Donna Holinga

Lincoln School

Springfield, Illinois

This lesson will be used with sixth grade students at Lincoln School. The pictures used in the lesson will be taken before hand on a digital camera using a tripod with a Kaidan Adapter. The Adapter allows the camera to rotate 360 degrees, taking a picture every 30 degrees (for a total of 16 or 32 photos). Using the adapter will also help align the pictures which will be brought into the panorama. The pictures will be of the stations created by students at the sixth grade Renaissance Faire which include backdrops and costumes of the Middle Ages and Renaissance periods.

Objectives:

• Students will create a panoramic view using pictures taken on a digital camera
• Students will work collaboratively to read and understand the directions for this activity
• Students will work collaboratively to problem solve when necessary during this activity

Time: Two 50 minute class periods. Some of the first class period will be spent showing students various panoramas on either web sites or in multimedia presentations.

Materials/Equipment:

• Each team will have access to a Mac OS-based computer with a Power PC processor
• Each computer will have a CD-ROM drive
• Each team will have access to a copy of the QTVR Authoring Studio which will be loaded to the hard drive of each computer
• Each team will have a direction sheet for carrying out this activity. The direction sheet will follow the procedure outlined below.
• Each team will be given a folder of pictures on the desktop to work with

Procedure:

• Students are to double click on the QTVR Authoring Studio icon to open the program.
• Students are to go the File menu and choose New-a pull down menu will appear.
• Students are to select Panorama Stitcher from this pull down menu
• In the dialogue box which appears students are to name their panorama document--example: Team1-Ren. Faire. Then click Save.
• When the Panorama Stitcher window appears students are ready to bring their pictures into the program
• Bringing the pictures in can be done in two ways: 1. click on the folder which is on the desktop and drag and drop it in the bottom section of the "Stitcher" window. 2. Click on Add Images, a dialog box will appear and a person can now select the photos to be used in the panorama and click Open. I would use the first way with my students.
• Students will make sure the photos are in the correct order and oriented correctly.
• To rotate the photos click on the image you want rotated and then click on the counterclockwise or clockwise arrow.
• To to change the order of the photos click and drag the photo where you wish it to be.
• Students will use the 16 pictures from their folder in their panorama.
• Click the icon marked "Stitch Pano" and within a few minutes the panorama will be complete.
• When the process is finished, a playback window opens so that students can view their work.

Those students who finish early may want to adjust the playback setting to improve the look of their panorama. Students will also be required to write an introduction for their panorama so that could be done at this time.

Additional Information: These panoramas will become part of an Internet site about the Lincoln School Sixth Grade Renaissance Faire which will be added to our school's web site.

Web sites which have panoramas: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/samples/vrmovie.html--panorama example on Apple's web site.

http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/dthpages/houseinfo.html--TheDana Thomas House