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 …
Category: Educational Technology
Video in the Classroom Carnival #4
Video in the Classroom Carnival #4 comes a month early. There were just too many good tips and examples to hold off another month. Video Production Examples from the Trenches Mr. Moses’s middle schoolers’ productions. I particularly enjoyed The Clumsy Ninja for its dry sense of humor and well thought out shot selection. Los Angeles …
Open House Parent Engagement Tips
It’s that time of year again for Open House in my district. I’ve always taught at schools where parent engagement is a “problem.” Getting parents to come to school is often difficult and it’s not unusual for some classrooms to have only one or two parents. Here are my tips for the night. Do • …
Who Am I And What’s This Blog About Anyway?
Every year or so I run a post about what this blog is about. Here’s one from around this time in 2008. This is as much for me to clarify and rethink my purpose for writing here as well as for readers. Who Am I? My name is Mathew Needleman and I’m the author of …
Video in the Classroom Carnival #3
Frank Guttler lets us into his planning for his class at Poly High in A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words and reports on his journey to Doha to see How Flat the World Is. Christina shares her classroom holiday movies. Joe Brennan presents the best resources for Making Movies on the Web: Bob Sprankle …
How to Get Started Making Class Movies
About once a month I get the question from web site visitors who’ve seen my class movies, “How do I get started making movies in the classroom?” This is a difficult question to answer because I really want to say, “Just Do It!” but I know people want more. Here’s my advice. Start With a …
MacHeist Bundle
I just purchased the MacHeist Bundle for this year. For only $39 you get 13 Mac utilities and 25% of the cost goes to charity. I was at the Apple Store today and iSale, the app that helps you set up eBay auctions was selling for $39 by itself. You probably won’t use all of …
Project This! Technology Purchasing Priorities
Mathew’s Note: This post slipped out in draft form about two days ago by mistake before it was ready. Sorry about that. Here’s the real thing… Recently, I’ve encountered several schools that in my opinion have their technology priorities in the wrong order. For example, I don’t feel that it makes sense to purchase document …
What Do Web Pages Know About You?
Snooper 2.0 is a cool site that gives you a glimpse into the information some web sites capture about you. Check it out.
Royalty Free Images Part 2
Here’s a followup to my earlier list of royalty free images. Additions by Janice Stearns…creative commons licensed…all require attribution: Long list from Terry Roberts OpenPhoto Free Image Database NASA Images Royalty Free Clip Art Additional royalty free image list by Larry Ferlazzo and royalty free music/sound effects list by Larry Ferlazzo And my original list …