The Scheme of Work Planning Document

Copyright (c) 2009 The College Of Public SpeakingWith regard to resources: hardware:
Adult education has a number of requirements which3 digital cameras 3 Sony DV recorders 3 Dell
are somewhat different to the world of corporatemultimedia laptops 3 tripods 1 TV 1 DVD player DVD
training. In an adult education college we start with amedia coursewaresoftware:
Scheme of Work, a high level planning documentMovie Magix Edit Pro v10, SonicDVD, Photoshop
which outlines a number of key project requirements.Elements v3
Your Scheme of Work puts forward the purpose ofThe aim of this workshop is for learners to film and
the learning project to the funders and identifies theproduce a quality DVD of their project within the 3
current and required resources. It also identifies whoday timescale.
your learners will be.This will involve shooting video footage and still
The following Scheme of Work was successfullyimages, downloading from tape to hard disk, cutting,
used on a media skills project targeted at thefading in/fading out, merging clips, adding music, text,
following beneficiary groups who attended a dayslide shows, DVD structures, menus and chapter
centre:ex-offenders, people recovering from mentalmarks. A testing phase will follow where we burn files
illness, lone parents, refugees.to DVD and then replay them on TV.
The document should include where you plan to runMany of the students will not have had access to
the sessions, the duration of the daily sessions andthis technology and the subtext of the project is to
the number of daily sessions. For example, thedemonstrate the hardware/software, develop the
sessions will be run from Titchmark Room at Banfieldexploration of personal creativity and build
Tech from 10am-12 noon and the afternoon sessionself-confidence.
from 1pm to 3pm:30pm. There will be six, three dayIt is an empowering experience to produce a quality
courses starting on May 6th and the classroom canDVD that the learners can show to their friends, it
accommodate 6 students.builds self-esteem and produces a feeling of social
The learners will be screened by the Tech to identifyinclusion.
appropriate computer literacy skills.The assessment of students' progress is quite
The document should include a breakdown of thestraightforward with this project because of the
resources required. As this is an IT project it requiresvisual nature of what is being produced.
a number of hardware and software resources.