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=ED 585 | Integrating Technology into the Curriculum =

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Digital media is dramatically changing the way students learn. In this unit, you will learn about the differences between multimedia and digital media, and different ways to use them in your classroom. Also, in this unit, you will learn how to identify several applications and examine the uses of multimedia authoring programs. Discussion on presentation software will also be presented. Finally, you will learn some applications for using PowerPoint in your classroom.

Objectives
Upon completion of the unit, students will be able to:
 * Explain the differences between digital media and multimedia
 * Name and define the elements of digital media and of multimedia
 * Explain the different uses of digital media applications
 * Discuss digital media applications on the Web
 * Identify various K-12 software applications
 * Specify what is meant by an interactive media
 * Examine the uses of digital media authoring software programs
 * Explain why digital media applications are important for education
 * Explain how to create a PowerPoint (or other presentation package) document
 * List and describe learning aids and support tools that help you use and learn a PowerPoint (or other presentation package) application
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Demonstrate applications for the PowerPoint (or other presentation package) in the classroom

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Topic 1: Digital Media
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">What Is Digital Media?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Digital media are those technologies that allow users to create new forms of interaction, expression, communication, and entertainment in a digital format. Digital media makes computers more fun to use. A variety of digital media applications can be used to illustrate diverse digital media elements. Digital media software is any computer–based presentation or application software that uses multimedia elements. Interactive digital media allows users to move through information at their own pace. Some examples of digital media software include Microsoft Encarta, Compton’s Digital media Encyclopedia, A.D.A.M. (Animated Dissection and Anatomy for Medicine), and a host of other software available on CDs. For more information on digital media applications look at Apple’s iLife at @http://www.apple.com/ilife/

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Text is output that consists of characters that are used to create words, sentences, and paragraphs and is a fundamental element used in all multimedia applications.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Text **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Graphics are a digital representation of nontext information, such as images, drawings, charts, pictures, photographs, animations, illustrations, and other images added to enhance Web pages and are essential for digital media applications. Graphics play an important role in digital media. Visual learners are individuals who learn concepts faster or retain a higher percentage of material if information presented graphically. Graphics play an important role in the learning process. Digital media graphics range from simple, two-dimensional drawings to intricate, photorealistic, three-dimensional images. Take a look at @http://www.barrysclipart.com/ for information about free clip art. Also, free clip art can be found at @http://www.pppst.com/clipart.html
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Graphics **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Animation is a multimedia element that creates the appearance of motion by displaying a series of still images in rapid sequence or a graphic that has the illusion of motion if played back at the proper framing rate. Animations can be used to convey information more vividly than text and graphics.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Animation **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Audio is digitized music, speech, or any other sound that is stored and produced by a computer. Audio adds to a digital media application. Windows Media Player can be used to play sound, video, and high-resolution animation media files. Audio is often used in digital media applications. Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) is the electronic music industry's standard that defines how digital musical devices electronically represent sounds.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Audio **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Video is photographic images or visual frames that are played back at speeds of 15 to 60 frames per second and provide the appearance of full motion in real time. It is necessary to digitize video to use it in a digital media application. Incorporating video into a digital media application presents a challenge for developers. A clip is a segment of video. Video compression is the process of decreasing the size of video files. A compressed video file must be decompressed before it can be viewed. Motion Pictures Experts Group (MPEG) is a group that has defined a popular standard for video compression and decompression. A CODEC method is a specification of how audio and video is compressed and stored within a file. For more information on digital video visit specification of how audio and video is compressed and stored within a file.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Video **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">A digital media application involves the use of digital media technology in education, business, and entertainment. A simulation is a computer-based model of real-life situations. Some schools have replaced the frog dissection typically done in high school biology classes with a computer simulation. View an example at: @http://frog.edschool.virginia.edu//home.html. Although simulations convey basic concepts, teachers feel they fail to communicate the thoughtful investigation and careful observation techniques demanded of a scientist.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Digital Media Applications **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">**Topic 2**
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">**Computer-Based Training (CBT**) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Computer-based training (CBT ) is a tool in which individuals learn by using and completing exercises using instructional software on computers. Individual lead training (ILT) is training that focuses more on the learner than on the instructor. Invention Studio is a digital media application used in education that offers information on inventors and patents, has games to test basic mechanics, and allows children to build their own virtual cars and planes.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">An electronic book or e-book is a small, book-sized computer that allows users to read, save, highlight, bookmark, and add notes to online text. iPod books are digital books that are accessed on an iPod using software that can be downloaded from Apple. Bill Gates’s The Road Ahead is a example of an electronic book. Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.net ) has free literary and reference books and materials available to everyone. For more information on electronic books visit @http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/. An electronic reference text is a digital version of a reference text, which uses text, graphics, sound, animation, and video to explain a topic or provide additional information. Use Fig. 2 to see examples of electronic reference texts.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Electronic Books and References **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Web-based training (WBT) is an approach to computer-based training that uses the technologies of the Internet and the World Wide Web and typically consists of self-directed, self-paced instruction on a topic. There are many digital media tutorials available on the Web. Distance learning, also called distance education, is the delivery of education from one location to another; the learning takes place at this other location. Web–based education is an approach to computer-based training that uses the technologies of the Internet and the World Wide Web and typically consists of self-directed, self-paced instruction on a topic. A Web-enhanced course is a course that uses the Web to enhance the content of the course.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Web-Based Training (WBT) and Distance Learning **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Topic 3: Digital Media, Web Authoring Software and PowerPoint
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Digital media authoring software, or authoring tools is software used to create interactive digital media presentations that can include text, graphics, video, audio, and animation. Some popular authoring software is Producer, Authorware, Flash and Director. Two of the most popular digital authoring tools in K-12 schools are PowerPoint and Apple iLife. Other authoring programs used in education are Macromedia Dreamweaver and MovieWorks. Access an interactive tutorial on using PowerPoint at @http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX010857971033.aspx and to learn more about Apple’s iLife suite, visit @http://www.apple.com/ilife/.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Your webesite companion provides links to tutorials, productivity ideas, integration examples and ideas, and more. Once you log in and choose __Chapter 5__, navigate to the 'In The Lab' resource on the left side of the screen and download the interactive Word document. This information can be found in your text on pages 253-256.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">There are other educational uses for presentation software besides using it for presenting. There are other ways you can use presentation software in your classroom.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">“Integrating technology into instruction by using technological tools to support learning activities gives learners opportunities to develop technology skills and experiences in contexts that are similar to those in which technology is used outside the classroom. The skills gained, particularly around the meaningful use of everyday technology applications, can be transferred to other settings such as the workplace.”

