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It wasn't that long ago that creating videos in your classroom meant that you had to have access to cameras and editing software. That is no longer the case. Now with nothing more than a reliable Internet connection you and your students can create all kinds of documentary, entertainment, and how-to videos. Some of the resources listed below are also featured in my free guide Making Videos on the Web where you will find how-to directions with annotated screen captures.
Free Technology for Teachers: 12 Ways to Create Videos Without a Camera or Software
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Download and use these royalty free production music loops and sound effects in your projects - videos, photo slideshows, advertising, training, in-store and more. You only need to credit us for the use and place a link from your website to ours.
Found Footage: MacOSXTutorials explores Mac Dropbox tips
As a Dropbox fan, I am always looking for new uses for the ubiquitous cloud storage service. Matt Fisher, whose videos have been featured on TUAW before , has produced a new video chock-full of great Mac OS X Dropbox tips. Some of these tips are rather straightforward, while others are incredible "why didn't I think of that" ideas that can really help make you more productive. What are your favorite things to do with Dropbox and your Mac? Leave us a comment.
Free Technology for Teachers: 47 Alternatives to Using YouTube in the Classroom
Some excellent educational content can be found on YouTube . However, many teachers cannot access YouTube in their classrooms. That is why I originally wrote what became one of the most popular posts to ever appear on Free Technology for Teachers , 30+ Alternatives to YouTube . That post is now fourteen months old and I've come across more alternatives in that time.
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Hi SharEfest future attendants! On Tuesday 28 Sept from 10:30 to noon Annick and Robin Janson will be giving a "hands on" animation workshop using the MARVIN software. "Marvin is a truly portable and adaptable development tool that creates resources that can be changed or adapted, in a matter of minutes, to present different information, communicate using different language, fit in with a different geography or community, or suit different visual... [read more]
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Welcome to Classroom20.com , the social network for those interested in Web 2.0, Social Media, and Participative Technologies in the classroom. We encourage you to sign up to participate in the great discussions here, to receive event notifications, and to find and connect with colleagues. We have over 65,000 members from 188 countries!
Computers in New Zealand Schools is New Zealand's only magazine for teachers, from pre-school to tertiary level, who use computers and the Internet in the classroom. The journal publishes articles, many by teachers themselves, on all aspects of computers in education, with emphasis on practical applications and on professional development. It features reports on educational research, fresh teaching ideas and critical comment including software and book reviews. Computers in New Zealand Schools is published three times a year, in March, July and November. Computers in New Zealand Schools is read from cover to cover in schools throughout New Zealand. It's kept.
Computers in New Zealand Schools, Otago University Press, University of Otago, New Zealand
Google offers some wonderful tools for teachers, but I've learned over the last couple of weeks that while teachers are aware of many of Google's offerings like search, docs, and maps many teachers aren't aware of how to use these tools or what these tools offer beyond the obvious.
Free Technology for Teachers: Free 33 Page Guide - Google for Te
In my posts 11 Techy Things for Teachers to Try This Year and How To Do 11 Techy Things In the New School Year I mentioned podcasting and video creation. When creating podcasts and videos adding music and other sounds can enhance your students' presentations. Here are seven tools that your students can use find and or create sounds for their multimedia presentations. The Free Music Archive provides free, high-quality, music in a wide range of genres. The content on Free Music Archive is used under various creative commons licenses.
Free Technology for Teachers: 7 Sources of Free Sounds for Multimedia Projects
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Moodle is a course management system designed to help educators who want to create quality online courses.Conflict is what makes a story worth reading. Without a struggle, a moral choice, tension, and opposing forces, a story would be nothing but a boring discussion of facts. The struggle and change of your protagonist is what makes a story a story. Many writers get caught up in giving their readers details of crisis when the true draw of a story, the thing we as readers want to know, is the metamorphosis of the character. Conflict Versus Crisis The difference is that crisis is usually a circumstantial event or action, such as a car accident, a robbery, a break-up in a relationship.