Tool Three has been challenging in trying to get the logistics to work. I found Blinkx to be a very useful website to locate videos. It was the actual step of getting the video embedded or linked that proved challenging. I found a great video about how to create a cloud that was originally on youtube. It was quite easy to clean it up to only the basics using Purify and just clicking on the Purify button once it was on your toolbar. However, having it work on the blog was another skill entirely.
Even with help we ended up embedding the videos straight from youtube in order to get them to work on the blog. So I'll come back to doing it with the Purify version at a later date.
Another topic that we use regularly is Singapore math problem solving. The following video demonstrates a choice that the students can use in problems that can be challenging for fourth graders.
Another site that I use frequently is the Discovery Education site from our Library Resource page. The video segments are user friendly and we view them on our Activeboard. The videos also are congruent with our science curriculum.
Copyright and Fair Use Law
I have had training and professional development on this topic with our librarian, Karen Harrell. She has also shared links and slideshows on her RCE resource page that my students have used in the lab and classroom to make them aware of copyright issues when they are creating projects or means of communication.
The paragraph and video on the 11 Tools Instruction page seem to widen the parameters more than I was aware of before. I knew we could use segments or a few pages for instructional purposes. So the new part to me was the wider parameters.
The Picasa Web album is user-friendly. The filters help you narrow the choice and parameters to meet your specific needs. This can be used in several ways as an educator in the classroom. When the students are working on a project or a group assignment, the teacher could introduce the terms and parameters in a "fishbowl" style and then the group could use those parameters when doing their search for visuals to use for their communication of their project objectives.
The teacher could set up a folder of images that he/she could use for instruction especially for the pickup folder for the students or for ActiveBoard flipcharts.
This Web Album could also be used for sharing with parents. You could download photos or small videos of the students and save them in an album that parents could access.
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