Week 4 Final Video

Welcome to my Week four Blog Post.

My final video Statement is -

"We need to change the way we communicate"

This is a video that I have created to send to my Marching band Parents organization in order to convince them that they need to drop their guard and embrace technology.

If they don't start moving towards the "light" then their children will be in a place where the parents can't reach them.

It's also duly noted that there was quite a bit of this video that ended up on the "cutting room floor".

I hope you enjoy it.

PE 6

Okay -

so this was MUCH easier than learning Flash! (I still can't get my movie to work).

I spent some time marking up my "map" and below is the final product.

I must say - this was a very nice piece of software that I would be willing to use on a regular basis. I also like the functionality of the ability to download the image created in multiple formats.

impressive - most impressive!

PE 5

OK so - I've just spent a bunch of time looking over google draw. It's very user friendly, and anyone who has experience in MS Word's drawing will recognize the interface instantly. I will say though, that the way google has this "laid out" things are much easier to find. I had a much simpler time using arrows etc..

Also copy and paste works WAY better here than in MS Word.

So here's what I would like to do (I've already started!):

I need to make a site map for the upcoming Marching Band Competition at my school on October 30, 2010. I need to show the drop off areas for students, warm up zones and performance area. I also need to show the flow so that Directors unfamiliar with our campus can feel comfortable, and thus focus completely on the performance of their children.

I downloaded an image from google earth of our school. I will mark it up and distribute it to directors, students and parents.

I will post the final product here when I finish.

Man - I'm charged up for this!

PE 4

Well here we are in week 4 ALREADY! Wow - time does fly. Actually, Limes fly when you're having a lot of fun! Anyway - I digress - what I would like to explore this week is the only area, the final frontier, in google docs that I've not tried - drawing.

I used to use "Superpaint" years ago when the Mac was just a puppy. Recently I've mostly used the drawing features in MS Word (Office). I'm looking forward to seeing what the google app can do.

Back in an hour or two...

PE 3(a)

Okay - trying to learn Flash - again - is more than I bargained for! Here's my next attempt at loading the video...

PE 3

So my dear friend and colleague Kristen Record was just named teacher of the year in CT. I just made this simple video of one of the news casts using Flash. PS - my daughter is the child that's being interviewed!

PE 2

So it seems as if I've bitten off a pretty big bite here. There's an old expression - "How do you eat an Elephant? - One bite at a time!" This is going to take some time - but I will try my first Flash video in my next blog.... stay tuned!