HamiltonBuhl - STEAM Education- Green Screen Production Kit

Technology is transforming students from consumers to creators as more and more schools are recognizing the value of closing the book in favor of practice learning. “Students as producers” provides engaging opportunities to teach digital literacy, citizenship and creator’s rights.¹

Green screens, once a staple of any special effects film studio, are now becoming an exciting and realistic addition for any digital classroom.

This Is Where HB Green Screen Production Kit Comes In.

Green screen projects certainly sensible for media arts classrooms, are no longer limited to only that. Green screen technology is now being utilized in STEM, language arts, history, and core subject areas. Giving students the opportunity to create digital material for classroom use helps students achieve a higher sense of empowerment, ownership, and purpose.

The HB Green Screen Production Kit includes everything a student, a classroom or a school would need to create engaging and professional looking broadcasts, presentations and short movies:

• One (1) 9' x 60" green screen backdrop cloth – perfect for chromakeying – the process of filming a scene, object or person in front of a pure colored screen, typically green, then replacing it with any scene or background to achieve special effects. Highly saturated, for accurate color-balancing, the HB green backdrop is ideal for use in any video project.
• One (1) USB webcam – 720p HD webcam with bendable gooseneck, non-slip base and built-in gooseneck microphone for optimal positioning.
• One (1) I Can Present editing software – powerful editing software with teleprompter, split screen, picture-in-picture, scroll text features, chromakeying and more!

With a quick and easy setup of the green screen backdrop in front of the included webcam, students can create short news broadcasts, weather forecasts, short reviews, virtual visits to far away places – the planets, the solar system, the Pyramids, the Amazon, the ocean depths, even time travel, all without leaving the classroom.

Deploy HB Green Screen Production Kit and enhance students’ motivation toward a particular subject and help them develop 21st Century skills including innovation, leadership, social interaction, project management, critical thinking, problem solving, communication, and collaboration all the while demystifying IT and video production technologies!

*Jan-2020 Update - We are working as quickly and diligently as possible to ensure we have an upgraded version for the newly released Catalina (MAC OS X 10.15) in as short a time as possible.

HB Green Screen Production Kit Includes:

• (1) "I Can Present" software
• (1) 9' x 60" Green screen backdrop
• (1) 10x digital zoom webcam
• (1) Instruction booklet
• For ages 8+

I Can Present Software Specifications:

General Requirements

1. Minimum of 1GB of free memory
2. Minimum Screen Size: 1024 x 768 Pixels
3. USB Webcam - included with HB Green Screen Production Kit

• Windows PC Users - Minimum Recommended System Requirements:

1. A PC running Windows XP SP2 or later, Windows Vista or Windows 7.
2. Windows XP requires .Net Framework 3.5 SP2, available as a free download from Microsoft's website.
3. 30MB of free Hard Disk space.
   
   

1. Mac OS X 10.5 to Mojave 10.14.x  (NOT AVAILABLE FOR CATALINA OS)
2. 228 MB of Hard Disk space.

• NOTE: Jan-2020 Update - We are working as quickly and diligently as possible to ensure we have an upgraded version for the newly released Catalina (MAC OS 10.15) in as short a time as possible.

Webcam Specifications:

• Bendable arm allows for optimal positioning
• Internal Microphone
• Non-slip base
• 1x IR LED light: Infrared light for shooting at night and in low light areas
• Shutter button: Easy capture for still images
• Compatible with Chromebook, PC with Windows Windows XP, XP2, Vista, Win 7/8/10, and Mac with standard USB-a ports
• 5MP CMOS sensor
• Maximum resolution: 1080 x 720
• Rate: 30FPS @720p
• Interface type: USB 2.0 high speed
• Focal range: 30mm ~ Infinity
• Captured image format: BMP, JPEG, PNG
• Captured video format: AVI, WMV
• Working temperature: 14° ~ 104°
• Materials: ABS plastic
• Cable length: approx. 4’

Green Screen Backdrop Specifications:

• Size: 9' x 60"
• Color: Green
• Material: Highly saturated 100% polyester  

*Webcam specifications and color are subject to change.