magazine.T4L Issue 05

ISSUE 5 TERM 1 I 2020

GET CREATIVE!  WRITING

 PUBLISHING

 PODCASTING

 DRAWING

 FILMING

 JAMMING

Welcome to our first issue of 2020!

Explore your creative side as we test and showcase inspiring apps that will get you writing, designing

Unleash your creativity!

and reimagining the world around you.

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Don’t forget, we’ll be hitting the road again for great NESA registered PD events around the state in Term 1 – click here for more info

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There’s no limit to who can access those students’ artworks and explore them and experience what it’s like to live in Wilcannia,”

When art meets tech

Lisa Van Den Dolder, The Arts Unit.

Students unlocking public art with virtual reality (VR) In 2019, students from across the state reimagined a public space in their local

Learn more about this incredible project here

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community by creating an innovative sitespecific artwork. Artworks created included a live protest, sculptures and murals.

The Your Public Art Project was a joint initiative between the NSW Department of Education (including stem.T4L and the Arts Unit) and the Kaldor Public Art Project.

One school took the project one step further.

Merrylands High School teacher Ben Jones and his students designed an app

Virtual Reality for dummies

to house the

works, taking viewers on a fully immersive VR experience. The artworks were captured using 360 VR filming and 3D photogrammetry and then transformed by the students into a virtual

Non-immersive VR

world in the app so anyone, anywhere can experience the artworks.

Many of us have used simple ‘handheld’ phone-based VR viewers like Google

In late 2019 T4L visited the Art Gallery of NSW to explore this virtual exhibition, find out more here Download the Kaldor – Your Public Art Project 2019 – VR Experience app designed by Merrylands High School

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Cardboard to explore basic VR experiences like Google Expeditions

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example of non-immersive VR – as the user can quickly and easily remove the headset to exit the experience. For those new to VR, it is an extremely cost-effective way to experience the medium and get started in your school!

Immersive VR Immersive VR experiences are richer in their content which is more interactive. Putting it simply, it feels a little more like being there.

However, the headset is usually strapped to the user’s head, and often the unit comes with hand controllers to allow for more interaction within the virtual environment.

This type of experience is recommended only for users over 13 years of age.

➚ To find out more about VR ➚ Book a handheld VR stem.T4L kit ➚ Book an immersive VR stem.T4L kit READ THE LITERATURE REVIEW COMMISSIONED BY T4L

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Road Test Get creative It’s time to let your creativity run wild.

Let’s explore the latest in music, video and podcasting production. We also check out tools to get your students creating on the virtual page and in 3D.

About the expert Yvette Poshoglian is a bestselling children’s author and an English teacher. She currently works with the T4L team.

Budding authors?

Get them published!

Students (and teachers!) can explore:

What will you need to get started?

storyboarding

iPad (available on EdBuy)

layout and design

optional Apple pencil and/or stylus

Apple’s Everyone Can Create – Drawing

narrative structure

Tayasui Sketches School

on iPad Guide is a great starter to get

images and how they relate to text

Everyone Can Create Drawing project guide

Building visual literacy skills is crucial to all stages of English. Picture books are important texts from Stage 1 to Stage 6.

your students combining aspects of storytelling, narrative, drafting and

Pages

design on the iPad. Watch here for a quick overview.

The in-built Teacher Guide will also step you through the process, from embarking on a picture book, to publishing in the EPUB eBook format.

Don’t be frightened by the jargon – creating a picture book is an intuitive process, so just set aside some time to create and explore. The free apps – Pages and Tayasui Sketches School – make it a breeze, and the guides are easy to follow.

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Keen to explore more? Make sure you check out the Everyone Can Create Modules on Apple Teacher !

Podcasting made easy Adele Strange (AS), teacher and ICT Coordinator at Bateau Bay Public School on the NSW Central Coast, has been creating podcasts with her students to contribute to the school’s radio show.

Schools across NSW have transformed into radio stations, broadcasting their unique stories using podcasting technology.

T4L: How did you handle students sharing devices?

AS: Shared devices can be a problem for schools. The students I worked with created their podcasts over a number of weeks, so we had to hope the students’ work wasn’t deleted from the iPads. We named all the podcasts ‘xxx’s podcast DO NOT DELETE’ and we only lost 2 podcasts out of 62 and that was because the iPads were reset, not because other students deleted files!

T4L: In 5 words, how would you describe the RØDE Podcaster Pro?

T4L: How does podcasting link to the curriculum?

AS: Creativity’s magic media-making box!

