PONderings

Thanks, Wesley Fryer, for pointing out this video in his blog. For my advisory group, I have created a Ning group, so that I can get to know my group better. On the main page, I’ve added an RSS feed to our daily announcements and Google Calendar appears.
Despite setting up a Facebook-like presence, I still [...]

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This video complements the book The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman. The Did you know video and the book are two examples of wake-up calls for educators.
Of course I’m preaching to the choir, if you’re reading this blog.

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For the second summer in a row, a crew from Regina travelled to attend Dean Shareski’s trilogy of STF workshops. This year, we engaged in geocaching, podcasting, and digital storytelling. Thanks once again, Dean, for allowing me to share your workshop ideas. Your ideas from last year’s workshops continue to influence me through my continued [...]

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In my post about working around YouTube blocking, I gave a recipe on how to upload video from blocked sites. One of the key components was the use of Zamzar.
To simply the conversion of online video, Zamzar has created a very convenient button that automates this process. Check it out at http://www.zamzar.com/tools.

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http://webfiles.rbe.sk.ca/rps/terrance.pon/biomovie2.wmv

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One of the most valuable resources I create are instructional videos. The tool I use for screencasting on my MacBook is iShowU. Apart from being one of the only screencasting tools available for OS X Tiger, its price is very reasonable – $20.00 USD.
Here’s one of the first screencasts I’ve made:

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I use this blog as an instructional tool and as a personal repository of digital objects. The blocking of YouTube is a hinderance to my potential audience of teacher-librarians within my division. My division works around the YouTube issue by providing staff with a repository called WebFiles.
To view video found on YouTube I had to [...]

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Another gem from Joyce Valenza’s blog, this video from Michael Wesch explains how Web 2.0 has revolutionized our ways of thinking.
I’m going to use it with my Lunching with Laptops group.

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These online videos provide real-life examples of cyberbullying and present them in a very student-friendly manner. Topics broached include gossip, “rating” sites, and password security.
I particularly like the brevity and the student voices contained in the videos, and I would use them as discussion starters in my Info Lit classes Grades 6+.

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Here are the videos that my colleague, Joanna, and I made during our summer session.
English Library tutorial:

FrenchLibrary tutorial:

Mastercard photo story:

Canadian symbols: the RCMP

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