Digital Story Telling
Rockland Teachers' Center
College of Mount Saint Vincent
Winter 2008
Mike Frerichs
Bardonia Elementary School Library Media Center

Course Syllabus

Course Blog
January 23, 2008

4:00 pm. Review & Housekeeping:

4:10 pm. Discussion:

  1. Conclusions of  Thomas L. Friedman and the Flat World

    Education in a Flat World

  2. Projects and Issues

    Moviemaker and Digital Video Issues

    Wiki and Blog Issues

5:00 pm. Computer Lab

 

 
January 17, 2008

Weather decision: Currently the weather forecast for this evening is mixed.  Accuweather.com calls for the snow to start around 8 pm.  Weather.com calls for the snow to start at 3 pm.

I've decided to turn this evening's class into an open workshop.  If you want to come in for a while and work on your project, I will be here.  If you want to work on your project on your home computer that is fine as well.  I would like everyone to post on the class blog within the next few days.  Tell us about your project and how it is coming along.

Please email me and let me know you read this message.  Mike

 

 

January 16, 2008

4:00 pm. Review & Housekeeping:

4:10 pm. Discussion: Thomas L. Friedman and the Flat World (The First 5 Flatteners)

Education in a Flat World

1. Fall of the Berlin Wall
The events of November 9, 1989, tilted the worldwide balance of power toward democracies and free markets.

2. Netscape IPO
The August 9, 1995, offering sparked massive investment in fiber-optic cables.

3. Work flow software
The rise of apps from PayPal to VPNs enabled faster, closer coordination among far-flung employees.

4. Open-sourcing
Self-organizing communities,  Linux, launched a collaborative revolution.

5. Outsourcing
Migrating business functions to India saved money and a third world economy.

6. Offshoring
Contract manufacturing elevated China to economic prominence.

7. Supply-chaining
Robust networks of suppliers, retailers, and customers increased business efficiency. See Wal-Mart.

8. Insourcing
Logistics giants took control of customer supply chains, helping mom-and-pop shops go global. See UPS and FedEx.

9. In-forming
Power searching allowed everyone to use the Internet as a "personal supply chain of knowledge." See Google.

10. Wireless
Like "steroids," wireless technologies pumped up collaboration, making it mobile and personal.

5:10 pm. Types of files and Using Moviemaker

5:20 pm. Teams and Lesson Ideas

5:30 pm. Computer Lab

 

 

 

January 10, 2008

4:00 pm. Review & Housekeeping: People and Theories

  • James Burke and the "Trigger Effect."

    KnowledgeWeb Project

  • Course Expectations

    • Course Blog

    • (From Course Syllabus) Requirements for “passing” – in-service and graduate Each student shall produce at least one digital story using multimedia formats.  Students can work as teams.  In addition, each student shall produce one lesson plan/project designed to teach students the art of digital storytelling.  Finished projects shall be presented to the class in the final sessions of the course.

    • Attendance requirements: This course requires 45 hours of online instruction and in-class work.  The class is scheduled for 24.5 hours of classroom work.  Students must keep a log of their online hours with a minimum of 20.5 hours of work. 

    • Attendance – 100% - missed time – make up hours through assignments or make other arrangements with instructor. 

    • To make up a class or the equivalent students may demonstrate on-line work.

    • In addition to the above, students in the graduate course will submit a 3-4 page rationale paper which defends the lessons they have created.  It will be similar to a research paper in that it will require 3-5 sources in addition to the classroom textbook. However, because it is a personal rationale, it may be written in the first person.

4:10 pm. Discussion: Thomas L. Friedman and the Flat World (The First 5 Flatteners)

Education in a Flat World

1. Fall of the Berlin Wall
The events of November 9, 1989, tilted the worldwide balance of power toward democracies and free markets.

2. Netscape IPO
The August 9, 1995, offering sparked massive investment in fiber-optic cables.

3. Work flow software
The rise of apps from PayPal to VPNs enabled faster, closer coordination among far-flung employees.

4. Open-sourcing
Self-organizing communities,  Linux, launched a collaborative revolution.

5. Outsourcing
Migrating business functions to India saved money and a third world economy.

6. Offshoring
Contract manufacturing elevated China to economic prominence.

7. Supply-chaining
Robust networks of suppliers, retailers, and customers increased business efficiency. See Wal-Mart.

8. Insourcing
Logistics giants took control of customer supply chains, helping mom-and-pop shops go global. See UPS and FedEx.

9. In-forming
Power searching allowed everyone to use the Internet as a "personal supply chain of knowledge." See Google.

10. Wireless
Like "steroids," wireless technologies pumped up collaboration, making it mobile and personal.

5:10 pm. Computer Lab

  • Short introduction to the basics of copyright

Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998

Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act of 2002

School District Copyright Policy

 

 

 

January 9, 2008

People and Theories

James Burke and the "Trigger Effect."

KnowledgeWeb Project

Smithsonian Site on James Burke

Implications for Education of Burke's "Web" Theory of Innovation

Thomas L. Friedman and the Flat World

The World is Flat

 

 

Brief introduction to Digital Storytelling

Digital Storytelling Resources CMap

Concept Maps

Concept Maps Go to School

IHMC CMap Tools Home

Resources

Young Minds Inspired

Young Minds Inspired, in cooperation with the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, presents a series of
teaching guides in such areas as screenwriting, cinematography, film editing,
art direction, animation, sound and music, documentaries, and visual
effects.
 

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