Jumpcut

Anyone had a look at this? Ihave included a post from HeyJude.

JumpCut for video-editing

 

Friday, 22 June 2007, 12:13:48 p.m. | Judy O’Connell

If your school can’t afford to invest in video-editing software, Jumpcut offers a low-cost alternative to getting students and staff up and running on innovative projects that incorporate digital video.

Students actually make online videos directly in Jumpcut’s browser—editing, mixing, and adding music on-site. They can then post them, YouTube-style, for parents to view.

You Tube – a classroom perspective…

So you have found stuff on You Tube and what are you doing with it? Have you set up an account and are you storing it in your favourites? maybe you could have a science class page with a shared login… perhaps your homework could be to find a video that illustrates a concept? This way a collective pool of videos are collected that the students have found interesting…

Adding you tube to Blog

I don’t think that I have found an easier way to add content… a simple process of just adding the link into the videos section of writing a post…

Music Suite

Wants and Desires

15 Computers (12 would be half of a senior class) with sibelius (have 11 licences) / finale / auralia (have six licences) / musician (no licences).

will need one more licence for teacher. Screens with speakers 17 inch screen advantage with music and toolbars

Midi keyboards (one per computer) have five presently.

Server Room: We need to address the state of the server rack. The new servers do not fit and the current situation is not “quake proof” or OSH acceptable  due to the need to provide suitable airflow behind the servers, resulting in unrestrained servers on rails. They can move very easily should they be caught by clothes or shaken by movement. Currentally getting a quote on costs of a proper rack.

Data projector (with no show / freeze please) new epsons do have a freeze

Data Projector for each room

or Smart board? What is the possible split with the amount of money available?

Lights are a concern as they are moved off sight for other events and can not be relied upon… are the lights ours / Trevors / what is the revenue gathered balanced against the loss of lights and the inconvenience caused?

Open Source Software

A Close up article on open source software a helpful introduction for those that have no idea what we talk about when we discuss open source such as our intranet Moodle.

Online Storage

Box.net has 1 gig free online storage… worth thinking about it also has a widget for wordpress sites. Maybe a useful tool for us to add files that relate to our site and work.

ICT Meeting June 1st

Please add here anything that you would like to add for this meeting:

1. look at written warning for strikes as first step (need to talk to Jim) e-mail warning signed by ck?…. do we strike off the entire network….can see drives…. no email / internet.
2. e-mail students beginning of each term with some good sites to check out and reminder of rules….
3. staff tips e-mail / with reminder of scanning for viruses
4. external / internal linking with resources (wordpress)…Bu.
5. Provide a PDF with hints and links to Intranet resources that can be saved by staff to waimea stuff and how to make a link to it on the desktop.
6. Include 5) with 3) and also offer the option to update staff emails and logon’s to the new standard if they so wish. All new staff are being created to the new standard network account and Teacher code (eg. ck) from next year? new staff
7. You tube lift the ban….?
8. USB drives make them available for students to use senior group (12/13) just need user agreement – profile change – this is the case at the other Colleges and there has been no trouble.
9. can skype work through our firewall and what would it take to make this a reality… this would open up a huge resource for teaching… cheap video conferencing.
10. home for six computers from music into class for Kamar entry

Brainstorming in a teacup

We taught the skills of mindmapping / brainstorming through the Jnr Computing programmes in school using Inspiration. Inspiration is a good programme, however, it could only be bought as one licence per computer, there was no site wide option. As a result we only had it available in the suite where it was taught, and on only a few teachers’ laptops.

This meant that the students had knowledge that was not able to be reinforced by teachers. Many teachers had no idea about the programme. To remedy this we have bought a sitewide licence for SmartIdeas. This allows the skills that are taught to Junior students through the ICL (Information Communication Literacy) and IMA (information Management) courses to continue into the classroom. It is now available on every computer in the school.

The next question is how do students take advantage of their new skills when they are at home? They can view mind maps they have created at school through the web but if they wanted to make one at home how would they achieve this?

Bubblus provides an online version of mindmapping that can be used by students at home.

Maps using Google Maps

Giving the new function of Google maps a crack. You can now save your maps that you have created and share them with others / place on your web pages using your Google account. Have used it as a guide for out of towners to find our place and get a sense of direction when they arrive for the wedding.

If you click on this link hopefully it does something like it should.

Twinkle twinkle little star

Astronomers check this out, free and lovely like the shampoo. A must for the stargazers amongst us and for when we move into those space topics.