I’ve been meaning to blog for days, nay weeks!! Not quite in the habit yet, and my slow dial-up connection at home doesn’t inspire me. I can’t get the internet on the laptop at home which is a shame. There seem to be about 4 or 5 different wifi connections I could pick upon if only I had a key code and wanted to get into trouble with the neighbours.
I’ve been using the camera a bit. I did some short bits of video on a friend’s afternoon birthday walk round Walthamstow/Hackney marshes last Sunday. I’ve put it into imovie (very badly) - well, it was experimental. Hopefully not my finest piece of work (not holding my breath for a BAFTA) but good to get started.
Next stop is Fronter. Before next week I’d like to have a go at garageband, comic life and crazt talk. And write one more entry in the blog. Oh, and start thinking more seriously about using this fantastic stuff for the sixth form. We’re probably going to try and incorporate it into some innovative work on developing ’thinking skills’ resources. Just need to work out how.
Great, some goals to work towards over the next few days!
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jjakes
// Apr 19, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Jo I think that having a specific task to do will really help focus your use of the software. Have you thought about using one or two pictures of philosophers and getting them to pose questions using Crazy Talk. You could then develop that into mindmapping using OpenMind. The outcome could be either a podcast based on their own thoughts on the topic or an imove piece using pictures and audio. One last point try http://www.spresent.com. It’s an online slide show producer with some very clever ideas. Once registered (free) the students can work on any computer capable of accessing the internet. C U Tuesday or Monday night if you are attending the dinner!
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