AS: Most English outcomes – ES1 to ES3 – are covered in

T4L: Jingles at the top of the show have been made with GarageBand … tell us more!

putting together a radio show. My focus was to improve

AS: The students used GarageBand to make mini-podcasts

engagement with the project. The RØDECaster Pro tool

all aspects of the students’ literacy skills throughout

on the subject/activity of their choice. This gave them prerecorded content for their radio show/podcast. GarageBand

for creating media presentations could be used for most curriculum areas.

allowed the students to easily add sound effects and music

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and work independently. These GarageBand mini-podcasts

on their future plans here!

were uploaded to Google Classroom. I then moved them to the students’ collaboration folders so they could be shared with their class. I then transferred some to the RØDECaster Pro for use during the live recorded shows.

T4L: What are the pros and cons of GarageBand?

AS: The students learned how to use GarageBand really quickly. The main problem we had was with the quality of sound when recording. If students bumped their iPads or moved them, it created unpleasant noises. I have just ordered some RØDE lapel mics. Having these will make working with the iPads and GarageBand much better. GarageBand

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free to install through the Apple App store.

RØDECaster Pro The setup iPad Laptop GarageBand app

Features of the RØDECaster Pro RØDECaster Pro Podcasting Station RØDECaster Lapel Mics 8 programmable pads offer instant playback of sound effects and jingles

Adobe Audition app 5

Drawing and design apps Tayasui Sketches School App works with iPad, Mac and Android Sketches School will bring out your inner Picasso! This free app allows you not only to sketch but also to capture your masterpieces on video as a tutorial or lesson. This can be a great way to explore book layout, cover design, characters, landscape with students in Stages 1-3. Sketches School is

Keen to learn more?

loaded with features and is best used with a stylus. This app

The Tayasui Sketches school

has links to the English K-10 Syllabus and a range of Creative Arts Syllabuses.

has quick and easy

to follow video tutorials as well as App download links for Apple iOS and Android.

20 realistic tools

Video-record drawings, lessons or tutorials

Import photos

Organise folders easily

For more intermediate to advanced drawing skills, head to our blog for our feature on Microsoft Paint 3D. To draw on any device try Google Canvas

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Q: Darren, who are your guitar heroes?

A: Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai and Alexandr Misk Q: What apps did you like working with best?

A: Jamstik app for learning chords. GarageBand for recording and playing.

Road-testing the Jamstik

Q: What are some great features of the Jamstik?

A: The Jamstik never needs tuning!

Q: Would you use it for live performances?

The T4L team are currently testing an innovative way to learn how to play the guitar. The Jamstik is a headless, MIDI studio guitar, about ¾ the size of a standard electric guitar.

not useful for live performance.

Q: Any cons?

Headless

3.5mm TRS-MIDI Out Option

Compact for travel

Bluetooth wireless connectivity

Use on iPad with Jamstik app and GarageBand app

Darren Johnstone, Head Teacher Technology at Campbelltown Performing Arts High School has been trialling the Jamstik with his Music/Entertainment VET students with the after school rock band. We get Darren’s (and his after school rock band’s) verdict on the Jamstik with the native app and GarageBand.

(Please note this product is still undergoing testing).

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A: Slight latency makes it difficult for recording and

A: It would be a great tool for learning chords. But with its relatively high cost it would not scale well.

However it’s an engaging way to learn chords and a good option if you already have iPads.

Q: What are the pros?

A: Great as a guitar chord teaching app. The chord pattern (where you put your fingers) appears in blue. As you press the notes down, the dots appear yellow. See video

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Lights!

Camera!

Action!

With stem.T4L Leader Eric McCarron, Senior Education Officer

Welcome to the revolution! Computing, camera and internet technologies in smartphones and tablets have made it is easier than ever to consume and create video. But classrooms and schools can be challenging spaces for filming. Fear not, stem.T4L’s Filming Kit rises to the challenge to help you and your students create quality video in and out of the primary and secondary classroom.

Eric’s tips

Unpacking the Filming Kit iPad x 2 loaded with apps to prep, capture and edit video (such as TouchCast and Apple Clips)

1. Invest time on writing, scripting, planning and storyboarding (pre-production) 2. Follow tip one and you will spend less time in

» apps enable greenscreen (chroma

post-production

keying), sound effects, overlays and

3. The iPad is an all-in-one tool for capturing and

multiple cameras

editing video

iOgrapher case x1 – stabilises the iPad to shoot, frame and add enable accessories such as lights and microphones to be added

4. The kit includes pre-selected apps to support you with preparing, capturing and editing your work.

Eric’s time-saving apps

Tripod x 1

The kit has a number of carefully selected apps to help you prepare, capture and edit your work on the one digital tool.

TouchCast and Apple Clips reduce the time you need in

Portable greenscreen x 1

post-production, and add value during filming. Features

Microphones and light – including shotgun and lapel microphones, adaptors and extension cords.

like green-screening (chroma keying), adding sound effects, overlays (vApps) and multiple cameras all while recording mean you won’t get bogged down.

For more resources Try Film Festival

and School Newsroom

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