Brain Rules for Teachers and Presenters

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Hat tip to Miguel for bringing this to my attention.


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Animoto Does Even More

10/06/2009 | 1 Comment |

I’ve been a fan of Animoto ever since @kconger introduced it to me about a year and a half ago. I’ve used it to make fun videos for friends and family and for end-of-event presentations for things like a conference we hosted and for church camp. I even got the 10 free bumper stickers back when they were offered.

The Animoto Video Contest finalists and winner have just been announced. Wow, folks are doing some really “cool” things with Animoto. I knew that I could now upload and add video into my Animoto files, but I haven’t gotten around to actually trying it. I’m not sure that I would have thought to be as creative as these folks, though. Take a look at the contest page and see if you aren’t inspired. I’m hoping students will begin using this to complete some of their assignments, too.

Animoto Logo


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Suggested Reading for 07/28/2009

07/28/2009 | Comments Off |

Animoto: Quick and Slick – Tom Barrett

How to Become a Twitter Teacher – Kapil Bhatia

Why Spend So Much Time on This Stuff? – Liz B. Davis

Powerful Images to Give Lessons Punch – Danny Nicholson


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Photos from Washington, D.C.

06/18/2009 | 1 Comment |

I spent some time working in Washington, D.C. in April and was able to go sightseeing for a few hours. Here are a few of my photos from the trip. Looking at these makes me excited about returning to Washington in a few weeks for EduBloggerCon and NECC.


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State Mottos

01/18/2009 | 1 Comment |

“The Fifty United States and Their Mottos” is a series of linoleum block prints by Emily Wick. Click on the image for a larger view. (Hat tip to Stephen.)

State Mottos

Educational Uses
This could be useful in a variety of ways in history, social studies, geography and government classes.


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Educational Resources and PLN

12/22/2008 | Comments Off |

I’m redesigning the access of my list of educational resources. The list has just gotten too long to link each one from the blog’s menu. Instead, I’m moving them all to a (hopefully) better designed and more useful page, but that’s a work in progress. In the interim you can access them by clicking on the Ed. Resources & PLN link in the Navigation menu of this blog.

I’d enjoy it if you would connect/friend/follow me on any of these resources that you use. I truly believe that I’m a better teacher and scholar as a result of my interaction with you, the members of my personal learning netwrok (PLN).

Website: Clif Mims.com (Join, RSS)

Blog: Clif’s Notes (Join, RSS. Daily Email)

Wiki: Learning Telecollaboratively (Join, RSS)

eBook: Teaching and Learning with Web 2.0

SIG: Teaching and Learning with Web 2.0 Special Interest Group

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Educational Resources and Online Identities


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Kwout Has Gotten Even Better

12/22/2008 | Comments Off |

I’ve been using Kwout for a long time. It’s easy to use and useful in multiple ways.

  • It’s FREE!
  • It is a quick and easy way to capture images (grabs, screenshots, etc.) from the Internet.
  • It’s a simple strategy for citing images.
  • Your images are stored on the Kwout servers saving you the time and hassle of downloading the image and then uploading it to your own server, flickr or Picasa account, etc.
  • This (#4) also saves you a bit of storage space on your server.
  • Kwout generates and provide you with the HTML code so that you can easily embed your image and citation on your own website, blog, wiki, into a presentation, etc.
  • It is important that we model the necessity of acknowledging when we borrow the work of others – even beyond text. The use of Kwout could encourage students and other educators to integrate citations into their common practices.

Well, the unthinkable has happened. Kwout has been largely updated and it has gotten even better. Woohoo! Kwout has added support for…


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Suggested Reading for 10/04/2008

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Maybe Torre Wasn’t the Problem

Fair Use Guidance on Including a YouTube Video Clip in a Noncommercial, Web-Published Presentation

Perspectives and the Future of Education

Can you find the error in this PhotoShop Disaster?

George Lucas Bring His Vision for the Future of Education to iTunes


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Fun with Spelling

09/30/2008 | Comments Off |

Here’s a spelling activity that I’ve never seen before. I thought it was fun and innovative and wanted to share it. (Hat tip to Tom Barrett)

What are some ways that this activity could be extended?


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This Morning at EBC

06/28/2008 | Comments Off |

I’ll be updating this post throughout the day to alert you of things happening here at EBC San Antonio. The full list of sessions is here. I’ll be sharing information form the sessions that I’m attending. The session titles are in bold.

Social Networking for Professional Development

Scott Merrick is sitting next to me and streaming this discussion live.

  1. Should it be organized or self-forming?
    • Should the tool(s) be dictated?
  2. An atmosphere promoting risk-taking is imperative.
  3. Teachers know what they want to learn. Professional development should be tailored around them rather requiring them to attend PD in which they had no say.

Social Networking in the Classroom

Vicki Davis is sitting by me and is streaming this seession here.

  1. Teachers in the room are using Ning, Elgg, and several private online communities.
  2. Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis updated us about the Flat Classroom and the Horizon Project.
  3. How important are digital citizenship and pedagogy in these decisions?
  4. If someone says a curse word in the classroom do we close the school? If there’s a fight at recess do we quit having recess? Why do we over react to these problems in online spaces?

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