Learning Links
Digital Weekend of Workshops

April 23-24, 2004
College of Education at The University of Nevada, Reno

Project Learning Links would like to invite you to the Digital Weekend Of Workshops (W.O.W.) at the University of Nevada, Reno. The W.O.W will be held on April 23-24 in the College of Education located on the University of Nevada, Reno campus. These workshops will focus on digital technology, centering on digital photography and digital video. We anticipate this being a highly attended event and due to the hands-on nature of the workshops, seating is extremely limited. Please review the on-line schedule for a complete listing of presenters, topics, and workshop descriptions. When you have decided which workshops you would like to attend, please complete and print the PDF On-line Digital W.O.W. Registration Form and mail it to the address located at the bottom of the registration form.

The value of these workshops is over $350, but through Project Learning Links we are able to offer this wonderful opportunity to you for a nominal fee of $45 per participant for the entire weekend of workshops. Your registration fee will cover the costs of the workshops, breakfast, lunch, beverages, and snacks for the two-day event. Due to on-line security issues, Internet registration will not be available. Only checks and purchase orders will be accepted. Most demonstrations will be capped at a maximum of 15 people, so please respond promptly to guarantee a spot in a workshop that you will never forget. Remember seating is limited and workshops will fill up fast, so please respond promptly. If you have any questions regarding registration or workshops please email us at: llinks@unr.edu.

Registration is only accepted via standard mail
Download and print the PDF Digital W.O.W. Registration Form

Schedule of Events

Friday, April 23rd 2004

Workshop Topic Descriptions

Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0
Have you always wanted to learn to enhance your digital images using Adobe Photoshop? This is your chance to learn the fundamentals of this powerful digital editing program. In this workshop you will be using Photoshop Elements 2.0, which allows you to do most things you could do with the full-blown Photoshop software, but at a significantly reduced price. Photoshop Elements has the majority of tools that the average user would ever need to enhance a digital image for print, e-mail, or the Web. This workshop will be presented by a master digital artist who will teach you how to use the basic Photoshop tools as well as demonstrate some of the refinement techniques used by the pros. If you intend to attend this workshop, you should bring digital or print images that you want to enhance or modify. For a more detailed description of what Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 can do, please visit Adobe’s Web site.
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopel/overview.html

Adobe Premiere
Adobe Premiere is a video editing application that runs on the Windows XP Platform. This software will allow you to make professional quality movies by utilizing features such as real time video editing, multiple – nestable timelines, audio editing and more. Adobe Premier gives you the option of importing and working with a multitude of audio and video formats such as MPEG 1 and 2, DV, AVI and all Windows Media Series files. Adobe Premier also allows users to burn their edited video files directly to DVD’s for MPEG 2 content. For a more detailed list of what Adobe Premier can do for you please visit Adobe’s website.
http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/overview2.html#km3

Digital Photography
In this workshop you will learn some fundamentals of photography from Professor Peter Goin, an internationally renowned photographer, and be sent on a photo shoot with a state-of-the-art Canon digital camera. Your photos will be printed on the spot and critiqued by Professor Goin. The theme of the workshop is “Photography as a Language.” Professor Goin has teamed with Canon USA to present this rare opportunity. You will be able to handle and use some of Canon’s latest digital cameras and printers and will be able to consult with Canon representatives about your digital photography needs. For a closer look at why Canon produces some of best cameras and printers in the world, please visit their Web site.
http://www.canon.com/technology/t_seihin/tech_dcam.html

Camtasia Studio
Camtasia Studio is a professional quality video production software package designed to capture, edit, annotate and organize the moving action of any PC screen action into a computer video file. It is the ideal piece of software for creating, editing and distributing interactive multimedia video tutorials for any range of PC software applications. The four components of Camtasia Studio (Recorder, Producer, Effects and MenuMaker) will be covered throughout the workshop. K-12 teacher created video tutorials and lessons created with Camtasia Studio will be showcased to demonstrate the educational potential of this software. Participants will have the opportunity to create and edit short video snips using Camtasia Studio. For more information about Camtasia Studio, Visit them on the web at:
http://www.techsmith.com

Apple's I-Movie
Digital video? If you are thinking that you could never do video editing, I-Movie will make you a cinematographer. I-Movie makes it simple with clicking and dragging movie clips exactly where you want them. You can cut, splice, transition from one clip to another, and add effects, all with the touch of a button. Add your own music or put your own voice commentary in. It is your masterpiece and you can see your video in real time as you build it. Don’t want to use video? No problem. Insert chapter markers in I-Movie, click a button, and make a DVD. Please see the Apple website for more information.
http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie

Serious Magic's Visual Communicator
Visual communicator allows non-technical users to create broadcast quality professional looking videos without video editing. If you want to learn video but are not the most technological savvy person this could be your product. Karl Miller, Serious Magic’s own expert on Visual Communicator will be here to show you just how simple and easy visual communicator really is. Create video clips for PowerPoint presentations, websites, class projects, or even create a tutorial for your students or employees. Visual Communicator has graphics, music, templates, and even a built-in teleprompter to make it easy for you to compose a professional looking product. For more information, visit them online at: http://www.seriousmagic.com/presentation.cfm

Questions?:
Contact us at: llinks@unr.edu