Jing - Audio and Visual Explanations

Use Jing to create audio and visual explanations.

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Comic Life - Storyboard Creator

Learn how to use Comic Life to create a storyboard.

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Flickr - Creative Commons

Learn how to use Flickr Creative Commons to find photos for your classroom projects.

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Using the Firefox web browser:

1. Surf to http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
2. Click on the "See More"link on the BY Attribute License
3. Type in the search line eg., firetruck
4. Single click on the image of the firetruck
5. Click on the All Sizes clickable in the top left corner of the photo
6. Click on the Medium sized photo link
7. Right click on the photo and select View Image
8. Right click on the photo once again and select Save Image as..
9. Navigate to your My Pictures folder in your My Documents
10. Change the name of the photo and click save.

Don't forget to cite the source.


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PSA Adding Visuals - Pt. 3

Learn how to stitch the PSA together with digital stills and voice narration using Windows Movie Maker. View a sample PSA.

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PSA Recording - Pt. 2

Learn how to record the "2-Voicer" radio spot using Audacity.

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PSA Writing - Pt. 1

Learn how to write a "2 Voicer" radio public service announcement with Middle Schoolers. Loyalist College teachers Rick Chesworth and Sandy Ramsey recently held a workshop on how to write an effective 30 second radio ad. Here's the outline.

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Magazine Covers - PSE 5

Learn how to use Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 to create a magazine cover. First start with a photograph, add titles and headings then adjust colours. Follow all this by adding a barcode, the price, month and year and you are on your way.

This project is one I've been working on with Grade 7 & 8 students as part of a magazine article writing language arts assignment. Each of the three classes I worked with took the entire morning last week to create their covers. To learn more about this project, click here.

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Camtasia Studio - Intro

Learn how to use Camtasia Studio software to record your screencast. Start by connecting your microphone to your system, then invoke the software or web environment you'd like to cast then step your audience through the process while Camtasia Studio does all the heavy lifting.

Finish your cast by rendering it to any one of a number of formats which include .swf, .wmv, .avi, .mov, m4v, mp3, RM, camv and .gif.

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Resizing and Cropping Photos - Post on Blogger

Learn how to resize and crop photos using Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 in order to post them on your blog.

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Screencast - How to

Learn how the casts on Screencast.ca are recorded. This cast was requested by Phil in Anchorage, Alaska.

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Google's Picasa - Red Eye Removal

Learn how to remove red eye from your photos using Google's Picasa red eye removal tool.

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Google's Picasa - Cropping

Learn to use Google's free Picasa photo editor to crop your photos.

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Clicker 5 - Intro

Learn how to begin using Clicker 5 assistive software.

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Co-Writer - Teacher

Learn to use the Teacher side of Co-Writer assistive software.

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Co-Writer with Write Outloud

Learn to use the assistive technology software Co-Writer and Write Outloud together.

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Captain Canuck Pt. 1 - Scanning with Photoshop

Learn how to scan original art work directly in to Photoshop Elements then crop each comic panel.

This is part 1 of the "Captain Canuck" project completed as part of a technology enhanced comic writing assignment in a Gr. 4-5 class. The idea for this project comes from Mr. Terry Vella, a junior division teacher, as he was working through the "Literacy in Action" Gr. 5B soft cover resource book published by Pearson Ed.


Reference

"The Captain Canuck - A Canadian Superhero" segment of the Independent study section of this resource appears on pages 143 to 147 of the book and is written by Edmund O'Connor.

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Captain Canuck Pt. 2 - Comic Life

Learn how to use Comic Life using original art work and character dialogue.

This is part 2 of the "Captain Canuck" project completed as part of a technology enhanced comic writing assignment in a Gr. 4-5 class. The idea for this project comes from Mr. Terry Vella, a junior division teacher, as he was working through the "Literacy in Action" Gr. 5B soft cover resource book published by Pearson Ed.

Reference

"The Captain Canuck - A Canadian Superhero" segment of the Independent study section of this resource appears on pages 143 to 147 of the book and is written by Edmund O'Connor.

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Captain Canuck Pt. 3 - Audacity

Learn how to record the original voice narration for the Captain Canuck comic.

This is part 3 of the "Captain Canuck" project completed as part of a technology enhanced comic writing assignment in a Gr. 4-5 class. The idea for this project comes from Mr. Terry Vella, a junior division teacher, as he was working through the "Literacy in Action" Gr. 5B soft cover resource book published by Pearson Ed.


Reference

"The Captain Canuck - A Canadian Superhero" segment of the Independent study section of this resource appears on pages 143 to 147 of the book and is written by Edmund O'Connor.

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Captain Canuck Pt. 4 - Movie Maker

Learn how to create a "visual comic" using imported original art work and an original narrated voice track.

This is part 4 of the "Captain Canuck" project completed as part of a technology enhanced comic writing assignment in a Gr. 4-5 class. The idea for this project comes from Mr. Terry Vella, a junior division teacher, as he was working through the "Literacy in Action" Gr. 5B soft cover resource book published by Pearson Ed.

Reference

"The Captain Canuck - A Canadian Superhero" segment of the Independent study section of this resource appears on pages 143 to 147 of the book and is written by Edmund O'Connor.

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Video Podcasting on Blogger

Learn to create a video podcast and post it on Blogger.com.

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Hockneyize it!

Learn how to create a simulated David Hockney effect by using a nifty bit of programing from Big Blue Labs.

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Animoto on your Wikispace

Learn how to embed the code from your Animoto slideshow onto your Wikispace.

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Open Office - Introduction

Learn how to use Open Office in this introduction screencast. Writer and Impress will be discussed.

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Premiere Elements 4.0 - Intro

Learn how to use Premiere Elements 4.0 to edit your movie clips. Import many different video file formats then save and render your movie in a number of different ways from DVD to Youtube.

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iTunes U - Edutopia.org

Learn how to subscribe to excellent teacher professional development content using iTunes U. You will be directed to the Edutopia.org iTunes U segment of the iTunes Store. But don't worry, there is no charge. All of the Edutopia showcase video podcasts are free.

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Classmouse - Safe Surfing

Learn how to navigate to Classmouse.com and engage your students in safe internet surfing. Search by curriculum expectation.

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Comic Life - Non-Fiction Writing

Learn how to use use your own photos, clever text and be the next Andy Capp. There's an ipod and iphone version in the apps store at itunes.

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Batch Image Scaling - Photoshop Elements

Learn how to scale [resize] your large photos from your digital camera all at one time using the batch process in Photoshop Elements.

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Firefox - Bookmarks Toolbar

Learn how to use the bookmarks toolbar in Firefox. Create folders then drag and drop the website location onto the folder for easy bookmarking of all your websites.

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Photoshop Elements - Resize and Crop

Learn how to resize and crop large photos using Photoshop Elements.

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MS Publisher & Photoshop Elements

Learn how to use the search feature in MS Publisher 2002 [Ministry Licenced] to find the photo you need for your document. Then save and collect a number of these images. After you have a collection of photos you can use Adobe Elements to manipulate them.

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Audacity - Export to .mp3

Learn how to create original voice files and export them to .mp3 format.

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Firefox - Internet Shortcuts

Learn how to create Internet Shortcuts and place links to them on the school's group drive so students won't be typing long URLs.

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Digital Storytelling

Learn how to create an original digital story using Windows Movie Maker. Combine original compelling writing, an effective voice and interesting digital stills.

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