File+Formats

//File formats// //The lesson on file formats covers a wide variety of issues relating to file formats.//

//**This class is designed to show students:**// //• The variety of different types of files// //• Their extensions and uses// //• Unviersal, specific and proprietary formats// //• Usability and lifespan// //• Digital and Analog and their differences, bitrates, lossyness, etc// //• Compression and lossy and lossless formats// //• Conversions// //• Digital containers and Metadata//

//**The Lesson PowerPoint and PPT notes**//

//**File format exercises**//

//A program that will be used in this class will be [|irfanview], a great program for understanding compression and data loss in a file.//

//**Other resources to help assist in the Class**// // [] - example of a file being edited slightly over the course of 100 or so saves and the degredation of data // // [] - Example of Lossy pictures as opposed to lossless pictures //

//This is a wide variety of topics and therefore a wide variety of activities will be used.//

//**[|In Relation to VELS]**// //They learn to save and retrieve compressed files and develop an understanding of the characteristics of different file formats, such as .jpeg, .gif and .avi.// //Students develop their knowledge about the characteristics of data by manipulating various data types, such as text, sound, numbers and images (still and moving), to create formatted information products;//

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