Confessions of a Digital Native

Task 064 Video Production

2009-04-28T23:00:00.000+09:00

I give professional development on a daily basis at the school I am employed at. Lately I encourage teachers and students to produce their own work not only within their classrooms and in the school, but to the world.

The following video was inspired by Garr Reynolds, author of Presentation Zen, as well as all the photos from skyseeker on Flickr. Thank you also to Yokohama International School Koto Ensemble, Grade 4 Japanese Class, and Grade 2.

Please enjoy the video I made with my own photos, music from the Yokohama International School Koto Ensemble, and a photo from skyseeker on Flickr. The script is my original work and the narration was done by me.

Task 052 Photostory

2009-03-26T00:07:00.000+09:00

My Photostory is called EduTech in Japan.

Note: The Blog Title link takes you to a much better quality and size of the Photostory than the one embedded above.

1) Took photos using my iPhone.
2) Used Garageband 08 and used Apple Loop: Progressive House in preparation for my movie soundtrack.
3) Shared track in iTunes 08 and converted the .aiff file to an .mp3 format.
4) Used iPhoto 08 to import photos from my iPhone into my computer and to organize photos into an album in preparation for my movie content.
5) Used iMovie 08 for titles, transitions, captions, and credits.
6) Exported EduTech in Japan Task 051 Photostory to a Quicktime file to share.

Task 043 Blog Post of Animation

2009-03-24T23:32:00.000+09:00

Through this assignment I discovered that Sumo Paint changed their look in response to Adobe Flash Player being upgraded from Version 9 to Version 10.

This change was a hurdle for me when I was trying to use UStream to live stream music recitals of our seniors a week ago. I ended up using Stickam but the Tech Team is finding that Mogulus is what we're looking for. Can you believe it, they are all free services...!

Check out my version of Crazy Clocks.

How to Create a Podcast For Free

2009-03-12T21:38:00.000+09:00

After weeks and months of testing free web tools so that students, teachers, and I can share Podcasts with ease, I've found it.

Try Gcast. I tried the embed option below.

Hear me trying out Gcast and my voice on a Podcast using Garageband 08 and Apple Loops. All for the course I'm taking from Lesley University Technology in Education Online called Teaching and Learning with Digital Media. I'm taking the Washington State program.

I am embedding this Podcast on my blog and on the Student Tech Team wiki because I want to share this great tool. I would also like the students to listen to my Podcast where I outline that scripting is an important process before recording a Podcast.

Feel free to use the Podcast below and subscribe to this Podcast Channel!

Something else in the mix at school is that we turning on the Podcast Producer option on the Apple Server and having our Student Tech Leader be the admin of it.

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The Beat Goes On vs. Leading the Circle

2009-03-01T12:54:00.000+09:00

Cluster A: Task 0210 Post Analysis of Original and Edited Images
These are my original and edited images for Task 029.
Original Image:

Edited Image:

Click on my analysis here.

JASCD Try I.T. On Monday Flyer

2009-02-10T23:07:00.000+09:00

Cluster A: Task 018 Post Illustrated Poster to blog

This is the same image I used on the poster. I wanted to post it to this blog entry because I think it is a beautiful shot of Yokohama, where I am currently based.

Click on my Illustrated Poster assignment here.

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We the People

2009-02-10T22:25:00.000+09:00

Cluster A: Task 017 Creating a blog using Blogger

The title of this blog entry also links to the document posted, but here's another link to get to the document.