I have chatted to Roger Waddingham about the possibility of giving some Web Development training.
I use a fantastic, easy to use, VERY cheap package called Rapid Weaver for the Apple Mac.
As all schools involved in the DV Project have a Mac mini. For £20 outlay they could use it to develop a school website.
The Sussex Road website www.sussex-road.kent.sch.uk , and my own website www.jasondilling.co.uk are built using Rapid Weaver.
Having worked on websites for around ten years, it is refreshing to come across a program that really makes easy work of what can be a really technical process.
I am confident that I can demonstrate the building of a fully functional website in just 5 minutes.
If you are interested in finding out more, get in touch.

As part of my role as a leading teacher for ICT, I am required to spend time in schools to develop the skills of staff and pupils.
As none of the schools produced stop frame animation films for their projects, I am proposing that this will be the focus of the work / training carried out during the visits this term. A group of around 6 children will work with the designated teacher under my guidance.
 
I have one booking so far from Steph Apps at Woodlands school (Friday 10th March pm).
I am suggesting that all the visits should take place on afternoons so that there is not the pressure of having to get back to teach afterwards.
I will try to space out visits at least a fortnight apart to try to lessen the impact on my own class teaching.
 
Note that it is the individual school's responsibility for funding supply cover for the teacher taking part in a Hands on Support training session as the video editing equipment was supplied instead of supply funding.
 
Please email me to arrange a date suitable for your school.
 
I will forward details of pre-visit requirements once further bookings have been made.
 
For schools wishing to take the training to a wider audience, it may be possible for me to run some twilight training sessions for staff. If you are interested in this, let me know.

Teachers came to look at the published video work and ask questions.

DV Showcase
 
The DV Showcase and related display stand at the TLF joint INSET day attracted a fair level of interest and some very favourable comments:
 
"An impressive display....", "Can we be involved too ?....", "You filmed that when OFSTED were in?!"
 
Thanks in particular to Steph Apps from Woodlands, Frani Hoskins from Sussex Road, and Richard Palmer from St Margaret Clitherow for the efforts they put into getting videos published and work on display.
 
It was understandable that some schools were not able to display work due to unforeseen circumstances such as OFSTED visits and the like.
 
Movie Portfolio
 
Even if we have not seen your completed project videos, I would like to have a copy of each to add to a portfolio and possibly, with appropriate permission, publish to the web. Please could you forward a CDR containing a QuickTime movie of each completed film to me at Sussex Road School TN9 2TP. Ideally QuickTime size should be at least 640x480. If you need help doing this, just ask. Any accompanying photos of the children actually working with the DV camera or the Mac mini would be lovely. If you feel able to write a brief commentary this would also be helpful. Digital copies of photos and commentary could go onto the CDR. A DVD version of your work is also fine if you no longer have the editable material.
 

There are important differences between the ways that iMovie on the Mac and Movie Maker on Windows handle video files. These clear video tutorials give useful advice and guide you through the process of editing video footage and publishing as final movies.

Take a look at: http://www.atomiclearning.com/moviemaker2

Ironically the tutorials are in QuickTime format!

On February 8th, Real Mac Software are going to be demoing RapidWeaver at the Apple Store in Regent Street, London.

They have an hour slot in the theater from 7:00 till 8:00pm. As well as demoing RapidWeaver 3.2, they'll also be looking at how it compares to iWeb and taking a sneak peak at the forthcoming version of RapidWeaver (v3.5).

If you are taking part in the DV Project, you are invited to a twilight meeting at Sussex Road School at 4:00pm.
The plan is to discuss progress and share examples of work.
Hopefully we can make suggestions to polish up the videos ready for the TLF INSET on 20th Feb

The Atomic Learning website gives video tutorials on many popular computer packages, both Mac and PC. They also give this helpful tutorial on basic video filming.
http://www.atomiclearning.com/storytellingindex.shtml

Click HERE for a report on BETT 2006

It is simple and quick to edit .avi movie clips from digital stills cameras. For a simple guide click HERE