Research and formatting:
Interactive Video Tools: Useful resources for using Adobe Captivate
Interactive Video Discussions:
Interactive Video Samples:
Publications Related to ID:
Professional Organizations:
Learning Theory:
VFX Design:
- Google search punctuation and operators: Useful ways of developing more effective searches by
- Purdue APA Guide at OWL: A tremendous help in formatting a paper according to APA guidelines, including examples and rules. This allows for a quick reference when writing an APA formatted paper.
- Google Scholar: Allows for more reputable search results, excludes commercial sites, focuses on academic and research based information.
- Purdue Annotated Bibliography Samples
- ie or eg? This article definitively explores the meaning of these abbreviations and helps the writer to determine which to use under certain circumstances.
- Ellipses—When and How? Defines how and when to trail off the end of a sentence with an ellipse (...)
- Bulletted Lists: APA defintion on how to use bulletted lists
- ISPI Certified Performance Design Technologist Standards
- AECT Code of Professional Ethics
- Copyright Guidelines for Educational Use
- Website Evaluation
Interactive Video Tools: Useful resources for using Adobe Captivate
Interactive Video Discussions:
- Six Steps to Collaborative Interactive Video: Learning Solutions Magazine. Useful article on creating interactive video for instruction. Looks at 4 main principles, including Focus, Doing, Groups, and Real World. I need to review this before making any more video!
- Producing High Quality eLearning Videos: The Ultimate Guide: Another good source for basics on creating interactive video. Much of this was covered in more depth in Professor Challenger's class, but this is a good reminder.
Interactive Video Samples:
Publications Related to ID:
- Learning Solutions Magazine
- Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education: This is a journal I should be digging into on a regular basis to keep fresh and focused on what's happening in teacher oriented use of technology in the K12 world, particularly as I look to help support teacher tech PD at SBHS.
Professional Organizations:
- American Educational Research Association (AERA)
- Association for Talent Development (formerly American Society for Training and Development)
- Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education AACE
- Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)
- International Society for Technology in Education ISTE
Learning Theory:
- Brett Jones, Virginia Tech:
- Goal Orientation Theories (YouTube Video, very good)
- Expectancy-Value Theory
- Ray Pastore: instructor in multimedia and e-learning at UNC-Wilmington: Dr. Pastore has extensive experience in teaching in areas of interest to me. "Dr. Pastore’s research focuses on multiple representations (multimedia), gaming, mobile learning, and metacognitive strategies that support learning from a multimedia environment." Significant content in Instructional Design. I think I have more than a few things to learn from Dr. Pastore and should reach out at some point.
- Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction at UF: This article provides a reasonable outline of Gagne's famous Nine Events. This is worth returning to for reference in developing instructional content.
VFX Design:
- What makes a good visual effects artist? Effects Corner Blogspot
- The Core Skills of VFX: Creative Skillset
- How to set up a VFX pipeline: Creative Bloq
- Kahn Academy article on programming particle systems: While this is beyond the real scope of the After Effects Course that is my capstone, some students may find it interesting or useful in terms of thinking through how particle systems work from a code standpoint.
- Morphing Shapes in After Effects by Andrzej Pach: this is a useful piece that shows easy ways of morphing shapes based on Bezier points. First he shows the hard way, then the easy way. This can be done with items imported from Illustrator as well.
- How to Morph SHAPES - After Effects Tutorial (No Third Party Plugin): Also a useful tutorial that looks at a slightly different way of morphing shapes.
- Intro to Particle Effects: This YouTube video simply demonstrates the various influences on particles in a particle system. Helpful for a basic understanding of how these work. Not terribly in-depth, but useful.
- Intro to Particle Systems in Computer Graphics by Koldora: Another demonstration of different influences placed on particles in a particle system. A bit more variety in this one.
- 5 Great Text Effects in Adobe After Effects CC: Cool and introductory text based effects
- After Effects Tutorial: Text Animation in After Effects - Writing Text Effects - No Plugin
- Shape Layer Repeater (radial)
- Animating Text Along A Path In After Effects - AE Basix
- How to make 'Chrome 3D text' In after effects
- After Effects Tutorial: Intro to HUD Motion Graphics: Sonduck Films. No plugins HUD display. Repeater, shapes, glow, etc.I emailed him and he is open to suggestions on videos that will help my students. Great connection, and all of his tutorials are well done.
- After Effects Tutorial: Advanced 3D HUD GFX Motion Graphics: More goodness from Sonduck Films
- Learn After Effects in 5 MINUTES! Beginner Tutorial: I'm skeptical about the title but this is actually a good video that hits a lot of the AE basics in just a few minutes. Use in week 1.
- How Trim or Cut Out Audio in After Effects CC: Useful in week 1 as this is an important basic skill when using video footage in AE
- How to Cut Video in Adobe After Effects: Useful in week 1 as this is an important basic skill when using video footage in AE
- Clean Typography Title Motion Graphics: Covers creating lower third graphics for video. Sonduck Films.
- The Art of Film & TV Title Design: Outstanding source for some of the thinking behind the design of title design. Made by PBS, featuring two top title designers. Non-technical.
- Title Design: The Making of Movie Titles: Another non-technical design piece. Interview with another top designer.
- After effects tutorial 2 - moving and cutting clips
- Particle Background
- The Film Before the Film: Title Designer Danny Yount: A great interview with a title designer. Very personal and connected. Non-technical, very artistic.
- How to Create a Lower Third in After Effects
- Shine Logo Animation in After Effects - Logo pre-compShine effect, type effects, easy ease, good screen shots and closeups
- Advanced Sci Fi Grid HUD Tutorial: Voxyd. Lengthy but not hard to follow.
- Hexagon Grid: Voxyd. Lengthy but not hard to follow.
- Advanced 3D Light Rays in After Effects!: From Evan Kramer at Video CoPilot. Engaging, a little on the technical side; need to pre-teach some of the skills and techniques here.
- Beautiful World - Motion graphics music video: Sample of motion vector graphics