Putting It All Together
Posted by Janice on May 27, 2009 in Music, PowerPoint, The Arts
If you have received your new teacher computer you have worked with various professional development modules from Instructional Technology. Many of you have asked for an example of how to put all of the learning together in a presentation that uses the presentation station as the primary delivery device for a class project. (more…)
The Flip Camera for PC and Mac (Movie Maker and iMovie, too)
Posted by Janice on March 10, 2008 in The Arts, Video
As we have gone around to buildings, the ITs have shown Flip Video cameras to many of you. We have 20 cameras that we can check out to teachers who want to do simple video with their students. We have checked out as few as 1 or 2 and as many as 15. Your IT can help you with the cameras and check them out for you if you would like to use them.
Here are two Quick Reference documents to help you and your students use the camera. They operate slightly differently between the Mac and the PC platform so download the one you need for the platform you are using.
flipvideoforpc.pdf and flipvideomac.pdf
For Mac users look at this resource for iMovie. Apple Learning Interchange
For PC users here is a Quick Guide for getting started with MovieMaker moviemaker.pdf The program essentially steps you through the necessary steps to completing a movie. Have fun!
For more on MovieMaker go to this resource put together by LeAnn Sahlin from Instructional Technology.
Arts CBPA
Posted by Eric C. on February 6, 2008 in The Arts
In 08-09 SPS will be required to report how we assess students’ learning in dance, music, theatre, and visual arts to OSPI. To support assessment of student work and reporting data, the District has developed LEARN. There are a variety of ways to capture student learning, download, assess and save students’ scores. (OSPI Arts assessment page)
The Best Part of Me: A Multimedia Poetry Unit
Posted by Juli on January 29, 2008 in Content Areas, Language Arts, Photo Story 3, The Arts
This project showcases the work of Orca teacher Katherine Law and her former students. As part of their work with a poet-in-residence, the students wrote poems about themselves, and used digital cameras to create a classroom book. The photography portion was inspired by the work of Wendy Ewald. The next step was to record students reciting their poety. The final step was to put everything together using Photostory 3. Click on the image below to view the movie.
Using Video From the Internet
Posted by Eric C. on November 28, 2007 in Foreign Languages, Instructional Strategies, Language Arts, Math, Music, Science, Social Studies, The Arts
More and more teachers are looking to the Internet as a source for videos to use in their classrooms. But before getting carried away there are a couple of major considerations to think about. First, is access to the videos you want blocked? Second, is your school’s Internet connection robust enough to handle watching video? (more…)
Media Literacy – The Literacy of the 21st Century and Your Presentation Station
Posted by Janice on June 13, 2007 in Internet Research, Language Arts, Libraries, The Arts
We’re not in Kansas any more! We live at a time when all sorts of media is at our finger tips. It is constantly bombarding us through computers, TV, radio, podcasts, blogs, music, video, digital games, and movies. Perhaps the most powerful delivery is through our computers via the Web. Students need to learn to screen the images and sounds bombarding them for content and authenticity. According to the Center for Media Literacy, “If our children are to be able to navigate their lives through this multi-media culture, they need to be fluent in reading and writing the language of images and sounds just as we have always taught them to read and write the language of printed communication.” (more…)
How Do I Pick a Digital Camera?
Posted by Janice on June 12, 2007 in The Arts
It is a sign of our digital times that I am receiving lots of questions about Digital Cameras and what the terminology means. Here is a short course in digital camera language for those of you who want to know.
This information was provided by Glazer’s Camera and is very helpful when you or your staff are deciding to buy a new camera. (more…)
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