Flip Video and summer school

I know this is not part of Thing 2, but I just wanted to see if I could lind this thing. And I really can spell Podcast; I just cannot type!

Thing #2 Frustration sets in quickly

lets try this for the 4th time.



This is a wordle from the ESPN article about the first World Cup game.

I do not do well with print screen and then cropping. As you can see, I got something leftover on my screen.

I would like Wordle much more if I could save straight from wordle without having to print screen.

I can see uses for my students, aside from just play value. When I copied an entire article, without reading it, the word count quickly suggests main points. This is not fool proof, however, so I will caution little Johnny to go back and actually read the article. I think we can use this to start the thinking process.

I looked at Sift, but was not particularly impressed.

I will try one of the other gizmos later.

Well, that didn't work. Thing 2

I had fun with the World Cup and Wordle. Unfortunately, I have not figured out how to do anything besides just look at it. it absolutely refused to move to this posting. What you see below is all that remains of my work. And I put in quite some time last night on it.

here is a thought, once the thunderstorm starts, you might as well close the library. Our power was iffy to the point of dangerous to computers and other living things. And the lights didn' t work real well. So we sent all the kids to their lock down rooms. Oh well.

11.5, The 2nd Thing

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11.5 Things, Thing 1

Watched a well-done video about the networked student. The kid does most of his learning independently and on the web, even to going on-line to visit with experts at UC Berkley (It doesn't say that he foils a plot against the world, performs open heart surgery using nothing but his iTouch, and develops a new species of mushrooms, but I digress). First let's talk about the video itself. I love the simple approach, using paper and drawings to make a video. I think this can work very well in elementary school with the new equipment we expect to receive. Simple and effective. Next let's discuss the work of the student. While I believe most of the applications mentioned would work best at the high school level, most of the high school students I worked with at my last school would not be interested in thinking this hard, let alone working this hard. This is probably a real good concept for the top of the GT group. Now let's talk about the librarian's role. Sure. We can do this. I don't mind spending all sorts of time helping a student explore the entire universe from the equipment in my room. I love surfing the web. I love helping one or two students explore deep questions like "is it ethical to scream Theater in a crowded fire?"


I'm going to use the video as an example of what the elementary students can do with just some paper and a flip video.