Erik Van Dusen

5 Alternatives to Powerpoint

erikvandusen — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:27:46 +0000

Powerpoint can quickly turn into Powerpointlessness if not used correctly. Check out these 5 quick and easy presentation applications.

1. Prezi Make your presentations pan and zoom with this online application. Import media, collaborate, and present online and offline. Mobile App also available.

2. Animoto Create stunning video slideshows. Turn your photos, video clips, and music into stunning video masterpieces to share with everyone. Fast, free, and shockingly easy!

Sample videos!

3. Xtranormal Go viral in style with this online application that allows you to make animated movies within minutes.

4. Voicethread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 ways – using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too.

Here’s an example!

5. Glogster Combine images, video, music, photos and audio to create mulitmedia pages. Embed into any webpage.

Explore here!

More Xtranormal Math Movies (Grade 9 Thom)

erikvandusen — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:22:31 +0000

Take a few minutes to watch Matt’s animated movie on fractions in the real world! Matt and his fellow grade nine classmates were asked to think about the value and importance of having knowledge and skills related to fractions. The students were then charged with the task of writing a persuasive script involving two characters, and then using Xtranormal.com to create a short movie.Literacy, technology, critical thinking, and numeracy all rolled into one for this learning experience!

Impressive job, Matt. Thanks for sharing your work with the world!

By the way, did you know grade nines at Balfour Collegiate also did an Xtranormal project involving Exponents? They were even featured on the Xtranormal blog. All the “power” to them!

Flexible Groupings (Balfour and Knoll)

erikvandusen — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 02:47:07 +0000

Here is the short presentation/discussion guide I will use at Balfour and Winston Knoll for the November 10th PD day:

Math Movies Using Xtranormal – Balfour Grade 9

erikvandusen — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:22:56 +0000

1) Visit Xtranormal.com and log in using the username and password provided to you.

2) Check out: Getting started with Xtranormal for students.

3) If you need support or help with ideas, check out this forum.

Teacher-Librarian Technology Workshop

erikvandusen — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:27:18 +0000

On Tuesday October 25th, I was lucky enough to facilitate two workshops for Teacher-Librarians from three nearby school divisions. Below you will find links to the resources I used during the workshops.

Blogging

Kidblog
Kidblog Home

WordPress

http://wordpress.com

WordPress Help and Support (getting Started)

Concept Mapping

What are Concept Maps?

CMap Tools (Downloadable Client Version) FREE

Bubble.us

Gliffy

Mindmeister

Structuring Time Online

SideVibe

Student+Inquiry+and+Web+2.0

John Larkin’s Technology Guides and Resources

Free Technology for Teachers

Cool Tools for Schools

Wrestling with Assessment in the Digital Age

erikvandusen — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:51:05 +0000

Here is the slideshow used in today’s assessment workshop.

Thanks for an excellent audience this afternoon!

Don’t forget to add to our collaborative Google Form.

WordPress Blog Set Up – Winston Knoll

erikvandusen — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:55:31 +0000

Resources

Getting Started

Support

WordPress.com

Downloadable Guide to WordPress.com (PDF)

Rhonda and Michele Assessment

erikvandusen — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:06:41 +0000

Meet Samuel

erikvandusen — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:28:36 +0000

Meet Samuel! He’s a creative and talented student who loves to draw and tell stories. Samuel uses MS Paint to create images for his movies and then exports them to iMovie where he integrates audio he recorded using Garageband. He is practicing storyboarding the sequence of narratives while immersed in the writing process. This is Samuel’s first published movie, but let’s hope it is not his last!

Heritage Community Association Animoto Videos

erikvandusen — Fri, 27 May 2011 17:49:02 +0000

Winston Knoll

Group 1 Heritage Community

Group 2 Heritage Community

Group 3 Heritage Community Association

Group 4 The Heritage Community Association

Group 5 Our Visit to the Heritage Community

Group 6 The Heritage Community

Group 7 Heritage Community Association

Group 8 The Heritage Community