Level of Difficulty: All Levels

Intended Audience: Primary Teachers

Rationale:

This toolkit will show ways to bring multimedia sources such as graphics, sound and video into a presentation format that is easy for students in grades Kindergarten through Second grade.

Description:

Learn about the power of multimedia presentations, how to put them together and how they can be used with primary students.

Equipment:

• computer with A/V capabilities
• Kid Pix Studio Deluxe software
• Internet Access
• Additional peripherals such as a scanner or digital camera.

Prerequisites: Participant should have basic knowledge of computer skills.

Objectives:

	Understanding of how to plan for a multimedia presentation and the use of planning tools.
	Understanding and use of the various multimedia components of Kid Pix Software
	Understanding of how to import graphics and sound from media resources such as a digital camera, a scanner and the internet.
	Understanding of how to combine all components of Kid Pix Software into a presentation.
	Understanding of how to evaluate a multimedia presentation.

Topics:

	Project Planning
	Kid Pix Studio Deluxe Basics
	Moopies and Stampinator
	Multimedia Resources
	Slideshow Presentation

Activities

Why use multimedia?

• Multimedia presentations
  • provide students a way to combine various types of media such as drawings, graphics, sounds, or videos from many different sources such as books, software and the internet
  • provide students a way to show what they have learned
  • provide an opportunity for students to work together cooperatively
  • motivate students
  • provide students with a feeling of accomplishment
• The National Educational Technology Standards for students. initiated by the International Society for Technology in Education, states prior to completion of the 2nd grade, students will use a variety of media and technology resources for directed and independent learning activities.

Project Planning

• Goal(s) As in all learning activities, first determine the student learning goal(s) you are trying to achieve. Then decide the best method of learning to achieve the goal(s).
• Project Planning Use a storyboard format to set up a visual plan of the project. This is probably best done on paper. Here are some Ideas for developing a storyboard.
• Actitivy #1 We are going to make a 5 slide presentation about how different kinds of weather make you feel. Use one of the storyboard ideas to plan the project

  Slide #1 - Title of Slideshow (something to do with weather), author's name

  Slide #2 - Weather that makes you feel scared

  Slide #3 - Weather that makes you feel sad

  Slide #4 - Weather that makes you smile

  Slide #5 - The End

• Project Storage All slides need to be stored together for ease of use. There is a "My Pix" folder on the hard drive. It is easiest to store them in that folder and delete later.

Introduction to Kid Pix Studio Deluxe Software

• What is Kid Pix Software A brief description of the software Kid Pix.
• Picker Screen (Main Menu) At the Picker Screen select Kid Pix to go to the designing page & tools.
• Kid Pix Menu Bar Differences between Kid Pix, Moopies and Stampinator menus.
• Tool Use An online listing of the Kid Pix Tools and their functions. Review the many things you can do with each tool. Note how Option and Shift keys changes things. Print a copy of the tools and their uses to refer to as you work
• Actitivy #2 In Kid Pix, using at least 5 different tools, draw a picture about the kind of weather that scares you. Using the typewriter tool, tell how this weather makes you feel. When finished, save the named picture in the My Pix folder. Return to the Picker Screen under File in the menu.

Using the Moopies and Stampinator

• Picker Screen At the Picker Screen select Moopies where you will be introduced to the ability to use many of the Kid Pix Tools to make "moving pictures" - Moopies.
• Tool Use The Moopies' tools, which are different from the Kid Pix Tools, are some of the Wacky Brushes, Rubber Stamps, Electric Mixer effects and Alphabet Stamps. They are noted by " " around those tools in the Toolbar. The choices for each of these tools is located in the Tool Options tray below the drawing area.
• Moopies Menu Bar Differences between Kid Pix, Moopies and Stampinator menus.
• Actitivy #3 After trying out these different tools, draw a picture with the Moopies' tools about the weather that makes you feel sad. In the top left corner of the picture, tell why it makes you sad by using the Dancing Alphabet Stamp tool. For now, save this Moopie by selecting Save a Moopie under File on the menu. Save named picture in the My Pix folder. This will allow you to return and edit the picture later. Return to the Picker Screen under File in the menu.

