Digital Media

What is Digital Media?
It is a Digital method to store and conve digitized information to the public.
Digital media comes in many forms. including digital newspapers, inteactive telivisions and gaming devices. 
My group did a presentation on Digital media Click here to view presentation. 
For the topic of Digital Media the 7-10 Information Software Technology syllabus states that students will examine and analyse different digital media producats and thier uses in different contexts.  They will also produce a digital media product that will include two different data types.
An examples of assesment task you could do with a 7-8 class is you could use a simple animation software you could use a free online animation software like  pencil 2D animation software.  Using this software students could do a simple morphing animation that includes text. click here to view examples of animations
An example of another practial task that could be conducted inside the classroom is a simple photshop tutorial where the students create an invertation for an event such as a school formal.  A Prezi peresintation about the cababilities of photoshop was crteated which included instructions on using photoshop. Click here for photoshop prezi .
It is important to keep in mind that some students may already know how to use a program or may be a faster learner, but we as teachers should not discourage a students eagerness and creativness.  We should always have extra tasks up our sleeves that students may go on with. 

Digital media has had a monumental effect upon society the scope of this effect can bee seen in this video even though it came out in 2009.

Core Topic: Issues

In the lecture we learnt about the cultural disadvantage that students have out in the country in regard to internet access and in particular in aboriginal communities where they may have no internet access.  there are also disadvantages for people with disabilities who are not able to use the highly interactive gaming devices such as the wii. As teachers we should be aware of students who may be at a disadvantage in areas of the ICT subject and think of alternate activities or more inclusive activities that they can participate in.
When thinking of computing we do not often think about the industrial health issues that can be caused by using the computer. Students should be aware that they should have good lighting, the monitor at eye level, good posture, and a chair at the correct hight.