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Free PowerPoint Resources __

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">@http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/misc/winnergame022500.html <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Jeopardy Games using PowerPoint <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">@http://www.elainefitzgerald.com/jeopardy.htm <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Science Jeopardy using PowerPoint <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">http://www.csun.edu/~vceed002/ref/games/ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">PowerPoint Games <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">@http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/PPT-games/ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">PowerPoint Activities <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">@http://teach.fcps.net/trt10/PowerPoint.htm <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Microsoft PowerPoint <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">@http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line_powerpoint.htm <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Microsoft Lesson Plans using PowerPoint (under Product, search for PowerPoint) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">@http://www.microsoft.com/education/LessonPlans.mspx

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Assignments:
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Digital Media Corner at the end of the Chapter 6 or under Chapter 6 on the website companion under Digital Media Corner. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">http://www.wadsworth.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20b&product_isbn_issn=9781133526551&token=E38E28F3533F16AE7DFEB4E958B1409A7D530FE7554EB131F3BE6EA6723B4B0BE8C4B2E6E11C613FB089F938EB0A92FEE2CFB774289EBA6F
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Readings //**

//**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Discussions **//

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Digital Age Learners Research suggests that what many of us refer to as Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) is really nothing more than a skill developed by some children that have been raised in the digital age. As a result, these research findings are revealing that the learning environment these students are placed in does not match their cognitive or digital learning style, which then affects motivation and achievement. Have some of these students rewired their brains to multitask? Can they read e-mails, send instant messages and text messages over handheld devices, speak to one another in short sentences, and continue to watch movies and participate in multiple conversations, all while finishing their homework? When we try to place these students in the traditional learning environment, are we working against their cognitive or digital learning style? What are your thoughts about this theory for this new generation of digital kids? Do you see the differences in their learning? What suggestions do you have for reaching them? Give some suggestions and defend your answer.

//**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Assignments **// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Choose a curricular topic relevant to your teaching situation and create a presentation (//use PowerPoint, Keynote, Open Office, or other slide creation presentation program//) to teach something new to your class or to parents, teachers or administrators on some appropriate topic.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">The presentation should have:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">at least 15 slides with transitions, sounds, 1 word-art, 5 graphics, 2 animations
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">There should be at least one chart (data or hierarchical).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Links to at least 4 Internet resources should be included as part of the presentation.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Insert at least one LINK ONLY to a DE Streaming Video (do not upload the actual video - 20% point reduction will occur if you do so) that relates to your topic. Other DE resources may be included.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Another option for this assignment is: Create a Prezi, PhotoSory or VODcast, or experiment with Photo-to-Movie to teach a concept to your class or to provide information to parents, teachers or administrators.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Requirements for optional assignmet are: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Import a minimum of 10 photos <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Incorporate <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">To learn more about PhotoStory, view the tutorial at: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">[]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">motion
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">transition
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">narration
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">ext/titles
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">music

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">To learn more about Photo-to-Movie, go to @http://www.lqgraphics.com/software/phototomovie.php

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">To learn more about Prezi go to @http://prezi.com/

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