** THIS PD ACTIVITY HAS BEEN RE-SCHEDULED FOR 2010**

Using Free and Open Source Multimedia Software in the upper primary to VCE Classroom

Please bring your own laptop (Mac or PC)
PLEASE NOTE: GIMP, Pencil & Inkscape are cross platform, whilst Anim8or is Windows only – if you have a Mac, you will need Windows installed on a separate partition to utilise this piece of software.

With the increasing costs of ICT in schools, as teachers we are always looking for free or inexpensive software that will provide cvaluable experiences for our students. Ross Taylor uses such software in his own clasroom, and has selected some of his favourites for this workshop.

This course will give you a hands-on approach to using a variety of free multimedia (animation and graphics) software that can be used in a range of domain areas. Suitable for technology and arts teachers, we will focus on 2D drawing tools (GIMP and Inkscape), 2D Animation (Pencil) and 3D animation (Anim8or). This software is FREE for students to use at home and at school. This course is suitable for teachers of Upper Primary – VCE. No previous experience with these software tools is necessary, although you will require a laptop (with power) for use during the day.

Ross has taught in both Australia and the UK and is currently the Director of ICT at a Girls’ Secondary College in the Southern suburbs of Melbourne. He specialises in programming, multimedia tools and using Web 2.0 technologies with his students, as well as the development of student friendly assessment tools and techniques.