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Additional Trainings
Resources from the Hubs of Learning training session with David Douglass
Add your own digital pictures to Google Earth with Panoramio Adding an image overlay works best with Internet images. Try Wikimedia.
Using Movie Maker is easier than it looks. Once you understand that you have a collection to create by adding digital assets such as: video, still images, and sounds, you are on your way to creating an original classroom video.
This "Hub" is designed to be a dabble class to encourage novice movie makers to turn these skills over to the students who will become "prosumers" of the content of their learning.
Supported file types
(from the Microsoft Help files in Movie Maker)
You can add content to your Windows Movie Maker project either by capturing content directly in Windows Movie Maker or by importing existing digital media files. The content you capture in Windows Movie Maker is saved in Windows Media Format. However, you can also import existing Windows Media-based content as well as other common file formats.
You can import files with the following file name extensions into Windows Movie Maker to use in your project:
- Audio files: .aif, .aifc, .aiff .asf, .au, .mp2, .mp3, .mpa, .snd, .wav, and .wma
- Picture files: .bmp, .dib, .emf, .gif, .jfif, .jpe, .jpeg, .jpg, .png, .tif, .tiff, and .wmf
- Video files: .asf, .avi, .m1v, .mp2, .mp2v, .mpe, .mpeg, .mpg, .mpv2, .wm, and .wmv
Using Movie Maker with DE Streaming editable clips:
 Hubs_Using Movie Maker.ppsx (Presentation to share)
Hurricanes.wmv (sample editable clip on Hurricanes)
Free online file conversion services
Zamzar (will convert in reasonable time and emails you when the conversion is ready)
Media Convert (creates an immediate downloadable file)
The Flip - a versatile camera - shoot any thing, share any thing with USB!
If your computer doesn't have Movie Maker already loaded on it your can download it from this site.Note: Ask your tech contact to help you if you are unable to add programs and save the .exe file to your computer. 
What Are Your Kids Plugged Into?
Teachers will examine classroom integration possibilities for iTunes, iPods and other mp3 players. By the end of the session, teachers will:
1. Describe/share a variety of classroom uses for mp3 players
2. Explore/understand the potential of mp3 players (PowerPoint presentation) iTunes_Hubs.ppt3. Examine the robust iTunes interface.
4. Distinguish between podcasting and "podcatching."
5. View a demonstration of recording and importing of an audio file created with an mp3 player into iTunes.
Additional resources:
 iPod3.pdf Hall Davidson's use of PowerPoint and PhotoStory with iPods iTunes University (without having to go through the main splash page in the iTunes store!)
Sample files to use in iTunes:
Tales from the Teachers in the Trenches
Advanced DE streaming
Discovery Education streaming (unitedstreaming) is far more than downloading video. Teachers will learn advanced techniques for utilizing this powerful tool for integrating technology in the curriculum.
By the end of the inservice, the teachers will:
1. Learn advanced searching techniques
2. Investigate some of the ways to take advantage of My Content.
3. Experiment with ways to share lessons and ideas within DE streaming.
4. Create a sample lesson in Writing Builder and Assignment Builder.
Requirements: An existing account in DE streaming (unitedstreaming) and some previous ability to download videos.
 PhotoStory
An all-time teacher and student favorite for creating original video and music is Microsoft's FREE program, PhotoStory. While planning a project or final assessment, challenge the students to create their findings through a digital story. This manner of explanation is an attention getter and affords students the ability to be creative. A PhotoStory creation can be extremely simple and completed in under 10 minutes OR it can be a month long project paying particular attention to detail from the storyboarding to the editing sophisication buit into the program. PhotoStory makes its easy to produce original works allowing us to stay copyright free. Be sure and share your productions.
This manual below was written by Bobbi Kocher, Instructional Technology Specialist for Osceola District Schools.
Audacity is a powerful, yet simple FREE software that helps teachers and students edit and mix audio. These files are references from the optional training sessions (Oct. & Nov.) for the Florida Digital Educators. You can find the same information in the Digital Audio section of this wiki.
These files to help you get started on this safe email and blogging environment for our students. They are reference materials from the Florida Digital Educator optional trainings in Sept. & Oct..
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