Nov 26, 2009
Exporting powerpointslides into window moviemaker
An easy way to convert powerpoints into video - just open up the powerpoint slides and then save the file as Windows metafile. A folder with all the slide images will be created. You can then open up window movie maker and then import the images. You can also add the pictures and music etc by dragging them to the timeline. 
Google Doc translator
Another feature on Google doc which Mr Wong shared with us today - translating a page from one language to another. Click on create new document.
Type or paste the article which you would like to translate and then click on "tools" followed by "translate document" and choose the language you want to translate it into. 
This is the translated document of an article from the news- not 100% grammatically correct but the meaning is there.
Type or paste the article which you would like to translate and then click on "tools" followed by "translate document" and choose the language you want to translate it into. This is the translated document of an article from the news- not 100% grammatically correct but the meaning is there. 
Nov 25, 2009
ICT tools
Mr Wong shared with us the following ICT tools today: http://voicethread.com/Post a picture and then invite people to comment and you can actually hear them.
http://www.glogster.com/ - heard about blogging but glogging?
Create your own random text graphic - http://www.wordle.net/create One example which I had created for 4N2 2010 is as shown below - we can actually use it for the t-shirt design? 
Make your own animated movie - just type in the script and see your character animated!
http://www.glogster.com/ - heard about blogging but glogging? Create your own random text graphic - http://www.wordle.net/create One example which I had created for 4N2 2010 is as shown below - we can actually use it for the t-shirt design? Make your own animated movie - just type in the script and see your character animated! http://www.xtranormal.com/ - text to movie
Photo story 3 - free software which can create amazing slideshows http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx
http://animoto.com/ - another free software for making videos
Heard of Youtube but teacher tube? http://teachertube.com/
Nov 15, 2009
Window movie maker
A very good video clip on how to use window movie maker from Youtube. Pay attention to how you can insert the pictures, music and the titles. You can enhance your video clip with transition effect. Just remember to publish your video by saving it as a movie file as shown in the last part of the video.
A Geography Project Task was given out to the students this year - to submit a 5 min video clip based on the river journey from the source to the mouth. The students also need to submit a short writeup with the synopsis (the content of your video) as well as credits given to your group members and the list of reference for the video. One example of a video clip can be found @ this link -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjZLAw_lgZ4 which is a similar project done by a group of students. For sounds of river or waterfall - you might want to download from http://www.jetcityorange.com/SoundFiles/nature-sounds.html Just right click on the icon next to the track and select 'save target as'. Some of you might want to mix the sound with another piece of music which you have - the trick is after you have publish and save the video clip, import it and then add in the new audio track - you can right click on the audio timeline to adjust the volume. As the file size is big - students were advised to make use of http://www.sendspace.com/ - just browse and upload the file and enter the email address of the recipient e.g. lily_lee68@yahoo.com.sg. I can then retrieve the file from sendspace with the link sent. A reminder - DO NOT sent the project file (mmv) send only the movie file (wmv). The project file should be kept by you in case you need to make amendments. If you send us the project file we would not be able to see the video as the pictures and music are actually stored in your computer. We will only be assessing the end product which is movie file (wmv) which you have created.
A Geography Project Task was given out to the students this year - to submit a 5 min video clip based on the river journey from the source to the mouth. The students also need to submit a short writeup with the synopsis (the content of your video) as well as credits given to your group members and the list of reference for the video. One example of a video clip can be found @ this link -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjZLAw_lgZ4 which is a similar project done by a group of students. For sounds of river or waterfall - you might want to download from http://www.jetcityorange.com/SoundFiles/nature-sounds.html Just right click on the icon next to the track and select 'save target as'. Some of you might want to mix the sound with another piece of music which you have - the trick is after you have publish and save the video clip, import it and then add in the new audio track - you can right click on the audio timeline to adjust the volume. As the file size is big - students were advised to make use of http://www.sendspace.com/ - just browse and upload the file and enter the email address of the recipient e.g. lily_lee68@yahoo.com.sg. I can then retrieve the file from sendspace with the link sent. A reminder - DO NOT sent the project file (mmv) send only the movie file (wmv). The project file should be kept by you in case you need to make amendments. If you send us the project file we would not be able to see the video as the pictures and music are actually stored in your computer. We will only be assessing the end product which is movie file (wmv) which you have created.
Nov 13, 2009
Freemind - mind mapping software
I downloaded freemind which is a free software and used it to create the mind maps for Geography - http://olevelgeog.blogspot.com/search/label/Mind%20map The software can be downloaded from http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/ and I must say it is very user friendly. 
Google Documents
I generated a survey form for 3n2 using google document- http://sss3n2.blogspot.com/2009/11/class-gathering.html I could view the responses on a spreadsheet and the data is also processed into a summary chart for me. The spreadsheet is definitely useful in helping me to collate the information which I need.
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