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=Multi-Media Certification - Day 1: Images and Slideshows=

Overview of Multi-Media Certification

 * Day 1 - Images and Slideshows
 * Day 2 - Audio and Podcasting
 * Day 3 - Video
 * Day 4 - Sharing and Celebration
 * Projects - Final Projects
 * Training Developed and Provided by [|Educational Technology and Life Corporation].
 * Certification Provided by [|Computer Using Educators (CUE), Inc].

Activity (Time Permitting):

 * Decide on a focus topic that you are likely to teach this coming year.
 * Gather images online - or using a digital camera.
 * Import the images into Picasa.
 * Organize the images into albums (in a way that might be useful to you or your students).
 * Edit the images to improve their effectiveness or impact.
 * Create a slideshow of the images and share it with a colleague.

BREAK

Activity (Time Permitting):

 * Decide on a focus topic that you are likely to teach this coming year. (This can be the same topic you chose above... or a new one.)
 * Gather images online - or using a digital camera.
 * Import the images into Photostory.
 * Create a digital story complete with titles, narrations, and a soundtrack.
 * Export the digital story and share it with a colleague.

LUNCH

Online Photos and Slideshows
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 * Share with [|Picasa Web]
 * Share with [|Flickr]
 * [|Search flickr by Creative Commons licenses].
 * Have students [|post to flickr from their cell phones].
 * Add photos to your blog.
 * Add photos to a wiki.
 * Cool Tools: [|Cooliris] (formerly Piclense) and [|Animoto] (Cool photo collage videos!)

Activity (Time Permitting):

 * Choose images from Picasa to share online. (You can choose to share the images from the 1st Activity if applicable.)
 * Upload some of the images to Picasa Web and/or Flickr. Or, upload individual images to your blog or wiki.
 * Add keywords, tags, descriptions, or body text as appropriate.
 * Share a link to your images with your colleagues. Add your link below (ask for help with this step if necessary):
 * Your Name - Link to your shared images
 * Your Name - Link to your shared images

BREAK

Proof-of-Concept Projects

 * First, return to and complete any of the above activities that you weren't able to complete earlier in the day.
 * Then, consider which of these tools you might want to use as part of your final Proof-of-Concept project.
 * Use any remaining time for create a quick prototype for your final project.
 * Ideally, each activity you complete throughout the workshop might play a roll in your final project.

[|Online Evaluation]
This wiki and the summer institute were originally developed by: [|Mark Wagner, Ph.D.] President, Educational Technology and Life Corporation