Creating Digital Video In Your School : How To Shoot Edit Produce Distribute And Incorporate Digital Media Into The Curriculum

Creating Digital Video in Your School: How to Shoot, Edit, Produce, Distribute and Incorporate Digital Media into the Curriculum provides a comprehensive, up-to-date guide for teachers and media specialists, from the novice to the intermediate user. This resource, authored by Ann Bell, explains how to increase students' visual literacy. Out of the gate, teachers can apply visual literacy to the curriculum in ways that meet state and national curriculum standards. This guide also helps teachers get students engaged in analytical thinking and video production activities. Hardware and software selection, understanding digital compression, pre-production, production and post-production tips, and sharing the video in a variety of formats is also included. An index, glossary and additional resources are provided in the book.

This guide for educators explains how to increase students' visual literacy through participation in video production activities. Bell (a high school media specialist) takes novice and intermediate users through each step of the process, beginning with the selection of hardware and software. Other topics include (for example) understanding digital compression, preparing for an on-location scene, adding texts and titles, and evaluating student videos. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)