Category: digitalstorytelling
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How measurements in Google Earth can support math learning (Why We Need Pi)
Yesterday in week 8 of my “Technology 4 Teachers” class at the University of Central Oklahoma we focused on GeoApps, or Geographic Applications. The overview for yesterday’s class was: GeoApps are applications which permit learners to connect concepts to geography. Google Maps is a browser-based Geo-application environment, and Google Earth is a software-based GeoApp. We’ll…
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Embedding video on a Wikispaces site
The following is a cross-post from my “Technology 4 Teachers” (T4T) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) blog. Question: In a wiki I created in wikispaces, how can I embed video? Answer: Before working on your WikiSpaces site, copy the embed code for your video from the website where you found it or uploaded it. The steps…
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5 options for commenting on VoiceThread digital stories
The following is a cross-post from my “Technology 4 Teachers” (T4T) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) blog. Question: I tried to use voice memo on my iphone to upload voice comments to my VoiceThread, but its telling me that to do this I have to upgrade my VoiceThread account and pay for it. What other options…
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30 new VoiceThread Comments on Eragon
I received an email today from an Oklahoma K-12 librarian and friend, who was sharing my son’s VoiceThread book review of “Eragon” by Christopher Paolini this week at school. She was concerned because some of the student commenters drew on the images (virtually of course) using the VoiceThread annotation options. This VoiceThread-based book review is…
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Posting iPhone Photos from Email to Facebook
This afternoon my wife received the following photo in her iPhone email, of our daughter last week acting as “The Wicked Witch of the West” in her school’s shortened rendition of “The Wizard of Oz.” This was a great photo, and I wanted to share it with others via Facebook. I’m not sure if these…
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Can you imagine this much global sharing?
Jesse Thomas designed and animated the 4 minute video “The State of The Internet” for his presentation at AIGA Baltimore in February 2010. The style is very similar to the “Did You Know” video series. The statistics which blew me away are the numbers for Facebook sharing, as well as botnet / zombie computer growth.…
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Silvia Tolisano on Skype in the Classroom and Digital Storytelling
Silvia Tolisano is an amazing educator and teacher-leader. She shared her presentation for the 2009 K-12 Online Conference, “Around the World with Skype,” in both English and Spanish versions. This is one of the best practical video tutorials for using Skype instructionally with students I have ever seen. Sylvia’s “supporting documents” post for this presentation…
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Green Screen Effects in iMovie 09
Last month fifth graders in the Sunday School class I teach at our church recorded both still images and video to create a “remix” of a music video by the group, “Go Fish.” To seek formal permission for this remixed version, I posted the video as a YouTube response to the original music video. I…
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Panoramic Fieldhouse Photos in Manhattan, Kansas and Norman, Oklahoma
Thanks to the generosity of family and friends, my daughter and I attended the Kansas State versus Colorado men’s basketball game last weekend in Manhattan, Kansas, and the Kansas State versus Oklahoma men’s basketball game in Norman, Oklahoma, today. I used the $3 iPhone application Pano to capture a panorama inside each fieldhouse. Each of…
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Podcast340: On board the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus in Yukon, Oklahoma (interview with Ryan L’Esperance)
On Wednesday, February 17, 2010, the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus visited Yukon Public Schools in Oklahoma. This podcast features a seven minute interview with Ryan L’Esperance, an audio engineer who works and lives on the tour bus ten months of the year. According to the official website of the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus:…