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Month: June, 2009

What not to do in video

26 June, 2009 (16:57) | Failure, Lesson idea, Video | By: Glenn

I am in cadre that was given MacBook Pros to do podcasting and vodcasting this Summer and upcoming school year. Not too shabby, I downloaded Handbrake already in order to convert video from one format into another.  This was made essential because my Flip video camera only records in .AVI format, something the mac hates.  [...]

Videos in the Classroom

25 June, 2009 (09:02) | Video | By: Glenn

This post from Free Technology for Teachers made me think about the videos I use in my classroom.  In it, they go through over 30 different ways to get video for the classroom.  Some are better than others, but they annotate the sources to the quality and content. From these sources, I use TED and [...]

Dropbox is what teachers need!

24 June, 2009 (17:03) | Personal, Success YES!, Technology | By: Glenn

I have really been struggling this year with my electronic organization. Firstly, I am in charge of web development using the Angel LMS for the group of teachers creating and teaching our Advanced Algebra Applications 5-6 course. It is a new course, and the only course in the US that teaches the math it does.  [...]

5 year plans coming to fruition

24 June, 2009 (16:47) | Personal, Success YES! | By: Glenn

I have been rather silent in my blogging the last several months mainly because I was so overwhelmed that I had to not do something, and blogging was it. You see, 5 years ago this month I ran for my local school board. (I know, I know, why do you care but there is a [...]