Technical Resources iWork Tutorials free movies you can watch on Apple’s web site which show you step by step how to complete tasks in Keynote, Pages, and Numbers Design Resources Newsletter First Aid Make Captivating Graphs and Charts Before and After Slides from Garr Reynolds Death by Powerpoint Powerpoint Do No Harm Powerpoint Do No …
Category: Educational Technology
Educational Grants and Tips
I’m frequently asked about classroom grants. Here are a few grants I’m aware of as well some lists for further exploration. Good luck! Grants I’ve Won Donors Choose easiest grants you’ll ever write…use for requests of less than $400 you can ask for whatever you want…I received books as well as iPods Best Buy Teach …
Fair Use Resources
Thanks to Kevin for sharing this comic book which aims to teach about Fair Use from Duke University. I want to share my favorite Fair Use resource…I absolutely love the Barely Legal Radio program here in Los Angeles though I always listen online since I’m in school at the times when it’s on the radio. …
Around the Blogosphere
Leila presents 21 Ways to Get Your Child to Write This Summer (or during the year) Speaker Sue offers Presentation Tips, encouraging presenters (and professional development providers) to treat adult audiences like adults and she encourages them to keep their cell phones ON. Jacquie gives Online Literacy Strategies.
Media Literacy Film
My friend, Nick Pernisco of Understand Media presents this film which makes the case for teaching students how to responsibly view media rather than banning their access to that media. It’s similar to my case for teaching student to safely use Google rather than banning Google.
Computer Detox
I will be taking a one week vacation from my laptop this week. I will not be checking e-mail, updating my sites, or approving blog comments in that time. I think between blog reading, twittering, linkedin, and all the rest I’ve become a tad addicted to the internet and especially because I have some legitimate …
Video in the Classroom FAQ
I frequently get wonderful e-mails from teachers who’ve discovered our class films. They have some questions in them so I decided it was time to answer a couple of them. If you have questions after reading, please post those questions below as a comment. -Mathew 1. How did you get started? My Filmmaking Background I …
iMovie ’08 Bootcamp Links
Links for iMovie ’08 Bootcamp Class at LACOE. Keyboard Shortcuts Apple’s Shortcuts Macworld article on getting back iMovie ’06 features iMovie ’08 Tutorials Apple’s Tutorials Movie Making Tutorials Flickschool San Fernando High School Teacher, Marco Torres Video in the Classroom.com My site for elementary filmmaking AFI Screen Education Storyboarding Storyboard Template Storyboarding Movie Screenplay to …
Review: Wall-E
I’ve seen all the Pixar movies but usually on video. Finding Nemo was funny and surpassed all my expectations but I’m not sure it was a great film. Kenneth Turan’s review of Wall-E (coupled with the fact that I’m on vacation and have hours of grad school homework) led me to see Wall-E in the …
Every Time I’m On Vacation I Join Another Social Network
When it comes to vacation time there are three things I always do: Clean house. Buying stuff. (This time it’s GPS) Joining another social network. Over winter break I joined Facebook cuz all my friends were doing it and this time I’m playing around with LinkedIn. If you’re on there, connect with me. LinkedIn is …