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Digital Storytelling Opportunities

A digital story is a short (3-5 minute) movie which uses images, voice, and music to tell a story. Digital stories are a way of talking about something that conveys not only information, but emotion and significance as well.  The OSU Digital Storytelling Program, a cross campus collaborative project between the Digital Union (part of …Read more at the full article: Digital Storytelling Opportunities

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Improvements to the Secured Media Library

Do you need to show a movie to your class or assign an out of class viewing due to shortened class times?  If so, the Secured Media Library is the perfect tool to suit your needs.  The library already contains thousands of titles and has the ability to add new temporary titles from a personal …Read more at the full article: Improvements to the Secured Media Library

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Looking for a computer lab on campus?

A large part of the planning that goes into updating classrooms and labs is assessing their current state.  What’s working, what’s not, and what can we be doing better?  In some cases, it’s not just the technology that needs to change.  For most of the last decade, our labs were just rooms full of computers …Read more at the full article: Looking for a computer lab on campus?

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Deep in the Trenches of the EEIC Impact Grant

After many revisions and meetings, the Engineering Education Innovation Center, EEIC, Impact Grant project charter is complete. I have to thank Rob Griffiths, Tom Evans and Alan Kalish for their support, creativity and insights in getting the charter written.
The next steps in the project were to get started on the creation of instructional videos for the …Read more at the full article: Deep in the Trenches of the EEIC Impact Grant

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Storyboarding

 
A storyboard provides insight to help you think about ways to use images, sound effects and the sound track to help tell your story as you sketch out key story actions over time.
Why storyboard?
Whether you are working on a simple photo story, an animation or a full-blown video, storyboarding helps you focus your message. Your …Read more at the full article: Storyboarding

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When a Door Closes….

…. A window opens.  It’s a common saying and it turned out to be very true for how the Disability Studies Digital Storytelling Workshop (DSDS Workshop) came to be this Summer 2012.
Our original plan had been to recruit and bring to campus Central Ohio deaf and hard-of-hearing high school age students to the OSU campus …Read more at the full article: When a Door Closes….

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What did you say? Microphone attachment for the iPhone

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We’ve seen mobile media production become more accessible in recent years with the ubiquity of smart mobile devices. As our smartphones and tablets progress, they receive fancier cameras with more megapixels and better resolution. One thing that often doesn’t change, or doesn’t receive as much attention, is the devices microphone. Which makes sense since using …Read more at the full article: What did you say? Microphone attachment for the iPhone

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Thinking Digitally in the College of Engineering

We think of our Impact Grant project as a Digital Technical Presentations project.

The project’s concept developed out of a realization during our conversion to semester curriculum planning.  We discovered we had more material than we could actually deliver instruction for in the classroom. The problem was mostly due to the shortened class periods that do …Read more at the full article: Thinking Digitally in the College of Engineering

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So You Want to Make a Video…

You know that thing teachers say, “For every person who raises their hand, there are probably 10 people who have the same question.” Well,  I received three emails last week asking essentially the same question: I have this video to make, but how?
Here’s a list of OSU-oriented resources and recommendations to get you started in …Read more at the full article: So You Want to Make a Video…

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Free trial for Ohio State faculty and staff: NBC Learn Higher Ed

Have you ever wished you could quickly and easily find the right video clip to illustrate a point or start a discussion in class?  Or maybe you would like your students to have access to video for an assignment. NBC Learn Higher Ed may be the resource you you are looking for.
NBC Learn is a …Read more at the full article: Free trial for Ohio State faculty and staff: NBC Learn Higher Ed

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