• Picker Screen At the Picker Screen select Stampinator, where you develop paths for antimated stamps.

• Tool Use The Stampinator screen provides you with most of the same tools as in Kid Pix except the Rubber Stamps are animated. The Tool Options trays are also below the drawing area. On the right side of the drawing area are the Cast Boxeswhere you will select up to 4 Stamp Actors to move across the drawing area.

  Highlight the 1 of the 4 boxes and then pick a stamp to put in it. Click on 1 of the 4 actors and drag a path across the area. Continue with the other actors. The Path buttons include , , and . The Behavior buttons , , , , and . Above the drawing area is a Timer Bar, which displays the amount of time used of alloted time for each animation.
• Stampinator Menu Bar Differences between Kid Pix, Moopies and Stampinator menus.
• Actitivy #4 Spend some time selecting different Stamp Actors and creating paths for them to follow across the drawing area. Also try the different behavior buttons. Select New under File on the menu. In this picture, in symbols of 2 different types of weather. Make it silly if you want. Start your drawing by adding a photo background by selecting Pick a Background under Goodies on the menu. Use the arrows to move through the selections. (Look at picture to determine what to draw) For now, save this Stampinator drawing by selecting Save a Stampination under File on the menu. Save named picture in the My Pix folder. Return to the Picker Screen under File in the menu.

Using Multimedia Resources

The Kid Pix Studio Deluxe CD provides additional graphics, sounds and backgrounds. The Kid Pix Studio Deluxe Resource CD provides many examples and ideas of how to use Kid Pix Studio Deluxe.

• Graphics Pictures can be put into Kid Pix from other programs or the Internet. Save a copy of the graphic in the My Pix Folder.

• Select Import a Graphic or Import a Picture from File on the menu.
• Choose the graphic you want to put into the drawing area from the My Pix Folder.
• Pick any of the options needed to resize the graphic or determine how you want the graphic put into the drawing area and then click OK.
• The graphic will then be placed in the drawing area where it can be resized, (clicking & dragging the blue squares in the corners) or manipulated by any of the Kid Pix tools. Once you have clicked off of the graphic it becomes part of the background and cannot be changed.

• Sounds Sounds can be used from the Kid Pix Studio Deluxe program, the internet or by recording your own. Save a copy of the sound in the My Pix Folder.
  • Select Pick a Sound from Goodies menu. Sound choices appear in the preview bar and can be cycled through by using arrows on each side. Click on the selected sound and it will appear in the middle box . Preview the sound by choosing the bottom button on the left. The Firecraker will remove a highlighted sound.

• To import a sound, choose the top button on the left and select the sound file you want from the My Pix folder. Its name and picture representation will appear in the preview bar and it will be added to the Pick a Sound library.
• To record a sound/music, choose the middle button on the left. After recording, with a microphone hooked up to the computer, name the sound and it will be added to the Pick a Sound library.
• The buttons on the right will control how the sound will play.
• After selection has been made, click OK to complete putting sound into the drawing area.

• Movies Movies can be imported from the internet, located on the Kid Pix Studio Deluxe program or Resource CDs, other application or made by students with a digital camera that will make Quicktime movies and a computer with video capture capabilities.

• Select Pick a Movie from Goodies on the menu. Navigate to find the movie - from your My Pix folder if it has been saved from the internet (save movie the same as save a graphic) or from the Kid Pix Studio Deluxe program, Resource CD, or other application. Hightlight the movie title and click Open. The movie can be previewed in the Wacky TV then click the Paste Jar icon at the bottom of the TV. Make sure the document is open you want to place the movie into, then just click in the drawing area. The movie will play when the document is opened and by selecting Pick a Movie from Goodies on the menu.

