Embed Questions in Your YouTube Clips- Beta

Video Questions Editor Beta http://www.youtube.com/video_questions_beta YouTube adds a question component to enable its users to ask questions about their videos. It is in Beta and they are asking for feedback. This is an opt-in beta for a simple Video Questions Editor on YouTube. Through this editor you can setup multiple questions to be displayed on top of your video during playback that a viewer can answer. The editor itself can be found on the video edit page, on the edit bar. After you have added several questions and the users have viewed them, you can see a summary of the interaction your users had with them through the analytics page, within the Annotations section.

Think Before You Post-

This posted was created by S. Long at Technology Rocks as a reminder to stop and think before posting something on Twitter, FB, via text, or blogging. I felt it was worth sharing. Before You Fb Txt Tw or Blog2 She also created downloadable bookmarks you can print for you students.

Publishing Student Work- Also posted in our Sept. Literacy Letter

Students love to publish their projects online and share them with their family and friends. Here are some ideas you could use to publish, share and celebrate your students’ work. Together we can give these web 2.0 publishing sites a try. Email me to set up a time where we can see which one will work best for your students.

 

· Animoto: https://animoto.com Create your free educator account and post book reports, and summaries. This site installs all the transitions and you can choose from their music for background.

· Bookworm:   http://www.bookworm-mag.com Magazine publishes the stories, poems, essays and artwork of kids ages six through fifteen.

· StoryKit:  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/storykit/id329374595?mt=8   application puts student work online privately in a format that can viewed by iPhone.

· Storybird:  http://storybird.com Use the art on the site to illustrate or inspire student storytelling. Good for elementary students or those writing for them.

· Stapleless Book: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/stapleless-book-30010.html At this interactive site, students follow the prompts to produce their own books. Students can work with bulleted lists, headlines, and text; they can leave space to add pictures after printing. Everything prints out on one piece of paper. Follow the instructions to fold and cut.

· Yudu:  http://www.yudu.com This resource lets you upload all sorts of content including Word documents and PDFs. It will quickly convert the documents into an impressive virtual magazine with flipping pages. Account creation is optional but an email address is required. You can also set privacy settings to public or private.

· Issuu:   http://issuu.com  Pronounced "issue", is another option to upload almost any document format and transform it into a virtual flipping book. Of course, you can share and or embed the resulting creation. For example, you can embed the book on your classroom homepage or wiki.

· Lulu:   http://www.lulu.com Online publishing for books. You could publish a book written by all your students on poetry or perhaps a class recipe book. There are countless ideas on their site.

How to search and view YouTube safely

Have you ever loaded a video clip on YouTube and seen inappropriate ads, or comments posted?  Perhaps the related videos on the right-hand side of the screen displayed a clip that you did not feel your students should be viewing.

Well, there are several easy solutions:

If you type in  http://youtube.clea.nr when you are searching clips in YouTube, you can search and watch the  videos without viewing any of the "related" videos, advertisements or comments on YouTube.

SafeShare.tv: http://safeshare.tv/  , and View Pure: http://viewpure.com/  also make it possible to view YouTube videos without displaying the related videos ads, and comments. To use either resource simply copy the URL of a YouTube video and paste it into the URL box on their link.

 Now that you are following this blog you may want to look for other blogs to follow. I personally love Langwitches' Blog. I continually glean from his posts.

Here are a few more you may want to add to your reading list:

David Warlick
The Committed Sardine

Larry Ferlzaao

The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom

This last one is a must and a joy to read.  Vickie Davis' Cool Cat  posts are
down to earth & will brighten the heart of any teacher.

Enjoy and have

 a wonderful Labor Day Holiday!







PBS Learning Media- FREE Resource

Did you know PBS has a free media resource? The materials are matched to Common Core and are not the same as what are on Learn 360. PBS LearningMedia is your destination for easy, instant access to tens of thousands of classroom-ready, digital resources including videos and interactives perfect for the Interactive Whiteboard, plus audio and photos, and even in-depth lesson plans. You can search, save, and share with ease. Best of all,you can post the clips you select in an instanly created website with a url you create. Learning Media will give you access to lesson plans, videos, and interactives from over 90 content contributors including The National Archives, NPR, and NASA. They have prepared a helpful guide to get you started. Register today!


Don't forget their conterpart is Learn 360 where you have access to over 73,000 media resources from trusted educational publishers and producers, which will ENGAGE your students, ENRICH their learning experiences and drive them to EXCEL both inside and outside of the classroom.

If you need help with your password to Learn 360 or Learning Media, email me and I will be happy to assist you.

Letter Collection

I have had a number of teachers ask me where I found the letters on a display I created. Leo Reynolds has assembled a vast array of letters on Flickr. The images are copyright free and can be used for your bulletin boards, student names, and creative projects. (see the example below with my name) I found this resource on an educational Pinterest site. Pinterest has many wonderful resources. You can follow boards about I-Pads, assessment, grade level resources, or any number of countless topics. Be forewarned---- it can become addictive. Enjoy