My students and I just finished a unit in which they were producing short commercials using still images and voice overs on Windows Movie Maker. We were in the process of adding audio when a student asked if I had any music they could use, and a quick Google scored this gem. http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/
Kevin MacLeod over at www.incompetech.com has produced tons of high quality music segments that served as a priceless resource for adding great music to each of the projects. Since scoring films/commercials etc… require fitting music to the …

We’ve talked frequently regarding student blogging here at TTB. Until now the tips have been based on research and best practices from other teachers. As of today, however, my student are putting their finishing touches on their first blog. Together they have pieced together about 50 brief technology tutorials which can be checked out at http://www.studenttechspot.edublogs.org
Needless to say, I will be refining my tips and blogging about the process in the near future. I think I have slimmed down the process and hopefully made it less intimidating for teachers as well …

As noted before, I am one of the judges participating in this years Interactive Classroom Makeover, happening over at eimakeover.com I’ll be pouring over this years final videos, but I would love to get you guys in on the process. So… Check out the finalists here http://eimakeover.shycast.com/contest/1, vote for the ones you like, leave them some comments. Then run back here and leave me some thoughts on who you think the winner should be and why.
Here are the three judging criteria to keep in mind:
1. Level of student/teacher collaboration
2. Strong …

I’ve been messing around with the EDU feature of glogster.com, as well as messaging back and forth with a very helpful contact at Glogster, and I have come up with the following outline for teachers to use when setting up a classroom of students to create their own Glogs.
For those of you that are just tuning in, Glogster is a fairly new website that allows students to create a poster-like webpage. The features allow students to embed all sorts of content from websites, webcams, images, audio, and the list goes on.  …

Brian Gover stopped by yesterday to ask me if I had ever heard of a Glog before. I hadn’t so he went through the process of showing me. Now, I would have a hard time explaing a glog without an example, so I will show you his. http://bgover.glogster.com/Bate-Technology-Newsletter/ . He purposefully made it very busy to show off several of the features of a Glog, but you get the idea. Basically, it is one of the easiest and neatest ways of showing off content(with style) that I have come across. I’ve …