O'Malley

February 15. 2011

Whispers from the Past: Look LIsten Learn Create wiki: []

DocsTeach.org---GREAT for extended thinking activities

Blabberize- [|http://blabberize.com] Tutorial- [] Great website- You can use this to add sound to pictures. Very user friendly:)

Lights, Camera, Action: Making movies with Flip Cams

Flip Cam tip-seems so simple, but can prevent damage to the Flip Cam When handing the camera to the student, have it on your wrist and actually place the camera on your student's wrist by the straps.

Flip Cam tip- When saving a photo/video, make sure that you click "Save As" instead of just "Save"Mag When making a movie, select all of the photos that you have used and click "Make Movie" -Magic Movie will automatically put your pictures together---this rarely works out the way you want it to. -Choose Full Length---this will allow you to put the pictures in the way you want to.

Background Music for Your Movie: You can use the music on the program or you can choose to use your own from your desktop.

Can you audio from your iTunes? Technically...yes, HOWEVER you need to change the way that you download songs onto iTunes. Songs need to be saved as MP3s. You can use Clip Art Station to find music.

What kind of Flip should I buy? Where should I buy it? -They are all HD now...and there are a few different versions -You can find them anywhere...Amazon...Tool Factory.com...Best Buy...etc.

-You don't want to use a lot of transitions between videos because it can peel away from the beginning and the ending of each video. -Text-Use this to create a title page, credits page, etc. Choices:
 * Deselect: Transparent Back...creates a clean title page
 * Click on font: Choose color, font, and size---Make sure that your font color and your background color are DIFFERENT...seems so obvious, but a common mistake made by people


 * Make sure that all source files are in the same PLACE*** Very important! Make sure students don't move anything until they are COMPLETELY done with them.