Session 8
Outcomes

• understand the term Multimedia
• understand how the ICT National Curriculum thread Exchanging and sharing information leads up to producing multimedia presentations
• know some of the applications which can be used to produce multimedia
• have viewed some sites from which clip art, video and sound files can be downloaded
• be aware of the Curriculim OnLine website.

Multimedia

• Discuss meaning - then check using http://www.wikipedia.org/
• Brainstorm applications which can be classsed as "multimedia"
• VisitCurriculum Online
website
• ICT
• Browse via NC PoS
• 3a share their ideas by presenting information in a variety of ways
• Multimedia
• 2 Simple - 2 Animate - examples http://www.2something.com/
• time to explore Curriculum Online
• feedback - plus drawbacks of Curriculum Online (eg. Where is 2Create?)

Applications

• Kar2ouche - demo video
• Powerpoint
• Where is Father Christmas? - a simple adventure game written in Powerpoint (teachers' notes).
• Inserting sound in PowerPoint (TOP teachers - TRE)
• Microsoft Photo Story for Windows 3 - a free download - search Microsoft Downloads and an example movie file - the PhotoStory file from which it was created. Help in its use: from BwD.

Sources of pictures and sound:

• your own still digital camera
• digital video cameras - Digital Movie Creator
• scanned images
• sound recorded on your own computer (in PowerPoint, Microsoft Sound Recorder or a host of other applications), or digital voice recorders
• your own hard drive (look for a clip art folder in "program files > microsoft office" or "program files > Textease" - newer versions of Microsoft Office and Windows Me onwards may have Microsoft Clipart Organiser in the "My Pictures" folder. If all else fails "clipart in the Start > Search (for files or folders) dialogue box.
• CD ROM collections (e.g. Sherston Primary Clipart Collection)
• websites - which of these do you find the easiest to use/find what you want?
  • Microsoft Design Gallery the more I use it, the more I feel that no other source is needed
  • follow the link to "Audio visual resources" BwD weblinks page (you must be on a school machine to download either British Pathe films/stills or music from Audio Networks without charge - also have a look at Jurassic Punk).
  
  
  

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