Student Centered Technology Tutorials

Digital and Interactive Media and Digital Arts and Animation

2014-07-06T14:22:00.002-05:00

For this year, I have combined two of my favorite classes into one. If you are Business or CTE Certified, you probably teach Digital and Interactive Media (DIM) and if you are Tech Apps Certified, you probably teach Digital Arts and Animation (DAA).

When examining the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for both classes, you will find the overlap that exists. Since the Tech Apps course serves as a Fine Art Credit, I offer that to my students who need it. The rest are coded under Career and Technology Education (CTE).

Because I use this as a Blended course, I have it set up with it's own website and I just finished updating it for the 2014-2015 school year. Not all of the lessons were designed by me, but under the link's tab, you should be able to find all the contributors for this class website.

If you use this class site, please don't comment on it as it is really used in my class for my students. You can email me at lynnburleigh@gmail to report any broken links or concerns about the content.

I remember gathering all these great lessons and putting them together to fit within the confines of the class period allowed. Under the assignments tab you will find each week. The lessons for each week build in knowledge and skills, so should be done in order. I work my students from bell to bell in a 50 minute class period and I usually have about 15 students. You may have to adjust for your class size and period time.

I hope this helps you with planning for your own Digital Arts class. http://lburleigh.edublogs.org/

Lynn

Another school year has come to a close

2014-06-01T07:25:00.000-05:00

and...If you're like me, you are already starting on lesson plans for next year. Please know that I have fixed a couple broken links and will be working this summer to update the lessons and resources you find here.

For those of you using Microsoft Office 2010, all the lessons for the Microsoft will work, you will want to change any reference to the "Office Button" to read the "File Tab". That's pretty much all that changed in Word, Access, and Excel. PowerPoint is a whole nother matter! That program is so great, with the 3d effects and the ability to save as a completed video file.

The classes I teach have changed a little bit so I will have new and different lessons that I will be adding. I will be teaching Video Game Design and Visual Media Analysis and have several lessons already completed and just waiting to be added to this site. I have taken over Yearbook...so tell any of your colleagues who feel overwhelmed by Yearbook to check out my link to an entire website ready to use in class! I will be including it soon. I also have website that I will link that you can use for the entire Digital Interactive Media or Digital Arts and Animation courses.

Please note that all of these lessons are not my own, but those that I have found and sometimes reworked to fit my needs. I always try to give credit to the original publisher if I can find it.

Please share my site and visit often as new lessons will be added as I continue to set up new classes for this year. Join Teachers Pay teachers today to start selling your lesson plans. Click Here to Start

Email with any questions or concerns and join or follow this site.
Thanks, Lynn

Webquest

2012-03-12T16:34:00.000-05:00

Start Your Own Business
I created this Webquest which walks you through tasks to write your first business plan and brand your company/product.

http://questgarden.com/q/business_plan

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

QR Codes

2012-03-06T20:07:00.000-06:00

Scan my QR Code to visit my site. Then go to http://snap.vu/ to create your own. You can put them on anything T-shirts, ads, textbooks, etc. They can take you to websites, videos, even text files.

Have Fun. This one should take you to the BPA Site where two of my students are attending the National Leadership Conference.

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2012-02-17T19:56:00.001-06:00

Create a Scrolling Marquee on Your Webpage

Using HTML in Notepad, create your home page. type the html tag at the top of the page. Then type the head tag and title tag. Type the title for your page and then type the closing title tag and the closing head tag.

Type the body tag and the marquee tag. Type your message for the scrolling marquee. Type the closing marquee tag, the closing body tag, and the closing html tag. Continue adding information to your web page. More lessons soon.....

SEE EXAMPLE BELOW:

<html>
<head><title> My Home Page</title>
</head>
<body><marquee> Welcome to my Home Page</marquee>
</body>
</html>

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

2012-01-05T18:25:00.001-06:00

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Study Guides that are Fun!!

2011-11-26T12:08:00.001-06:00

Go to www.wordstash.com to create fun flash cards and play games. You will be having so much fun, you will be amazed at all you learn along the way!!

Incorporate a Documentary Lesson in Your Class

2011-11-14T18:58:00.001-06:00

Whether you teach Social Studies or Spanish, your students can get more enrichment from creating a documentary in Movie Maker. Click the Movie Maker tab to see step by step lessons on how to use Movie Maker. Feel free to print them out and use them as worksheets in your classroom.

View this student created sample of a documentary about corruption in Accounting.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/44780538/Excel%20%26%20Accounting/WorldCom%20Scandal.wmv

We Seed and Google Finance Lesson Plan

2011-11-05T03:43:00.000-05:00

This week I explored Google and looked at several applications that I could incorporate into a lesson plan. Once on the site, my eye immediately went to the Google Finance link as I was planning a lesson for the Accounting class on the "We Seed" stock market simulation site. As I explored the Google finance site, I realized the students could do their research, read "Market News", learn the ticker symbols, and create their stock portfolios with Google's Portfolio Creator.

To see the finished lesson plan, click this link Google Docs "We Seed" Lesson Plan or visit my e-Portfolio at https://sites.google.com/site/lburleigheportfolio/accomplishments

You're probably thinking "How can she get so fired up about such a boring subject?" and two years ago, I would have agreed. Everything was done with a pencil on a big green Journal register book that took two entire student desks to hold. Maybe that is where the idea for team work really came into play because it took two students just to hold the Accounting Journal. Yes, we do still use the big green book but mostly just as another experience. Most of the financial statements are now either done in Excel or QuickBooks. I prefer Excel because they have to use more formatting and formulas; QuickBooks has gotten to where it does it all now and the Accountants tend to get lazy and make mistakes. I like to keep them on their toes.

With all the new technology and the integration of virtual worlds and simulations, the business world is an exciting place to be. There is so much a teacher can do to get the students "fired up". The main thing a teacher needs to do is take one step at a time and try something new at least once a week. I would recommend trying it at home first and be sure of how things work before you show the students. If it doesn't work right or you can't answer their questions, you will confuse them and lose their interest. That can put the fire out in a hurry!

On the other hand, if you are like me and very open minded, you can tell the students what you would like them to learn, the software and websites you want them to use to learn it, and the process you want them to take to show what they have learned. You will have students that want to be spoon fed through the project so one solution could be to create teams or small groups and let them brainstorm and find the solutions on their own. Whenever I use this tactic, I always spend a lot of time over their shoulders learning as they go.

For example, I have the FREE online Audacity audio program on several of the class computers. I do not know how to use it that well and the kids know it. I have a few specialists, one is a senior this year and another is a freshman. Whenever the students have a multimedia project to complete, they have the option of creating narration or a music mix for the background in Audacity. I provide the computer, the Audacity program, the class time/tutorial time and the names of students that know some cool tips and tricks. I thought about making it a part of the class lessons and decided that I liked it better if the students just dug in and learned how to use it on their own. I just keep track of those students who really know and understand the program and make sure to spark the interest in a freshman every year.

The Freshman I have this year just did the background mix for one of the senior’s Accounting Career Movie. By next year, I will estimate that over 75% of my students will be capable of creating a music mix of at least three songs, and 50% will know how to create a voice overlay. I am sorry to say, I will not be among those percentages. I just don’t have time to learn it all and I believe firmly in the saying that “whoever is doing the work, is doing the learning” So my motto is: “Let the kids work!”