Kindergarten spent time on the Pinky Dinky Doo site. It is well worth exploring with your younger students. We directed students to go to Story Podcasts on the site.
and to choose “Create your Own”.
They are able to choose from 5 different story categories.
The story is divided into three segments, Beginning, Middle and End. The site [...]
This post title is “Teaching Information/Research Skills in Elementary School”, but this post is as much for adults and older students.
Many adults are overwhelmed with the quantity and new kind of media that is available and accessible through technology. Older students in High School and College might not feel overwhelmed, but have never been taught [...]
A few weeks ago, I reviewed the Flip Camcorder and was really impressed with the easiness of being able to simple record video clips, then "flip" out the USB and connect to the PC. The build in Flip Camcorder software made it extremely easy to edit individual movie clips, cut, add music and then save [...]
I have briefly highlighted a few screen capturing tools and keyboard shortcuts on Langwitches before. Here is a quick run down, links to original posts or links to the software website:
Windows Keyboard Shortcut
Capturing the entire desktop: Use the Print Screen button on your keyboard to place the image on your clipboard, then past (CTRL+V) the [...]
Two Flip Cameras by PureDigital arrived today at school, thanks to our wonderful Drama teacher, Mrs. B. I had to try it out, since I was interested in the quality and the level of intuitive use it had for in classroom and field trip application.
David Pogue from the New York Times reviewed this little [...]
Thanks to @karlyb and @susant from Twitter, I clicked my way through to VuVox.com this morning. Vuvox’ byline is Your Visual Voice . Media Create made easy. Slideshow, photo, video and music sharing. Vuvox let’s you create different ways.
STUDIO provides a range of media presentation formats that allow unmatched personalization. Link [...]
Andy Katz left a comment on my review of Smilebox . He prompted me to check out the company he works for Panraven , which I incidentally already had bookmarked in July 2007 and had not gotten back to it. Panraven offers
a solution for storing your media (photos, video, & music), and then provide [...]
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