2009+Breakaways

** Breakaway Sessions - Thursday 29th October - Sessions 1 and 2 **
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Create an animation in record time, add sound effects, music and special effects then take it home to show your family and inspire your classmates. || Take a series of photos showing how on2it you are. Upload the photos and create an amazing slideshow. Add captions, effects, music, and much more. Embed your slideshow into your wiki || Do you enjoy playing games on the computer, only to get told they are of no educational use? Here’s your chance to discover the language, mathematics, problem solving and programming behind ‘games’ by creating your own game using a programme called ‘Game Maker.’ You will learn to use the symbols, language and text of game creation such as: sprites, objects, events, actions and rooms. Never again will anyone be able to convince you that games have no learning benefit! || You will create a Blabberise story using creative commons pictures from Flickr. They will have each character in their Balbberise story share their perspective on kids using the internet. We will discuss creative commons permissions and keeping ourselves safe online in the context of the task. All of the blabberize stories will be shared on a wiki for children to share with others after the conference. || Turn your photos into masterpieces using funky, fun, programmes. Photo story turns stills into moving films and Be Funky turns ordinary ones into wacko ones. || Like playing computer games? How about making your own game then! Come to this workshop and we’ll be ‘on2it’ to learn about a cool free program called Scratch that lets you make your own 2D computer games, animations or stories. You can take your creation home and even share it on the internet to be played by others! || Come along and design your own logo and label for your t-shirt. We will be using the Web, Wordle and Word to produce our own unique designs. If fashion and tees are your thing then come and have some fun. || Do you enjoy reading comics? are you astounded by the cool graphics themes and layouts?. Comics are cool!!! If you enjoy reading comics and want produce your own with cool graphics, templates using a range of media including isight. then 'icomic 2 it' is for you. We will be using Comic Life software so you can create astounding comics, beautiful picture albums, how-tos... and more! This easy-to-use interface integrates seamlessly with iphoto collections or iSight. We will drag pictures, captions, Lettering text ('ka-blam!') and speech balloons and our work will be done! || Got something to say? Get your voice and message out there using a range of web 2 tools including voki, xtranormal and voice thread. By the end of this awesome workshop, you will know how to use your voice (and other interesting voices!) to add to simple animations, slideshows and podcasts. Come along and let the world hear your voice! || If you enjoy animated movies then you'll love the chance to make your own using Kerpoof! Take control of your favourite character by making them talk, walk or whatever you choose! Put them in your favourite scene and animate them to create your very own animated movie that will be broadcast to the world! || Are you up for a challenge? Come and use Lego to solve problems and learn about simple programming. ||
 * ** I can animate ** -Greg Hurley
 * ** Slideon2it ** - Anne Kenneally
 * ** Games Up ** - Keith Mulholland
 * ** What would they say? ** - Disa McLean
 * ** Be Funky ** -Katrina Munroe
 * ** Scratch your imagination ** - Iain cook Bonney
 * ** On2it T shirts ** - Andrea Robertson
 * ** icomic 2 it ** - Brian Filipo
 * ** Voice It! ** - -Claire and Charlotte
 * ** Kerpoof ** -Hayden Parsons
 * ** On2it with lego ** – Tania Bellamy

** Breakaway Sessions – Friday 30th October -Session 3 and 4 **
Are you confident at singing or playing an instrument? Would you like the opportunity to jam with the band? Come along and do a recording with them – limited to 7 people per session || Create an animation in record time, add sound effects, music and special effects then take it home to show your family and inspire your classmates. || Take a series of photos showing how on2it you are. Upload the photos and create an amazing slideshow. Add captions, effects, music, and much more. Embed your slideshow into your wiki. || Do you enjoy reading? Do you like using Garage Band? This workshop combines both these things to show you how to make fun talking books for others to listen to. || You will create a Blabberise story using creative commons pictures from Flickr. They will have each character in their Balbberise story share their perspective on kids using the internet. We will discuss creative commons permissions and keeping ourselves safe online in the context of the task. All of the blabberize stories will be shared on a wiki for children to share with others after the conference. || Turn your photos into masterpieces using funky, fun, programmes. Photo story turns stills into moving films and Be Funky turns ordinary ones into wacko ones. || Like playing computer games? How about making your own game then! Come to this workshop and we’ll be ‘on2it’ to learn about a cool free program called Scratch that lets you make your own 2D computer games, animations or stories. You can take your creation home and even share it on the internet to be played by others! || Are you sick of boring, un-original, typical photos? Do you wish you could add that wow factor, entertain or just plain scare people with your pics? Then this is the session for you - come and play. || Do you enjoy reading comics? are you astounded by the cool graphics themes and layouts?. Comics are cool!!! If you enjoy reading comics and want produce your own with cool graphics, templates using a range of media including isight. then 'icomic 2 it' is for you. We will be using Comic Life software so you can create astounding comics, beautiful picture albums, how-tos... and more! This easy-to-use interface integrates seamlessly with iphoto collections or iSight. We will drag pictures, captions, Lettering text ('ka-blam!') and speech balloons and our work will be done! || Got something to say? Get your voice and message out there using a range of web 2 tools including voki, xtranormal and voice thread. By the end of this awesome workshop, you will know how to use your voice (and other interesting voices!) to add to simple animations, slideshows and podcasts. Come along and let the world hear your voice! || If you enjoy animated movies then you'll love the chance to make your own using Kerpoof! Take control of your favourite character by making them talk, walk or whatever you choose! Put them in your favourite scene and animate them to create your very own animated movie that will be broadcast to the world! || Are you up for a challenge? Come and use Lego to solve problems and learn about simple programming. ||
 * ** Jammin’ with the band ** -Bruce James and the Band
 * ** I can animate ** - Greg Hurley
 * ** Slide on2it ** - Anne Kenneally
 * ** Talking books and Pod Casting ** - Petra Ohlrich and Megan Greer
 * ** What would they say? ** - Disa McLean
 * ** Be funky ** -Katrina Munro
 * ** Scratch your imagination ** -Iain cook Bonney
 * ** ON2IT with Photoshop ** -Peter Storer
 * ** icomic 2 it ** - Brian Filipo
 * ** Voice It! ** - -Claire and Charlotte
 * ** Kerpoof ** -Hayden Parsons
 * ** On2it with lego ** – Tania Bellamy