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Broadband Proposal Presented to Greenville Public Schools
Prepared by Scott Smith
Content areas: Interdisciplinary, Pilot will involve
areas of history, foreign language and American literature
Grade levels: 11th and 12th grade
Proposed school site: Participating High Schools throughout
district
Duration: Pilot will run for 3 weeks.
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Objectives
• To provide a high-level proposal for a Broadband application for Greenville Public Schools
• To Introduce the concept of SMIL and its potential role in delivery of learning content through Broadband
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This Presentation Does Not
• Propose a specific user interface for the application– That will be determined in future meetings by the
project committee
• Recommend specific software productsor media sources– Reference to specific software titles is only
to provide familiar examples
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With Broadband
• We can view better-quality streamed video and audio or…
• We can download higher-resolution still images for later use in print media or…
• We can have near-instantaneous text-based communications or…
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We Could Do All At Once
• Broadband is one component in the delivery of integrated, high-quality media for the purpose of enhanced learning
• What’s needed is a method of integrating all these elements
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How Do We Integrate The Media?
• Synchronized
• Multimedia
• Integration
• Language
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Introducing….SMIL• An simple XML-based markup language• Approved by the Worldwide Web Consortium• Integrates media components from multiple
sources– Local hard drives– School and/or district file servers– The Internet
• Allows control of presentation layout, and duration & speed of playback of multimedia files
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The SMIL Advantage
• SMIL allows a simple method of integration of disparate elements into single coherent presentation
• SMIL editors are inexpensive. SMIL players are free
• SMIL promotes collaborative effort. Allows for multiple authors in multiple locations.– Changes can be made to individual components.
Edits are expeditious and less costly than with other multimedia tools.
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A Brief Example
• Consider the learning impact of a history lesson on Martin Luther King’s“I Have a Dream” speech through traditional textbook and lecture methods versus….
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A Multimedia Presentation:• Video and Sound from a Smithsonian collection
• Inset Still Photos from the MLK Library--images of King, the crowd, the national monuments, demonstrate the scale of the event
• The text of the speech displayed in synch with King’s voice on the audio track
• Personalized commentary from Greenville’s own instructors to provide background and explain the historical significance of the speech.
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Imagine• Captioned learning modules for hearing impaired
• Translation of content developed in foreign languages
• Video Conferencing
– Can include video, lecture outline, or other text messaging to be
visible all at once
• Digital field trips
– For example, a video about Westminster Abbey, streamed from from
a British University site, might be enhanced by voiceover, or text
descriptions, by a Greenville public school faculty member
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Our Goal
• To enhance the learning experience, we must ensure that simultaneous media streams are complementary, not competitive
• The presentation layout must maintain a degree of simplicity to be effective
• We must guard against information overload– Think CNN Headline News (what we don’t want)
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The Possibilities Are Large
• But where do we begin?
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Proposed Broadband Pilot• La Guerra Civil Española• An In-Depth unit on the Spanish Civil War• Taught in Spanish• Involve students and staff from each
district high school• A Interdisciplinary Effort
– Foreign Language– World History– American Literature (What?!?)
• This Will Make Sense Later
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In The Beginning
• We’ll start with a simple layout
• We won’t stream media
• As skills grow, we will build more complex user interfaces with streaming files
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Sample Lesson Layout
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Sample Lesson Layout
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America’s most famous war correspondent… author
Ernest Hemingway
Special Guest Lecturer…
Modules will be augmented with reports by, and interviews with, Hemingway during the War.
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Educational Benefits• Students will be able to immerse themselves in
Spanish, spoken by natives, without having to leave their classrooms
• Students will learn about historically significant event, at a level of detail that is unprecedented in Michigan Schools
• Students will observe an excellent example of the influence of real-world event (the War) on American literature (Hemingway’s For Whom The Bell Tolls)
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Technology Requirements
• Broadband Capabilities– Already Approved
• SMIL Editors– A variety of free and commercial options are available,
review or products and decisions will come later
• SMIL Players– SMIL is already supported by standard video player
software--Real Media, Quicktime, Windows Media…
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Future Considerations
• Streaming Media Server – If we choose to serve digital video and sound from
our Greenville Public Schools Networks
• Video Capture Hardware and Software– Should Greenville decide to produce original video
and audio content
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Conclusion• Multimedia has been an invaluable tool in
promoting the educational experience. SMIL provides an inexpensive alternative to traditional multimedia development tools. Furthermore, SMIL’s component-based natures allows for collaborative project development. This new approach to development of educational content will allow Greenville to realize the full potential of Broadband.
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To Learn More About SMIL
• http://www.justsmil.com
• http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo– A description of the SMIL spec, listing
numerous SMIL tools as well ans research in learning and assistive technology
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To Learn More about Streaming Media
• http://www.streamingmediaworld.com/
• http://www.newmedia.com