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In the tech muck

Stacy Uyeda — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 19:28:50 GMT

Indeed, it was helpful to hear what the other TI 2005 teachers have been doing because as my school's Technology Committee Chair, I get deflated by the technology issues at my school site. Here are some tech-related projects that I'm trying:

Spreading the use of a very helpful citation tool, NoodleBib.
Working hard to convince eighth graders that their I-Search research must and will be more than a quick search on Google. This was very hard last week, when I lost my voice for seven days!
Helping with the motivation of a seventh grader by making a short digital film with him about Internet research.
Showing a special needs student how to publish on a wiki.

Those are the fun things. The mucky stuff is trying to purchase and organize a bunch of new equipment and more importantly, to find the time to effectively train teachers on their use.

Bye for now,
STACY

Reflection on Fran's and Jennifer's projects

Stacy Uyeda — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 18:14:54 GMT

It's such a treat to see how the different residencies are panning out. Since I worked with Fran's sixth grade students, I'm going to write more about Jennifer's students.

I am struck by how high school students are so visually literate. Their edits, for example, were very appropriate and creative. I also noticed how differently her students interpreted and designed their "place" writing. One script was more of a conversation/narration, and one was more of an objective report, which I am sure reflected the students' personalities and certainly suited the spirit and flavor of their films. I'm curious to know what Jennifer's assignment looked like and also to know when and how some of the students already have worked with Premiere. It seems super-human that Jennifer did this project with four classes! WOW!!!

Debriefing

Stacy Uyeda — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 06:41:07 GMT

Fran Sheppard completed an exhausting and exhiliarating two weeks of digital storytelling collaboration between her students and the Pearson folks. Fran was incredible, and her students couldn't be prouder of their hard work. Here are some more mundane thoughts:

Volunteer adult assistance was crucial. Fran had amazing parents help with everything from providing digital cameras to typing up how-to sheets to managing all the assets being sent via e-mail and digital camera.
The need for a central server computer. In this case, we used my husband's home computer on which to store all student folders with their assets. The server needs to have a fast connection and a large capacity. This was no small feat at a school that has very, very outdated computers available (most machines are 8-10 years old).
The involvement of an on-site tech support teacher. That's what I did: coordinating the camera equipment; setting up the server; creating the uniform file structure on the server; and teaching Fran's students how to find, evaluate, download, and send images for their poems.

STACY

On the Importance of Being Informally Taught

Stacy Uyeda — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 20:56:17 GMT

I've just witnessed the most amazing conversation over using this Manila content management software. How do we make this an "authentic" experience, as one teacher expressed? Since it is a main component of teacher librarianship -- teaching how to successfully integrate technology -- I think often about how best to teach any diverse group of people something on computers.

My first reflection

Stacy Uyeda — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 19:58:29 GMT

This is a silly reflection. I am feeling silly.

Hot Flash -- reflection questions

Stacy Uyeda — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 19:30:44 GMT

Click the headline to read the guiding questions. (If it is too much effort to cursor to the headline, then click here.)

Day 3 and 4 - Late but happy

Stacy Uyeda — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 17:36:29 GMT

Darn it -- I just lost the last thing I wrote. I was happy about technology a few moments before, but now...

Anyway, I truly have enjoyed the workshop atmosphere of this TI Institute. Working at a table created a safe and supportive atmosphere. Writing with multimedia feels great to someone like myself who feels at home with visual learning. Something that I have noticed is how short my narrative is -- lengthwise, in words -- compared to most others who began with the writing. Writing it as a script forced me to write less...but my writing does not seem as lyrical and evocative as the writing of everyone else at my table who chose to write a long narrative.

Day 2 - Good news and bad news

Stacy Uyeda — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 23:46:26 GMT

I loved the morning peer response session. Although I knew in my mind how I wanted the seven-page movie script/parody of VH1 Behind the Music to look, I didn't know how I was going to revise it. Amongst all the camera directions, slug lines, and character notes, I couldn't hear the voice of the main character, my baby daughter, very well at all. To complicate it, she doesn't have a conventional voice yet, as she is only seventeen months old. So...it was wonderful to have fresh eyes and supportive souls listen to my work. I discovered that I started out appropriately, like a baby, but started drifting into my adult voice.

Less promising is how my film is progressing. I completed a solid, concise voiceover, but the Premiere software doesn't like my video files. They've been compressed in such a way that Premiere is making my daughter look like a robot on speed, which is not good. I hope that there will be a way to get around this; I'm so excited about using all the good video footage.

Finally, now that I've shared others' work, I am excited about everyone else's work. I don't feel that I'm working in isolation anymore.

Day 1 - Making a baby-centered movie!

Stacy Uyeda — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 23:45:21 GMT

I am excited to create a digital movie about my seventeen-month-old daughter. My husband and I have collected over 3,000 photos and hours of raw footage of her -- yikes! I was so eager to begin that last week, I stayed up late writing a real Hollywood-style script, with camera directions, slug lines, etc.

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