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Showing posts with label how-to's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label how-to's. Show all posts
Youtube Video of the Week!
I wanted to get a last post in before Spring Break "officially" starts. First, a little background. Sony, in an ad campaign for their new cell phone, asked kids to explain how cell phones work. Adorable, right? Then they asked award winning film maker Wes Anderson (Rushmore, Fantastic Mr. Fox) to take the stories and animate them. The following two videos show you the end results: the power of imagination and storytelling.
Youblisher - Free Publishing
Publish student work in a magazine format for free! Simply scan student writing into a multi-page PDF and upload for free to Youblisher.com.
Youtube Video of the Week!
Youtube for Teachers is a channel specifically designed for the educational uses of Youtube. It is broken down by elementary - middle - and high school grade levels, including some specific grade/subject "channels". Youtube for Teachers is a sub-channel of the larger Youtube-EDU network. Both areas are worth your investment of time on a lazy Sunday afternoon.
Tip: Don't forget to login to Youtube and tag the videos you like for later use in your classroom.
Tip: Don't forget to login to Youtube and tag the videos you like for later use in your classroom.
DTEC Wednesdays!
Learn how to utilize Pinnacle's online Gradebook for your parents and students.
Location: Oak Heights Elementary School, 3:30pm
Attendees are strongly urged to bring their Pinnacle login credentials in order to get the most out of their time.
Youtube Video of the Week!
Blogger & Google have put together an instructional video channel for those of you who want to blog, but haven't been able to make it to DTEC's after-school workshops.
Download This!
The VideoLAN VLC Media Player is my favorite tool of the moment. Not only is it a great cross platform device that you can use to rip, stream, save, and convert video for different classroom applications. For example, I used the VLC Media Player to rip and convert a video clip from a promotional DVD sent to the jr. high to play on our digital signage.
I found the VideoLAN Wiki's "HowTo" page particularly helpful in this regard, and there are a ton of other uses for this quiet, low-frills download.
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