7 Billion and Counting
Public domain image from Pixabay
Recommended Reading by Topic
Each of the three topics below link to a Google doc with all the sources recommended by the World of 7 Billion website. These include the sources listed on the PDF for each topic as well as the Further Sources for Research provided on the Background Readings page.
Preserving Biodiversity
Sustainable Resource Use
Protecting Human Rights
Screencastify Instructions
How to Record a Screencast of Google Slides with Voice-over Narration
Green Screen Instructions
Before you start filming, you should have written the script, rehearsed your scenes, and created your credits slide or page. If you'd like to include background music or sound effects, you should have those selected as well. It's also a good idea to select your background images and/or videos ahead of time. See below for links to copyright-friendly collections for all these components.
You will film in front of a green screen using an iPad.
1. Have any background music and sound effects chosen and ready to play so that they can be recorded along with the narration when you film.
2. Be sure you either videotape or take one or more photos of your credits so they can appear at the end of the PSA.
3. Download your background images and photos onto the iPad. They will be saved in the camera roll.
4. Record your video using the iPad camera app (NOT the Do Ink app).
5. Open the Do Ink green screen app and create a new project. Your background images/videos will become the bottom layer and your iPad video will be the middle layer. (Top layer will remain empty.)
Video tutorials and more detailed written instructions on using the Do Ink app can be found here.
6. Your completed video can be saved in the iPad camera roll.
7. Share your completed video by airdropping it to your teacher or Ms. Herrmann.
If you want, you can import your video into iMovie to do additional editing before you share it.
You will film in front of a green screen using an iPad.
1. Have any background music and sound effects chosen and ready to play so that they can be recorded along with the narration when you film.
2. Be sure you either videotape or take one or more photos of your credits so they can appear at the end of the PSA.
3. Download your background images and photos onto the iPad. They will be saved in the camera roll.
4. Record your video using the iPad camera app (NOT the Do Ink app).
5. Open the Do Ink green screen app and create a new project. Your background images/videos will become the bottom layer and your iPad video will be the middle layer. (Top layer will remain empty.)
Video tutorials and more detailed written instructions on using the Do Ink app can be found here.
6. Your completed video can be saved in the iPad camera roll.
7. Share your completed video by airdropping it to your teacher or Ms. Herrmann.
If you want, you can import your video into iMovie to do additional editing before you share it.
Copyright-Friendly Photo Collections
Pexels - A large collection of beautiful photos that have all been released into the public domain so that they can be freely used for any purpose. Sample Credit - City streets photo: pexels.com
Pixnio - This site includes over 3,000 photos sorted by category (e.g., animals, landscapes, vehicles) for easy browsing. Sample Credit - Money photo: pixnio.com
Pixnio - This site includes over 3,000 photos sorted by category (e.g., animals, landscapes, vehicles) for easy browsing. Sample Credit - Money photo: pixnio.com
Copyright-Friendly Videos
Pexels Videos - Videos that may be freely used for any purpose. Sample Credit - Traffic video: videos.pexels.com
Copyright-Friendly Music
Incompetech - Search here for a wide variety of Creative Commons-licensed music that you are free to use as long as you credit the artist. This is easy to do because the proper citation is provided for you to copy and paste into your credits section.
Bensound - Another great collection of Creative Commons-licensed music. You should credit Bensound and provide a link, for example,
"Music: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music or "Music: Song title - Bensound.com".
Purple Planet - The free collection of music is organized into 20 different mood categories at the top of the homepage. (The collection lower on the page is not free to use but requires the payment of licensing fees.) Your credit should read "Music: http://www.purple -planet.com".
Bensound - Another great collection of Creative Commons-licensed music. You should credit Bensound and provide a link, for example,
"Music: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music or "Music: Song title - Bensound.com".
Purple Planet - The free collection of music is organized into 20 different mood categories at the top of the homepage. (The collection lower on the page is not free to use but requires the payment of licensing fees.) Your credit should read "Music: http://www.purple -planet.com".
Copyright-Friendly Sound Effects
Freesound - A large collection of sounds that is easy to search. Once you have a results page, you can limit the results to different license types. If you choose Creative Commons 0, then your credit can simply be Sound effects: freesound.org. Any other license type will require you to provide attribution. Find more details here.