I'm running the QSITE PD sessions across QLD throughout term 3, and I was a little surprised at the popularity of the Greenscreen module.
Now I'm a big believer in the process rather than the final outcome (with just about all technology) so I try and use software and equipment that is low cost / free to reduce the barrier for schools. If Teachers and Students wish to improve the production value, there are plenty of things to spend money on to make things better. I currently use Wax2.0 (free) for the greenscreen compositing, and them throwing everything into MovieMaker (installed on just about all Windows computers) to create scene changes, credits etc. If we need to do some fancy stuff with audio, we'll fire up Audacity. As for hardware, I encourage teachers to use what they have at hand. Smartphones / point'n'shoot cameras for video. Desk lamps for illumination, green fabric from Spotlight (next to the fluro-sequinned fabric in the dancewear aisle if you're wondering). The final results are not perfect, but once again I feel the process is far more important for kids. Keeping it cheap and easily to resource means more Teachers will have a go (at least that's my belief). However, I'd love to hear thoughts on the 'ideal' way to do this. I'm not after the technically best way, but the way that would encourage the most number of teachers and schools to 'give it a go'. Also keeping in mind that we want as many teachers as possible to feel confident, not just the 'techy' teachers. A lot of schools have Green / Blue walls as a result of the BER grants, but don't know how to use them. Is it too much to ask schools to buy something like Adobe Premiere Elements or Final Cut Pro just for Greenscreens? (especially for Primary schools). I know iMovie does greenscreens, but not every school has access to Macs. What do you all think? Regards Damien Kee --- You are currently subscribed to qsiteict as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://lyris.edna.edu.au/u?id=705742.d42ea647e85be3beb25392eea1a77f09&n=T&l=qsiteict&o=2157610 or send a blank email to leave-2157610-705742.d42ea647e85be3beb25392eea1a77...@edna.edu.au