• Actitivy #4 Find a graphic, sound and movie that goes along with the picture you drew in Activity #1 about scary weather. In Kid Pix, select Open under File on the menu. Reopen your Kid Pix picture from Activity #1. Add the graphic, sound or movie to this picture. Save again by selecting Save a Picture from the File menu. Select the Save Sound with Picture or Save Movie with Picture as appropriate and return to Picker. Online Resources - a list of websites to get graphics, sounds and pictures.
• Actitivy #5 Select Kid Pix and make a Title picture for your slideshow presentation. It should include the Title of the presentation and your name. When you use the text tool, the text is a sepearte layer over the background. When the text is correct and complete, select the text box by clicking the Toolbox menu and then selecting Paint Text to Background, then select the appropriate option and click OK. Save it named "title" in the My Pix folder.
• Actitivy #6 Select Kid Pix and make an picture for your slideshow presentation. It should include the words "The End". DO NOT select Paint Text to Background. Select Pick a Sound from Goodies menu and choose the Hear Typewriter Text and select a voice. Save it named "end" in the My Pix folder.

 

Slideshow Presentation

• Editing and Saving All of the the 3 Activity Pictures should be saved in the My Pix folder
  • Reopen each of the 3 Activity Pictures, edit if needed.
  • The Kid Pix picture can be saved by selecting Save under the File menu.
  • The Moopies picture should be saved by selecting Save for SlideShow under the File menu.
  • The Stampinator picture should be saved by selecting Save for SlideShow under the File menu.
  • Return to the Picker and select SlideShow.
• Menu Bar Description of the Slide Show Menu Bar
• Moving Van

  • The moving vans are where you place the picture you have made to be put together into a slideshow. The van that is active is the one with the blue background and the dog looking out the window.

  • Insert the title Kid Pix picture by clicking on the Pick a Picture icon under the van. Locate and select "title" in the My Pix folder. The picture will appear in the moving van. (You can double click the picture to view it in full size.)
  • Since there is no sound with the "title" picture, add a sound by clicking on the Pick a Sound icon under the van. This will give the option to preview a sound, change a sound if there is already one attached, record a sound (click on the microphone icon and record it with the computer's microphone), look at additional sounds, or select the sound you want.
  • Select a transition from one picture to the next, click on the Pick a Transition icon under the van. You can preview and select the transition you want.
  • Set the display time for up to 30 seconds, by clicking on the TimeSlider strip , under the other buttons, and sliding it to the right. This allows you to determine how many seconds the picture will stay on the screen. (If you have included text keep it up long enough for observers to read.)
  • Continue to add the additional pictures from Activities #1, #2, #3 and #6.
    • If a sound is already attached to the picture, its' sound clip will show up in the TimeSlider as yellow clips for its length.
    • If a movie is attached to the picture, a filmstrip icon will appear in the TimeSlider. Double-click on the TimeSlider to decide options on the movie's size and appearance.
  • Additional options
    • The icon bar at the bottom of the Slide Show screen, allows you to undo your last action in the active van, delete the active slide, select if you want the slide show to play through 1 time or looped.
    • Change the order of the slides by clicking on a picture and draging to another van. The picture in that van will automatically move over. Select Clean Up to remove empty Moving Vans.
    • Choose Background Color under the Goodies menu to put a color frame around all the pictures in your slide show.
    • Click on Background Sound (Macintosh only) to select a sound to play in the background while the slideshow runs.
• Present your slideshow.

Student Evaluation Procedures

The evaluation should reflect the instructional goals that were set for the activity. It should be a tool that will identify ares that need improvement and yet have a positive effect on student learning. Multimedia Projects can be evaluated in various ways.

• Traditional Grading

  When using traditional grading, it is suggested that the multimedia project be broken down into small parts and seperate grades or points be given in each area such as:

  • planning
  • use of technology
  • research
  • creativity
  • other skills that need to be evaluated for the accomplishment of the goals set
  • presentation
• Rubrics

  The rubric should reflect the criteria that was set up prior to the activity. The expected levels of accomplishment for each area of criteria are established by the teacher and students. Possible things to look at are:

  • Presentation
  • Information
  • Technical components
  • Cooperative learning if done in groups

  Example

  Another Example

• Self Assessment

  Self assessment allows a student to take responsibility for looking at their project, learning from it and growing from what they see. It allows for students to reflect on parts of the project that might now otherwise be known to the teacher. Areas that can be covered are:

  • How they felt as they planned
  • How well they followed the directions of the project
  • How well they thought they used the computer, camera, etc.
  • How well they feel they got along with others (if a group)
  • How they feel about the project or about how they presented it.