Portal to Media Lit mwesch

This is our 2nd hour long video lesson to watch. He asks students:
How many of you do not like school?
How many of you do not like learning?
What does this room say about learning?
What does good learning look like in our Web 2.0 world?

AnthroIntro to YouTube

This will be worth your time! Plan to use the pause button. Get the work sheet ready, electronically first. Okay to use the handout... but I'd like you to try this electronically first.

Shake the Dust

This is a great Poetry Slam video. What a message! Watch this!

Video Contest Suggestions

Video Submission Suggestions

• The ideal video length is about 1 minute or less. Viewers tend to lose their attention for anything longer.
• For uploading your video, use YouTube or SchoolTube.
• Higher resolution is better. Currently, YouTube allows for 1290 x 720 (16x9 HD) and 640 x 480 (4:3 SD).
• Start and end the video with the word, its part of speech, definition, and the url where it can be voted on - http://www.BrainyFlix.com/words/xxxxx and replace with your vocab word.
• For the information you fill out when uploading a video, enter the following:
  • For the Title, and replace with your vocab word.
  • For the Description, write the vocab word, its part of speech, definition, the sample sentence (if you have one), and the Vote for this video at http://www.BrainyFlix.com/words/ and replace with your vocab word.
  • The Tags BrainyFlix, SAT, ACT, vocab, contest, reading, writing, memorize, MIT, and replace with your vocab word.
  • Sample: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VxpPndag6E&feature=player_embedded
    

Video Contest: Brainyflix

Brainyflix Video Contest

We're running our annual Brainyflix Video Contest starting JANUARY 1, 2010. We'll be awarding a Grand Prize of $600 to the video that receives the most number of votes. Half will go to the maker(s) of the video and the other half will go to his or her school. And to make this viral, we'll give out 1 free iTunes download for every 3 videos you submit or referrals you provide. (iTunes downloads available for first 900 videos only).

Rules

• Make a video about any SAT/ACT vocabulary word of your choosing from this list. Please pick a word without any videos submissions! :)
• 1 video for 1 word, but you can make as many videos as you want.
• In your video, you MUST use the word & use the word correctly. In fact, the more times you use the word, the better the video.
• Anyone can enter the competition! Just remember that part of the prize money has to go to a U.S. high school or middle school of your choosing.
• All voting will happen at BrainyFlix.com, so make sure your video includes the following Vote for this video at www.BrainyFlix.com/words/. And substitute with your vocab word.
• Be fun! But please be cool and not submit anything that will get us busted by your teachers. That said, we reserve the right to remove videos for any reason, stated here or not.
• Important contest dates:
• Video submission opens: 1/1/2010
• Video submission ends: 3/15/2010
• Voting opens: 3/16/2010
• Voting ends: 3/29/2010
• Winners announced: 3/31/2010

Video Blogs

We are starting semester II with Video Blogs =Vlogs. So far, (1/12/10) Willie and Cody have successfully loaded their first "vlogs". The rest of the class needs to keep working on this step now until the vlog is loaded.

Do not go through Youtube, by the way. Go back to the original video recording. Look on the back board for directions. Export as a .mov file. Also, try opening the video in Quick Time and then exporting. Good luck. This will all work out. Be persistent!