Daniel Christian: Creating Slideshows – August2010
With my special thanks to Mr. Damon Zuidema, Mr. Bill Vriesema,
and Mr. Johnny Ansari for their contributions here.
On 08/09/2010,
in Apple, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, education technology, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, game-changing environment, multimedia, new business models, trends,
by Daniel Christian
Murdoch says iPad is a game changer — from PadGadget.com
News Corp announced their 4Q numbers [August 4] and during the earning call News Corp CEO, Rupert Murdoch, said the iPad was a “game changer” for the media industry.
News Corp has eagerly embraced the iPad and was one of the first media companies to launch a newspaper title for Apple’s new device. The Wall Street Journal app quickly shot to the top of the apps charts and has been a top download since the launch of the iPad back in April.
News Corp management is very excited by the tablet format with Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey saying the iPad has “transformed people’s expectations and the opportunities around mobile.” Carey went on to say “it is also a device that for the first time really starts to deliver on the promise of multimedia, where you can see how you could…go between what traditionally would be video content, printed content, advertising that really is attractive that you could penetrate through and engage with.”
Also see:
New online business model will succeed, says Rupert Murdoch
On 08/09/2010,
in digital audio, digital learning, digital video, engagement / engaging students, multimedia, pedagogy,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
We need to deliver content in multiple ways…and let the students select what works best for them. If a particular student doesn’t connect with the information in one way, perhaps he/she will via another method.
For example…drawing from my own collegiate learning experience, I know that I would have benefited greatly from the use of animations in chemistry and organic chemistry…as I struggled all the way through those courses. I never connected with the material.
Also, they say that one really understands something when one has to teach it…so perhaps we could mentor students as they create their own teaching materials. The class of 2011 could start something…and the class of 2012 could tweak it…followed by the class of 2013, etc.
I tried to capture this a while back in the following graphic:
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On 08/06/2010,
in digital audio, digital learning, digital video, multimedia, UK,
by Daniel Christian
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On 08/06/2010,
in Apple, digital audio, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital video, tools,
by Daniel Christian
Quickstart guide for iMovie ’09 — from Storychasers.org by Wesley Fryer
From DSC:
Thanks Wes for putting this out there!
On 08/03/2010,
in art, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital video, graphics, web design and production,
by Daniel Christian
On 08/02/2010,
in A/V -- audio/visual, digital audio, digital photography, digital video,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
Jay Cross’s posting on this reminded me of some physics professors who were using this exact same camera to capture their lectures. It does an amazing job! From 25 feet back I could read every single item on a 16′ chalkboard — including all formulas, graphs, etc.
The only key downside is that the resulting file sizes are enormous. Any given lecture is around 2 GB in size. Whew!
On 08/02/2010,
in A/V -- audio/visual, digital audio, digital video, learning spaces, smart classrooms,
by Daniel Christian
On 07/28/2010,
in convergence, digital video,
by Daniel Christian
On 07/28/2010,
in copyright/ownership/NFTs, digital video,
by Daniel Christian
What the copyright ruling means — from InsideHigherEd.com by Tracy Mitrano
A new ruling from the United States Copyright Office that is making the rounds in higher education and blogosphere circles has a simple core meaning: fair use now applies to section 1200 of the DMCA, the anti-circumvention provision.
As far back as Princeton’s Edward Felton’s challenge to content owners from the computer science and engineering perspective and Berkeley’s Pamela Samuelson from the legal arena, this question has remained open. Early to identify the issue and its potential deleterious effects that this unanswered question had on innovation and science, these academic leaders were soon supported by William Fisher, John Palfrey and William McGreveran. In a white paper they and others at the Berkman Center published in 2006,The Digital Learning Challenge, they specifically spoke to the effects that the absence of a clear ruling on this question was having on teaching and learning: for fear of violating copyright many film instructors, professors in other areas and students restricted their use of materials they believed to be in the service of fulfilling teaching missions.
