Category: digitalstorytelling
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No time to make a video? No problem with Animoto!
I am constantly amazed by the variety and high quality of the videos created by Marco Torres and his student videographers. I would love to have access to Final Cut Studio Pro, the hardware required to run it, and to have the knowledge and expertise required to use many of the special effects Marco’s student…
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Improvements in Garageband ’08 for podcast publishing
I created my most recent enhanced podcast and audio-only podcast using Garageband ’08, part of the iLife 2008 software package available from Apple. One my complaints about past versions of Garageband was the LACK of an “export to file” and “export to mp3” function. With those past versions, users had to “SEND TO iTUNES” via…
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Podcast189: Things Mid-Del Learning Leaders Are Passionate About
This audio-only mp3 podcast is a recording created on Thursday, September 6, 2007, by teachers in Mid-Del Schools in Midwest City, Oklahoma. These teachers have been selected as the first in the district to receive new laptop computers as well as sustained professional development focused on digital storytelling, authentic assessment of student learning using digital…
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Podcast189E: Things Mid-Del Learning Leaders Are Passionate About
This enhanced podcast (synchronized images with audio) is a recording created on Thursday, September 6, 2007, by teachers in Mid-Del Schools in Midwest City, Oklahoma. These teachers have been selected as the first in the district to receive new laptop computers as well as sustained professional development focused on digital storytelling, authentic assessment of student…
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K-12 Online Conference Teasers!
We’re about a month away from the start of the 2nd annual, FREE K-12 Online Conference. This year presenters have been invited to create short “teaser” videos giving others a better idea of what they will be addressing in their presentation. Four teasers are now available, with hopefully more to come! Learn more and watch…
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Meaningful PD and helping students create media
I’ve posted some new thoughts on the TechLearning blog related to meaningful professional development for teachers, and how school district leaders can help empower students by granting them access to digital technologies as well as inviting them to share their voices on the global stage via digital storytelling. My top recommendationsare : Digital Storytelling with…
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Alexander and Sarah share favorite books
As the first student-created “Great Book Stories” shared with VoiceThread on the collaborative book-sharing project I started today, my two oldest kids shared some perceptions about why “Who Was Helen Keller” by Gare Thompson and the books “Eragon” and “Eldest” by Christopher Paolini are some of their favorites. These were each created and recorded from…
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Instructionally Investing in VoiceThread
I am not sure what all the considerations are, but at some point I sense that particular read/write web tools and environments are so powerful and robust that I decide to COMMIT and thoroughly INVEST in them via my time and ideas. My confidence in these tools may be misplaced, since the companies now offering…
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Podcast188: The Oklahoma Digital Centennial Project
This podcast is a recording of a presentation shared by Wesley Fryer on August 25, 2007, at the EncycloMedia 2007 conference hosted by the Oklahoma Department of Education. Listen deeply. Tell stories. Engage students. Celebrate Oklahoma’s legacy both past and present. Learn how you and your students can become oral history archivists on the global…
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Podcast185: Larry Derryberry Shares The Oklahoma Scranimal as a Digital Story
This podcast features of recording of former Oklahoma Attorney General Larry Derryberry’s opening remarks at the 2007 EncycloMedia Conference held in Oklahoma City on August 29, 2007. Larry has recently published a fun children’s book titled, “The Oklahoma Scranimal.” The book has been declared an official book of the Oklahoma Centennial, and is published by…