I made my first tutorial using Movenote and Tellagami.

Today I made my first tutorial using Movenote and Tellagami. I was home sick without a voice, so the text- to-voice function of Tellagami came in handy!

iStopMotion is a Blast!

This afternoon, my 14-year old daughter and I decided to create our first animation using the iStopMotion app on my iPad.  She drew the background and I molded the aliens.  We worked together to move the characters, and I manned a remote camera on my iPod.  Through this process, I learned that it's important to position the camera horizontally rather than vertically!

I hope you enjoy our first movie, titled Alien Earthquake!

Here is the sequel. )

Using iMovie and YouTube Video Editor to Create a Visual Essay

As a requirement for a class that I'm taking, I combined the use of Google Drawings, Pixlr photo editor, an animation app on my iPad, iMovie, and YouTube video editor to create a visual essay.  I enjoyed the process.  

Digital Citizenship in a Remix Culture

Recently, I have been teaching Digital Citizenship in my class as part of a unit on building a Google Site. In the process, I have been teaching about the importance of students learning more about Creative Commons, copyright, and Fair Use. I am currently taking a course at UVM that requires me to write a literature review about a topic of interest. Since I chose "Digital Citizenship in a Remix Culture" as my topic, I created this Symbaloo web mix to keep track of some of the resources that I've come across on the Web.

Today I learned today that Mozilla has a remix platform similar to YouTube's video editor. It is called Popcorn Maker. I haven't checked it out yet, but it's something new that I plan to try!

You Tube Video Editing Tips

This week, I've been working with my students to create their own Google Sites, with the understanding that any images or video that they post to their sites need to be licensed with a Creative Commons license and properly cited.

After several failed attempts, I created my first video using YouTube's video editor and was able to successfully create a screen cast of my process!

Here is my first mash-up video:

Here is my screen cast, explaining how to create your own mash-up video.

Here is a copy of my copyright dispute!  While the original YouTube video was approved, the screen cast of me teaching how to create the video was flagged for using third party content, the song "Hot Buttered Popcorn," which was featured in the clip.   This was a terrific lesson on the nuances of copyright and fair use.

Screen Casts to the Rescue

One of the most challenging things about teaching a class of 23 seventh graders about copyright and Creative Commons is that they all learn at their own pace (and almost no one wants to listen to a lecture about the importance of citing sources).

I learned this the hard way, prompting me to create a series of screen casts that would allow my students to work at their own pace.

This week, I used Screencast-o-matic to create lessons about Creative Commons!  I saw with my own eyes that this was much more effective than a live, linear, step-by-step performance.

Easy Animation with Easy Studio

I created this animation using the Easy Studio and iMovie apps on an iPad.  I added the text in iMovie and the audio in YouTube.  I plan to use Aurasma Studio to add this clip to a trigger image on a bulletin board at BRMS.