Presented by Dr. Arnie Abrams. I’ve never seen Dr. Abrams present before, but he has some good ideas. Photojournalism – tell a story, news or otherwise. Digital ethics – nice. More people need to talk about how the camera can (and often does) lie. Commercial assignment – more specifically, have the students create a commercial that advertises a product. The video he showed had students using aliases in the credits, wich is a nice idea. Storyboarding instructions without words. I may have to leave early…Continue Reading “Session 3: Digital Photography and Video Projects for Improving Learning”
This session won out over my other choices because it’s a forum, not a lecture. It’s being moderated by Kate Cave and Bob Cave. They want to record this. I asked if they would be podcasting it – they just might. If they do, I’ll be sure to link to the file. First a brief presentation, they’re emphasizing the brevity. This could easily turn into a full lecture session if they didn’t want the forum setting. That’s not a complaint. Kids people can be rude….Continue Reading “Session 2: Digital Neighbor or Nuisance?”
Saw David Warlick in the hallway and had a chat. … I think my voice broke once.
This session is being presented by the masterful Will Richardson, who is always worth seeing. When I walked in he told me I didn’t need to be here (my ego inflates once more), but since it hasn’t been that long since I switched from strictly audio to mostly video I’m sure there’s more for me to learn. I’m not the only one using a wiki for my notes: weblogged.wikispaces.com will take you to the handouts for all of his sessions. Showing off podcasts – Radio…Continue Reading “Session 1: Podcast, Vodcast, Screencast Nation”
Hall Davidson is a great presenter – forgive me if I blog this presentation with short concise sentences or sentence fragments. The world is shrinking – “long distance” is no longer a big deal. “The most dramatic shrinking is between imagination and reality.” “If you do something all the time, the medium becomes invisible to you.” The old “I’m taking your picture and putting it in my presentation.” bit. It’s worth repeating. Kids will tear up the format we give them. We need to make…Continue Reading “Wednesday Keynote”
You know you’ve gone to a lot of tech conferences when Hall Davidson (he took my picture, but he took LOTS of pictures) and Will Richardson (he promised to cancel his session that was competing with my own … I’m sure he was joking … I think.) both recognize you. That being said, I still wish we had a few more of these within driving distance of where I live. My only gripe so far is that the free wifi which MICCA brags about pioneering…Continue Reading “Before Wednesday’s Keynote”
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Categories Education, Misc. Video, Netcast, nextgenteachers, Site News, Technology
Hey, where’s the audio only version? I moved that over to Podserve. Vidcasts like this one will still get posted here, though. Show notes: Chris Craft’s Twitter, and subsequent blog entry.
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Categories Art, Education, Misc. Video, Netcast, nextgenteachers, TechnologyChris Craft tells me I should register ipostwaytoomanypodcasts.com. I think he’s right. Show Notes It’s time to start thinking outside the frame. This ‘cast is inspired by a recent video by Dave LaMorte. I know the painting in the background is more Impressionist than Postmodern. Sue me. Read Bud the Teacher’s post about Cathy’s Book. Post something on Teachers 2.0. You know you want to…
Think outside the frame. (Video version and show notes will follow shortly.)
Just a few quick things that I thought were cool: My Art Club students have started teaching each other. Some of my students are linking to my website from sites they’ve made themselves. (I won’t link to their sites without parental permission, though. Second Life seems to be running better than ever. When I last used it months and months ago, it took forever to download all the textures and I was often booted when servers went down. I started a Teachers 2.0 group on…Continue Reading “Academic Aesthetic 134”