Below is a quiz to help teach some of the tricks that are used when attempting to scam someone via email. This presentation was created to help to educate our teachers to detect phishing and scams so that they will not fall victim to these misleading and often very sophisticated email messages.
This presentation was prepared in support of the KIS EdTech Team’s collaboration of our professional development session on avoiding scams.
I have wanted to learn how to use Final Cut Pro for quite some time. Unfortunately, I don’t know anyone who knows how to use it and can teach me. I finally decided to jump in. Over the past couple of months I struggled through creating a couple of movies using FCP that I could have done easily in iMovie. These were movies I had to do for various reasons, which forced me to figure out how to use some of FCP’s features. Through this process I found many tutorials on YouTube (like the one below), and discovered that FCP is easier to use than I expected. I am by no means an expert, but I can do the basics now.
I have created a Diigo group to gather FCP X tutorials. Please join & contribute.
A couple of weeks ago at the Learning 2.0 conference I went to an iPod photography workshop by Dave Caleb. This was an outstanding session, and I came away with ideas for being a better photographer, and new apps for my iPod. My favorite app from the workshop is Pro HDR. When there is mixed light in a scene, Pro HDR will take two photos, with different exposure for the amounts of light. Then it combines the photos. The photos below were taken this past weekend during my neighborhood photo safari with my wife.
Normal iPod Camera
iPod with Pro HDR
See more examples of what Pro HDR can do for your photos. This is a great app, and really worth the $1.99.
1. Select the right project.
2. Keep a curricular focus.
3. Know what you want for the final product.
4. Treat the movie like an essay.
5. Keep the rubric focused on content.
6. Include some technical criteria in the rubric. (lighting, sound, etc.)
7. Have a time constraint.
8. Critique example movies with students, using your rubric.
9. If being don in groups, build individual accountability into the project.
10. Reinforce literacy skills.
11. Teach students how to film.
12. Teach students how to edit.
13. Provide your students an audience beyond the classroom.
14. Complete the project yourself.
15. Have fun!
Bonus tip: Use realistic (homemade) costumes & props.
This presentation was created as an introduction to the flipped classroom. It was presented to teachers who were in the first month of their school’s 1:1 program to help them to begin flipping some lessons. Part 1 includes many links to help familiarize with the basics of the flipped classroom.
Just a few photos of the sessions I presented at the KORCOS conference March 9, 2012. The sessions I presented were:
See more photos from the conference.
Below is the presentation and notes for the session that Tim Bray & I presented to administrators at the KORCOS conference in Songdo, Korea, March 9, 2012.
Below are some links to support the Professional Development for Seoul Foreign School November 19 & 21, 2011.
Mac OS Basics
Preview
Video projects in the classroom (previous presentation)
More about teaching with video projects
Some of my students’ video projects.
Below is the presentation I gave to the wonderful educators from BIS Canada in Korea on Friday, April 15, 2011.
Thanks for inviting me!
See some of my other professional development presentations.
WOW! The most incredible professional experience of my life. This was like nothing I have ever participated in before. The Apple Distinguished Educators Institute had the intensity of some of my most emotional and rewarding life experiences, combined; the exhaustion of two-a-day football practices, the professional growth of an exceptional conference, intellectual challenges and thought provoking conversations with great thinkers, the self-examination of a deep therapy session, and the fun and friendships of a very memorable summer camp.
At the beginning it felt like I was joining a cult. But I have wanted to drink this “Kool-ADE” for quite some time.
The people really made this special. They provided great inspiration, guidance, challenges, discoveries, and connections. I’m grateful for all the time and energy the board invested in preparing the Institute for us. The ADEs who went through this experience with me are an elite group of educators and great people.
It is difficult to pick one aspect that was more meaningful than the rest. What really affected me deeply was the reflection time. The Institute was very challenging and provided an opportunity for deep thinking. We reflected formally and informally, in groups, one on one, and I also reflected alone. I learned a lot about myself this week. I’m still reflecting, processing the experience.
I drank the “Kool-ADE” and I’m glad I did. I feel different today. I’m a better person. I’m a better educator. I’m an ADE.
