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Simple Video Editing via iMovie

Here are some tutorials that I did on editing and outputting via iMovie. This was from this morning's tech session.


QUICKSTART TUTORIAL
These nine short videos will get you from camera to an edited video ready for the web or DVD.

1) iMovie 6HD - Introduction
2) iMovie 6HD - Connecting the Camera and Capturing
3) iMovie 6HD - Splitting Clips on the Timeline
4) iMovie 6HD - Trimming and Editing Clips
5) iMovie 6HD - Adding Transitions
6) iMovie 6HD - Working with Audio on Clips
7) iMovie 6HD - Adding Titles
8) iMovie 6HD - Adding Audio/Songs
9) iMovie 6HD - Exporting the Final Product

TurnItIn - plagiarism software

Following up on the Tech Session regarding TurnItIn. Check out the video below for a quick tour.

eLearning Summit

Wow. Where to start?

Dr. Michael Wesch was the keynote speaker on Thursday and shared some things that really make you think about where teaching and learning are going. Check out this video that he made in his classroom. Gets you thinking...


I am going to start using this blog as a notebook of things that I want to share with our staff over the next year. We are gearing up for our tech institute in July and with the amount of information out there to share, I want/need to be as organized as possible.

Google Calendar

Okay...full disclosure here...this calendar is public. Don't tell anyone. I guess that kind of defeats the purpose, but until I get you all dialed in on Google, you can view, but not edit.

So let's start there. Google...you've all heard of it. Now you NEED to get signed up and registered so as to use their wealth of open source (free) software and resources. By next year, if you haven't signed up, I am going to sign you up.

Here is my little video tutorial on the calendar. Until you sign up for a Google account, all you can do is view the calendar. And for the benefit of us all, you want to edit it with your pertinent stuff. That way we'll know when we get to have another 10 minute extension on lunch!!

So again...sign up...it doesn't hurt. And besides, Google is basically taking over the world. If you can't beat em, join em.

(You're probably wondering what all those links in this post are. If you haven't clicked on any of them, they're all taking you to the same place...Google Account Sign Up!)

Scanning

I have always had folks ask about scanning documents, photos, articles, etc. Our scanner isn't hooked up in the graphics lab, so I always fumbled around on words and...well...ummm...

But little did I (or many of you) know, but our copy machines in the office do a wonderful job of scanning and sending the files directly to your email. Marliss, Holly and Linda have always probably done these things for us, but I wanted to show you how EASY it is.

Check out this video:

Voicethread

This whole year I have been dabbling around on a website called Voicethreadwhich is an interactive powerpoint of sorts. You can upload photos, videos, word/excel documents, etc into "slides" and then make audio/written/video comments on each slide. The cool thing about it is in the spirit of Web2.0, others can also watch and make comments. It becomes another great space to collaborate on ideas and share information. I put together a quick tour voicethread with a photo, word doc and short video for you to check out. Hopefully the first slide will explain how to navigate around.


Here is a little sample Voicethread for you to check out that I am helping Diane Flom and Tony Donkers out with for their book reports. It's just a start, but going to be a cool project. Be sure to click on the BIG RIGHT ARROW in the lower right corner after my introductory page so you can hear Gretchen's book report.


Stay tuned and I will have a tutorial on how to put one of these little guys together.