“Cutting the Crap from Student iMovies”

Eight minutes on how to 1) find content on Creative Commons, 2) use Zamzar to download YouTube and other videos for mashups. (It’s also posted on my “Teaching Gallery” static page.) [Update: Photos credited in final titles, plus CC licensing added.]

Coming in Episode 2: Still Photo Skills: Advanced use of the Ken Burns Effect.

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9 Responses to ““Cutting the Crap from Student iMovies””

  1. Dean Shareski writes:

    This is great stuff…the creative commons part in particular…..already tagged in my del.icio.us account.

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  2. diane writes:

    Fascinating! We don’t have Macs at school, but the Creative Commons info is universally relevant…and maybe I can play around on my little iMac at home.

    Thanks for breaking things down into easily digestible crumbs (not crap!).

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  3. susan writes:

    Great stuff. Saved and forwarded:)

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  4. Why Design Matters… : thinking 2.0 writes:

    [...] K-12 Online Conference presentation, Clay Burrell has also explored the significance of design, in Cutting the Crap (from student iMovies). In this eight-minute video Clay shows how to 1) find content on Creative Commons, 2) use Zamzar to [...]

  5. BlogWalker | Digital Storytelling How To’s: Three New Favorites writes:

    [...] Clay Burrel’s Cut the Crap – This is a “twofer”: His first tutorial provides tips on how to incorporate – legally – music, video, and image copyright issues from Creative Commons growing resources. Nice little tutorial on what the CC terms mean. And I like his tutorial on how to effectively use iMovie’s Ken Burns effect too – http://beyond-school.org/2007/10/26/cutting-the-crap-from-student-imovies/ [...]

  6. Creating Lifelong Learners writes:

    [...] Stabilization on the Cheap (thanks to Steven Katz for link).Clay Burrel’s film, “Cutting the Crap from Student Movies” shows how to donwload Youtube clips and creative commons licensed [...]

  7. Teaching the Process of Design (or, making student videos interesting) at Students 2.0 writes:

    [...] 22 Dean Shareski Jan 9th, 2008 at 5:18 am It might seem odd that students spend oodles of time watching video of varying quality in movies and television in particular but yet produce, for the most part…crap. (see Clay Burell’s post) http://beyond-school.org/2007/10/26/cutting-the-crap-from-student-imovies/ [...]

  8. danielle writes:

    WOW this is great. You have some very good tips there and it was understandable even for me.
    Thanks for the slow and full explanations,

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