Sample ideas and resources

RESOURCES:

• Useful links to online learning objects (free) http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/academic/rlo.html
• The Sound Around You project http://www.soundaroundyou.com/
• UK Sound Map http://sounds.bl.uk/uksoundmap/index.aspx
• Nokia guide to mobile film-making http://www.earthcharterinaction.org/invent/images/uploads/AppendixNokia.pdf
• JISC Digital Media: Using a Mobile Phone as an Audio Recorder http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/audio/advice/using-a-mobile-phone-as-an-audio-recorder/
• Celebrating the art of film-making on your phone http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2009-04/15/celebrating-the-art-of-film-making-on-your-phone.aspx 
• RECORD VIDEO on 3G iPhone! Here's how... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlp5Ebua7PA&feature=fvw
• Droid X Video Recording & Editing (Tutorial) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkPgODOHRic
• How to Shoot Stop Motion Animation with Palm Pre http://www.mobilemag.com/2009/06/22/how-to-shoot-stop-motion-animation-with-palm-pre/
• Avoid Shaky Footage - Stabilising your Mobile Phone Camera http://www.raindance.co.uk/site/index.php?id=479,5371,0,0,1,0
• Cell phone video production http://videoproductiontips.com/video-production-tips/cell-phone-video-production/
• BBC Learning Zone Class Clips http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/
• What Can You Learn from a Cell Phone? Almost Anything! http://innovateonline.info/pdf/vol1_issue5/What_Can_You_Learn_from_a_Cell_Phone__Almost_Anything!.pdf
• Using VoiceThread to Give Students a Voice Outside the Classroom http://chronicle.com/blogPost/blogPost-content/26367/
• 7 things you should know about videoblogging http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7005.pdf

 

 

Mobile media	Objective	Activities	Comment
Video	Stop motion recording, showing ice-cream melting. Describe molecular changes. (Chemistry)
Audio	To capture soundscapes in the local environment - what constitutes 'noise pollution' (and to whom)? (Acoustics)
Image	Take a picture of a) the most useful, and b) the most annoying aspects of your computer and/or mobile device, explaining your choices (HCI)
Image/sound/web service	Record your visual project in multimedia project diary	Use image/video with text description to record milestones and reflections, then publish to web service e.g. flickr.com slideshow	http://www.flickr.com/photos/francesbell/sets/72157616064980620/show/