"When high fliers get ahead. Leave them be. Let them work on their own stuff, even. Often I have a term long project in the works, and/or ongoing homework assignments with flexible deadlines (usually involving them screen recording themselves reading…"
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Student Produced Content
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Recently I began asking my colleagues to solicit content from their students. They set up projects where students produced video lessons based on the objectives being taught. The result is that this…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Emilia Carrillo Jun 14, 2012.
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James O'Hearn replied to Denetta Albrecht's discussion Having some difficulties...Any Ideas? in the group Flipping in the Secondary English Classroom
James O'Hearn replied to Holli Prior's discussion So frustrated! Remind me why I'm doing this again? in the group First Time Flippers
"You can view the presentation on an iPad, but the PDF won't download. However... if you want students to be able to download the PDF to an iPad, below the embedded presentation, put a link to a PDF version. When a student clicks on that…"
James O'Hearn replied to Holli Prior's discussion So frustrated! Remind me why I'm doing this again? in the group First Time Flippers
"Then stop using Camtasia for a bit. Go online and use ScreenR, or download and use a free/open source program - here is a link to some.
If the screen recording is the issue... then take a break from that and set up all your powerpoints/keynotes.…"
James O'Hearn commented on Steve Hegwood's group First Time Flippers
"@ dansensei
You do what you can. Do a few lessons, see what you can comfortably do, even if it's one lesson in ten, and build the inventory up over time. Over the first year you start to get comfortable with the methodology, you try a few…"
Haischer commented on James O'Hearn's video
Creating an Open Learning Network - Part 1
"Did I wander upon Mr. Roger's neighborhood? Don't forget, if you speak too fast, the beauty of videos is that I can pause whenever I need a moment to think about what you just said. This video is about creating a blog, not about OLN."
Kristine Peterfeso commented on James O'Hearn's video
Creating an Open Learning Network - Part 1
"Great info! Thanks! One question, though. How does this compare to edmodo?"
James O'Hearn replied to Barbara barker's discussion Using teded with YouTube viideos in the group First Time Flippers
"Use ScreenFlow to record the screen and system audio. If you play the YouTube Video in HD, and put it to full screen, you will get the best result."
James O'Hearn replied to Kathleen Danzo's discussion Software Help in the group First Time Flippers
"Okay! As promised... a screencast of a few techniques to accomplish what you need!
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James O'Hearn replied to Kathleen Danzo's discussion Software Help in the group First Time Flippers
"Personally, I'm not one for putting my face all through a video, but if this is what you want to do, then there is an easy way to accomplish your task.
1) Fire-Up ScreenFlow, and start recording.
2) Turn on Keynote, go to Full Screen, and do…"
James O'Hearn replied to Melanie A Lyons's discussion Writing on PowerPoint while recording
"Why don't you just use the text tools in Camtasia? Camtasia has some pretty awesome filters and, shapes, and text options. You really don't need anything else."
James O'Hearn replied to Clay Burell's discussion Conflicted over reading in the group History Teachers
"You're absolutely right, Sarah. And the payoff in the classroom in terms of time is huge. When I switched to en eLearning model, all the time I spent on classroom management, on gaining students attention, or keeping the high flyer quelled…"
James O'Hearn replied to Clay Burell's discussion Conflicted over reading in the group History Teachers
"The trouble with reading in class is that it can be horribly inefficient. One by one, students barely do any reading. Read chorally, and you don't get the effort and enunciation that you're aiming for.
Flip it, and things change. You can…"
James O'Hearn replied to Daniel Foster (TechSmith)'s discussion Why aren't more teachers flipping?
"Thanks, Jerry. Any time."
James O'Hearn commented on Steve Hegwood's group First Time Flippers
"@Sean
I am sure your students did say that. As have mine. And if those videos are only for your own students, great. But when there are hundreds of objectives in need of a video, it takes a team of people to make them, and that is where "being…"
James O'Hearn replied to Melanie A Lyons's discussion Writing on PowerPoint while recording
"Well there are a couple of issues there. PowerPoint won't open on iPad. You would have to convert your .PPT to an HTML 5 file.
My suggestion, that I'll repeat to colleagues ad nauseum, is to upload your .PPTs to Google Docs, and convert…"
James O'Hearn replied to Melanie A Lyons's discussion Writing on PowerPoint while recording
"Do you mean "Activate" or "Captivate"?
If you just upload the .SWF files, they can be read on any browser for PC or Mac. But if iPad is your concern, Adobe Captivate 5.5 allows you to export to HTML 5, which is usable on any PC,…"
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- At 2:34pm on June 4, 2012,
James Logue said… I have tried that but your screenshot shows the date above the time. My form has the date and time all in one line. I have tried just selecting the standard time button from "123" but then the date disappears.
- At 2:12pm on June 4, 2012, James Logue said…
Mr. O'Hearn
You seem to know your way around Google Docs. Do you know of a way to modify the Timestamp in the Form so it will show the date and the time but in standard time not military time?
Thanks
James Logue
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