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Homework Resources Week Two
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Multimedia on your wiki!
Enhance your existing lesson plan, and create an interactive learning environment.
Two other pages you should check out:
Video
- Jing
- Camtasia
- Video Hosting: Youtube / Teacher Tube / Vimeo
- Live Streaming: ustream, justin TV, yahoo.live
- Voice Thread
- Animoto
- Picasa: In addition to organizing the photos online, you can download the software to create mosaics, and edit video in movie maker and store them online for public viewing.
- Stupeflix Another video creator service. (Here is an example of one I created with this tool.)
- Camstudio - free, open-source screen capture, audio, video software (PC)
Great Classroom Buys:
Audio
Pictures
Polling / Surveys / Quizzes
Google
Chat
- Gabbly (Beware of the ads)
- Meebo
- Chatango
- Meu Mural (Customize colors, choose which fields display, make your mural private, manage their messages, block users. With its mural of scraps you can add a means of communication for users of your site.
- DimDim (Collaborate via whiteboard, chat, talk, webcam video and audio. Web-based, free for 20 participants)
Et cetera
- XTimline
- Shelfari
- Twitter - learn more at Twitter4teachers.pbworks.com
- voki - Voki is a free service that allows you to create personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog, profile, and in email messages.
- bubbl.us - bubbl.us is free, brainstorming web application. You can create, share, and export your collaborative mind maps to use in other applications.
- Histats - Statistics of online users in real time.
- Webnote - Webnote is a tool for taking notes on your computer. It allows you to quickly write something down during a meeting, class, or any other time that you have a web browser available. Can be used as a mural of asynchronous messages.
- Tiny URL - URL Shortener - reduce long web addresses to 24 characters! Can also create a custom URL with words that describe the site. Add a Tiny URL button to internet browser toolbar for fast access.
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Comments (Show all 55)
Dan Greenberg said
at 10:27 am on Jun 30, 2009
photobucket is another good picture/video hosting site
Denise H Orand said
at 2:01 pm on Jun 30, 2009
Hi Jose,
Photostory is free and easy to use and very commonly used for digital stories. Students can insert pictures, add music, and narrate the story. They can also add transitions. The only thing photostory does not let you do is insert video. You may only insert pics, but if you are creative with transitions the illusion of movement is there. High schoolers should have no problem.
If you really want to insert video you can use Windows movie maker. It allows you to insert pics and video. Video takes a lot of memory and that may be a consideration. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Denise
Denise H Orand said
at 2:58 pm on Jun 30, 2009
I went back and looked at the photo story page. It looks like what I wrote for last year's summer camp, so the same links I just searched for are there. The University of Houston link has good examples that show how no video is necessary to create very moving digital stories.
The other link has a tutorial which includes handouts I gave to my students to follow step by step to make their photo stories.
Denise
Mrs A said
at 5:46 pm on Jul 6, 2009
I just used Photo Story 3 to make a video of a poem I wrote, using JPEG clip art from Powerpoint, my voice reading the poem, and background music created on Photo Story. Photo Story is such an easy, fun program to use! The video of my poem is on my page if anyone wants to take a look. I'm definitely going to teach my fifth graders how to make videos for their poems or short stories this coming year.
Ruth A.
Julie Hutchin said
at 3:42 pm on Jun 30, 2009
Another fun video tool to try out is Dvolver - choose your settings, characters, music, & type in your dialog to create a short video. I've used it in ESL classes to practice vocab & grammar.
Here is a short video I just created.
http://www.dvolver.com/live/movies-284700
The website:
http://www.dfilm.com/live/moviemaker.html
Graciela Reyes-Salinas said
at 5:33 pm on Jun 30, 2009
WOW! Great list of resources, and easy to follow too. I am excited to use the mystudio to do quizes for my classes. I am eager and ready to start the Fall semester!
Lynne Hudson said
at 6:46 am on Jul 1, 2009
MovieMaker can come pretty close. You can incorporate video, photos, images, as well as import narration and music. It's got the basic transitions and video effects. BTW, thanks for the link ...what great stories, I'm really inspired now!
