Create a short video and get the chance to win some great prizes including

• two-days with a professional video production company to film and edit a video for your school.
• Apple Mac computer 
• Apply and receive a Flip video camera. 

  Please email nsadheura.havering@lgfl.net to enter. 

Closing date to enter the competition and to receive a camera: Friday 26^th June 2009

Closing date for film submissions: Friday 4^th December 2009

Click here for more information

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Enter using this Entry form

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Entries received by 31st July 2009 will also qualify for entry to the National film awards

A free programming tool that allows anyone to create their own animated stories, video games and interactive artworks has been developed.

Primarily aimed at children, Scratch does not require prior knowledge of complex computer languages.

Instead, it uses a simple graphical interface that allows programs to be assembled like building blocks.

The digital toolkit, developed in the US at MIT’s Media Lab, allows people to blend images, sound and video.

“Computer programming has been traditionally seen as something that is beyond most people – it’s only for a special group with technical expertise and experience,” said Professor Mitchel Resnick, one of the researchers at the Lifelong Kindergarten group at MIT.

“We have developed Scratch as a new type of programming language, which is much more accessible.”

Read all about Scratch and see how easy it is to use

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6647011.stm?lsm

Download Scratch for free

http://scratch.mit.edu/

Find out how to use Scratch

http://scratch.wik.is/Support

If you are interested in using it with pupils please tell your HIAS ICT Team, we would love to hear from you.

dsmith.havering@lgfl.net

Would you like to be able to download video files from YouTube, TeacherTube etc to save them onto your computer? Then have a look at Miro…

http://www.getmiro.com/

Calling all Dr Who fans. Have a go at creating your own Dr Who trailer on the BBC website. The Dr Who Trailer Maker is an easy way to bring film editing into your classroom. Students can bring together clips and photos to make their own short film. There are also tips on improving their work which could help students evalaute their own or others’ work.

Link to website