When I reflect on the day today - so much information has been shared, I'm not even sure where to begin. Listening to Dorothy Burt speak about the Create (of Learn, Create, Share) was inspiring. Although as an educator this wasn't news to me, it was inspiring to hear it explained in a way that was enthusiastic, and backed up by research.
Using Youtube as a teaching tool is something I have done previously, however knowing how to find, create and share playlists with colleagues will be a game-changer I think. Till now I have never saved clips at all, and we have just put links in our digital planning for digital resources. I can see our team will definitely take advantage of this for saving and sharing resources on our big ideas.
This afternoon, I opted into the animation workshop. Well - that was a learning curve. While I needed to spend a bit of time figuring out why my computer wasn't doing what it should have been doing, Dave was very very patient with me. My intention is to use this immediately in class so I don't forget. Although it is unfinished, I learnt a lot from this session, as will my students.
While not necessarily in my personal life, I am becoming more competent in working on blogs. Having said that...I am about to attempt to embed a slide.....so we shall see.
Ka rawe Sharon. I'm so happy that you're finding so much of the content useful. It is very exciting that the importance of creativity is backed up by research and evidence. What kind of playlists do you think you and your team will be creating on YouTube?
ReplyDeleteKia ora Sharon,
ReplyDeleteYour animation looks great! Did Dave talk with your group about speeding up your animation so it plays faster? It looks like you changed it to 1 second per slide - if you look in the embed code you should see 1000(representing the 1 second), if you lower this number your animation will play faster. Professional animators use around 60 frames per second! I suggest changing the 1000, to 100 and see how it goes. You can always adjust up or down if that's not quite right.
Ngā mihi nui
Vicki