8th Grade Links
Digital Media | Coding
Today's Links: Guided Writing Prompts for Video The Golden Ratio vs. The Rule of Thirds
Video Game Review Project: How to Write a Video Game Review. Play game, take notes Write briefly about these 3 points (not 1,000 words like in link, but about 350):
- What do you like about the game?
- What could be improved?
- How does this game compare to other popular games?
Then find out how long it takes to read with CuePrompter.com: The Online Teleprompter. Goal: 3 minutes
What IT Career Pathway is Waiting for You?
(Washington State)
Unit 1: Getting to Know You
- Downloading PDF Files to Window's Document Folder and Opening with Foxit
- All About Me (pdf form)
- Digital Life Skills: What Are They (pdf form)
- Digital Life Skills I Use (pdf form)
- What I Have, Would Like to Learn, Use, What I Need (pdf form)
- Northstar Digital Skills Assessments Computer skills, software skills, and Using technology in your daily life
- Mr. B's KWL (pdf form)
- How to Fill a PDF on a Chromebook (:40)
Unit 2: Content is King -- Fact Checking & Research
- Internet Scavenger Hunt #1 (pdf form)
- Internet Scavenger Hunt #2 (pdf form)
- Internet Scavenger Hunt #3 (pdf form)
- Internet Scavenger Hunt, Your Turn to Create! (pdf form)
- Mr. B's "Take 5" Research Process
- Example: Marketing 101: Mr. B's Biz Ed Web
- Example: The Stuart J. Cort (7:00)
Unit 3: What Is Media?
Dictionary.com defines "media" as: a plural of medium1; and the means of communication, as radio and television, newpapers, magazines, and the internet, that reach or influence people widely2.
- VIDEO: What is Media? (2:12)
- What is Media? Definition and Meaning: Market Business News
- What Are Digital Media? (pdf form)
Are you ready to explain why virtually all media
today now meets our definition of digital media life skills?
Unit 4: Writing for Digital Media - A Keying Thing
Good Posture Matters
How Fast Can You Type for 3 Minutes?
BE SURE TO SELECT 3 MINUTE TIMED TYPING TEST!
30-Point Keying Rubric (pdf)
Take a Break, Rotate Your Neck, and Look Up
Each Day, 2 of the links below will be assigned. Do each one-at-a-time. They will open in a new tab. Please LEAVE EACH TAB OPEN. When the pair is complete, please open ANOTHER TAB and choose an appropriate keying game.
- Keying Basic Self-Check
- Keyboarding Posture & Technique Self-Check
- Identify the Correct Finger Self-Check
- Proper Keyboarding Technique Self-Check
- Keying Egonomics Self-Check
- Home Row Keys: Keyboarding Skills Quiz!
- Keying Vocabulary Self-Check
- Keying Trivia Self-Check
Unit 5: Microsoft Word
Choosing Fonts
Video Tutorials: MS Word
- Getting Started With Word
- Creating and Opening Documents
- Saving and Sharing Documents
- Text Basics: Add, Delete, Move, Cut, Copy, and Paste
- Formatting Text
- Page Layout: Page Orientation, Margins, and Size
- Pictures and Text Wrapping
MS Word Projects
- Sweet Treats We Forget About and Example When Complete
- Best Pancake Toppings
- 15 Favorite Pizza Toppings
- Directions for 2-Column Layout: Favorite Pancake Toppings
- Best Donuts and Example When Complete
- Valentine Candy and Example When Complete
- Directions for Creating 3-Column Layout w/Graphic
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Word Art:
Important unit, prepares us for PowerPoint projects
too
- Getting Started with WordArt (2:31)
- Fun With MS Word's WordArt (pdf resource)
- WordArt Project: ASSIGNMENT
- WordArt Project Example
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MORE Word Art Resources and Help (OPTIONAL):
WordArt is also in MS PowerPoint
- Insert WordArt (Microsoft Support)
- WordArt in Word: How to Insert and Format WordArt in Word. WordArt is also in MS applications PowerPoint, Excel, and Publisher.
- FREE Online WordArt Generator (InkPx)
- Media Press Releases
Unit 6: Business Simulations & Decision Making
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Unit 7: PowerPoint
(5:02) and More Resources: Getting Started With PowerPoint- Setting Timings for PowerPoint 1: Volcanoes. Using Rehearse Timings to create a self-running Slideshow and then saving as a video.
- MORE on Rehearsing and Recording Your Presentation: This is how you set timings so that a PowerPoint will run automatically can be saved as a video.
- PowerPoint Project 2: Minerals of the Earth, 6 slides and 25 Point Rubric
- Your Choice: 10 Slides on an appropriate topic with 60 point Scoring Rubric
- Microsoft PowerPoint. Click Test Your Digital Literacy, green Take An Assessment button. Then choose Microsoft PowerPoint (middle links, under Essential Software Skills).
