Flip Video Trial

This past week I have been playing around with using the Flip Video MinoHD because I am thinking about using them for a project the last week of school in my class. The video below is just a video I took in my room while I was playing around with the Flip Video. I have to say, I was really impressed how easy it was to use! And thanks to Mary for showing me how to covert the files to use it in Windows MovieMaker (check out Prism Video Converter Software)!

Session 2

This past week I wrote a blog entry. I also signed up for Twitter for the first time! It was a little strange because I never thought that I would sign up for Twitter, but I am enjoying finding some good education articles and links there so far. I also put a picture and bio on my course page for the class.

Help with technology for Career week!

I do this week long course at the end of the year teaching a course in a career for the kids. For the past 5 years I have done advertising. The kinds make a print ad and a commercial using Windows Movie Maker. Increasingly, the technology at the school is making it difficult for me to make this happen. Windows Movie Maker doesn't seem to be compatible with any of the music that the kids bring in (we still use windows Media Player and for some reason they are not MP3 files). Also, when students take video they can not upload the video from different cameras that they have. Additionally, when we try to go to free music sites or other things like that, they are always blocked to students.
  Any ideas for how I could make this work for me/the students? Would it be possible to post to YouTube and then import that way? Or do you know of a way to make things more compatible? I would like to continue to do this project and am willing to change the way I use the technology but it has grown increasingly frustrating over the past few years. Any help/suggestions are welcome!

A Brief History of Pretty Much Everything

Post with pic and vid

This is a picture of  Kublai Khan, famous Mongol ruler of China.

First Post

This is my first blog post ever.  I am learning how to create blogs for use in the classroom and for professional development.