Slide 1: Digital Media and Multimedia Heather Idema Rachel Koontz Tracy Lopez Jennifer Moore Jennifer Rumore Mary Anne Wood July 16, 2008
Slide 2: Digital Revolution “The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.” - Douglas Engelbart
Slide 3: Digital Media and Multimedia  What…      …..is digital media and its uses? …..is multimedia and its uses? …..are the applications of digital & multimedia? …..are authoring programs? …..is the importance of multimedia applications in education?
Slide 4: What is digital media?     Formats for creating and distributing information Enablers of interaction Works through digital codes Technology that allows users to create new forms in a digital format  Interaction  Expression  Communication  Entertainment
Slide 5: What is Digital Media Used For?  Education     Camtasia Studio Powerpoint Presentations Clicker Webquests iLife Slingbox  Entertainment    Business
Slide 6: Working with Digital Media?     Various forms of self-expression Easy to manipulate End result can be reproduced indefinitely Examples      Cell phone Digital television World Wide Web Video games Digital art
Slide 7: What is Multimedia?   The term is used in contrast to media which only utilize traditional forms of printed or hand-produced text and still graphics It includes a combination of text, audio, still images, animation, video, and interactivity content forms
Slide 8: The Uses of Multimedia    Used in many industries Allows information to be visually and auditorily processed. EXAMPLES:     Clicker How-to-Guide Electronic Reference Text PowerPoint Presentations
Slide 9: What Are The Differences Between Digital Media And Multimedia?   Digital media: electronic media that work on digital codes Multimedia: media that utilizes a combination of different content forms   Multimedia two forms – analog or digital Multimedia can be recorded in digital media form, where digital is an adjective describing multimedia as a noun
Slide 10: What Are The Applications Of Digital Media and Multimedia For k-12?  Digital Media:  Portfolios  iLife  iPhoto, iMovie, iWeb, iDVD  All apply digital technology educationally and is a source of entertainment.  http://www.apple.com/ilife/
Slide 11: Applications Of Digital And Multimedia       Actual Windows Manager 5 Blackboard/WebCT (or now Moodle) PowerPoint WebQuests: http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests.html Camtasia Blogs/Podcasts  Source of comfort and relief for tragic times
Slide 12: Applications Of Digital and Multimedia  Multimedia:  Technology-friendly software:  TV/DVD, smartboard, audio/microphone systems, CD-Rom, slide projectors…  Computer Based Training (CBT)  Loaded info from sources such as encyclopedias and almanacs put onto online-friendly websites.
Slide 13: What Are Multimedia Authoring Programs?  Software   Coordinating the graphics, video, animation, text, and sound in the development of multimedia. Combine text with other multimedia to make an integrated package, often on CD-ROM/DVD. Two Most common Types:    1. Interactive 2. Multimedia Presentations
Slide 14: Why Do We Need Multimedia Authoring Programs? 1. Interactive:     Contains all the elements that are needed to produce a presentation. Program has bits and pieces of everything: ability to paint, write, animate and add sound and video all within the same program. Requires little or no programming knowledge. Drop-in the information i.e.- Power Point, Roxio, Nero, Inspiration, Wetpaint.com, Freewebs.com, Blogspot.com.
Slide 15: Why Do We Need Multimedia Authoring Programs? 2. Multimedia presentations:  More like an authoring shell.  Frame work for drawing together the media into an interactive environment.  But the different media would have to be created separately in painting programs, animation programs, sound files, and word processors.  The author creates the full package pulling from multiple sources, not ‘drop-in’ ready, i.e. word processors, Adobe Acrobat.
Slide 16: Why Are Multimedia Applications Important For Education?    Evolution of Education Combination provides more powerful education To be Globally competitive in today and especially tomorrow’s world    Information literate Global communication skills Self-directed
Slide 17: Summary      Digital Media and its Uses Multimedia and its Uses Applications of Digital and Multimedia Authoring Programs Importance of Multimedia Applications in Education
Slide 18: References  Apple Learning Interchange. (n.d.). Alan November Fearless Learners Courageous Teachers. Retrieved July 12, 2008, from http:// ali.apple.com/presentation/novemberpreso.html Teachers Discovering Computers. Retrieved July 10, 2008 from the World Wide Web: http://oc.course.com/sc/tdc5/index.cf Wikipedia. Retrieved July 11, 2008 from the World Wide Web: http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/digital media Wikipedia. Retrieved July 13, 2008, from Wikipedia Web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia   