Rock Star Design: How to create media for lessons that rock!
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Are you feeling way behind the curve on visual learning, social media and video? Well, ditch that clipart and hold on tight … you're in for a whirlwind tour of what's awesome (and really easy) to add to your teaching toolkit this year, including; screencasting, soundtracks, infographics and 50 ways to use Twitter with your class.
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Rock Star Design: How to create media for lessons that rock!
- 1. How to Create Media for Lessons that Rock! @neela_bell neelabell.com/resources
- 2. It’s not about being a rockstar, it’s about feeling like one.
- 4. The Playlists for Today
- 5. The “Why”
- 6. Engage + Delight Time Investment The Formula
- 8. We survived for millennia in a world without text.
- 9. The Power of Images hGp://info.shiJelearning.com/blog/bid/350326/Studies-‐Confirm-‐the-‐Power-‐of-‐Visuals-‐in-‐eLearning
- 10. The Power of Images “ … study found that aJer three days, a user retained only 10-‐20 percent of wriGen or spoken informaYon but almost 65 percent of visual informaYon.” 90% of informa,on transmi/ed to the brain is visual.
- 11. There is a “Visual Language” Words + Images + Symbols
- 12. Visual Language “Starter Kit” Google Search: “Exercises in visual thinking”
- 13. Learning to Draw Again
- 16. Courtesy: jw
- 18. More Sources for Visuals • search.creaYvecommons.org • 123rf.com (stock / credits) • fiverr.com (Five bucks! …) • iconmonstr.com • chalkmoYon.com • Pinterest “sketchnotes resources” • thethinkingcanvas.com Artwork from danroam.com
- 21. Infographic’s Job: To Show RelaYonships These small units of visual informaDon contain a lot of informaDon when they are closely studied, and they organize that informaDon in a very accessible way. -‐wiseGEEK
- 22. Infographic Job: Ending Poverty is Within Our Reach … shared by worldbank
- 23. Data Visualization InformaYonisbeauYful.net A picture’s worth a thousand … numbers
- 24. Data Visualization 20th Century Death InformaYonisbeauYful.net
- 25. Make Your Own Infographics
- 26. Infographic Resources • infogr.am • visual.ly • piktochart.com • venngage.com • canva.com • informaYonisbeauYful.net • elearninginfographics.com • knewton.com/infographics Build Window Shop
- 27. What questions do you have about infographics or visual learning?
- 29. Video’s Job To Tell a Story
- 30. Video Layers Text Images Sound
- 32. Making Good Videos • Natural light is best. Sit by a window A warm lamp is beMer than overhead fluorescents. • Use a headset not your computer microphone • Allow pauses. Watch cogniYve overload! • * Keep videos short < 5 min. • * Film twice from a different perspecYve Shameless Maya on Youtube! “How to light your photos and videos”
- 33. Animoto Example Art and music by Adam Kuczec, Animoto and 123rf Stock photos.
- 34. Art and music by Adam Kuczec, Animoto and 123rf Stock photos.
- 35. Create-a-Video • animoto.com • wevideo.com • camtasia • prezi • Youtube Editor • iMovie, Moviemaker Slideshow
- 36. Music Graphic by KushandWizdom
- 37. Why use Music? vol25.typepad.com
- 38. Copyright and Music Nearly all commercial music is not ok to freely use. SoluYons: • “CreaYve Commons” • “Fair Use” (American) “Fair Dealing” (Canada) • Use music offered by video sites (Animoto)
- 39. How to use Music? • Lyrics (form, poeYc devices, metaphors, message) • Culture (Arab, African, Jazz, Street, Hip Hop) • World history (major events, decade, etc) • ArYst message (gender, poverty, violence, race) • Create a soundtrack for your class or course • Create a daily intro with a song Building an emotional connection to the concepts
- 40. How to use this song? scoGbuckley.com.au/library/jubilee/
- 41. Or this one? scoGbuckley.com.au/library/in-‐development/
- 42. Non Commercial Music • creaYvecommons.org/music-‐communiYes • scoGbuckley.com.au/library/ • royaltyfreemusic.com/free.html • freestockmusic.com • soundcloud.com • grooveshark.com • Youtube!
- 44. Screencast Podcast To inform Think: Radio Show Think: InstrucDonal Video
- 46. How to Screencast • Grab a headset and a webcam (opYonal) Don’t use the microphone on your computer • Open the content you want to talk about Powerpoint, website, textbook, shared google doc • Hit Record! Deliver your short lesson. • When you finish … • Upload the MP4 file to Youtube.
- 48. Why Podcast or Screencast? • Create learn-‐at-‐home lessons • DifferenYate learning • Deliver content to different learning styles • Explain difficult concepts, add background • Access the podcasts and screencasts of experts • Allow students to demonstrate learning • Avoid over-‐ relying on text-‐based lessons and assessment
- 49. Screencast Links • screencast-‐o-‐maYc • camtasia • wevideo • Youtube editor • edtechteacher.org/apps/ screencast/ • Audacity • Cell Phone App (podcasts, ipro, italk) • Soundcloud • Feedburner Podcast Links
- 53. Gamifying Resources • Badges, points, levels, easter eggs 123rf.com, Moodle, Flipquiz • Use exisYng games for role play Minecra], Sim City • Create a storyline or narraYve zombiebased.com, murder mystery • Using Apps (Cell phones) socraDve.com/games • NooB’s Guide to Gamifying: mrdaley.com/noobsguide
- 56. Social Media is about: Resources + Conversa,on
- 58. Twitter 101: Favourites, Retweeting, Replies
- 59. Twitter 101: Tweets + Hashtags #Hashtags send a copy of your tweet to other groups.
