Tag Archives: video

Video on The Benefits of Co-Teaching: A Blast from 2005

I don’t discuss my years as an English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL, a.k.a. ESL) specialist much on these pages, mainly because there are no ESOL students at my high school. But the experience of being a second teacher in the content-area classroom when I wore this hat? That’s some good fodder […]

“That’s not Homework; That’s Writing”: Authentic Student Blogging (Presentation Snippet 2)

In a post last month I mentioned seeing the need for short video presentations about web 2.0 in education, and posted a snippet from a parent presentation I gave at our 1:1 Apple Laptop School launch. That snippet focused only on the motivational power of a simple ClustrMap on a blog.
Here’s another one: Less […]

“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.]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbVSYJ-I8×8

Coming in Episode 2: Still Photo Skills: Advanced use of the Ken […]

“A Clustrmap is a Powerful Thing” (2-minute presentation)

Long presentations are great and all, but maybe quickies have their place as well. I can see the need.
Here’s a 2-minute snippet from a presentation I gave to parents to launch our 1:1 Apple Laptop initiative back in August. I simply explain Clustrmaps by showing it on a blog with world-wide readers….written by […]

Create 1:1 Envy and Open Network Envy in Your Admin: Show Them My School’s 1:1 Promo Movie

Here’s an 8-minute promo movie I made for my school over the last few hours. I share it in case anyone wants a resource that talks through a couple of class projects we did last year in my grade 9 history and English classes - and shamelessly boasts about how special my school is […]