Alix Peshette said
at 12:42 pm on Jul 3, 2009
Hi,
Photo Story and Movie Maker can work together beautifully. Do a Photostory first, then import it into Movie Maker, add the titles, mute narration if needed and record a new narration. I love the cool titles and special effects in Movie Maker.
Look into the Teacher tools page to see the Cyber Acoustics ACM-1 microphones - that's what I have used with K-12 students.
-Alix
-Alix
LaQuita Hutchinson said
at 8:03 am on Jul 1, 2009
This is great. Here is a resource someone share with me. I don't know if it would be helpful. http://www.fliggo.com/
Donna said
at 8:49 am on Jul 1, 2009
Hi Joanne,
Were you able to embed An xtranormal video into the wiki?
Miss R said
at 12:08 am on Jul 2, 2009
Joanne--thanks for the xtranormal resource! I just spent 2 hours working on a video! Donna--when you finish your video, it does give you an embed code, which you can then embed using the "PBworks Magic --> HTML/JavaScript buttons." :-)
Yolanda Escandon said
at 1:37 pm on Jul 1, 2009
Can't finish going through all the resources. I really loved the voki and the xtimeline. Most of the video, podcasts and slideshows can be created on the MAC iLife suite, but it's good to know about all the different resources.
watabe said
at 4:13 pm on Jul 1, 2009
Hi Vickie,
I have a flip also and look forward to using this upcoming school year. I got mine from www.woot.com for about $80. It's GREAT!
Gail Hodgkiss said
at 7:42 am on Jul 5, 2009
Thanks forthe heads-up on Woot! I had never heard of it and am wary of websites I don't know so your recommendation helped a lot.
Today's deal is the Mino for $80. That's cheap enough for me to use in the classroom. I ordered mine!
watabe said
at 6:20 pm on Jul 1, 2009
I don't quite understand the voicethread. I created one on my page with one comment, but are others able to add audio comments for free or must they pay? I have tried to add additional comments with no success.
Denise H Orand said
at 10:32 pm on Jul 1, 2009
Teachers can get free voicethread accounts or paid accounts if they want to be able to do more. The issue will be whether you decide to make your voicethread account public or private. Some teachers make their voicethread account private to select who can comment. Teachers may also have control over posted comments. If you need someone to try to comment to yours to make sure of settings or something, just give us the link where we can find it.
Denise
Dorothy Chase said
at 11:29 am on Jul 2, 2009
When I first used Voice Thread, I was puzzled about adding voice. I stumbled across it accidentally. Click on the comments section in the edit mode, then it works.
helena said
at 12:36 am on Jul 3, 2009
Hello,
I just tried to add a comment on your voice thread but I'm not allowed to see it. If you give me access I'd be happy to add a comment. I put voice thread too on my homework, took me quite a while to figure it out.
Katherine Sutton said
at 6:46 pm on Jul 1, 2009
Our school district purchased a couple of Flip Cameras to try out this past year. Towards the end of the year, we purchased a Kodak Zi6 to try. Our vote? The Flip Camera is good, although the fact that you have to download their software to make it work is annoying, and the sound recording is only good close up and in contained areas. We all loved the Kodak zi6 -- it takes video as well as still pics, has great sound recording no matter where you are and is plug-and-play with your computer --- downloads right into iPhoto/iMovie if you have a Mac. Haven't tried it out on my home PC yet because all the tech staff and the teachers were competing to get their hands on the one we had in the district. We plan to purchase more of them for the new school year. As tech support, I appreciate that I don't have to supply tapes for this camera -- its all digital -- just need a good supply of rechargeable batteries
Cindy M said
at 12:46 pm on Jul 2, 2009
We also purchased a Kodak and teachers have loved it. BUT it records in MOV format and we're a (primarily) Windows environment. :-( Planning to purchase more, but trying to decide which type. I understand that the Flip cameras record in AVI format.
Senyda said
at 5:22 pm on Jul 2, 2009
Our department ordered and used the Sony Webby Video Camera for our tech camps it worked great but with students in mind I'd still perfer the flip especially the new ones with integrated rechargable battery. The Webby is HD and is so sharp but the memory stick and cords get lost when working with students or lending them out.
Mr. R said
at 11:44 pm on Jul 1, 2009
I just added a section above on using Google forms for polls and surveys. Its great for getting input from parents, students or other teachers and its a snap to use. Its one of my new favorites. Check it out.
