1. Integrating Technology into Teaching III

2. Schedule for the 2nd class
Logistics
Work 1st class
session review
Reading
Storyboard
discussion

3. Logistics
• Submit your assignments
• Pre-course survey
• 1 minute video
• Video capture problem
• PC users (fire wire)
• Mac book (SD card)
• Back-up plan (two Dell laptop with Adobe Premier Elements)
• Video format problem
• Free converting software preinstalled on two Dell laptop
• Will provide the link for download. (Optional)
• Tape
• Each group will have two tapes. The tape is reusable.
• Whenever record a new video, make sure it didn’t replace the old footage on tape.

4. 1st class review
• How to use a camera.
(record, play, zoom, tape, import,
upload)
• The role of director, camera
operator and talents
• The final project

5. 1st class review
Producers: Video One
• Describe how you plan and shoot your Video Two
video
Video Three
• Lessons learned
Video Four
Audience:
• What do you like about the video?
• How it can be improved?

6. Reading discussion
Statistics from U.S. Department of Education
1. For all public schools in fall 2008, 97 percent had one or more
instructional computers located in classrooms and 58 percent of schools
had laptops on carts. The ratio of students to instructional computers
with Internet access was 3.1 to 1. Technology devices other than
computer were also widely used for instruction, the percentage of
schools that provided such devices are: DLP and LCD projectors
(97%), video conferencing unit (22%), interactive whiteboard
(73%), classroom response systems (38%), and digital cameras (93%).
(Gray, Thomas & Lewis, 2010)
2. The average reading and mathematics scores in the National Assessment
of Educational Progress (NAEP) for American 17-year-olds in 2008 were
not significantly different from the scores in the early 1970s. (National
Center for Education Statistics, 2010)

7. Reading discussion
• Why do we promote technology integration if it doesn’t improve the
scores? What does it mean to students? Teachers?
• How can teachers use technology in class? The new opportunities?
Drawbacks?
• What does technology integration mean to you personally?

8. Storyboard
What is a storyboard?
• panel or series of panels on which a set
of sketches is arranged depicting
consecutively the important changes
of scene and action in a series of shots
(as for film, television show, or
commercial).
• “visual script for camera”, “acting with
a pencil”

9. Storyboard
Why should I (or my students) create storyboards for video projects?
1. great way to brainstorm ideas and communicate with group members
2. help visualize what the final product looks like
3. make the best use of time and resources (especially for this class)
4. It is easier to change the storyboard than to edit the video footage
5. avoid missed opportunities of camera shots
6. scientific method of “research, plan and implement”

10. Storyboard
Things to include in the storyboard
1. the approximate time for each scene
2. the order of the scene in the sequence
3. graphic sketch of the story (settings,
characters, movement, camera shots
and angles...)
4. text narration and notes (brief script,
dialogue, notes...)
5. technical specifications (visual effect,
sound effect, transition, props,
notes...) and why include them.

11. Storyboard
Things to consider when creating storyboards
1. Always remember that the storyboard is not the end product itself. Don’t
waste time making the storyboard perfect. Stick
figures, circles, boxes, and other substitutes for figures or objects are fine
for storyboards.
2. It is important to note also that everything should be done in pencil for
ease of editing the storyboard.
3. Every scene contained in the storyboard should somehow contribute to
the message/purpose of the video. It the scene doesn’t contribute
anything, omit it. (for whom? About what? Why matters?)
4. Storyboards depict major scenes. They are not a frame-by-frame
recreation of the videotape.
Let us see an example of storyboards created by a professional: click

12. Work Session
• 10-15 scenes for a 5-minute video
• Key elements to include in your storyboard
1. a main message (what is this scene about and for?)
2. sketch
3. script
4. time of the scene
5. actors and props
6. camera techniques (reasons)
7. notes for editing (reasons)