EmbedPlus is a tool that I have needed for quite some time. The ability to quickly navigate within a video to different time spots is something that the YouTube timecode feature lacks. So far, EmbedPlus looks like a pretty useful option for screencasts and personal projects. Use the “Previous” and “Next” buttons to navigate to …
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Animation with GoAnimate
I teach a technology integration course for pre-service teachers at the University of Virginia. I am always on the lookout for tools that allow my students (and their students) to be creative media producers, and I think that I have found one that I like- GoAnimate. GoAnimate allows users to make animated videos that feature …
Visual Imagery: When I Had a Mustache
I still chuckle whenever I hear the song, Glamorous, on the radio. I don’t find the song’s topic, a commercial-esque reflection on materialism and 21st century desires, particularly humorous. The use of the words “Flossy, Flossy” might fall into the category of ridiculously comedic, but it’s not what gets me. It’s not the beat and …
The Ratio of Unicorns to Leprechauns
One of the nicest, most well-intentioned students in my class recently asked me why I wasn’t throwing parties when milestones were reached (consecutive days of working together without problems). I told her that I did not believe in rewarding behavior that benefits the classroom community. I tried to explain that Coke and candy parties begin …
I Smell A Project
Even if I was in my most daring, come-what-may frame of mind, I would not show this video to my students. It would be a short and quick execution, and my professional head would bounce down the hallowed halls that commemorate teachers who have made drastically fatal career decisions. Probably not detentionslip.org worthy, but inadvisable …
Problem? Solved. RSS Rescues a Video Junkie!
The Problem: I love online video, especially creative, educational clips, but I struggle to stay atop of the deluge of good examples and utter crap when I am not seeking something specific. What I consider to be the good stuff usually arises from a reflective cycle of reading-exploring-filtering, and the junk floats up from the …
Flawed Logic for a Helluva Video
Follow me on a logical, yet absurdly illogical series of connections that ends with an outrageous conclusion: Matt is a cultural universal. Confused? “A cultural universal (see George Murdock, Claude Levi-Strauss, Donald Brown) is an element, pattern, trait, or institution that is common to all human cultures on the planet. [One example of an element] …
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