Movie Making, an update

i cannot believe it, but we have been editing our videos for 2 WHOLE DAYS! sorry to shout, but if you have visited here before, you will know that it took me 2 months just to get my kids access to movie maker AND have it work at the same time. i am so excited, i actually remembered to bring a camera and take some pix!

here are my brilliant sweeties, hard at work.

they look determined, eh?  we are getting short on time; i have to have the videos converted & on DVD ready to post THURSDAY. eeeek!

look at us, working collaboratively!

win or lose, my guys have done a fantastic job of creating their projects. i am very, very proud of them, and thrilled to death to have finally gotten together some tech that actually worked!

cheers,

kelly

Free Tools

since the nzateconference, i've been busy trying out some different things. I've compiled a list of all the cool stuff from the conference, or, at least the things that weren't blocked at my school. you can see them here.

just this weekend a whole bunch of teachers were on twitter (who knew?), and i was able to join in the live webcast of edmodo 3.0. edmodo is a microblogging platform for teachers and students only. it's kind of like twitter, but for just you and your class. you can also have your class calendar, assignments, and grades on it as well. i've only just joined, and as i'm blogging and wiki-ing for the first time this year, this may have to wait until the summer holidays for me to really try out. but you may be interested in it yourself, so check it out. if you'd like to leave a comment about your use of edmodo, that'd be great!

in other news, i have finally managed to convert a speech and edit it in moviemaker, and have ended up with one poorly edited less than 1 minute video clip that thrilled me no end. i won't post it now, but will ask students later whose video i could put here. once we have them made (students will undertake their own), we will embed them in our blogs, if i can figure out how to do that in 21classes. must get on it, as i've volunteered them for open night, a mere 2 weeks away.

i hope your having a happy term 3 and enjoying your parent interviews!

kelly