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So…slowly I’m gaining recognition in the “blogosphere.”

Recently, animoto.com contacted me about the projects that my classes produced. Nothing special…but they informed me of a classroom password that can give your classes a 3-month all access pass to animoto and everything it has to offer. Although the longer videos might be too much for some students to handle, it is nice to have that option.

As of last night, my request from donorschoose.org has been fulfilled. That was extremely exciting news! If anyone out there needs something for their classroom, but can’t afford it or doesn’t have the budget for it, you have to check out donorschoose.org. I wanted a classroom set of microphone headsets for various projects that required them, so I asked for 30. The total bill was almost $400. Last night donorschoose.org sent me an email informing me that my project had been funded. Awesome!! I can’t wait to get my shipment, it’ll be like Christmas!!

I’ve also been contacted by the people of Create South. They call themselves a “grassroots group of Grand Strand Bloggers.” Create South is having a conference here in sunny Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on Saturday, April 18th and they asked me to present during a session about blogging in the classroom. I’m honored!! That’s pretty neat!! I hope I don’t disappoint. I’m hoping that there will be some teachers in the audience since I can relate to them, but if they’re not in the audience, then maybe they know some teachers they can relay the information to. Regardless, this will be a great experience. I’m looking forward to it.

Ok. So I spent a few days in the Media Center, sans Cathy Nelson, and had my students complete a project using animoto.com. All things considered…it went really well!! The one major problem that I came across was that only one group was allowed to create a video at a time. That slowed the process down immensely. In fact, I still have a few groups that need to complete their slide show. Some of the videos came out really great. I’ll share a few with you below..

These are just three…there is no way that I can post 50+ of these videos.

It is March and Spring is right around the corner. That means….YANKEES BASEBALL. But enough about me…what about the kids? I’ve decided to allow all my blocks participate in this neat little project. I think they will love it. Once we finish our Unit on World Wars, we will jump right into animoto.com.

Here’s our schedule for the week…2 days late.

Monday, March 3, 2008:

MIRP

CNN Student News

Tuesday, March 4, 2008:

Vocabulary Discussion:

Anti-Semitism, Nuremberg Laws, genocide, concentration camps, liberate, Holocaust

Places to Go:

Auschwitz, Warsaw, Nuremberg

7-5.6 – Vocabulary Log – Holocaust

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

7-5.6 – Notes – Holocaust – part I

Video Clips

Thursday, March 6, 2008

7-5.6 – Notes – Holocaust – part II

Video Clips

Friday, March 7, 2008

Review Game – Jeopardy??

I just created an animoto video. Pretty cool how it the program edits the pictures for you. And adds music!! I just don’t know how to make this a project. I’d like to add writing to it. Maybe I can turn a PowerPoint slide into a jpg.