I have to say that Lee LeFever continues to impress. I regularly visit his site, the commoncraft show, and love it when I find a new video. This time the video was on insurance.
This is part of a set of four videos he has produced about – Videos about MONEY in Plain English. These [...]
This is a voicethread tutorial using Voicethread. The slideshow goes through the steps of registering as a user and creating a voicethread using a basic free account. Voicethread is a great tool for multiple sensory learning styles as you can add images, voice and text.
The URL for this Voicethread Tutorial is http://voicethread.com/share/558435/
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This is a free standalone executable file that allows you to create movie files (AVI format) from images (JPG format).
The program allows you to select the frame rate and quality of the output and produce a video clip from this.
Ideal for timelapse photography, claymation, stop motion animations etc.
The tool is free. I downloaded my copy [...]
Kelli sent me an email asking if she could use the Bloom’s Digital taxonomy chart in a video clip. It’s really nice to have people request permission even when the chart and infact Bloom’s DT is produced under creative commons share and share alike.
Its great to see teachers experimenting and playing, something most teachers do [...]
This is the starter video to go with the starter sheets on the excellent web 2.0 tool voice thread.
Download
(please download the video and use it. Its created under the creative commons share and share alike. This video will play here but you will only see a part of the video. Format: Quicktime Size 800×600)
This video [...]
The Iranian Election debarcle continues as the world id shocked and appalled by the curruption of the electral system and the brutality of what is now essentially a dictatorship.
The new York Times has produced an excellent interactive timeline with media clips, photo shows and commentry of the elections. This is an excellent resource for [...]
The Commoncraft Show has released anotehr great professional learning resource. This one is “twitter search in plain english” you can also see it on Youtube at this URL – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGbLWQYJ6iM
Add to this their excellent video twitter in plain english @ http://www.commoncraft.com/twitter
Also worth watching is this from Yout ube – Twitter in the classroom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WPVWDkF7U8
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The Committed Sardine is the website and blog of Ian Jukes and the infosavvy group. They have just updated the website and blog and I have the privilage of being one of the contributing bloggers to this website.
There is a wealth of information and material coming out from this site and I would encourage you [...]
Sue and Fiona just got back from the Apple Bus tour and they have enthusiastically been sharing with me their experiences. One of the things that I enjoyed the most was the plaque on the wall at the Apple briefing centre. Here is the photo.
The text reads as follows:
“ Here’s to the crazy ones. [...]
Here is a collection of websites that have come to my attention this week:
1. Emathematics
URL: http://www.emathematics.net/index.php
2. Video – the altas of early printing – http://atlas.lib.uiowa.edu/press-animation.html
This is a video that examines the origins of the printing press
3. Video production resources including a very good storyboarding tool. http://kidsvid.altec.org/index.html
4. Science (and other subjects) Video resource Library
http://www.neok12.com/
5. Generation Yes [...]
