Wikipedia:WikiProject Screencast/Scripts/Script 1

One possible script is at:

Wikipedia:WikiProject Screencast/Kickoff Notes Day 1 Team 1

Script

Script	Visual
<silence for title screen>	WikiProject Screencast: Helping our readers and content contributors understand Wikipedia.
Screencasts: Screencasts are generally short instructional videos that show Internet users how to perform various tasks online, and are an increasingly common way of helping people learn. There are screencasts describing software tools, demonstrating how to build web pages, explaining how to fill out forms, and on and on.	Screen captures of a few screencasts (not necessarily specific to Wikimedia) —need to watch for copyright issues
In this screencast, we want to discuss screencasting as a transformative tool for Wikimedia outreach and education.	Jimbo speaking at TED
In an age where multimedia educational tools are not just common, but increasingly expected as the norm by generations of students and citizens, we cannot ignore this alternative as a way of educating members of our community of wiki users, both readers and contributors	Multimedia classroom shot [from milpitas.merryhill.com ?]
While screencasting can be done with very few resources and in a very short time, it is a very new medium, and there are numerous approaches to the process and numberous tools--each with their own strengths and weaknesses	Screen shots of a few tools—tricky to think how to do this while minimizing copyright/trademark concerns
... and on the content side, we have a plethora of topics we could help our community with. Those unfamiliar with Wikipedia—whether their interest is in reading or contributing -- have all kinds of questions.	"Who wrote this thing, anyway?" "Can I use this photo in my report?" "How do I make a table?" "Why did my article get deleted?" (Use some fun graphic treatment on these quotes)
We have lots of text documentation…	Several policy pages
…but as the saying goes, "a picture is worth a thousand words."	Chinese proverb image from 1927 ad (or see A picture is worth a thousand words)
How many words could a screencast be worth?	32 frames/sec x 60 secs x 2 minutes x 1000 words/picture = 396 000...or something
Let's figure out how to show new contributors how we work, instead of telling them.	Again picture of screen cast...this time running
WikiProject Screencast. Let's show people stuff.	End slide.

Notes:

• Who? -- Determine your target audience (new users, experienced editors, etc.)
• What? -- Determine the purpose of the screencast (instructional)