Cinemagic has launched its annual call for young film enthusiasts, aged 10 – 18, to take on the role of film consultants and help select the films for this year’s festival. The Coca-Cola Cinemagic International Film & Television Festival for Young People will take place in Belfast from 18th November- 4th December 2009.
Over the last few weeks we have been exploring some of the less obvious yet massively advantageous activities available in Moodle courses. One of my personal favourites is the brilliant Glossary feature. The glossary allows teachers (and students) to build up definitions of key terms used within the course.
Now in its second year, Virgin Media Shorts is the only short film competition to give British film makers the opportunity to have their work showcased to millions of people across the country through four mediums – on over 200 cinema screens, on TV, on mobile phones and online.
The inaugural Cinemagic Lisburn Film Festival for Young People opens on Monday 30th March with a special preview screening of “Race to Witch Mountain” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Ireland) taking place in Omniplex Cinemas, Lisburn.
GE have a fascinating piece of technology on their site. The website demonstrates in 3d future energy technologies such including solar and wind turbine. The site is brilliant fun to use and has massive education potential both in terms of the science of renewable energy but also 3D video techniques.
Symantec published a report on how long children spend online. Included in the study was a look at how long parents thought their children were online in a single month.
Tuaw have discovered a brilliant new application in the offing for the popular Blackboard Virtual Learning Environment. The app for the iPhone and iPod Touch is not yet available on the Apple Apps Store but this video gives a little insight into how it will function.
This quick tutorial covers how easy it is to change both the direction and speed of a clip in Final Cut Express. The tutorial is aimed at anyone making the leap from iMovie to Final Cut Express.
