Final Project - Movie - The 1930's

This is my final movie. I wanted to create a movie that I could use as a jump start into the era of the 1930’s. Its purpose is to grab the attention of my students and inspire them to learn more when we delve deeper into the era. I focused on the two main events that molded the 1930’s, the Great Depression and the Dust Bowls. I used pictures, along with vintage footage of the time, and a personal interview with my grandmother recalling her life during these two dramatic events bringing reality into the era along with moving the past into the present.

Changes I made to pictures using Adobe photoshop were generally adding frames, feathering and creating a collage, and adding image effects. For the most part I mainly just added frames to most of the pictures, first the four corners and then a black frame around that. I wanted them to look as though they were from a photo album. In the fifth picture, I used feathering and the elliptical method of creating a collage and combined three pictures in one of families on the road with their possessions. In the eighth and ninth picture I used the layer style of sun faded photo and the image effect of brushing along with framing because I wanted these two pictures to stand out, mothers with children are more dramatic and children would be able to identify to these pictures.

Final Project - Podcast

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This is my final podcast. My idea for the podcast would be to have my students create three- five minute biographies of people who have made some sort of positive impact on culture or society. I would assign certain people throughout the year, so as to make sure that the people would be appropriate and fit are curriculum schedule. I would make a list of people that we may not study directly or study very little of, so the student can learn about them. My list would contain people that have influenced art (as my example shows), science, math, literature and society.

I would use this podcast to serve three functions. The first would be for my students to practice their research skills while investigating their assigned person. And second, they would learn how to use technology to enhance their own work. I strongly feel that if it is important for me to learn, it is important for me to teach. The final function is to enhance learning by having the students teach their fellow classmates. Each photostory will be due on the first day of the week, so the student can transform it to an mp4 and update the weekly podcast. The class will be required by the end of the week to answer five questions the student writes up. This will insure that the students watch the podcast and pay attention to the work their fellow students did. I think students would enjoy doing the small research project.

Changes I made to pictures using Adobe photoshop were generally adding frames, feathering, and adding image effects. The first picture I added a black frame. The second picture I added the image effect of colorful center to put focus on the farmhouse. The fifth picture I feathered at 20 pixels on the angels faces, so as to have them stand out and draw student’s eyes to the two faces. The eighth, ninth, and eleventh pictures I added image effects using horizontal and quadrant color effects. Finally in the ninth picture I added a strokes effect and added a wood frame to make it look like the painting was brushed (add an artistic flair to it).

My Favorite TeacherTube Video

I have to first say that there were so many good clips, but I chose this video because I am a huge Abbott and Costello fan and I had never seen this particular clip, or at least I don't remember it. I think kids would find it funny and yet learn how not to multiply and divide, which are hard concepts for some children. I think it would be great to remember the clip and then reenact it out for the students. Cute and entertaining clip.

Photostory - Article Review

Here is my article review!

2 min movie (Taz and Sassy)

Here is my two minute movie about my two new additions in my life. I recently adopted Taz and Sassy after my other kitty died of cancer. They are so enjoyable and I love them to bits.

Introduction

Hello again. My name is Amie (Amelia). I have been enjoying all my classes working towards my masters and I have really enjoyed all the technology courses and really learning some new and fun things to do. I had fun with creating this blog, never created one before. I cant wait to learn more.

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