Mr. R said
at 12:08 am on Jul 2, 2009
Oops, didn't realize that Bruce's surveys and graphs was the same until after I posted it under polls. Anyway, guess its up there twice now. (Sorry)
Mr. R said
at 11:58 pm on Jul 1, 2009
Jose, My favorite tool for quick and easy Digital Storytelling is PowerPoint or Keynote (mac only). You can't make it quite as fancy as your example, but students can quickly create a set of slides that are pictures or overlays of multiple pictures, record the narration and then save it as a movie (Save > Make Movie). The file is saved as a Quicktime move and can be uploaded to Youtube for embedded directly or you can upload the movie files to PBWorks and then link to the file. Since your students are in HS, they probably already have some familiarity with PowerPoint and using cool transitions and some other animation effects that can jazz it up pretty well. Adding a soundtrack in addition to the narration is a bit harder, but can be done quick and dirty by just playing the music in the background while they record the narration. I will try and put up a page explaining how to do this in the next few days, but feel free to email me if you have questions. Its not the fanciest way, but with only 20 days, I bet it will be your best path to success.
Dorothy Chase said
at 11:31 am on Jul 2, 2009
I've been using mindomo for several years. http://www.mindomo.com/ It also has some interesting mindmaps created by other users that can be accessed.
Sandra Southerland said
at 1:47 pm on Jul 2, 2009
Some of you may want to try this site. http://www.polleverywhere.com/
Mr. R said
at 7:33 pm on Jul 2, 2009
I wanted to know more about Chatango, but the link above seems to go to a page about bullets and editing. ?
helena said
at 12:47 am on Jul 3, 2009
I'm absolutely amazed to discover all these tools, so much to catch up!
Do you think frenchspeaking schools/teachers use these tools as much as you?
I live in Geneva and I don't have the feeling we include these tools in education.
Kathy Van Vleet said
at 3:29 am on Jul 3, 2009
If you've ever used Inspiration or Kidspiration, be sure to try the free online Webspiration. www.mywebspiration.com
Lynne Watenpaugh said
at 8:28 am on Jul 3, 2009
What a great list of resources. I just purchased Screenflow for $99 (http://www.telestream.net/screen-flow/overview.htm), and have found it super easy to make instructional videos.
stwine@... said
at 9:56 am on Jul 3, 2009
Super list of resources not just the ones posted on the web site but the ones that are posted in the comments as well
Alix Peshette said
at 12:38 pm on Jul 3, 2009
Hi Vickie,
I also just bought one and have been showing it to every teacher and administrator to show them how easy it is as a tool for authentic assessment!
-Alix
Deb Goodrich said
at 2:06 pm on Jul 3, 2009
I thought that we used a lot of Cool Tools in our summer session. This is a list of fun classroom tools.
I really like the Webnote and Shelfari sites to try out....
Deb G.
lesa scoppa said
at 2:31 pm on Jul 3, 2009
Love the list of resources! I used my FLIP VIDEO all year long and posted them for parents to see their kids at work across curriculum. I videoed classroom author's shared readings, parties, poetry house, science experiments, mathematical thinking, teamwork, etc.
Jeannine Burgess said
at 5:10 pm on Jul 3, 2009
These are great tools, here is another tool. I added the Trivia Quiz to my page to make sure it works, it did. http://www.onlinebestgames.com/
Jeannine Burgess said
at 5:42 pm on Jul 3, 2009
Does anyone know if DimDim allows the viewing of all cameras up to 20? Or does it only allow one camera at a time? Thank you for any input.
Mara Tavares said
at 6:26 pm on Jul 3, 2009
I think someone forgot to slide.com, then goes again.
A hug
Sharon Gallagher said
at 10:58 am on Jul 4, 2009
I love Read the Words. Great free assisted technology.
LaQuita Hutchinson said
at 6:35 am on Jul 14, 2009
I just came across another resouce for screen recording...http://www.screenjelly.com/
Sheryl Anne said
at 7:41 am on Sep 11, 2009
Hi Kristine, I am no longer able to view the teachertoolbox which was a fantastic resource. Can you please help me?
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