Shift Happens: Big Picture Perspectives

Shift Happens is an eclectic collection of facts and figures that demonstrate how globalization trends are evolving the landscape of human society. Among the many notable points of interest in the slideshow: "We are currently preparing students for jobs that don't yet exist, using technologies that haven't been invented, in order to solve problems we don't even know are problems yet." The original presentation was created by Arapahoe High School Director of Technology Karl Fisch. Other versions, as well as other educational ruminations, can be found in his blog.

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2007 NPPA Photojournalism Summit

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The National Press Photographers Association's 2007 NPPA Photojournalism Summit will be held May 30th - June 2nd at the Doubletree Lloyd Center in Portland, Oregon. There will be speakers in three tracks of workshops: Still photography, multimedia and television. Speakers for the multimedia portion include: Rich Beckman, professor of multimedia design and production at the University of North CarolinaAndrew deVigal, multimedia editor for The New York TimesSeth Gitner, multimedia editor for The Roanoke Times and Roanoke.comDirck Halstead, editor and publisher of The Digital JournalistRichard Koci Hernandez, deputy director of multimedia and photography for The San Jose Mercury NewsTom Kennedy, managing editor for multimedia at Washingtonpost.com and Newsweek InteractiveDavid Leeson, executive producer for video and new media at The Dallas Morning NewsJudith Levitt, photo producer for The New York TimesRegina McCombs, The Star TribuneJim Seida, multimedia producer for MSNBCBrian Storm, president of MediaStormJoe Weiss, creator and developer of Soundslides Topics and times are…

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MediaStorm’s Guide to Restoring Preferences with Final Cut Rescue 5

Final Cut Rescue 5 is a simple utility that deletes Final Cut's preferences and replaces them with clean new ones. To setup Final Cut Rescue, first quit FCP. If you are using FCP 5, delete the preferences below: Users/[Your User Name]/Library/Preferences/com.apple.FinalCutPro.plist Users/[Your User Name]/Library/Preferences/Final Cut Pro User Data/Final Cut Pro 5.0 Prefs Users/[Your User Name]/Library/Preferences/Final Cut Pro User Data/Final Cut Pro Obj Cache Users/[Your User Name]/Library/Preferences/Final Cut Pro User Data/Final Cut Pro Prof Cache Next, restart FCP, make some changes and then save your project to create new preferences. Open Final Cut Resuce and click "Backup." You've now saved a clean set of preferences. The next time FCP is acting oddly, close the application, open Final Cut Rescue, and click "Trash" then "Restore." FCP should now be good to go. Final Cut Rescue 5 is freeware. Learn more about our approach to producing multimedia by purchasing MediaStorm's Post-production Workflow. Spanning more than…

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