Creating Lifelong Learners
Since my presentation, “Steal This Preso: Copyrights, Fair Use, and Pirates in the Classroom” I’m on the lookout for classroom copyright resources to share with you. I found these blog posts interesting: 1. Mr. Mayo has a skype visit from professor Lawrence Lessig, founder of Creative Commons, who talks about remixing and the classroom. 2. …
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer nor do I play one on TV. My thinking has been shaped by a number of sources, mostly notably the Barely Legal Radio Podcast. Our Rights Fair Use allows us to use portions of copyrighted work for educational purposes in our classrooms. I’m of the belief that you can …
As per the Common Core State Standards students must incorporate digital research in their work. I interpret this to mean that students need a twenty-first century version of book sense. We used to teach students how to find books in a library, how to determine who the author and illustrator is, and where to find …
Here is my updated list of Royalty Free Resources for multimedia projects, including photo and music options. I’ve also included this list as a permanent page on my blog, accessible on the right hand side under pages. I’ve tried to list only options that I’ve actually used. Most of these royalty free options require attribute …
Royalty Free Images Pics4Learning.com a free product of Tech4Learning—these are images donated for classroom use I always start here in the classroom because there are no inappropriate images and the site is simple enough so that I have taught first graders to navigate it. Free Images Donated by Photographers This is my second destination when …
My presentation for this year’s K12Online Conference, Steal This Preso: Copyrights, Fair Use, and Pirates in the Classroom!, is now live and viewable below. I’ve also included links to my favorite royalty free media sites and additional resources below. The Presentation BlipTV direct link to download video file use this to download to your iPod or …
The K12Online Conference has started today with its opening keynote by Kim Cofino. The K12 Conference is entirely free and online. You don’t need to register to “attend” and once presentations go live they are available forever. You can never “miss” a presentation because you can always go back and see them. Teachers attend the …
If you’ve never heard of the K12 Online Conference, all you need to know is that it’s a free online conference with presentations from some of the greatest minds in educational technology (they’ve also asked me to present). All presentations are accessible from the web site. You can even see presentations from previous years. You …
Article on differences between Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express. Complete keyboard shortcuts. Also see iMovie Bootcamp Links for recommended links and inspiration. Articles Better Color Correction in Final Cut Express Videos Using Chroma Key in FCX (Green Screen) The Shining Scary Mary Youtube Downloaders PWN Youtube (easiest) Insert the letters PWN before youtube …
Here are the links for my latest iMovie workshop at the Los Angeles County Office of Education. These page will likely be updated at the end of day two of the workshop. In this workshop participants learn the basic and advanced features of iMovie ’09 and create their own commercials, public service announcements or one …