Class Four: Wednesday, February 11, 2009


Class Four Topics

Review Assignments from Class Three

For last week's assignment, you were asked to try using any of the screen recording programs discussed in class or any other similar program to create a brief screencast. Please try to use an educationally-meaningful topic when completing the assignment.

When you have created the screencast, post it to a web page you created, an online sharing site or in a blog so that the rest of the members of the class can watch it.

When your screencast has been created and uploaded to the web or posted to a blog, go to the Course Discussion Blog andadd a comment under Discussion Assignment Three in which you include the following:

Finally, please discuss your ideas for how you think screencasts could be used to instructionally.
 

Capturing Video from External Video Sources


Capturing Video Clips from VHS Tapes
 http://courses.coe.uh.edu/brobin/TDV/chapter3/vhs.htm
 

Capturing Video from Broadcast, Cable or Satellite TV
 http://courses.coe.uh.edu/brobin/TDV/chapter3/cable.htm
 

Watching Television Programs on the Web

Hulu
http://www.hulu.com/

Veoh
http://www.veoh.com/

Joost
http://www.joost.com/

BeelineTV - free online television channels from around the world
http://beelinetv.com/
 

American Television Networks

ABC
http://abc.go.com/player/index?pn=index

CBS
http://www.cbs.com/video/

CNN
http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream1

Discovery Channel
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/

FOX
http://www.fox.com/fod/  

FOX News
http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html 

History Channel
http://www.history.com/video.do?action=home

National Geographic Channel
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/videos/player.html

NBC
http://www.nbc.com/Video/library/full-episodes/

PBS
http://www.pbs.org/video/

 

Jamie's Edward R. Morrow Video Project
This project revolves around a speech given by journalist Edward R. Murrow in 1958. It shows how the news media has become a product of commercial broadcasting and how excitement and sensationalism exist primarily to attract viewers. The video can be used in a classroom activity where students explore the idea that news has turned into entertainment in order to sell products instead of presenting events in a clear and factual manner.



 Click here to watch the story (Windows Media Format)

Click here to see the storyboard

Click here to read the project report
 

Storyboarding a Video Project

For some, storyboarding may seem like a hassle, or a tedious extra step in the process of creating a digital media project. However, storyboarding can be a valuable step in the creative process by allowing the developer to organize images and text before in a blueprint fashion before the actual development begins. It allows the user to visualize how the project will be put together and what holes exist since they can see the entire plan laid out in front of them. Storyboarding can also inspire new ideas as well as rearrange existing resources before the final development begins and changes may be harder to make.

Blank Storyboard Template 1

Blank Storyboard Template 2

Blank Storyboard Template 3

Jamie's Storyboard Template
 

Index Card Storyboard Example
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~ricky/etec/example.html  

Creating a Storyboard for Video Production
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~ricky/etec/sboardtemplate.html

 

Assignments for Next Class

Reading Assignment

Class Four Assignment:

For this week's assignment, you should create a storyboard on the on a test mini-project based on any of the video capture options we discussed in Class Four, such as capturing video from VHS tapes, television programs being broadcast or from the web, or any other related topic in which you have an interest. The project you design for this assignment may or may not be related to the project topic you end up using for the final semester video project. The storyboard does not need to be complete, but should contain enough information to convey the major themes that would be explored if the project were created.

You should save your storyboard in digital format (as a Word file, PDF, JPEG, or other computer format and either place it online where it can be viewed by others or you may send it in an email attachment to Dr. Robin at: brobin@uh.edu

Finally, post a comment under Discussion Assignment Four on the course discussion blog at: http://cuin7346.blogspot.com/ in which you discuss the project you selected and your experience creating the storyboard. (If you placed a copy of your storyboard online, please include the URL in your posting).