Okay, if this class is theoretically halfway over, I'm in BIG, BIG trouble.
I thoroughly enjoy Gary Mote's presentation today. Like Tom McNeal yesterday, he was so helpful and so knowledgeable and so unassuming about it. I have a feeling, however, that it will be a while before I am able to completely assimilate much of what he showed us today. I was able to download and use DEBUT to do a screen capture to use in my autobiography which was cool. Knowing that SO MUCH information was collected in ONE place is in itself very helpful.
How lucky Kent State is to have such a valuable resource - thank you, Dr. Kist, for knowing about and taking advantage of his expertise. Both you and Dr. Dowdy have modeled well the practice of bringing in expert guest speakers to the classroom (and taking "short" field trips). Sometimes I forget how valuable it can be for the students to hear a variety of voices in learning. The novelty itself can be good, but it's a relief for me not to have to know everything and the students get to make valuable connections.
In some other blogs from this class, there have been questions about the use of PhotoStory, so I am going to try to attach/include/embed/insert correct verb here my little vacation movie. Well, I found a button that makes it easy (it's the "add video" button; imagine that).
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You're right on when you say it will take you a while to assimilate all of the knowledge learned these past couple of days. I don't know about you, but my head is spinning especially at night when it's time for bed. I keep thinking of all of this new technology.
ReplyDeleteI love your video!!! How cute! I bet you can't wait to get back home!! Thanks for the advice on the add video button, I'm going to go try it right now...
Ok... I tried getting a video from YouTube, but it didn't work even when I saved it to my computer. If you ever decide to do that this is what you have to do. Copy and paste the embed code under the URL on the You Tube site, into your blog post. But you have to change the dimensions to 395x325 in the link. It appears in 2 places in the link. I just did then and pressed publish post and it worked!!! Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the instructions!!
ReplyDeleteI AM looking forward to being back home - some day. Spending Friday night, Saturday, and most of Sunday at the Ohio Cup (high school girl's soccer) in Columbus. Miss my bed SO much.