Web 2.0 don't you know?

I think that google.com is probably the best web 2.0 site out there. It is still amazing to me that you can make a powerpoint presentation with people anywhere in the world. Other sites that might be useful are youtube, blogger, and maybe photobucket for pictures from throughout the year. These sights are all awesome and allow information to be online and accessed from any computer. This is great for teaching because then you can give out information to students on the computer at any time instead of actually physically seeing them to give them things. Also, the other way around works great too because then kids can turn things in without physically handing it to the teacher. Our society today spends a HUGE amount of time on the computer so these websites make it more convenient for us. I would not use facebook for anything educational unless I wanted to know the personal lives of my students and that is something that I would rather find out by getting to know them instead of reading the status they put last night about their love life... :)

LAST MINUTE DISASTER!! :(

The experience I had making these videos was mostly positive. It turned negative the very last day in the very last 2 hours, when I was trying to upload it to youtube. My video worked in iMovie and everything and then it compressed. BUT when I played the compressed movie it froze on one scene even though it continued to play. So even though the music kept playing and the time kept running, it was stuck on the same picture. This was frustrating and I tried fixing it for about 2 hours. I ended up talking to Dan and he told me to compress it with Web Streaming. It worked! However, the quality is probably the worst quality I have ever seen in a video! I am sad about it but hopefully I can get it fixed soon. I have had a little bit of experience with iMovie previously so it worked out well. I could make another movie if I was asked to do so. I would probably make a video for my class, but more likely I would make a video WITH my class. It would be a great opportunity to advocate for Physical Education. You can watch my video below or my video can be found by clicking here!!

Doug Pinkal (my partner) made a video and it's link can be found here!

Changed Story Board

I do not know if we are supposed to update our story boards if there are any changes, but I am doing so just in case.

My story board for my video completely changed because I came up with the idea that because winter is coming, people are going to naturally spend more time indoors. Well turns out we are supposed to be physically fit ALL YEAR LONG and not just during months that are bearable to go outside. So I decided to show clips that I filmed of my friends while they were sledding and snowboarding. It is very entertaining in my opinion and I hope it will be to others as well. All of these clips are of my friends crashing haha. I used the song Don't Let Me Fall by B.O.B. which seemed appropriate :) The video promotes going outside and playing even in the cold winter months when no one wants to even look at how cold it is outside ha. I have not embedded the video into youtube yet because it still needs some work. But it will be done in time for class.

iMovie.. iSee!

So far I have not had any problems with the iMovie. I have had a little experience in the past with them so it is fairly easy to me to figure out what I do not know. The only trouble I am having is settling on an idea of what to do for sure. I have a bunch of ideas and thoughts about them, but I cannot seem to decide. So I will keep thinking because I want it to be really good. However, my hopes are too high because I know it will not be that good haha. I do not have any tutorials to show because I do not know what I would show. K thanks.. BYEEEEEE