Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Final Project Video

http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=09463b5ef4e52ad95b59

First slide was created in Power Point for the title page. Then I cross dissolved into the traveling pioneers which I edited in PSE using a ripple frame. Using the overlap transition, I went into the video clip of tall grasses. I chose not to use transitions between the pictures of the houses because I wanted them to be as if they were separate thoughts in the paper. I added text to the Custer Farm picture in PSE. When the picture of the town of Fremont, NE came up, I overlapped it into the video of a more current farm. I liked the disintegrating transition to show going from the old to the newer way of life. Then I transitioned by pushing that dated picture out and putting in an up to date picture in color. Overlapping to my last video clip to show what most of my students are familiar with, the city. I end with a collage done in PSE of the 3 families from the past 100 years. My bibliography was created in Power Point and put into the reflection-black theme.

Music was developed and looped in Garageband and placed in the movie. I did a voiceover for the narration.

Monday, March 30, 2009

Podcast

News On Nebraska - Famous Native Americans from Nebraska
Photoshop effects:
Susette LaFlesche - Stokes Frame Effect
- auto color correction
- added text
Ietan - Inner ridge frame
- marble glass layer

Petelasharo - High pass filter

Red Cloud - Spattered frame
- text

Spotted Tail - High pass filter
- Wacky metallic layer



Thursday, March 12, 2009

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Introduction

My name is Jodi Fawcett.  I am a 4th grade teacher with Millard Public Schools.  I graduated with my undergrad degree from UNO back in 1998.  
My experience with technology is not that great.  I am a Mac person and can do iMovie fairly well.  I had to make a blog in another class, but have done nothing with it since and wouldn't even know how to get to it now.  In my classroom, I am comfortable with my overhead projector.  I do pull out our media cart from time to time to show videos from my computer or to use the Elmo.  As far as what version of Office I have, I couldn't tell you.  I know it is a newer one.  (Can you tell I don't know much?!)
I chose to get my Master's degree at PSC because I am not able to go to night classes with my children at home.  It has had its challenges for me as I like to have face to face interaction and not have to wait for a response, but it has been convenient for me to work from home.