The question, essentially, was: did the breaking of encryption on a DVD for a fair use of the content violate copyright law?
The answer is now “no.”
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On 07/23/2010,
in Apple, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, e-books, e-readers, engagement / engaging students, multi-touch, tools,
by Daniel Christian
Kiwa Media Group is an award winning media company developing iPhone/iPod Touch & iPad Apps, digital content for books, producing film & television programs & digital content for the mobile music industry. Kiwa Media also provides software solutions for ADR and Language Dubbing across the globe. The company is led by President, Rhonda Kite.
Kiwa Media Group brands include QBook, SingQ, VoiceQ & Kiwa TV & Film Production. Kiwa is a registered Mac OS and iPhone developer.
Example product –> QBook – Bringing your stories to life
QBook™ is an interactive read-along digital colour picture book format designed by Kiwa Media for young children. QBook is an eBook, iPhone and iPad app that combines a narrators voice with original picture illustrations and touchable text that is synchronised to highlight and sound when words are touched.
From DSC:
Let’s picture that you are a 3-4 year old…and your parents get you one of these iPads. You begin to learn to read like this using an app like QBook. You grow up knowing this type of technology exists and you use gadgets like this all the time. They keep you engaged…they give you control of the content, pacing, etc.
Now fast forward to college. You’ll quickly see why I preach the dangers of the status quo.
On 07/23/2010,
in Apple, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, education technology, higher education, mobile learning, mobile technologies,
by Daniel Christian
Podcast: William Rankin on Mobile Learning with the iPhone and iPod — Educause
William Rankin is Associate Professor and Director of Educational Innovation at Abilene Christian University. In this interview from the EDUCAUSE 2009 Conference, Rankin discusses ACU’s mLearning Initiative, which deployed mobile devices to the entire freshman class. This created unique opportunities to pilot applications, overcome challenges, and create partnerships.
On 07/21/2010,
in convergence, digital audio, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, personalized/customized learning, social learning / networks, social media,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
What if we had a “textbook” like this? One that targeted your social/learning network on a particular topic? Personalized…customized…and constantly up-to-date. Interesting…
(Quality may or may not be a concern…depending upon one’s social/learning network.)
Watch and Learn: 20 Free Educational Video Sites — from blog.curriki.org
On 07/20/2010,
in Adobe, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, e-books, e-readers, higher education, interactivity, K-12 related, multimedia, new business models, publishing,
by Daniel Christian
Creating Digital Magazines — from Adobe by Dave Dickson on July 19, 2010
Earlier this year when WIRED Magazine launched its digital edition (and sold more issues than the newsstand version without cannibalizing print sales) we noted that it was created with InDesign CS5 along with new publishing technologies. Today, we’ve released a short video that overviews these new technologies, including more detail on how they fit into the digital magazine authoring workflow.
Late this summer, we’ll post these new publishing technologies on Adobe Labs so a broad set of media, corporate and retail catalog publishers will be able to create compelling content experiences. Using this Digital Magazine Solution, these publishers can create immersive content without having to hire additional developers or invest in extensive retraining for staff. Publishers can add interactivity without writing code via InDesign and create monetizable digital magazines for the Apple iPad – with other platforms and devices expected in the future.
InDesign CS5 + Digital Content Bundler
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The “.issue” Format + Digital Content Viewer
This new .issue format is a compressed file format that contains vertical and horizontal magazine layouts, metadata, code to enable interactivity, and associated assets (images, video, etc.) Once the layouts have been packaged into the .issue format, the file is then rendered and displayed to the end-user using a publisher-branded Digital Content Viewer. The WIRED Reader, for example, is the first instance of a publisher-branded viewer. This Digital Content Viewer allows readers to interact with and navigate through the magazine content (including via the innovative “browse” mode). Previously we announced the Digital Content Viewer for Apple iPad; in the future we also expect to develop the Digital Content Viewer on Adobe AIR for desktops and other devices.
