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From Chris Millet of the Digital Commons

The University Libraries and Digital Commons are jointly hosting a pre-conference workshop on Developing Literacies for Student Digital Media Activities.  It will be held Monday, July 20th, from 1-5pm in Mann Assembly Room in Paterno Library.  This interactive, half-day workshop will uncover the essential components of student multimedia assignments. In a hands-on environment, attendees will explore:
    • Digital storytelling, including the use of a variety of authoring tools to create a video-based narrative
    • Appropriate, accessible pedagogy for multimedia course assignments
    • Student digital literacy acquisition in the multimedia creation process
    • Library research skills / finding digital resources online, including the use of streaming audio and video, images and more from the Penn State Libraries and open access collections
    • The essentials of Creative Commons, copyright issues and Fair Use
The intended audience is faculty, instructional designers, and anyone involved in designing, implementing, or supporting student digital media projects.

Registration is open now: https://register4its.psu.edu/Public/ShowDetail.asp?scheduleid=106796