Technology+Resources

= How-To Questions about Technology =


 * Video Work:**

iMovie Resources This resource (created by Cambridge Springs teacher Becky Leandro) includes how to facilitate technology-infused personal student narratives, along with how to use a flip camera, loading the video into iMovie and how to create an edited movie with titles, clips, transitions, music and how to burn the movie onto a disc.

Adding Citations to The End of Videos

Video Editing and File Conversion This link includes resources for editing video and converting files into correct formats.


 * Other:**

How to Join The Wiki

Documentation of Minors

What Do We Need to Know About Creative Commons, Fair Use and Copyright before we start creating multimedia content?

Photos - Adding Pics to Share Sites and Embedding Slide Shows on The Wiki This includes instructions for uploading pictures to Picasa and other photo sites in addition to embedding them into wiki pages.

Adding Captions to Photos

Photo Editing Tools This includes photo editing tools such as Gimp and Be Funky along with other resources

Video - How to Add Video to Public Share Sites (and embed widget box into the wiki) This link includes an overview on how to add video to public share sites such as Vimeo, TeacherTube and School Tube. It also includes information on how to embed video codes into wiki pages (in order to play the videos on a wiki page).

Wiki Editing Tips
These are very important tips when editing the wiki. Please read before you begin any wiki work in the Art in Action site.

Wiki Resources
This includes a differentiated series of activities in order to learn more about different aspects of wikis. Please explore these activities prior to editing the Art in Action wiki.

Technology Q & A
This post-it note bulletin board has been set up to address questions surrounding technology in the project. Please feel free to post your questions, your thoughts and/or tech ideas that you are exploring.

= Things To Do Before and During The Process of Editing on The Art in Action Site: =

Explore Acceptable Use Policies
This includes acceptable use policies for Penncrest, 1st and Union City school districts.

Explore Technology & Arts Readings
This includes selected readings on 21st century issues in technology and the arts.

[|Explore Assessment Involving Technology]
This link includes Delicious resources related to assessment when infusing technology into learning.

Explore Copyright & Fair Use Issues
This includes resources surrounding Fair Use and Copyright issues related to creating arts and technology media content that doesn't break the law.

[|Explore Digital Citizenship Issues]
This link outlines the nine themes of digital citizenship.

Explore Digital Storytelling Resources
This "Adventures in Digital Storytelling" presentation includes many resources for creating artful digital stories with students.

Explore Documentation Examples
This link includes examples of documentation ideas that emphasize process over product such as "teachers and artists collaborative reflection," "daily ideas & reflections in the sketchbook/journal," "visual journals," "videorecordings," "photodocumentaries," "electronic portfolios & presentations," core group wiki page documentation," "blog reflections" and "action research

Explore Technology & Arts Readings
This includes selected readings on 21st century issues in technology and the arts.

Get to Know Your Technology Team
This includes the names and contacts for the Arts Erie technology team.

= Other Resources =

Facebook
This includes links to the Art in Action teaching artists professional learning community on Facebook as well as other Facebook in education resources.

Social Networking for Teaching
This includes resources for educators, administrators and teaching artists to network with other educators including topic related to education, technology and arts.

Web 2.0 Tools and Resources
This link includes many examples of web2.0 tools. Please make sure web2.0 tools you use are not blocked in the three districts.