Middle School Technology Integration Blog

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Windows Movie Maker, Memes

Subject	Tuesday Tic Tip
From	CJ Mcdonald
To	ORALL; EX All
Sent	Tuesday, October 14, 2014 5:37 AM

It’s that time of the week again…

Please remember, if you are interested in using technology in ANY lesson, even if it’s to show off, let me know! I’ll meet with you when you are available or I’ll stop by during class just to check it out!

Quite a few people have contacted me about students/teachers shooting and editing a video. The best video cameras we have available are the phones in students’ pockets. Probably the best video editor that we all have available is Windows Movie Maker. We have it on all PCs in the district. HERE is an example of a video I made with it. HERE is another.

The video tutorial can be found HERE (you can use THIS if you’d prefer a written one), and I am available to help anyone who wants to make a video or have their students make one.

I think kids would get a kick out of creating memes too…HERE is an easy site to use. Go to THIS SITE for ideas on how to use memes. I would probably use them as class rules or some quick formative assessment.

Here is are a couple examples:

CJ McDonald

Linn-Mar Community School District

Middle School Technology Integration Coach

(319) 892-4856

LM TICs Website: http://ow.ly/AxFhK

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Website, Blogs, Jeopardy Game, OneNote

Subject	Tuesday Tic Tip
From	CJ Mcdonald
To	EX All; ORALL
Sent	Tuesday, October 07, 2014 6:36 AM

Another Tuesday another Tic Tip.

Want to make a Google Website to communicate with parents and students? It’s pretty easy and HERE are instructions on how to do it.

Making a Blog dramatically increased my efficiency as a teacher. HERE is how to set on up.

Thanks to Marshall Chamberlin for forwarding me THIS Jeopardy game creator. Sounds like it’s pretty popular with LM teachers.

I went to a Microsoft OneNote training yesterday and found it to be an AWESOME collaboration tool between teachers (think: a digital binder with dividers and the ability to attach files). I’ve used it before with students, but I definitely learned more yesterday. I’m happy to share the training document they gave us for your exploration. I’m also willing to train teams to help facilitate efficient collaboration.

I’ll soon have a OneNote tutorial for teacher use & even one for student use (I’ll defer to you what grade level is appropriate)

Don’t forgot to look at the website in my signature for an ever growing set of links for tutorials.

Make it a good day!