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Here is a great resource for those that are or are thinking about doing a news show in their school. Here at my school we do a daily live news broadcast that appears throughout the school district on cable TV. We also do a bi-weekly news show that is broadcast out over the internet via Ustream.tv

Check out this resource for new ideas or even just basic introductions.

School Video News - TV Video Production for K-12 Teachers and Administrators via kwout

One year ago today I flew with NASA. That’s right I flew with NASA. Not into space abut pretty close. As a NASA Explorer school we are able to apply to conduct student experiments in microgravity by flying on the Reduced Gravity Jet. Our second graders wanted to see how playground toys acted in zero gravity.

After being chosen, we had quite a bit of paperwork and planning to do. You can see part of the process by looking through the archives of our team blog.

We had to fly down to Houston twice. In December of 2006 we underwent physiological training for the flight. That included a flight in a hypobaric chamber where we were deprived oxygen. It was only for 5 minutes. Very cool experience and we learned loads of stuff about Boyle’s law.

Anyway then we flew down in Feb. for a week long adventure that included the microgravity flight. We did 40 parabolas. The experiments took about 20 parabolas to complete. Then we were able to attempt some fun things that the kids asked us to do.

One of my teammates, Margaret Frick posted a video of some of the fun stuff on Teacher Tube.

Want to get some inside info on easy ways for students to add special effects to your movies? Come to the Discovery Educator Network HQ in Second Life. We’re located on Eduilsand II. Here is the workshop info from the DEN in SL blog.

DATE: January 30, 2008

WORKSHOP: Makin’ Movies: Simple F/X

PRESENTER: Joe Brennan

DESCRIPTION: See how you and your students can employ some easy tricks to get a few of the special effects we’ve come to take for granted on TV and in movies.

5 PM SLT ( 7 PM CST, 8 PM EST)

Looking forward to seeing all of you there!

Always nice to start the new year with new features!

A N I M O T O: help
Animoto Downloads are full-length Animoto videos in a file-format that can be saved to your hard drive and played on your computer. You will need QuickTime to play an Animoto Download. (Hint: If you have iTunes, you already have Quicktime). The file size will be roughly 5 to 6 MBs per minute of video.

Animoto Downloads are available only for full-length videos, that is, unless you have an All-Access Pass. With an All-Access Pass you can download not only your full-length videos but Video Shorts as well.

Just reminder that Star Educators received access to DE streaming Plus. It includes the Planet Earth series.

from www.youtube.com posted with vodpod

I am proud to call Elaine a colleague and a friend. She is part of the DEN in SL LC and may be better know to you as Celestia Cazalet.

Elaine Plybon, blog coordinator for the Texas DEN Leadership Council, needs YOU! The Irving Independent School District in Irving, Texas, for which she works, has an annual Technology Media Fair. This year, the district has opened up several categories for online judging. The hope, above all, is that this will help keep district students excited about technology and about sharing their work with a global audience. This is where you come in. The contest is in need of judges. Anyone who has an interest in technology in education is qualified to be a judge. All the projects can be judged from now until January 7, 2008. There are six categories and levels from K through 12^th grade. Anyone who chooses to judge can judge as many or as few entries as they would like. Would you consider helping with this cause? You can do so by judging, obviously, but also by sharing the word with other education professionals through your own blogs, twitters, feeds, and other social networking venues. The district would love to see judging from all over the world, so let’s get this DEN machine rolling!

To judge the projects, go to http://www.irvingisd.net/mediafaironline and click on the judging link. When judging, please include your name and email address. Your email address will not be published. It will be used for security only. Please expect an email from our administrative staff confirming that the address listed next to your name is a valid email address.

Thanks!

Elaine Plybon
Science Instructional Specialist
The Academy of Irving ISD
Office: Room 117 IPC: Rooms 126 and 222

Nicely done video on how to use the Mac software Camtwist and Ustream.tv.