A MoJo Kit for the Classroom

There is no way around it, tablets are now an increasingly common household item. From businessmen to small kids, nearly everyone is using a tablet. They have now even made their way into schools, evolving into innovative learning tools.  As such IMS would like to introduce our latest product, the Mojo Kit Academic  , which is a college and career-readiness tool for teachers and students that creates powerful digital storytelling through high-definition multimedia content. 

The Mojo Kit Academic is armed with the Padcaster®   for the iPad,  a 72MM 0.40x Wide Angle Lens, a Macro Lens, a 2.2x Telephoto High Definition Lenses plus a ultraviolet UV protection filter, a high-sensitivity condenser directional microphone, a 160 LED ultra high power panel light including rechargeable battery and travel charger, a Mini Tabletop Monopod, a 8hr backup smart-battery pack/charger, professional photo/video all-weather backpack, Blu-Ray® quality 50mbit/sec video, and all the latest apps photo and video apps for the iPad.  

The MoJo Kit Academic produces content-rich nonfiction in history, social studies, sciences, technical studies, athletics, and the arts. The MoJo Kit Academic enables powerful digital storytelling through interactive media design and ensures that students can independently build knowledge in the disciplines above. Our product improves students’ comprehension and mastery of literacy including: 

• Understanding and using the English and native language effectively in a variety of contexts and settings’ how language variety reflects and shapes experience; 
  
• Practicing writing as a recursive process; 
  
• Using writing, speaking, and visual expression for personal understanding and growth; using content, form, voice, and style appropriate to the audience and purpose; 
  
• Making conscious choices about language, form, style, and visual representation; exploring and examining the processes (creative) writers and video producers go through in the development of short non-fiction videos and contemporaneous news reportage; 
  
• Establishing mentorships and professional linkages with existing media professionals in their community; and 
  
• Learn communication skills, visual arts, information literacy, oral fluency, public speaking, technology skills, technical writing skills, critical thinking skills, auditory and listening skills, and online and digital publishing experience through sharing their stories with the world.
  

Since a lot of this technology is new, even to educators, we developed a three-day hands on training course entitled “Teaching the Teachers” with the aim of bridging the curriculum gap by training educators in basic journalism skills including ethics, conducting interviews, multimedia editing, basic photo and video composition, and the opportunity to create their own photo and video package so the teachers learn by doing. It also gives a chance for educators to introduce new and exciting techniques into their classrooms. 

The Mojo Kit Academic’s ultimate aim is to transform your tablet into a full high-definition, broadcast quality, mobile multimedia studio.