Learn how your students can create exciting and engaging digital stories through video documentaries and dynamic photo slide shows. This hands-on workshop will explore how to use Adobe’s photo and video production software, Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements, as a storytelling medium. You will also learn how to set up studio lighting, get quality audio, and use portable equipment for field shooting. Participants will take field trips to shoot video and take photos and utilize class time to experiment and create classroom projects. Online tutorials and resource materials you can use with your students are included. This course is a part of the T3 - Train the Teacher Project, supported by a generous grant from the Adobe Foundation Fund and Community Foundation Silicon Valley.
Agenda
- Session1: Storytelling Overview & Digital Photography Basics
- Session2: Photography Fieldtrip “City Scapes/Life” Using light, composition
- Session3: Adobe Photoshop Elements Organizer and Editing Basics
- Session4: Digital Photography Projects with Adobe Photoshop Elements
- Session5: Stop Motion Stories with Adobe Premiere Elements
- Session6: Video Production Process, Production Tools, Pre-production
- Session7: Field Production: Lighting, Audio, Composition
- Session8: Studio Production: Lighting, audio, sets; Basic Video Editing with Adobe Premiere Elements
- Session9: Video Editing with Adobe Premiere Elements – tips and techniques
- Session10: Lesson Plan – Share and Exchange
Course objectives: Students will learn:
- How to use a digital still camera and take a good photograph.
- How to use a digital video camera and take a good video.
- How to use other video production equipment such as light, microphones and tripods.
- How to plan a digital still or video story.
- Digital Storytelling techniques.
- How to use both Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements to create digital stories.
- How to publish my digital stories online using a variety of tool.
Workshop Teaching Strategy
I have created Flash based tutorials for all the projects we will cover. This method of teaching/learning might be new to you but I think you may find it extremely powerful once you get into it. By putting all my lessons into this web site you have control of your learning. You can go as fast or slow as your learning style requires. You can stop the lesson at any time and practice the techniques or ask me for more clarification. As you watch the tutorial, make sure to pause and practice the technique using the sample files. Once you complete a project, look at the agenda, and if you are ahead of schedule take the time to practice what you just learned to ensure that you understand the concept. You can also work on adapting any of my materials to suit your teaching needs.
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