Comments on: Mashups in Education

By: Ldavies

Ldavies — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:42:00 +0000

Carmon,
Great work. I appreciate your efforts.
L

By: techcoachcarmon

techcoachcarmon — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:41:51 +0000

Matthew, You can also go to Zamzar.com. They will convert videos into other formats. I think you have to wait a few hours for the conversion, but it might be worth a try.

By: Beth Poss

Beth Poss — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:14:31 +0000

Matt–does your county have a subscription to Discovery Streaming? http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
If not, they have a 30 day free trial. They have absolutely tons of files that work very well in Windows Movie Maker.
Beth

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:41:40 +0000

Thanks!

This blog is fantastic!! It’s so impressive to see such a straightforward one in the glut of super confusing ed.tech blogs out there! I love the web sites and ideas you have all brought up! I will check them out fo sho! Lastly, another question, I have had a ton of time consuming trouble trying to find video files–WMV–in particular that will work with Windows Movie Maker. The AVI files claim that they work but more often than not they do not convert. Where can I find free downloadable WMV video files that could be used in Movie Maker? If any body can help me you guys can!!
Thanks again! Rock On Wiconunty!
Matthew

By: Patti

Patti — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:57:32 +0000

Amanda,

Anything is possible if we give it a try. Google Lit Trips are wonderful! Take a look here:

http://www.googlelittrips.org/

I’d love to work with you and a classroom teacher who would like to use Google Earth to bring more excitement to a story the students are reading.

Patti

By: admin

admin — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:52:38 +0000

Matthew, have you considered having them use pictures from the Internet? Tech4Learning has a great site filled with copyright free photos for schools to use!
Have a great day!

By: admin

admin — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:51:21 +0000

Amanda,
A walk through history is a great idea for something like this!! The tech coaches have done some wonderful things like that using google maps. You are very fortunate to have another tech coach at your school this year. I know Patti would love to work on something like this with you!
Smiles!
Carla

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:49:51 +0000

I love your blog (?) I also like the idea of a mashup. Do you know of anything or program where a camera isn’t required? My students don’t all have their own cameras. I’ve seen this is a problem still: kids don’t all have the same options even though adults sometimes assume all kids are digital natives.

Matthew

By: abanks

abanks — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:17:57 +0000

Carla,
I love this idea. I’m not sure if something like this would work but I was thinking of a “walk through history”. Students could study an event in history, create pictures that portray the historical aspect of the location where the event took place and upload that to Google maps. Then they could use Google Maps to see how that location has changed. (If this is possible.) Maybe even create a Blog asking questions about the historical event and how it is today? Just a thought. Again, not sure if all this is possible.
Amanda