Technology Literacy Collaborative

QR(Quick Response) codes are the latest marketing craze.  Learn how to create QR codes for free with this short presentation and guide.

Using free software, this activity will help students understand what is stop motion animation by asking them to create a short public service announcement.

This activity offers resources for planning and creating a podcast by recording audio and then using Audacity to edit. The students will learn to trim audio clips, move clips onto multiple tracks, cut and paste pieces of tracks, and add effects.

An introduction and activity to using SAM Animation.

This is a youth-oriented (ages 10-16, but good for adults also) curriculum on Scratch, a computer game creation program. It's an educational programming language that allows people of any experience background and age to experiment with the concepts of fully versatile computer programming by using an alterable GUI. The curriculum takes an approach of learning Scratch by making a specific game with it, and then customizing it. It is developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab. Scratch can be installed and freely redistributed on any computer. The source code is made available under a license that allows modifications for non-commercial uses.

Introduction to Windows Movie Maker video editing software: button functions, contents, screenshots, editing footage, adding voiceover, adding effects, exporting, importing

This guide was made to assist students who were new to Final Cut Pro. With this guide they will learn the basics of editing in Final Cut Pro and use this as a continuing resource to answer their questions.

This curriculum was made as two-hour workshops for youth. They are best used in a classroom setting.

These materials were created for students to learn about how to make a documentary from start to finish. From pre-production to editing with Final Cut Pro. Included in this curriculum are guides and activities on:

• Camera Training
• Pre-Production
• Interviewing
• Production
• Post- Production
• Supplementary Activities

These are SPNN Youth curriculum, handouts and activities that can be used in classes, afterschool programs or short 2-3 hour workshops. These are aimed at youth media-production and can be best utilized if the necessary equipment and software are available. These include: cameras, tripods, computers/laptops, Final Cut Express, Adobe Photoshop, and SAM Animation. There are also community-building activities that can be adapted to fit other types youth groups.