Creating Stop-Action Movies with Students Using Windows Movie Maker May 6, 2009
Posted by kjlee in Stop-Action Animation, Windows MovieMaker.Tags: Claymation, Conference, Stop-Action Animation, Windows MovieMaker
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Next weekend I am presenting at the 21st Century Instructional Technology Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. I will be running a workshop on how to use Windows MovieMaker to create Claymation Stop-Action movies with students. I have posted the tutorial that I created on Scribd. Click here to find it. You can find a more comprehensive guide to Windows Movie Maker here at the Teaching Matters Digital Documentaries site.
If you decide to to do this project with students, here is a nice video on how to create Claymation creatures.
Click here to go to YouTube and watch the video.
Moving to Office 2007 May 3, 2009
Posted by kjlee in Microsoft Office 2007.Tags: Microsoft Office 2007
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Our school is making a site wide move from Microsoft Office 2003 to Microsoft Office 2007. The versions have some major differences so I thought I would post some resources that will help people make the switch.
You can find Quick Reference Guides on each of the Microsoft Office produces at http://www.customguide.com/quick_references.htm. Each 2 page guide provides you with how-tos, quick tips and shortcuts.
For a short overview of Office 2007 Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Clair has links to short 6-7 minute created by MIcrosoft that showcase some of the new features of Office 2007 (http://www.uwec.edu/BITS/office2007.htm). At the bottom of the page are links to Microsoft’s interactive command reference guides. These guides allow you to view the Office 2003 interface and choose a command and the program shows you where to find it in Office 2007. Very handy.
