Create a Stunning Multi-Window Effect using Final Cut Pro
We have all seen this effect many times in television and occasionally in
the movies....2, 3, 9, or even more videos playing on the screen in
different windows, all at the same time. We will learn to create and even
animate this popular effect. This workshop is designed for any level of
Final Cut Studio enthusiast, beginners will have no problem keeping up,
and advanced users will benefit from the streamlined workflow that we will
follow. After we create this beautiful and interesting multi-window effect
we will use another simple and powerful technique call “nesting” to bring
it to life!
Marc Mason of Computer Tree
Larry Arnold
After sound is converted to digital audio and stored (recorded), the work of mixing begins. That's when you use reverb.This presentation will illustrate the essential mixing stage ofapplying digital audio signal processors. Examples of the building blocks of Equalization, Dynamic Processors, and Pitch Processors (including reverb!) will be drawn from actual mixes. Processor order and processors in combination are also important considerations when mixing audio.
From HD TV to Podcasts: The Art of the Interview
Using examples from his own award winning work, producer John Santa will discuss everything from how to make your interview more compelling by use of lighting and camera angles, to how to manipulate the audio in your podcast to enhance your story through sound design and effects. John Santa will also discuss how to CONDUCT a successful interview and take questions/offer suggestions for your current projects and productions.
George Johnson
In the past, it took a remote television production truck and a large crew to produce a multi-camera video of a musical performance. Today it can be accomplished with several Digital Video camcorders, a computer and minimal crew. For example, the 25th annual Holiday Reunion Jam was videotaped with three cameraman and a switcher/director. Performances from seven different bands will beedited into a 60 minute television program.
These performances can be viewed on local cable channels.
The workflow for this editing process will be examined including capturing, syncing, color-correcting, audio mixing and DVD authoring.
NOTE for K-12 teachers!
This same process could be used to create videos of school musical events!
Rick Allen
Nautilus Productions spent 14 months working with archaeologists, conservators and scientists from Texas A&M and the Minerals Management Service to create a one hour, high definition, educational documentary about the Mardi Gras Shipwreck. The shipwreck lies in nearly 4000 feet of sea water and could possibly be a War of 1812 gun runner or British trader. Learn about how to plan a shoot and deal with multiple acquisition and delivery formats in the digital age.
Beverly King
EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. For the past several years, the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR) has conducted a study focusing on what kinds of information technologies today's students are using, with what levels of skill they are using them, how IT use contributes to the undergraduate experience, and what value the use of IT adds in terms of learning. In 2008, 24,000 first-year and senior students at 90 universities across the U.S. participated in this survey, including 170 UNCP respondents. Several other UNCP students participated in one of only a few focus groups conducted by ECAR at four universities to further explore students’ use of social networking.
In this presentation, the UNCP survey results will be compared with those for other 4-year universities with respect to areas such as student ownership and use of technology, student IT skills and information literacy, students’ use of IT in courses, and the relationship of student success to IT use in courses. Additionally, national results will be presented on the growing significance of social networking sites in student culture. University faculty attendees will leave this presentation with a greater knowledge of the students with whom they work and information that can impact their pedagogy. For example, instructors often worry that students will skip classes when materials are available online. The ECAR survey (and this presentation) addresses this issue and many more.
Does Knowles’ theory of andragogy (adult learning) apply to learners in the 21st century? What are the implications for educators engaged in technology-enabled teaching and learning? Join this interactive discussion of how adult learners in the digital age are similar and/or different from younger learners and from learners in the past, no matter what their age. Develop and deepen understandings to help to strengthen your teaching and your use of the latest in instructional technology.
Rosemarie Pilarczyk Pre-Digital Learners in a Digital World
There is an educational and political climate of social inclusion, widening access, and lifelong learning taking place throughout the world and especially in the United States. (O’Donnel and Tobell, 2007) As a result of this international trend, there are an increasing number of non-traditional adult learners enrolling in college classes each semester. What do teachers of non-traditional college students need to know about their learning styles to meet the learning needs of these students? How will the increased use of technology affect the learning experience of these lifelong learners whose earlier educational experiences did not expose them to a technology rich environment? This presentation will present practical suggestions for educators to ease the transition back into the world of higher education for the non-traditional adult learner.
Debbie Thompson
Quality Matters is a peer review process that helps to provide “quality assurance and continuous improvement in online education.” Using a research-based rubric, courses can be reviewed to see if critical course components are present in the design of the course in order to ensure that students can achieve the desired learning outcomes.Understanding the critical course components and how they can be aligned with desired learning outcomes is a first step in creating a quality online course. Participants in this presentation will be introduced to the Quality Matters rubric, review the eight core standards that make up the rubric, and understand the importance of aligning the critical course components to achieve learner outcomes. Examples of course content that contains these critical components will be provided and discussed so that participants can compare their own courses to reviewed courses.In addition, the Quality Matters peer-review process will be discussed. The use of the Quality Matters rubric for course design as opposed to course evaluation will be emphasized.
