Category: digitalstorytelling
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Places to post video for higher education types
William “Bud” Deihl recently tweeted me a question I thought I’d answer via a blog post. His question was: What locations / resources do you recommend for faculty to place their digital stories for use in higher ed? Before I provide some links, I’ll suggest the first question faculty can/should address is how “public” and…
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Google Images now integrates Creative Commons Searches
This is good news. In addition to CompFight and FlickrStorm, add Google Advanced Image Search to your list of search options for Creative Commons images. According to the official Google Blog yesterday (July 9, 2009): Today, we’re launching a feature on Image Search to help you find images that you can use for free, while…
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Podcast322: Powerful Ingredients for Blended Learning (Ingredients 1 – 5)
This podcast is a recording of a videoconference I shared with educators in Texas and Ohio on July 7, 2009, as part of the summer Tandberg Connections professional development program. The session description was: Good teaching is similar in many ways to good cooking. Recipes are helpful, but master cooks often modify those to meet…
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Making Audioboo locations private
I learned today it’s possible to edit a previously posted Audioboo and make the recorded location private. When you do this, all location information for that particular Audioboo is deleted. By default, Audioboo posts both the iPhone photo you select as well as your location on the planet (via Google Maps) on the post which…
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Lincoln in 60 Seconds
This was the video I submitted today as part of my application for the August 5th “Google Teacher’s Academy” in Boulder, Colorado. Not sure if this will be good enough, but we’ll see. It was fun to make! I titled it, “Lincoln in 60 Seconds.” Video submissions for the GTA can be a maximum of…
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Closing Keynote at NECC09 by Erin Gruwell (Freedom Writers)
These are my notes from Erin Gruwell‘s closing keynote at NECC 2009. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. This was the program description: Wednesday’s keynote wraps up your conference experience with an inspirational look into the 10+ years’ worth of technology-supported projects initiated by Freedom Writers founder Erin Gruwell. Born and raised in…
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1:1 Laptops and Seamless Integration: Peek into the Frontier by Howard Levin
These are my notes from the last part of the NECC 2009 session, “:1 Laptops and Seamless Integration: Peek into the Frontier” by Howard Levin. Howard is with The Urban School of San Francisco. Howard’s presentation links are available, including his slides for this presentation and many of the video links he referenced in this…
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A light table, sand, music, tragic history and a phenomenal artist
Karyn Romeis posted a Russian langauge YouTube video to her blog today. Although I do not yet speak any Russian, the artist communicates a powerful story here in an amazing way which transcends language. What is the backstory? Is this the German invasion of Russia during World War II? What ARE the words of the…
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iPhone GS for Mobile Video Publication: A big battery disappointment
My son and I spent most of today at the Smithsonian Air and Space and Natural History Museums, and I was enthused to put my iPhone GS through its paces as a mobile storychasing platform capable of shooting video and uploading it directly to YouTube. The final conclusion I drew from the day’s storychasing was:…
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UAV Exhibit at Smithsonian Air and Space
This is a mobile-recorded video at the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) exhibit today at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. This was recorded on an iPhone GS and originally mobile blogged on site (at the Smithsonian) with the free WordPress for iPhone application. Technorati Tags: washingtondc, uav, unmanned, aerial, vehicle, usaf, airforce, aircraft, plane, smithsonian,…