Unit 8: Mr. B's Easy Video 1-2-3
- Mr. B's Video Kids Website: www.videoKids.me
- Making Great Videos, Slides 1-10 at Mr. B's Video Kids (pdf form #1 for this unit)
- Easy Video 1-2-3, Slides 11-17 (pdf form #2 for this unit)
Unit 9: Video Gear
Getting Started: Video Productions Tips 'N Tricks. In the videos below, you will see how Sunny and Rob use their cameras, microphone, and lighting.
- How to Get Comfortable on Camera
- Make Professional Videos at Home Without Pro Gear (5:21) by Sunny Lenarduzzi
After these videos, we will look at each of these video tools
in-detail.
The first videos in the three gear
sections below
Are Made With Doodily
(1:54)
Video Cameras
- Video Cameras (2:38), Transcript
- Microphones (3:04), Transcript (.pdf)
- Mr. B's JavaScript Microphones Self-Check
- Shure SM58 Microphone Review (5:54) and Guided Writing Prompts (pdf form)
- Shure SM58 Dynamic Microphones (7:07)
- Lighting (3:25), and Transcript (.pdf)
- Mr. B's JavaScript Lighting Self-Check
- Three Point Lighting Basics for Photography/Video (3:48) and Guided Writing Prompts
Lighting Tips 'N Tricks
- 5 Ways to Shape Light for Different Situations on Set
- 5 Ways You Can Light Your Next Horror Film Project
- 10 Cheap and Simple Light Setups for Filmmakers and Photographers
- How To Light A Car Scene Using The Poor Man’s Process
- How to Minimize Your Lighting Setup on Set
- Production Tips for Lighting Your Next Interview Shoot
- Stay On Budget With 7 LED On-Camera Lights for Under $200
Unit 10: Scripts & Storyboards
are great ways to learn how to organize and create videos. Here's an example of the script format Mr. B's uses.Unit 11: Video Composition
- The Golden Ratio vs. The Rule of Thirds (3:24)
- Camera Shot Types and Summary of 7 Common Camera Shots
- Camera Shot Project: Examples of Compositions (pptx file)
- Composition (video, photos, web-layout, art, and more): Golden Ratio and Rule of Three
- Do Not Break These 5 Rules of Composition For Video
- Basics of Video Composition (2:25)
- 4 Framing & Composition Techniques for Beginners (5:31)
- 6 Ways to Compose Better Video: The Rules of Composition (8:07)
Unit 12: Web-Based Media
- How Does A Computer Work (video, 2:48) with Guided Notes
- How the Internet Works
- CodeHS Sandbox: Write Code and "Try It"
Unit 13: Web Design
- UX vs UI Designs (downloadable/printable pdf)
- Design Tips 'N Tricks
- Mr. Breitsprecher's Web Design (from Mr. B's Biz Ed Web: myBusinessEd.com)
Unit 14: Websites with Wix
- Wix: Create a Free Website
- Wix Tutorial (3 pg PDF)
- Examples of Student Websites Created in Wix
- Wix Resources
- Mr. Breitsprecher's High School Web Design Class (from Mr. B's Biz Ed Web: myBusinessEd.com)
- Wix Website Tutorial 2022 for Beginners in 12 MINUTES (12:56)
- How to use Wix – Step-by-Step Tutorial 2022
Unit 8: Computers 101
- Mr. B's How Computers Work: Let's put it all together now (from myLMCweb.com)
- Computer Basics: What is a Compute (2:47) and Guided Notes (pdf form)
- Computer Science Basics: Input Process Output (2:49) and Guided Notes (pdf form)
- How Computers Work: CPU, Memory, Input & Output (4:16) and Guided Notes (pdf form)
- Hardware software firmware: Input, Store, Process, Output (5:22)
- The Internet: Packets, Routing & Reliability (6:25)
More Resources: Computers 101
- GCF Computer Basics: Lessons, videos, and interactives
- GCF Basic Computer Skills: Let's review what you know
- GCF: Computer Science: Concepts like algorithms, binary (which makes this digital), programming, and more
Please check back soon for more
Digital Life Skills resources & activities
More Fun Links
A. Mr. Breitsprecher's Websites
- Mr. B's Guitar Music
- Library Media TV
- My LMC Web
- Video Kids
- My Biz Ed Web
- Club TNT: Weekly Madison TV show, TVW, 11 am Saturdays
B. Keying Skill Building Links
C. Magic Gopher. Can this online media from the BBC read your mind? (Explained HERE)
D. Explore.org: Live Animal Webcams
E. Web Cams: Including the world-famous Bear Cam!