2 posts tagged “digital storytelling”
My Dad celebrated his retirement at the weekend. I was pleased that he asked me to work with him to produce a slide presentation of his six decades.
With lights, in the form of a electronic projector and a little magic he told his digital story.
Earlier in the week as we worked to produce the sixty or so slides we came together online using iChat. Dad sent me the photos he had scanned and I set them out in Keynote. I designed a master background that we could use for each collection of images and selected some choice animations and slide transitions. Keynote has some superb animations to choose from and I was careful not to attach too many and risk overwhelming the audience.
Next action: burn a keepsake of the final Keynote onto a DVD.
Apple computers have announced its next Teacher Institute will take place at Cheltenham College in Gloucestershire from 10-13 April 2007.
The Apple Institute (ATI), now in its seventh year, is a terrific experience that I can firmly recommend. This four day residential course is designed to meet a wide variety of technology development needs.
I attended for the first time in 2006. Delegates attended from all over the world. The sessions were hands on and practical.
If you haven't attended before and can make the time and get the support of your employer to cover the cost as part of your professional development, I would give it a whirl. I came away having made new friends and with a DVD stuffed full of examples of projects, some of which I helped to produce.
Has anyone attend the ATI before? What experiences did you take away?
Next action: Review my DVD from Apple Teacher Institute 2006 and dust off resources for use in my research.
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