EDUCATION RESOURCES FOR 21 ST CENTURY LEARNING

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1 EDUCATION RESOURCES FOR 21 ST CENTURY LEARNING

2 What is Natcoll? Natcoll Design Technology was established in 1997 New Zealand s leading specialist provider of NZQA approved tertiary digital design courses Campuses in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland icreate foundation course Specialised diplomas in Animation and Digital Video Computer Graphic Design Interactive Design Web Development Animation (Advanced) Video Post Production (Advanced) Digital Media (Advanced)

3 Natcoll Mission Statement To provide an international learning community for creative education using digital technologies to connect with industry, stimulate personal growth and enhance vocational opportunities

4 What is Creating Futures? Natcoll has a unique partnership with schools that aims to assist with the modernisation and broadening of ICT technology curriculum

5 Creating Futures course options Print Design Web Design 3D Animation Digital Video & Audio Production Game Development & Design

6 Creating Futures team In-depth educational and industry experience Understanding of needs of schools and demands on teachers In touch with latest developments in ICT curriculum

7 Natcoll Publishing Creating Futures resources are supported by a range of self-paced software training manuals Freephone: (5)

8 NZ ICT curriculum The Digital Technologies Guidelines support improved pedagogical practices in the area of digital technology develop clear links to the curriculum provide a common framework for teachers working in this area provide a platform for closer alignment with industry and tertiary focus on the future by encouraging confident, connected, actively involved, life-long learners

9 Which learning areas are using Creating Futures? Information Management Graphics and Technology Visual Arts Media Studies

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12 What does Creating Futures offer? Full year ICT technology curriculum programmes Comprehensive teacher and student resources Creating Futures members website & teacher forum Online video tutorials Telephone and support

13 Print Design Content - covers image manipulation and layout design Documents -A3 poster, a folded DLE brochure, a multipage magazine, a photo-montage, etc Software options - Photoshop, Illustrator, Photo-Paint, Pagemaker, InDesign, FreeHand, QuarkXPress and CorelDRAW

14 Web Design Web construction using web-authoring software Hand-coding Image manipulation Software options - Dreamweaver - GoLive - HTML - Photoshop - Fireworks - Flash - PHP - MySQL - Javascript

15 3D Animation Open-source software Blender Principles of animation Introduction to 3D modelling Animating simple objects Student projects to focus on rendering animations to video or 3D modelling

16 Digital Video & Audio Production Introduction to digital story-telling Story-boarding Sound recording for video Shooting video and post-production Software options - Final Cut, imovie, Premiere, Movie Maker 6 and After Effects CS3

17 Game Development & Design Open-source software GameMaker Background and general principles of game development and design Introduction to digital story-telling, game theory and interaction

18 Creating Futures sample resources

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20 Technology Process Writing and interpreting a design brief Generating ideas Plan of action Research and analysis Development of concepts Evaluation of concepts Refinement and re-evaluation Production of solution Proofing Presentation or demonstration of solution

21 Visual diaries What is the design process? Record comprehensively Design is non-linear and reflective Critical analysis and design principles Use feedback from client consultations Use design exemplars for comparisons

22 Assessment options Generic computing unit standards Design unit standards Business administration unit standards ICT achievement standards Visual Arts achievement standards ITO unit standards

23 Contacts Tel: (4)

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