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NewsMaker helps create a fun platform for pupils to practise their writing, reading and presentation skills as they take on the role of news presenter and producer to create their own news broadcast in 3 easy steps: Write! Read! Publish! NewsMaker provides fun and interactive video effects, like face-tracking accessories, to make the production not only fun for the pupils creating it but fun for their audience too. And the free video trailers that are made available to NewsMaker users help provide a touch of professionalism to their production.

 

Please note that NewsMaker requires a webcam and microphone. We can recommend the Sweex HD webcam as a decent affordable high definition webcam.

 

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Subjects:
ICT, English, Literacy, PSHE, Citizenship
National Curriculum:
KS2 to 3
Scottish Curriculum:
P4 to S4
Publisher:
EyePower Games
Features:
  • Teleprompter that assists the users to read during recording.
  • Cloze-passage feature that helps teachers easily create cloze passages for their pupils to use during the writing stage
  • Subtitles can be displayed on the video to assist the audience better in understanding the reading of the students.
  • Video can be overlaid on the webcam video stream during recording, with the video as an inset to the webcam video stream or vice versa
  • Transition effects can be included in the news production between different video segments.
  • Engaging face-tracking virtual accessories that allow pupils to put on virtual hats, eyewear, moustache on themselves.
  • The final video output is WMV format for Windows and MOV format for Mac.
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Benefits:
  • Helping pupils improve their language skills (writing, reading, representing) through authentic tasks
  • Facilitating a classroom environment in which pupils produce well-organized presentations that clearly and concisely convey concepts and information
  • Providing pupils with immediate feedback for self-assessment of their oral and presentation skills
  • Facilitating an environment for peer-critiquing
  • Providing teachers and pupils with an output that can be easily shared to help reinforce students’ confidence and pride in their work

 

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A quick tour of NewsMaker
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A quick tour of NewsMaker
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Operating Systems:
Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, MAC OS X
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