Starting a New Project Open iMovie and go to File, select “New Project”. The New Project window will open and here you can select some features to get your project started. First you will select other a Theme or Movie Trailer. Themes have transitions and certain formatting already inserted into the project. Movie Trailers does…
Any time that I get to talk to other educators and they ask about what tips I have, I always start with telling them they need to be on Twitter. I have said this when giving presentations at conferences, I have said this when talking with teachers at my school, I have said this when…
One of the best things that I heard while at the Midwest Google Summit was said by Krista Moroder (@edtechcoaching) when she was discussing the Ed Tech Challenge (http://www.edtechchallenge.com/). She stated that one way to decide whether to use technology as a tool or not depends on it making things more efficient or effective. I…
A few years back I saw a video of Aaron Sams and Jonathan Bergmann that got me started on the path towards a Flipped Classroom. My school was already a 1:1 school, every student had a white macbook laptop, and I was still trying to find a way to change my teaching style to better…
I used to have hanging in my classroom a piece of paper that said “Failure is an option, failure to learn is not an option.” The purpose of this was to help show to my students that they were allowed to make mistakes and even fail along the way. We are not perfect creatures and…
One of the best things that I did this year was attend a couple of Ed Camps. Before last spring I had never attended an Ed Camp or really even heard too much about them. I would see some stuff on Twitter about them but didn’t think too much about it. Luckily I had some…
(I posted this on my Google Site that I made for my job at Ames High School but wanted to also post this here.)While at the Midwest Google Summit this past week at the Wisconsin Dells in Wisconsin, I had the extreme fortune to listen to Krista Moroder. Krista is a Director of Learning for Instructional…
This Sunday I was reading the local paper and I was kind of confused. The majority of the front page of a large newspaper in the state was dedicated to a story about goats. Now I know the story was more than just about goats, but if you looked quickly at the page all you…
As of August, 2013 I am no longer a classroom teacher. I do not have my own set of students, class periods, study halls, grades, parent/teacher conferences or many other things but I do have a whole new adventure in front of me. I am hoping to blog often about my journey as a Technology…
Conducting a Google Hangout with students is one way we can extend the class day beyond the 45 minutes we are given. Teachers have had review sessions at night or have even had online meetings with students who may be working on an assignment or project and need some help. This is not something that…
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