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Video about Digitial Citizenship from Common Sense Media
https://www.youtube.com/c/CommonSenseEducators

February 17, 2022

  1. Sign in and stow your phones out of sight. Log into a Chromebook and complete the WYAW activities.

  2. Sign up for WeVideo using your class account. This is what you will use for your Personal Digital Story assignment. Sign up with your class gmail account and YOU MUST use this for your project to avoid the watermark.
    https://www.wevideo.com/invite/?code=74fbfd16-80bf-49a9-85fe-e90b999025ef-6oyv4q1o

  3. Would you like to share your Animoto with an authentic audience - your classmates? If so or not, complete the Google Form:
    https://forms.gle/7PhztEqqhLLUtkeD8

  4. Web 2.0 ALERT: FlipGrid (https://info.flipgrid.com/) - A Tool for Learning that Incorporates Video
    Let's take a look at each other's FlipGrids. Wheel of Names. https://wheelofnames.com/

    EDMG 466 https://wheelofnames.com/6pf-7ep
    EDEL 446 https://wheelofnames.com/cs9-gdh

  5. A teaser of things to come....
    Here is a great example of a personal digital story prior to paying for WeVideo and a music story:
    Heather L. https://vimeo.com/144672132

  6. VIDEO EDITING CONTINUES.......
    More Powerful than Animoto and what you'll use for your personal digital story. YOU MUST USE WEVIDEO FOR YOUR PERSONAL DIGITAL STORY. This is a key learning objective of this assignment.

    WeVideo (http://www.wevideo.com/) This tool allows you to not only use drop and drag editing but some fun effects and transitions.

    Now, let's get started with learning to use this powerful tool.
    • You MUST use your class gmail account for this tool, otherwise you'll not get the full version and your video will have a distracting watermark. Always - at home or in class- use your class account! Thankyouthankyouverymuch.

    • Once you've logged in, watch these two brief tutorials to give you an overview of the tool and if you're interested check out the other tutorials from: https://www.wevideo.com/academy

       
  • If you wish to access a step-by-step written tutorial, go to:
    http://www.tlamproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/WeVideoGuide-CGLCK2015.pdf

  • You'll start with a "New Video Edit" and you'll see a timeline (this is the default view) MAKE SURE you are in Timeline mode and not storyboard mode

  • We'll need to access some media to get started on learning the editing tool. We are going to use media (music, images, video) that is built into WeVideo.
  • STORY ALERT! This video was made completely with "stock" images and video from the WeVideo collection:
    Matt T. https://vimeo.com/400416586
  • Because you are logged into Chrome on your Chromebook, you can access your Google Drive and the folders that are shared with you as well as your own folders. older to another. For today's practice, use the media (images, video, music) built

  • In WeVideo, look for the green cloud and browse to select to upload your media (video, images, music) into your video edit project - be patient this may take awhile. We will do this together. Depending on the file size it may take a minute to upload. Media is put in different tabs based on what kind of file it is - video, images, music.

  • Start to put your media along the timeline. You can edit to shorten from either end, position your playhead along the timeline and use the scissor tool to cut in two and then drag other images in between, if you wish

  • You can also edit video and music using a variety of options - click on the pencil icon to see what you can do

  • Browse along the top menu items to see what they can do: Transitions, Effects, Text, Themes, etc.

  • Click “Play” to preview at any time to see how your video is shaping up.

  • Lastly, you can also add narration to your timeline by adding a video track or using one that exists (maybe recorded in audacity or with an audio recorder)

  • Because it is "in the cloud", there is nothing to download and install, and it saves automatically

  • When you wish to save, after you've published your video you can download it to your computer as an .mp4 file

BEFORE YOUR LEAVE:

  • Sign out of your Chromebook.
  • When the sign-in screen appears, press and hold Ctrl + Alt + Shift + R.
  • Look for the yellow exclamation mark and follow the prompts to continue/complete the process

RESOURCES

    BE THINKING.....

    Start thinking about a personal story you want to tell. It can be about anything you wish. There are some "must haves" including visuals, narration, duration (between 1:30 and 4:00 minutes), and a title and credits. Otherwise, you can include also - video, sound effects, music, and animations. Want to try out chroma key (green screen) - go for it!

    DIGITAL STORYTELLING ASSIGNMENTS:

    Your Personal Digital Story:
    This is an open-ended story that can be about any topic you wish. This assignment has three parts and ALL will be submitted in Canvas:

    1. A link to your personal digital story from WeVideo once it has been "Finished" and published. DON'T link to your editing/timeline environment. You may also use a video sharing service such as Vimeo (with password) if that is your preference but is not required.

    2. Your storyboard or evidence of planning either scanned or photographed as a digital image (if you wrote on a blank template) OR a Word file if you typed on the template. Storyboard templates are available in Word format in Canvas.

    3. The personal digital story reflection using the designated word template for in Canvas under Assignments
      (filename: "personal_digital_story_reflection_2021-2022.docx").

    4. You can see all the requirements for this assignment and how you will be assessed by viewing the rubric in Blackboard or from our web agenda.

    Choice Assignment Option: Field-Based Digital Story with A Student

    View the project overview: This will help you explain to your CE what the project is all about. When discussing this with your CE, set some tentative dates for when you can work with your one student to create the story. The project overview handout gives an summaryof the process. Share this with your CE if you think it would be helpful.

    Additional resource: If you wish to show your student sample stories, you may use these:

    Kindergartner Fifth Grader Middle School

    Pretty soon, start making arrangements to meet with the child to talk about the story he/she might like to tell and how to illustrate it - with his/her own drawings or photos, with copyright free (CC0) photos or images found (with your help) on the internet. See here for ideas and details..... The reflection form for this project is available in Canvas.

    • You will need to get the parental permission form (Release) signed by the parent and this is also available in Canvas.

    • The story must be created by a child (not someone else's story) and creative freedom from the student must be apparent.

    • You'll want to give yourself enough time to work on it as it may take more than one session. If you're working with young children or learners with disabilities who struggle with focus, you may need to schedule a few short sessions rather than one long one.

    • Keep an eye on the technical and don't get frustrated if you encounter snags.

RESOURCES O' THE DAY:

  1. THE Source for Digital Storytelling: http://www.storycenter.org/
  2. THE Top Academic Source for Digital Storytelling: http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/
  3. More about StoryCenter (formerly the Center for Digital Storytelling) http://www.storycenter.org/press/

IF YOU PLAN TO CHOOSE THE DIGITAL STORY WITH ONE CHILD:

Talk with your clinical educator about the digital storytelling project and work out logistics of where and when you'll work with the student to help them create a digital story.

ROYALTY FREE MEDIA

Music
http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

Speeches
https://archive.org/details/Greatest_Speeches_of_the_20th_Century

All Media, mostly Images
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Wikipedia:Public domain image resources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Public_domain_image_resources

Public Domain Image Websites
https://99designs.com/blog/resources/public-domain-image-resources/

Access some fabulous visual and audio media collections at the Library of Congress (some are in the Public Domain) https://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html

MO' MEDIA

  1. Images that are copyright free or have a CC license that allows for free use and modification
  2. Music you can use that is copyright free or has generous CC licences:
  3. Video in the public domain
  4. A site of sites: http://mediacommons.psu.edu/free-media-library/

  5. And, of course, good ole' Creative Commons: https://search.creativecommons.org/