Also broke a tooth earlier, and waiting for the inevitable throb of pain - fingers crossed it's OK at the moment, but my proposed travels for this week are shown below, so not sure how I'll fit in a trip to the dentist :(
This is a wonderful resource, which includes a range of ideas for using video in the classroom, and certainly went beyond how I used it: an excellent "living" climate graph example...
It led me to a new tip which I hadn't been aware of before, which provides a particularly neat method for embedding "live" YOUTUBE (or other TUBE) videos into powerpoint.
Of course, this requires the videos to be hosted on a site which is accessible in school, which may be an issue for some colleagues. You need to have a live internet connection for this to work.
I used a video from YouTube with very straightforward instructions (and then recursively used that same video when I tried the method myself):
If you have an older version of powerpoint CLICK HERE
Needs to have a cut and paste, and then some changes to the PROPERTIES of the Shockwave flash object (video). You also have to enable the DEVELOPER tab in powerpoint if you haven't already got that enabled.
This creates a window on the slide with a video which can be made to LOOP or not, and START AUTOMATICALLY or not...
These can be included with other text and graphics (and other videos) on the same powerpoint slide in an appropriate place.
All the resources that Paul uses in his lesson are contained on the TEACHERS TV PAGE.
Would be interested to hear from colleagues who have used this method, and how they used it...
Started to put together a PPT with step by step instructions which I shall add here when I've finished it - got a few other priority things to finish first...
A lot of interest shown today in my Flip Video camera which I demonstrated.Could have sold a lot of them at the session. Wonder if anyone from Flip is reading and would like to arrange something with me...
Ideal for geography fieldwork and other activities, and fool-proof interface and high quality production....
We have had a few queries regarding the format of MINI DV that is needed for the MY WORLD IN 60 SECONDS competition entries. This adds a slight complication for some possible entrants, but the reason that we have asked for this format is that we need the final "master tape" that is used on the big screens to retain as much as possible of the original picture and sound information. Other video formats would be compressed, which would remove picture detail and result in a lower quality video. The other complication would be the problem of compatibility if we allowed entries on CD, DVD, USB sticks etc. We are taking your suggestions on board. We appreciate the effort that anyone entering a video is going to make, but it will be well worth it to see your students' masterpiece in the centre of Manchester, Leeds etc.
Here is a 60 second video I shot this morning on the promenade at Hunstanton
Imagine that on a big screen: the quality would be fairly shocking (I know that it's been reduced for YouTube display, so perhaps I'm being slightly disingenuous, but you get the point :) )
Could have sold a lot of them at the session. Wonder if anyone from