Digital Natives vs. Digital Natives vs. Digital Natives vs. Digital Natives vs. Digital ImmigrantsDigital ImmigrantsDigital ImmigrantsDigital Immigrants
A digital native is a person who has grown up with
digital technology such as computers, the Internet,
mobile phones and MP3.
A digital immigrant is anA digital immigrant is an
individual who grew up without
digital technology and
adopted it later.
Net Day Speak Up 2007 surveyed K-12
students, teachers, administrators, & school
board members about technology use, 21stboard members about technology use, 21st
century skills & schools of the future.
LossyLossyLossyLossy vs.vs.vs.vs.LosslessLosslessLosslessLossless
Lossy – during the compression process, some
loss of quality occurs (usually nothing that the
human eye can recognize though)human eye can recognize though)
Lossless – compression discards no
information
Image FormatsImage FormatsImage FormatsImage Formats
JPEGs – most common image type, JPEG's are
extremely popular since they compress into a
small file size and retain excellent image
quality. This lossy format is primarily used for quality. This lossy format is primarily used for
photographs. The more you compress a picture
by opening it and resaving it again and again,
the more “pixely” it will appear.
Image FormatsImage FormatsImage FormatsImage Formats
GIFs – This lossless image type is great for
web graphics – can either be static or
animated. GIFs are best for non-
photographic images.photographic images.
Image FormatsImage FormatsImage FormatsImage Formats
BMPs - This is the standard Windows
image format. It's lossless and works well
for pictures or graphics. It's an
uncompressed file format, so it takes up uncompressed file format, so it takes up
lots of disk space.
Image FormatsImage FormatsImage FormatsImage Formats
PNG - is a lossless image format, properly
pronounced "ping". It was designed to replace
the older and simpler GIF format. Like GIF you
can make transparent images for buttons and
icons, but it does not support animation. A
PNG file can generally end up being twice the
size of a JPG and three times
larger than a GIF
Image FormatsImage FormatsImage FormatsImage Formats
TIFF - a lossless format that can use file
compression (called LZW compression). It
won't result in as small a file as a JPEG (which
is why it's not used on the web), but you do
retain all image quality. When compressed, the
file is usually about half the size of the original
file.
Video ImageVideo ImageVideo ImageVideo ImageFormatsFormatsFormatsFormats
mov – Quicktime video
avi - Audio-Video Interleaved. One of the most
common video filescommon video files
swf - Macromedia Flash animation file
wmv - Windows Media video file
Video ImageVideo ImageVideo ImageVideo ImageFormatsFormatsFormatsFormatsmp4 - files are compressed video files. Their main purpose is
to make video files much smaller so that they are easier to
work with and support. Video files used to be very big in size
and they were very difficult to work with. But now, the same
files are compressed with the same material and they go by files are compressed with the same material and they go by
the new name of MP4s
flv - A Macromedia Flash MX video file in which
the video and audio are compressed
SoftwareSoftwareSoftwareSoftwarefor still imagesfor still imagesfor still imagesfor still images
•MS Paint (preloaded on Windows computers)
•Microsoft PowerPoint
•Photoshop/Photoshop Elements $$
•Adobe/Macromedia Fireworks $$•Adobe/Macromedia Fireworks $$
•Picnick
•Paint.net
•GIMP
SoftwareSoftwareSoftwareSoftwarefor video projectsfor video projectsfor video projectsfor video projects
•Photostory 3 for Windows
•Windows MovieMaker
•Adobe Premier
•Jing•Jing
JingJingJingJing
•www.jingproject.com
•This free program allows you to take
screenshot images as well as 5 minute videos
of your computer screen.
•You or your students can record the steps to •You or your students can record the steps to
complete a project and save it on your
webpage or on your computers for other
students.
PowerPointPowerPointPowerPointPowerPointPhoto Sizing – very important!
•Make adjustments to your digital camera
•If you use full size pictures, you MUST resize them
for your screen projects.
•Insert photo, resize it from the corners•Insert photo, resize it from the corners
•Click once to select it
•On Photo Toolbar, click the Compress button
•Change Resolution to Web/Screen
PowerPoint IdeasPowerPoint IdeasPowerPoint IdeasPowerPoint Ideas
Picture Perfect WordArt
Photo Album
PhotoStoryPhotoStoryPhotoStoryPhotoStory
Photo Story is Microsoft’s solution to digital
storytelling in 5 easy steps. For those who want
to create a basic multimedia movie without
having to learn advanced video editing, Photo
Story provides the perfect alternative while still
allowing you to use the basics of any video:
images, titles, music and narration.
MovieMakerMovieMakerMovieMakerMovieMaker
Windows Movie Maker is a fun and easy to use
video editing program that allows you to make
home movies, photo albums and business
presentations. It is also widely used in schools
as a tool for class projects and allows students as a tool for class projects and allows students
and teachers to create wonderful graduation
presentations of all the goings-on that took
place in the school year.
ConvertersConvertersConvertersConverters
There are free media converters available that
will convert one type of media into another.
www.zamzar.com
www.mediaconverter.orgwww.mediaconverter.org
These could be used at home to bring in a clip
from youtube or other
video sites
Curriculum IdeasCurriculum IdeasCurriculum IdeasCurriculum Ideas•Which is Fake? a lesson in digital ethics
•How To … Instead of a report, students use pictures & captions
•Digital Scavenger Hunt
•Dear New Teacher/Dear New 3rd Grader Letters
•Create a personal or class alphabet
•Vocabulary Flashcards (great for ESL)•Vocabulary Flashcards (great for ESL)
•School Trading Cards – each student needs to gather
information about themselves and create a trading card to be
printed and shared with the
others in class
Curriculum IdeasCurriculum IdeasCurriculum IdeasCurriculum Ideas
•Time Lapse – Take pictures every week of a class plant
•Symmetry Lessons
•Create Travel Brochures (use pictures from internet of
locations, but have the students take pictures of themselves and
put them into the location pics)
•Weather Charts – show different types of clouds•Weather Charts – show different types of clouds
•All About Me projects
Other IdeasOther IdeasOther IdeasOther Ideas•Staff Introductions
•Documenting Crimes/Vandalism
•Newspaper submissions
•Seating Charts
•Room & Hall Decorations
•Labels (sticker sheets or Velcro plastic pictures holders into •Labels (sticker sheets or Velcro plastic pictures holders into
cubby, slide pictures into frame each year)
•Virtual Tour of Building for website
•Name posters – kids make their names in
WordArt, and use their own picture to
fill the text
EquipmentEquipmentEquipmentEquipment
•Computer
•Data Projector
•Microphone (stand alone or headset)
•Digital Camera or webcam
•Scanner•Scanner
•Memory Card Reader
•Cell Phone
•mp3 player