Learning Resources - Media 1.08 1.08 Digital Video. Create a digital video. Introduction Digital video is a very dynamic medium. Using video in your presentations to the community, you can bring people into the classroom and have them see first hand how technology is being used as a powerful educational tool. Digitizing video involves recording a video source on your computer and saving it as digital information. Many newer computers are multimedia ready. These computers are often packaged with speakers, a microphone, a CD-ROM player, audio/video inputs and outputs, and recording software. A multimedia computer, if set up properly, will digitize a video image. At a minimum, your computer must have a video card, video input jack to receive the cables from your video source (VCR or camcorder), and a video editing software application such as iMovie or Videostudio. Even when you think you have all the right hardware, the amount of video you can digitize will be limited. This is due to the substantial storage needs of digitized video. One second of uncompressed video requires more than 27 megabytes of free hard drive space. Therefore, managing your storage needs is one of the most important parts of successful video digitizing. The type of computer and video software you are using will determine the process you will use for digitizing video. As a result, use the video recording software manual, as well as the computer manual when completing this competency. Your Job: Use the details provided below to create a product that addresses and demonstrates mastery of this competency. Use the stepwise process listed under Your Portfolio to display the completed product in your ITSC portfolio. Product Details: Create a digital video by converting the video you produced in 1.07. Do NOT place the video on our server. Any video on our server will be deleted! You must either place the video on another server and create a link in your ITSC portfolio to your instructional video. or You can burn your digital video onto a CD or DVD. Note: ALL the files on CDs or DVDs must be either MPEG or Quicktime format. CDs or DVDs are to be mailed to: ITSC Program Director 314 Keller Building University Park, PA  16802 Your Portfolio: Do NOT FTP your completed product for this competency to the "1media" folder within the web-based portfolio template provided. Click here to view the "Devel" page in the portfolio template. Download the "Devel" page from your ftp folder. Locate 1.08 Digital Video on the "Devel" page. Under "1.08 Digital Video" locate this sentence..."To view the evidence that I offer for this competency, please click here." Link the word "here" to your product and your video must be on another server. Delete the old "Devel" page in your ftp folder. Upload your revised "Devel" page. Submit the URL for your completed product in the student database. Related Resources: Digital Video for Education Type of resource: Web site Source: http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/DVE/FusionDVE/ Description: As video becomes more important for education, especially science and social studies, students and teachers need to know how to read, construct, and become masters of video technology. This site, created by NCRTEC partner NCSA, is intended to provide help and tools in this field. Video Editing: The Pictorial Sequence Type of resource: Book (hard copy) Source: Author: Robert L. Appleman. Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Washington, DC. 1995. Description: This booklet is targeted toward the beginning teacher or student who is venturing into the process of video editing with a specific task in hand, but who has not had any formal training in video production. Desktop Video Type of resource: Website Source: http://desktopvideo.about.com/mbody.htm Description: The guide in this extensive website is David Simpson who claims to live and breathe professional and consumer media communication. Basically this site is a compilation of links on many subjects related to digital video. [Competencies Home Page] [ITSC Home Page]