On Wednesday of this week some of us met to go over projects and assignments in Roush 330 next door to the room where my wife Loretta teaches the undergrad social studies methods course. She mentioned a week or so ago that one of her students had written and performed a song advocating for the integration of the arts in regular classrooms. So while we were working on 675 projects Eric came by and I set up the little RCA ez201 and we recorded. I downloaded, edited, copied some of the music and put it under the title I created and uploaded it to YouTube. Not exactly piece of cake but not brain surgery either.
I think Eric did a great job and can you imagine the reaction you'd get from your, perhaps unmotivated, student, when she/he see a video of him/herself on YouTube? I used iMovie on the Mac but the same result is possible with MovieMaker that comes with Windows.
The YouTube movie is called Paint and Write.
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Now that I know to enter the word verification, you will be able to read my comments. With that said, I am glad that I was able to see you tape Eric's performance and see the process begin last Wednesday. His students will be lucky to have a passionate and creative teacher who is using the technology that is a part of their lives. Thanks for helping me to understand that world.
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I , too, was glad to be there to see you film Eric "live." I love the marvelous miniature machine you used. The field of education is acquiring a true "gem" in Eric -hats off to him!
ReplyDeleteI am amazed that the Small Wonder could create that video. I would be interested in knowing how much time that took and the tools that were needed to create it. I can already see the potential for students- assuming I would quit playing with it long enough in my personal life.
ReplyDeleteDenise
After the first night of class, I had decided in my mind to purchase "the small wonder." (I enjoyed that video by the way) But one thing this class forced me to do early on is to figure out how to use the camera that I already have. Imagine that! I did not end up purchasing the small wonder, but instead got an ipod for Mother’s Day. I look forward to interacting and manipulating iTunes and pod casts. I think I've found a new hobby: technology!
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