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