World History
- Quick & Easy Student Videos
Here?s a great way for students to process important content with their cell phones. They created a short video documentary on one of the Cold War outcomes with their phones. I put students in groups of three and assigned each group a topic (like destalinization...
- Download Youtube Videos
If you have RealPlayer on your laptop, when you run your cursor over the top right side of a youtube video, a little line will appear asking if you want to download the video. However if you do not then you need an alternative. If you do not...
- Relocating Your Lost Smartphone
Okay so two weeks ago my cell phone died and I went from a simple device that could only call someone (yes this is surprising for many who know me) to one who can now text (to my wife's relief) and get on the cloud from my phone. Bucking most...
- Screencast-o-matic.com
I like making screencasts to show my students what they should do and/or teachers I am working with for in-services. Above is a how to video I made for Screencast-o-matic.com which allows you to make up to 15 minute screencasts (movies of what...
- Bit Torrent
One of the fastest growing companies on the Internet is BitTorrent. It allows you and others to download huge files very quickly. This would allow your students, for example, to work on a video together that one of them uploaded onto say...
World History
Recording Using Your Cell Phone
It used to be that we had our students get a video camera from the library to take movies for their projects. With Qik.com (yes it has been out a while), students can record (and even stream live) to the Qik site and instantly download it onto Youtube.com. (here is a post on how you can download from youtube) so you can use it as part of a presentation. Qik is compatible with 200 types of phones and probably many of your students already have the app.
- Quick & Easy Student Videos
Here?s a great way for students to process important content with their cell phones. They created a short video documentary on one of the Cold War outcomes with their phones. I put students in groups of three and assigned each group a topic (like destalinization...
- Download Youtube Videos
If you have RealPlayer on your laptop, when you run your cursor over the top right side of a youtube video, a little line will appear asking if you want to download the video. However if you do not then you need an alternative. If you do not...
- Relocating Your Lost Smartphone
Okay so two weeks ago my cell phone died and I went from a simple device that could only call someone (yes this is surprising for many who know me) to one who can now text (to my wife's relief) and get on the cloud from my phone. Bucking most...
- Screencast-o-matic.com
I like making screencasts to show my students what they should do and/or teachers I am working with for in-services. Above is a how to video I made for Screencast-o-matic.com which allows you to make up to 15 minute screencasts (movies of what...
- Bit Torrent
One of the fastest growing companies on the Internet is BitTorrent. It allows you and others to download huge files very quickly. This would allow your students, for example, to work on a video together that one of them uploaded onto say...