No Textbooks and No Exams: Teaching Economics in the
21st Century (and Beyond)
The rise of online learning, up to now, seems to have been demand driven. The evolution of purely face-to-face teaching into a hybrid of on- and offline instruction has been favored by most end-users—be it traditional university students who are increasingly internet savvy, or adult learners in search of further learning opportunities while employed, most likely full time.
It is one goal of this presentation to show the use of online technology to improved learning, increased access (students from various geographic locations), increased quality (content, teaching and learning experience from students’ and instructors’ perspective) and/or reduced costs (operation costs of online vs. brick and mortar universities).
The second part of this presentation fast-forwards to the future of economics teaching: the use of most innovative multimedia tools in sprucing up this once-boring subject. We will demonstrate the innovative teaching methods we have successfully used in enhancing the learning experiences of our traditional economics and marketing classes, including standard platforms such as Blackboard, emerging standards such as Aplia, and groundbreaking tools and methods such as iPods and Podcasting.
Finally, and very importantly, we present multimedia projects created by students in some of our economics classes to further signify that indeed “learning gets personal” with liberal use of the technology.
William Wendt
The wonderful world of “freeware” holds amazing potential for those who wish to develop and deliver ideas digitally. This presentation offers attendees a solid connection to a wide variety of applications that enhance the development and delivery of exciting, original and creative projects for teaching, research and community service.
This hands-on session will introduce and demonstrate the use of the audience response system to facilitate interactive student learning, foster critical thinking, and provide immediate feedback to students regardless of the number of students in the classroom. Clickers can be useful across academic departments, connecting both the technologically savvy and not so savvy students and faculty. Plenty of time for Q & A.
The presentation will include an overview of the Audience Response System and its value with hands-on use by attendees and a discussion of optional ways of using the system with an emphasis on how the Department of Nursing is using the system
ARTstor is a subscription digital image library containing nearly a million images. The images are valuable for study and research in the humanities and social sciences, as well as architecture and the arts. In addition to image access, ARTstor provides a set of tools for viewing, presenting, and managing images. The presentation will include an overview of the library and how it can be used in and out of the classroom.
Recent scholarship describes the use of interactive technologies in the classroom as a positive and effective pedagogical strategy to enhance learning through the promotion of student engagement and active learning. This presentation will discuss the pedagogical uses of interactive whiteboards, student response systems, and wireless slates in the classroom. Topics will include the theoretical base of using interactive technologies, practical examples of their usage in the classroom, and an active demonstration of these technologies. Participants will be given the opportunity to briefly interact with each technology and are encouraged to share their own best practices.
Carla Rokes
This presentation is designed for artists who wish to mix and blend traditional and digital drawing media as well as small format printing. Demonstrations will combine various traditional media, graphite, watercolor, pastel, etc. with digital tools and software including a Wacom® Tablet, Photoshop® & Corel® Painter. Carla will present works by professional artists and her own students.
Nathan Phillippi
Using a GPS Receiver for Simple Classroom Projects
A GPS receiver picks up signals from a satellite and records the coordinates where a user is standing. In this presentation, Nathan Phillippi will show how teachers can use the GPS receiver and give suggestions on ways that they can use one for classroom projects. He will also create maps using Adobe Illustrator CS© and Arcview© and give a demonstration on the basic principles of map creation using these two software programs.
Using Digital Tools to Enhance Teacher Presentations
Today’s students want to be entertained as well as educated!
This presentation will show tools and techniques to create media-rich PowerPoint presentations.The techniques demonstrated will range from elementary (adding sound bites to narrate your presentation) to advanced (using ActiveX controls to embed QuickTime movies linked to an external site therefore dramatically reducing the file size of your presentation). The presentation will include a brief introduction to Audacity, the free, award-winning, cross-platform, open-source audio editor.
Stephen Robison
Stephen Robison will discuss the success in using a variety of web based tools relevant to research in the Arts. Using his own and other online resources he will show how it is beneficial to be able to collect general and assignment specific visual references for the study of Ceramics in Art.
Here are some of a few links he will discuss:
http://formalconcernsandcontent.blogspot.com/
http://stiffyguss.blogspot.com/
http://liquidceramics.blogspot.com/
http://teapotspitchers.blogspot.com/
http://woodkilns.blogspot.com/
http://jomonhaniwa.blogspot.com/
http://stephensrobison.blogspot.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gusstiffpottery
http://ceramicartsdaily.org/video/videoarchives.aspx
Dr. Carmen Calabrese discusses the visual and digital aspects of small businesss management.
Anne Coleman
June Power
Susan Whitt
Robert Wolf
BraveDocks is not just another static online archive, but rather it is an active resource that links faculty and student scholarship to the world via Internet search engines such as Google Scholar.
This presentation will highlight the importance of institutional repositories in relation to scholarly communication, resource standards and formats, copyright considerations, initial setup process, and also a guided tour of the resource's functionality.
http://www.uncp.edu/library/ir/index.html