Multimedia Projects

Multimedia Projects in the Classroom

"This book provides an informative and easy-to-use guide to teachers on how to successfully integrate technology into their current curriculum even if the teachers′ background in technology is limited."Bridget Weishaar, Technology InstructorThe Latin School of ChicagoChicago, IL The "how-to" guide that can take you and your students to the next level of multimedia presentation! Teachers have been working with multimedia for years--slides shows, recordings, even "chalk talks" are multimedia. But with the advent of personal computers and sophisticated graphics software, multimedia has taken on a whole new look and feel-- and now two experts in education and multimedia share the step-by-step secrets on making multimedia work for you, your students, and your curriculum. Multimedia Projects in the Classroom can help teachers understand how the multimedia development process works, and how it can be used by teachers, as well as by students working on their own projects. Subjects include Integrating curriculum content into multimedia production Developing multimedia projects in the classroom Evaluating multimedia projects Producing professional multimedia Learn to understand the process, include it in your own work, and incorporate student-produced multimedia projects into the curriculum--all with the help of this exciting and innovative book. Addresses standards set for classroom multimedia production developed by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)-- National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NET-S) and National Educational Technology for Teachers (NET-T).

A Project Management Methodology for Multimedia Projects

Inhaltsangabe:Abstract: This paper tries to define a concept for managing multimedia projects efficiently and takes the suitability of existing methods into account. Developing a valid solution makes it necessary to look at project management as a generic discipline first and then apply the results to the multimedia discipline. Only then can we be sure that no important aspects of project management have been forgotten, nor that existing and working strategies, which could be applied to multimedia projects, have been ignored. This paper therefore defines project management and generally describes its areas of responsibility. The question of whether project management is necessary and beneficial needs to be addressed as well. After project management and the necessity to actively apply it in some form has been understood in general, a specific focus on the existing information for multimedia project management will be undertaken. It will become apparent that different viewpoints exist as to whether multimedia project management should apply project management methods of related industry areas, such as software development. This will justify the need to compare multimedia projects with software development projects. After having gained an insight into project management as well as the characteristics of multimedia projects, it is possible to determine the demands that a project management method needs to be able to meet, to successfully manage multimedia projects. It would be beyond the scope of this thesis to analyse every existing method. Instead, one method will be analysed as an example. The useful aspects of the analysed method will be identified along with its shortfalls in relation to multimedia development. Finally, recommendations on how the shortfalls could be corrected will be made, so that a project manager will be able to use the examined method, specifically suited to multimedia projects. Inhaltsverzeichnis:Table of Contents: 1.Preface7 2.Introduction9 2.1The Topic of this Thesis9 2.2Hypotheses and Findings12 2.3Definition of Multimedia14 2.4Types of Multimedia Products16 2.4.1Forms of Delivery16 2.4.2Categories of Multimedia Products18 2.4.3Conclusion20 2.5Project Management Definitions21 2.5.1Project and Project Management21 2.5.2Project Stakeholders22 2.5.3Project Methodology, Methods and Processes22 3.The Historical Development of Project Management25 3.1The Philosophy of Ancient Project Management25 3.2The [...]

Managing Interactive Video/multimedia Projects