I edited my photos for my final movie using photo shop. I used pictures that I had taken and then either outlined or filled in shapes that I was talking about. To outline the objects I used the magic wand and the magnetic lasso. I also used the brush tool to add markings such as angles and sides. I used the crop tool a lot to make sure that my pictures didn't have to much excess material. I also used the vignette feature a couple of times to spice up some of my pictures. The type tool came in handy to label the shapes that I was talking about in the audio.
I used a lot of the features offered by movie maker to make my movie better. Some of my videos had been shot before I knew exactly what was going to be included in my video, so I had to use the split feature a couple of times. I also used this feature to grab the parts of the songs that I wanted to include. To make my video more interesting I used the effects and transitions tools, which let my pictures run into each other smoothly.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Podcast
My podcast was made as a review of what had been covered in the previous week and what the students would be seeing in the coming week. I had a student cover the topics that they had learned in the earlier week and then I explained what would be covered the next week. I think that this is something that could be easily done each week and I believe that my students may enjoy helping me with this. I edited all of my pictures except the 1st, 6th, and 9th using photo shop. I took pictures of different shapes and then edited them by adding titles and different marks. Then I made collages out of these pictures to go along with the audio of the podcast. When editing these photos I used many different features such as crop, feather, vignette, the brush tool, the clone stamp tool, paint bucket, magic wand, type tool, lasso, marquee, the fill and stroke tools, resize, and more. I many of these tools simultaneously when editing many of my photos and I found that it added a lot to my pictures. I hope you all enjoy my podcast.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Favorite Links
I Love Math: I really like looking at this website for fun lessons and activities
http://www.ilovemath.org/
Quia Website: I have my students play games that I have made on this website. I would like to start using it for quizzes.
http://www.quia.com/servlets/quia.web.QuiaWebManager?tagModuleType=15501&rand=9338647
4 Teachers.org: This is an awesome website that has tools such as QuizStar, RubiStar, WebPoster, and Assign-A-Day
http://www.4teachers.org/tools/
Sunday, March 22, 2009
I-pod subscription: Learning Basic Math Videos
I have subscribed to Adrian Amparo: Learning Basic Math Videos. These videos cover subjects that the students see early on in school, but I think that some of my students need a quick review from time to time. I would show these podcast videos to refresh my students on certain topics.
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