A friend recently asked for my thoughts on what impact I thought HTML5 would have on Adobe and the quick answer is I haven’t the foggiest. I have, though been favouriting some blog posts and web stuff about it as I try to catch up with the rest of the world and I though I’d share some. It’s not comprehensive, but it’s a start.
Education Blog:
Is HTML5 important for education?
June 9, 2010 - Mobile, Web Tools -Poetry and Photostories – Evaluative Case Study
February 2, 2010 - MSc, Professional Development -
The first semester of my MSc is now complete. The final assignment was an evaluative case study on a project using photostories as a way of helping Year 11 students develop their skills in analysing poetry. I’ve posted the document and comments are welcome.
Farewell Fliggo
January 18, 2010 - D-Ed Pool, Web Tools, Whole School Issues -
Here’s another entry to the D-Ed Pool, technology that has fallen by the wayside, and it’s an interesting one as it’s a service I quite liked but also is a good example of one of the main pitfalls of using web2.0 tools for education.
CP3 Conference – resources available
November 17, 2009 - Professional Development, Site of the Week -
Film Education’s CP3 conference is a routinely excellent occasion and well worth your attention if you are involved in using digital media in education. I’ve blogged about it before.
The last event was in Liverpool (way…
Digital Photography in York
October 14, 2009 - Tips and Techniques, Web Tools -
I was invited last week to support a creative session at the Sheffield Primary Headteachers’ Conference in York on digital imaging. It was run by Rob Walker from Playing for Success with me tagging along and throwing in my tuppence-worth.
I thought I’d share the results with you.
Adobe Clip Notes – Collaborative video annotation
September 9, 2009 - Tips and Techniques, software -
Adobe Premiere CS3 and 4 allow you to render a movie to Quicktime or Windows Media and embed it in a pdf. When you share the pdf it allows you to play the video and add annotations at specific points in the movie. Many users can add comments so you can build up a converstation about a particular video clip.
Making stop-motion animation
August 11, 2009 - Site of the Week, Tips and Techniques -M’learned colleague at Sheffield South CLC, Catherine Moore has been using her summer profitably. She’s made a short how-to about making stop motion animation. I particularly like the paper clip fish.
Film Ed’s CP3 Conference – last bookings
June 16, 2009 - Professional Development -If you are interested in using digital video as a teaching and learning tool then this conference by Film Education comes highly recommended. It’s in Liverpool this year.
I’ve blogged about…
Don’t film your school play!
May 19, 2009 - Web Tools, Whole School Issues -
Literacy skills in the media industry
August 14, 2009 - Comment - By: ChrisSo how much emphasis is placed on cretive writing in the media studies syllabus?