This is a part of a series on mobile devices available for learning. Category: These are very small touch screen devices — smaller than a tablet but not a cell phone! (These devices have the capability to install a variety
Windows Movie Maker (the old one)
Sometimes the old version of something is better than the new one. I felt this way about Windows Movie Maker — an easy to use, flexible, and free movie editing program that used to come preinstalled on Windows machines. With
Using Google Docs to embed videos
Did you know that you can use Google Docs to upload a video and generate an embed code? I didn’t until today. This is a nice workaround for a way to embed videos to a web site without having to
Great video math content for mobiles
Looking for great free video content for your mobile devices? Sal Kahn has built a tremendous collection of over 1800 open-licensed videos offering instruction in math and science. They cover topics in arithmetic, algebra, geometry, statistics calculus, and more. These
New free resources
Here are two series of social studies vocabulary videos that are available for free download. These are good for use with ELL students or others who need extra vocabulary support. The videos can be downloaded onto mobile video players for
Open-licensed music for your multimedia projects
Engaging your students in creating standards-based projects is a great way to differentiate instruction. But what to do when your students want to rip their favorite CDs to include music in their project? If you are posting the work online,
Chroma key in Windows Movie Maker
I have been asked many times how you can do “green screen” in Windows Movie Maker. (This technique, also known as chroma key, lets you import a background image, for example, the Taj Mahal, and then composite in video of
Flipshare conversion to WMV
I’ve reported here earlier about an easy way to convert Flip camera movies to WMV files so that you can import them into Windows Movie Maker. Imagine my surprise last week when several folks in a workshop I was facilitating
Flip cameras and MP4s
The new Flip Ultra camera (120 min. version), as well as the HD models, use an MP4 format. This doesn’t import directly into WIndows Movie Maker like the AVIs do, but the conversion process to WMV files is very easy
New Flip camera
Pure Digital Technologies just announced a new video camera, the Mino HD. The resolution is 1280 x 720, and the price is just $229. Based on the performance of the other Flip cameras, this one should be great. (I’m making