Computer Applications

Welcome to My Extra's Page

My extras page is intended to provide further lessons that have been successful. It will also showcase examples of applicatons that could be experimented with by motivated learners.

Movie Maker Project This 17 page, user friendly handout, gives a lot of screen shots and details that might be missed if you try and wing it making a presentation in Moviemaker. This handout has been revised and modified many times to be teacher and student friendly. This lesson is about problems of the world. This program can be used to create various presentations for any topic. The sky is the limit. Get a copy of the rubric for rating student work. An extensive handout is available with 5 videos to walk you through Movie Maker Basics on my CD.

Sample Videos Created Using Movie Maker

World Comparisons: This video shows contrasting worlds between those who have so much and those who have little or nothing.

World Problems: Students can create a video demonstrating what they perceive to be the major problems of our world.

Promoting Charities: This video demonstrates what students can create to promote a worthy cause.

PhotoStory: PhotoStory is a free download from Microsoft that allows users to create multimedia presentations. You can create a variety of multi media presentations for different topics. The handout for this lesson is about putting a presentation together on poems. It can be used to give a visual representation of historical events, biographies and more. The topics are endless for this free software. Check out my presentations on Youtube: Irena Sendler; Alabama Centennial; Death of an Innocent

Glogster: Glogster is a wonderful free resource that allows students to create interactive web pages that incorporate music, voice, video, images and more. In addition to putting together visually attractive web pages using Glogster, they can communicate with the teacher and their peers. They can give constructive feedback about presentations. Get some samples of my different types of Glogs: Colorado Glog; Three Cups of Tea; Cultures Around the World. Click here to get a free teacher's handout. You can get the student handout for a very small fee by visiting Teacherpayteachers.

Animoto: Animoto is a free service that allows you to create impressive movies for the classroom. For a very inexpensive upgrade you can make movies with more options and capabilities. It can totally transform your website, make for more interesting classroom projects and bring your pictures to life for family and friends.

St. Elmo: Images and video from St. Elmo, a ghost town in Colorado, are visually being represented in this Animoto short.

Cripple Creek: Images and video of Cripple Creek during an ice sculpting exhibit.

California: The images from this example was provided by my niece, Sandy. Thanks Sandy, you are so wonderful.

Colorado Renaissance Festival: This video is a combination of video and images taken at the festival during the summer of 2009.

Voice Thread : Voice Thread is an online tool that lets you share images, documents and videos. You can record your voice to add to presentations. It is a great way to promote literacy.

Colorado Renaissance Festival: This VoiceThread is an example of how it can be used in the classroom.