tech freebies & program ideas robin bryan [email protected] [email protected] technology education...
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Tech Freebies & Program Ideas
Robin [email protected]
Technology Education ManagerImaginOn
&Matt Gullett
[email protected] Technology Manager
Virtual Village
The Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County
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Creators & Participators
• Generations of learners are hungry to create and participate.
• They look for opportunities to develop skills and to create things.
• They are interested more in participating in creating their experience rather than just passively consuming it.
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“Make It” Happen
• Creating things at the library is nothing new
• Children’s programs often feature arts and crafts to supplement story experiences
• Creating with technology is the new arts and crafts for a new generation– Painting Pixels– Crayons Cameras
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Use What You Have
• “Kidsize” traditional adult programs, such as MS Office– Excel becomes Fun with Charts and Graphs (and
Skittles!)– Word becomes Create a
• Downloadable freeware-Tux Paint art program-BabySplat-Picassa
• Web activities– PBS Kids, StoryPlace, author sites, Image
Generators, puzzle makers, scavenger hunts
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Using what you already have …
• Word
• Excel
• Powerpoint
• MS Paint
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Other freebies and other things …
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Purchased software and activities …
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What Happens at ImaginOn
• Drop in tech activities– Comic wall– Animation collage– DDR Day
• Programs– Creative software (KidPix)– Computer basics– Computer guts– Advanced skills (Photoshop, Dreamweaver)
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Imagine this …
• ImaginOn & Studio i
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Studio i
• An animation, video, editing and music creation room
• 3 stations– 2 for downshooting 2D animation– 1 live action or 3D animation (like claymation)
• Blue screen wall for changing the background
• eMac with keyboard for music creation
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Portable Animation Station
• iMac
• Mini “station” with camera, lighting, blue screen and whiteboard capability
• I Can Animate software (Mac only)
• Ability to provide animation programming at branch locations and schools
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What is created
• Fun, learn how to animate projects
• Family projects (such as animating family photos)
• School projects
• Music compositions
• Music videos
• Teen/Staff projects
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Software
• Stop Motion Pro
• Pinnacle Studio
• Sony Acid Music Studio
• Garage Band (Mac)
• Final Cut Studio (Mac)
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How can I do This?
• Windows comes with Movie Maker
• Photos can be turned into “movies”, not just video
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Next steps …
“… the greatest opportunity for change iscurrently found in after-school programsand informal learning communities.”
“Participatory culture shifts the focus ofliteracy from one of individual expressionto community involvement.”
Quotes are taken from Henry Jenkins paper, “Confrontingthe Challenges of Participatory culture: Media Education forthe 21st Century.”