 6 | Digital video is easier than you think, making the audio visual connection. | Adobe Premiere Elements, Podcasting, USB microphone, PBS Teachers’domain | February 2 |
| 7 | Adobe Presenter – Extending homework instruction. | Adobe Presenter, PowerPoint, USB microphone | March 9 & repeated March 16 |
Teacher Participants
- Kate Ambrose
- Margaret Briatico
- Robin DeSantis
- Thomas DeVito
- Michael Harvey
- Mary Liberge
- Vinh Holmquist
- Courtney Kiley
- Anthony Pascetta
- Emily Prince
- Scott Richmond
- Sara Shelton
- Jaclyn Soep
- Christina Terranova
- Joy Tomadakis
- Diane Urban
