The Survival Guide to Multimedia at Upper Key Stage Two

Course provider

Peter Hardern
ICT Advisory Teacher
Nottinghamshire Advisory and Inspection Service		 email
peter.hardern@education.nottscc.gov.uk

Course details

Course description

This is a practical course which aims to equip teachers with the skills, knowledge and understanding required to teach the Multimedia Presentation Unit (6A) of the QCA Scheme of Work for ICT. This unit, more than any other QCA ICT unit, has the power to enrich the whole curriculum through its application. We shall be basing the course around two programs:

  • Microsoft PowerPoint
    The industry standard multimedia presentation and teaching tool
    Microsoft
     
  • Kar2ouche
    An exciting new interactive story-board building package with enormous cross-curricular potential
    www.kar2ouche.com

Course objectives

  • To provide teachers with a practical interpretation of ICT unit 6A.
  • To give teachers first hand experience of PowerPoint and Kar2ouche.

Course achievements

  • Greater expertise and confidence in the delivery of unit 6A.
  • Greater understanding of the application of multimedia presentations across the upper KS2 curriculum.

Programme

Introduction

General

  • Fire procedures
  • Location of lavatories
  • Equal opportunities

What is multimedia?

Presentations which combine elements of:

  • Text
  • Graphics
  • Audio
  • Video

Why use multimedia?

  • Children's appreciation of multimedia resources.
  • A versatile tool for recording and presenting children's learning.
  • A tool for teachers.

Multimedia examples

  • Kar2ouche storyboard
    Load and play the file "Osaris and Isis"
  

 
  • Interactive simulation
    Follow the 'scienceyear' link
http://www.scienceyear.com/wired/index.html

 

Unit 6A

What should children be able to do by the end of this unit?

 http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/

Storyboarding in Kar2ouche

  • Compile a Kar2ouche storyboard
  
  • Save the above as a QuickTime movie and upload to the Twiyo website.
 Examples:

Macbeth

Midsummer

Romeo

Nicola

 

Multimedia authoring with PowerPoint

Compile a PowerPoint presentation about a great artist and in so doing learn how to:
  • create a new presentation
  • choose a design template
  • choose a slide layout
  • add and format text boxes
  • add clip art
  • add photographs from a digital camera
  • add images from the Web
  • insert recorded sound
  • animate objects
  • control slide transitions
  • add action buttons
 Click here for online PowerPoint guidance:

PowerPoint 2002 (Word document)

Multimedia projects

Task:   Examples
  •  Kar2ouche
    
  •  Wilfred Owen
    
  •  Brochure for Edwinstowe
    
  •  Condemnation of Edwinstowe
    

Plenary

What level have you been working at?

Visit the ncaction website and view the multimedia exemplars. What does a level 4 multimedia presentation look like?

 http://www.ncaction.org.uk/