• Next sessions:
  EDUC 744 938 September 29 – December 5, 2008
• 3 graduate credits
• Online - No travel to campus required

Description
This course investigates visual literacy's impact on the learning process when integrating digital media with educational curriculum. Includes pedagogical considerations for using multimedia to stimulate inquiry, creativity, and higher order thinking. Examines video pre-production classroom practices, video editing, video distribution methods and criteria for evaluating student work.

Discover exciting new ways to integrate digital video clips and multimedia as an integral part of the classroom and library media center curriculum.

Video production encourages student involvement in analytical thinking, script writing, performing, editing, proofreading, and using computer and television technologies in a purposeful way.

All curriculums can be enhanced as educators utilize digital media to augment teaching, engage the uninterested student, and encourage students to apply their visual creativity to the inquiry learning process.

This course is designed for educators (all disciplines), special educators, ELS teachers, school library/media specialists, technology coordinators, and instructors in technical schools, virtual high schools, community colleges, university online programs, as well as trainers in continuing education, business, government, health care, professional associations, and nonprofit organizations.

This course provides a valuable experience for those interested in exploring how to use an image-rich curriculum to reach more students and meet the needs of visual learners in all subjects --literacy, history, science, social studies, math, the arts, and physical education or for those teaching media production and gifted and talented. Review a few comments of past participants.

Participants will digitally produce and edit a project of approximately three minutes in length that can be used in a classroom setting and shared via the Internet. Software and hardware choices will vary, but emphasis will be on the less expensive software programs available for classroom use. Free storage and/or workspace online will be provided for each participant.

Required Equipment Operating System: PC – Vista or Windows XP or MAC – OS X Internet Connection: High speed Computer Accessories: Microphone Video Devices: Digital video recorder or digital still camera Software: Video and audio editing software (free versions available)

Because this class is asynchronous and open to you 24/7, you may participate from your home or work computer during hours that are best for your work and family schedule. Instruction will be differentiated to accommodate learners with varying levels of technical knowledge.

The class is highly interactive with a significant discussion component. All projects/assignments will be submitted via e-mail or presented via the WWW. Instructor/peer comments will be available through discussion groups or sent by e-mail.

Content Outline

Learning Outcomes

At completion of the course, students will:

1. Apply current visual literacy research when integrating digital media with learning activities.
   
2. Research and evaluate digital video technology enhancements for use in the classroom that maximize student learning, address diverse learner needs, and affirm diversity.
   
3. Apply best practices to promote student inquiry during research and constructivist learning processes while integrating digital media sources for teaching various skills in a curriculum area or grade level.
   
4. Analyze an instructional curriculum program and integrate digital media resources including local, state and national resources in libraries, archives, and museums in a variety of subject areas including science, math, social studies, literacy curriculum, and the arts.
   
5. Apply principles of visual and media literacy for the development and production of video instructional and professional materials.
   
6. Demonstrate how to teach citation of sources, legal and ethical practice related to copyright laws and fair use policies for creating multimedia projects using digital images, audio, and video clips in the classroom.
   
7. Create or adapt a technology assessment tool for evaluating student-produced videos.
   
8. Design and develop instructional activities that will guide students in exploring and utilizing audio/video in multimedia presentations including strategies of preplanning and story boarding to develop students' higher-order thinking skills and creativity.
   
9. Demonstrate growth in knowledge of digital compression, audio/video digital editing, digital-video hardware and software resources to stay abreast of current and emerging digital technologies.
   
10. Teach students how to accurately convert the written or spoken word into a visual context.

Alignment with Teaching Standards

Participants in this class will gain experience that will help them meet selective criteria of the Wisconsin Teaching Standards 3,4,6,8

This course is designed to help educators meet specific ISTE National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) and Wisconsin fourth, eighth and twelfth grade technology proficiency standards.

Additional classes are listed in the online catalog.

Readings

Prerequisites
What are the minimum technology requirements?

Complete the system checkup on this website, https://uwstout.courses.wisconsin.edu/
by clicking on the link that says: Check your system.

Review the list of compatible/recommended browsers and software programs for Learn@UWStout at the Online Help Desk.

If you have any questions about these preferences, please call one of the numbers listed below and indicate that you are a UW-Stout student needing help with Learn@UW-Stout . Help is available 7 days a week.

• 1-888-435-7589 select option 3
, or
• 1-608-264-4357 select option 3

All projects will be exchanged by posting to the course DropBox or online storage site, and your peers and instructor will provide suggestions and comments by posting to the discussion board.

Take a few minutes to review the Frequently Asked Questions, (FAQs).

Instructor
Ann Bell - background information

Registration
Tuition is payable by university billing, MasterCard, or Visa.
Participants may select the payment plan option in fall and spring, but it is not available during summer session. Refund policy

Enrollment is limited to twenty participants; register online .

Check out the list of additional online classes.

For additional information, e-mail your comments or questions to:

Contact: Joan M. Vandervelde
Online Professional Development Coordinator
School of Education
University of Wisconsin - Stout
Wisconsin's Polytechnic University
Menomonie, WI 54751
phone: (715) 642-0209
fax: (715) 232-3385

Orientation Activities
After you are enrolled, review the orientation activities, Student Expectations and Responsibilities and Academic Expectations and Dishonesty Policy.