Michael, Jane, Laura, Barb, Sue and Mary Margaret
May 2005
Speaker: Michael Smith, Ann Arbor Open School http://aaopen.aaps.k12.mi.us/This url will take you directly to one of Michael's websites called, "Media in Motion" http://community.aaps.k12.mi.us/media-in-motion/
Members and guests: Barb, Pat, Carol, Carol, Bob, Jane, Laura, Sue, Mary Margaret, Jim
What you can do with a class set of cheap digital cameras
- Camtasia and SnagIt are software programs available from Techsmith. SnagIt is a custom screen shot program, and Camtasia offers the ability to do small mpeg movies of your desktop accompanied by voice-over instructions. This would be useful for creating tutorials on how to accomplish something on the computer. More ideas found at http://www.techsmith.com
- on a field trip - a different point of view from a 10 year old height
- give 3 minute instruction
- kids can take loads of pictures
- cull the duds
- drop into a video
- show at open house (in a loop)
- morph, aging software notes trailed off must have been too engrossed to write
Morph software comes free with Hyper Studio
Use two photos - for example: portrait of self and headshot of animal - and then the human can morph into the animal or visa-versa! When taking the portrait shots of the humans, a plain background of one color makes it easy to erase the background.
- http://tech4learning.com (Company created by brother of Roger Wagner - inventor of HyperStudio)
- lesson plans
- see products
- - Media Blender - like a new Hyper Studio
- - Image blender - kid friendly, no layers
- pics4learning.com
Copyright friendly images available for downloading
Appropriate for use in school
Images can be submitted by users too.
- Photo Shop Elements 3 is now available. $30 - $35 on the REMC bid for school purchase. Retail price for home use is higher, but well worth it.
- Community High http://community.aaps.k12.mi.us/
- ATA Academy
- media-in-motion
- tutorials
- Lesson Plans
- biography
- illustrate fortune cookies
Free places for publishing photos online:
- Kodak Gallery - was ophoto
- shutterfly
- snapfish
You can also pay to get chemical prints of your pictures - Typically $.18 - $.30 for 4x6 prints.
- mpix
- - professional quality, good price, metallic paper
- - put photos up, parents can buy prints
Easy ways to make books from photos are readily available.
iPhoto also allows you to make books from your pictures and submit them for publication electronically. The bound books come in different sizes and are snail-mailed to you when they are completed. They make wonderful gifts!
Some book ideas include books of poetry, quotes, stories and trips.
- You can organize your pictures and and make them web ready in Picasa (free) or Photohop Elements 3 (low cost)
- - http://jalbum.net/ - This site offers free web photo album software.
- mixman music
- Easy way to get annotated photos posted on the web - set up a flickr account at - http://www.flickr.com/ - Features include drag & drop uploading and slideshows
- Labeling CDs
- get printable CDs - have a thick white coating
- use special Sharpie or Vis a Vis pen regular will bleed through CD over time
- Printing Pictures - chemical prints available at the aforementioned websites
Choosing Cameras
- What features are important to you?
- Optical zoom is what matters - digital zoom is pretty useless
- Look for built-in anti-shake feature
- Get a mini-tripod so you will take it with you AND use it!
- Don't buy more camera than you need
- Low cost cameras
- Minolta-Dimage XG - 3 Megapixels - will print 8x10 - approx: $200
- Reliable places to shop for cameras
- B& H Photo
- BuyDig
- Atarama (spelling?)
- Camera Reviews can be found at:
Motion pictures
More!
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