- 60. What Should You Tweet? • Provide content – ArYcles / Reviews – Teaching tools (So]ware, Apps) – Classroom samples (best pracDces) • Have GraDtude -‐ Thank, appreciate -‐ Recognize the work of others
- 61. Ways to Use Twitter • Create a teacher page Ex. @MrZacGrade6 Classroom updates, events, celebra3ons (watch FOIPP) • Create a group or course-‐specific page • During lectures, use tweets to pool student quesYons • Build a PLN of colleagues, experts • Ask mentors quesYons (career planning!) • Use #hashtags to follow interests • Create live convo during events • Communicate around the world with peers • Use it in assignments (summaries, research, lists)
- 62. The Other 50 + Youtube, Slideshare Google search terms: twiMer teachers educaDon 60 Ways to use Twi/er in the Classroom by Category hGp://teacherswithapps.com/60-‐ways-‐use-‐twiGer-‐classroom-‐category/ It’s got everything you need. And then some.
- 63. Engaging Design + Social Connection = Powerful Learning Experiences
- 64. How to Create Media for Lessons that Rock! @neela_bell neelabell.com/resources
Editor's Notes
- My name is Neela Bell – teacher 20+, designer, elearning consultant and I’m going to show you some terrific resources to engage and connect with your learners When I started out … media creation was a time consuming turn off for most teachers. A massive shift in the kinds of tools available … takes away the “technical” barrier … focus strong lesson design using visuals, video and social media Cue ahead … Animoto …. scott buckley music x2 ….
- Simple tools to Engage and Connect with learners. I want you to feel successful and inspired to explore some new territory.
- The trend is towards …. active learning, visual and mobile. These playlists touch on all of those trends.
- The real playlist …. Media has a unique way of getting at these
- Payoff … It can feel scary and it can be a time suck.
- The trend is towards …. More visual … less text.
- We are visual learners.
- We are such visual learners. http://info.shiftelearning.com/blog/bid/350326/Studies-Confirm-the-Power-of-Visuals-in-eLearning
- We are visual learners.
- Starting to shift towards a more visual presentation of information Not to say that words aren’t ALSO important. Just that they aren’t everything. In the “real world” there is a massive shift … but inside the school house walls we are still tied to text, even when it doesn’t serve us. Students respond to visuals.
- Through the use of images, text, and diagrams, these notes take advantage of the "visual thinker" mind's penchant for make sense of—and understanding—information with pictures. (sketchnote army)
- The path AWAY from expressing ourselves in drawing and symbols … begins early. Asking to students to “mindmap” the results are not great. They, like us, need training
- http://sunnibrown.com/2010/02/fundamentals-of-visual-notetaking-for-sxsw It’s not art! visual thinking.
- Notetaking: Establishes what’s important Personal Improves understanding This is a sketchnote ABOUT sketch notes. The power for us and for students is it immediately demonstrates whether you understand the concepts or not.
- The key to getting started is to start building a “vocabulary” of images and symbols. First imitate.
- I’m assuming everone has seen them … they’re everywhere. Communicate a lot of info in a small space … and they are a universal comprehension
- Very simple example
- A lovely blend of text and graphics. A complex topic that’s made accessible. Packed with information. Make a great group project … each person taking a section … but it’s part of a larger concept
- We are visual learners.
- We are visual learners.
- Great as an option to demonstrate learning … Class discussion (learning to read them too) Writing prompt
- Unlike pictures, there is motion … an “arc”. A journey with a destination.
- Also unlike images, there are “layers” … each with a role to play. Those four layers move along horizontally in time working together to tell a story.
- Also unlike images, there are “layers” … each with a role to play. Those four layers move along horizontally in time working together to tell a story.
- Let’s put it together … images from the course … teasers about their “mission” … driving soundtrack …. https://animoto.com/play/UaIpKWZgmYKsytIjVDk7aQ (What I show them on the first day in Language Arts 9)
- https://animoto.com/play/UaIpKWZgmYKsytIjVDk7aQ
- Secret weapon. Untapped resource. Powerful … mobile … engaging.
- Sometimes music can do it way … better … than words … it’s emotional and physical
- It is ok to study, but not to broadcast.
- – World War 2 (or any famous historical battle) – The global fight of a disease – The explorers – The struggle for endangered animals – Space (the planets / solar system)
- Urban … street smart … hip hop … Behind the scenes … olympics … struggle to get something accomplished Personal … biography … themselves or a public figure Travel to another country … developing country … poverty …
- http://visual.ly/how-not-look-ugly-webcam
- Pulling together media that we’ve talked about … visuals, music, video, etc. in search of a desired set of behaviours. We want engagement … completion … creativity … collaboration … all a part of “design” in the bigger sense.
- Game mechanics … game design … taps into some common motivators.
- Progressive difficulty, rewards, role playing
- Sharing our own media … and learning from and appreciating that of others is “the next step”.
- For my money the best place to gather and share … is Twitter. It falls perfectly into my high payoff low time investment model. It’s an amazing place to connect with other people.
- Curating resources and participating in conversations.
- I just started using Twitter last year … and only because I thought I should.
- I hope today you found some simple tools help you inspire … connect … engage … and that you feel inspired to explore some new territory. Going to leave you with a final thought … Every small step you make to adding either design or connection (or both) has some big pay offs… and a lot of fun too.
- Thank you for your time today. Please drop me a note … I’d love to connect with you. Tweet me a question or a thought about the session Please fill in the evaluation … built into the convention app.