Mar
08

EdubloggerCon-West pre-CUE event

Filed Under (Digital Storytelling, Uncategorized) by blogwalker on 08-03-2009 and tagged ,

Due to very iffy wifi connections, I was not able to do much live blogging from CUE (although I did Tweet much of the conference). Here are a few of the gems from  the Wednesday pre-Cue EdubloggerCon-West meet up (Thank you, Steve Hargadon, for putting together this event!)

  • Jose Rodriguez – How do you get students away from mandated scripted learning. Using Two-Minute Tamales (Gary Soto), for example, at end of story, students produce a video. Jose starts with Dabbleboard.com as a free version of a SmartBoard. Students build a 5-minute play for which they develop the script for narration. They have to build in dialogue. Dabbleboard.com is an easy interface (large font, upload images, etc.). Jose uploads from iMovie to Blip.tv, which has an option to save as non-flash-based file (QuickTime). Small file too!
  • Copyright discussion: Checkout flickrstorm tutorial posted by David Jakes on his Jakesonline.org site.
  • Janice Stearns – virtual meeting through ustream – http://district6.wikispaces.com. Besides video and back channel,  Janice also brings in coveritlive -  which adds the appeal of making conference look like sports live blogging, but you can moderate it! Whoot Whoot. Looks like an easy, baby step into video conferencing. Move them on to Elluminate as next step.
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4 Responses to “EdubloggerCon-West pre-CUE event”

  1.   Delaine Zody Says:
      March 8th, 2009 at 4:02 pm

    Dabbleboard seems to be something we could all use. Tell me about your experience with it.

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  2.   blogwalker Says:
      March 8th, 2009 at 4:27 pm

    Delaine, I haven’t used Dabble yet myself, but I’m sure if you contact Jose directly he’ll be happy to provide more information.

    I’m tying to keep tabs on Jose’s tools since he is introducing filmmaking to his 3rd graders – something I’m also working on currently with several groups of 4th graders.

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  3.   Delaine Zody Says:
      March 9th, 2009 at 12:29 pm

    Third graders, heh? I’m having trouble getting juniors and seniors to make videos. I could probably learn a lot from the two of you.

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    blogwalker Reply:
    March 10th, 2009 at 7:47 am

    I recommend connecting with Mathew Needleman – http://www.needleworkspictures.com/ocr/blog/?p=439 – whose video work with primary students continues to amaze and inspire me.

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