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VITAL INFORMATION

Instructor Name(s):

Mike Menchaca & John Cowan
http://imet.csus.edu/

Curriculum Framing Questions:

Have you ever taken lots of digital pictures?
Have you thought about sharing a photo project on the Internet, or cataloguing them in some other way?
Are you involved in a hobby or organization with a website?
Do you work with students who might enjoy learning how to build a web photo archive?

Unit Summary:

Demonstrating the use of digital photography software (Apple iPhoto) and webpage design software (Macromedia Dreamweaver or Netscape Communicator) to create, edit, & post photo archives.

Presentation website splashpage:
http://imet.csus.edu/imet6/boxall/staffdevhome.htm

Subject(s):

Art, Information Literacy, Language Arts (English), Technology

Topic or Unit of Study:

Digital Photography and Posting to the Web

Grade/Level:

Adult, Prof. Development

Objective(s):

Participants will be in a multi-day consortium addressing visual communications via the web using digital photo organization software for Macs. There will be discussion of why it is useful enhance an organization's goals in a visual way with photo archive tools to display projects, showcase student work, etc. Also, collaboration among workshop participants can extend to their own students, and to do so, the workshop will incorporate building of knowledge through constructivism, plus the use of multiple intelligences to meet diverse needs of all learners.

Standards addressed by unit:

USA- ISTE/NCATE: Technology Leadership Standards & Rubrics

• Strand : Standards

• Standard TL-V: Productivity and Professional Practice.
Educational technology leaders design, develop, evaluate and model products created using technology resources to improve and enhance their productivity and professional practice. Educational technology leaders:

• Performance Indicator TL-V.A: Use technology resources to engage in ongoing professional development and lifelong learning. Candidates:

Detail 2: Plan and implement policies that support district-wide professional growth opportunities for staff, faculty, and administrators.

Detail 1: Design, prepare, and conduct professional development activities to present at the school/district level and at professional technology conferences to support ongoing professional growth related to technology.

IMPLEMENTATION

Sequence of Lessons:

Time Required:

Warm-up (5 min)
Gauge background and prior knowledge of audience - ie: How many people have digital cameras, how many people have posted large quantities of pictures to the web, get feedback from group.

Introduction of Web Archive Projects (5 min)
Presenters will describe a few existing Photo Archive projects to show possibilities to learners, and to spark the idea of creativity, which comes with making traditional photo albums.

Demonstration of Tools (20 min)
This will be a time to present how various types of digital cameras and software works. The goal is to show the "Export" feature from iPhoto software for a group of pictures, and then how they can be made into a kind of Digital Web Archive. Also, intermediate-level tips on how to edit a webpage with Dreamweaver will be shared.

Hands-On Field Work (20 min)
Workshop members will be allowed to take digital cameras and as groups, take digital photos for their own project. 10 min will be used for taking pictures, and 10 minutes more for importing them to computers.

Break (10 min)

Exporting to HTML (20 min)
Learners will have a 5 minute refresher tutorial on Exporting photos to HTML, and then spend time choosing their own photos.

Editing HTML (20 min)
Prior to publishing to the web, the possibilities for adding titles, and arranging with a web-editing software (such as Dreamweaver) will be shown for 5 minutes. Then groups will practice with their own projects.

Extension Activity (time TBD)
Participants may elect to save projects to Disk for later use, and / or publish to the Web.

Prerequisite Skills:

Basic knowledge of digital pictures and computers is helpful.

Author's Comments & Reflections:

MATERIALS AND RESOURCES

Instructional Materials:

Agenda handout to include, but not limited to:
* URL link to presentation's website
* List of software / web resources for making web photo archives
* Assessment Rubric for projects
* Bibliography

"How-to Shoot Like a Pro Photo Tips" handout

"Steps to Successful Exporting" flowchart / handout

"Editing & Publishing Your Photo Archive" handout

Resources:

Materials and resources:

There's a free promo thru Aug 31st for education online learning, including tutorial movies (examples below); I also listened to an audio-clip interview about NCLB Act. . . basically, all you need is a web-browser from any computer . . . go to:
http://www.apple.com/education/xforteachers/

Movies:

Export Photos to a folder
http://ali.apple.com/apdo/offer/protected/files/iphoto_028_export_cx.mov

Exporting Photos to HTML
http://ali.apple.com/apdo/offer/protected/files/iphoto_029_export2_cx.mov

View created HTML
http://ali.apple.com/apdo/offer/protected/files/iphoto_030_viewwebpg_cx.mov

Export to Quicktime Movie
http://ali.apple.com/apdo/offer/protected/files/iphoto_031_qtexport_cx.mov
Technology resources:
Digital Cameras, Dreamweaver, Netscape, Web Authoring, Apple iPhoto (Mac only); other PC type software if available
The number of computers required is 1 per 2 students.
Students Familiarity with Software Tool:
General understanding of digital phography, import / export features of software, and web design.
Groups of 2 or 3

ACCOMODATIONS FOR DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION

Resource Students:

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students:

Gifted Students:

ASSESSMENT & STANDARDS

Assessment Plan:

Assessment will conform to staff decisionmaking; possible projects could include:

* Digital photos by staff individuals or groups

* Display of organization projects, such as collections of student art, special bulletin boards, or to archive a special event

Unit Rubrics:

Rubrics
Digital Tools for Web Rubric

Digital Photo Web Archiving Staff Development Page