Power Point Project

I love powerpoint. Like literally love it. I think that it is a great tool to create not only presentations, but slide shows and great games. I am excited to do this PPT lesson. However, I wish that it was a smart board lesson because I have such a great idea for a lesson but it can only be done with a smart board.

I really like the newer version of PPT. I feel like it offers more tools and features than the old one, unless I cannot find it. Even though PPT is a great tool, some teacher's abuse it and use it for the wrong reasons. There is nothing worse than a teacher/professor who reads straight from the slides. I even cringe when students do it during a project. I guess it was just pounded into my head during all my high school projects that you are only supposed to have three bullets per slide and they are not even supposed to be full sentences! Only reminders!

So class,
Please dont make me cringe!

Windows Movie Maker 2

So, Ive been doing videos for four days now. Still using Windows Movie Maker. I really wish that I could do really neat effects such as making it look like I'm moving really fast. I think it would be a great option to have. I understand that WMM is a free software program but it doesnt really offer all you need to create a great movie clip.

I would really like to try another movie software. Any cheap ones out there?

Windows movie maker

Well, I really like using Windows Movie Maker. I liked doing the project that we had to do. The PSA we did, turned out really well (despite microphone issues). One of my friends is doing a Project 365 and I decided to do it as well.

For those of you who do not know, a Project 365 is a video blog. You blog everyday for a year and post it on youtube. After I did my first one (yesterday) I used Windows movie maker to add a title slide as well as music and a credit slide. It turned out nice. Then I looked at other Project 365s online and saw that people did the same thing (though, they used better software I'm guessing). The one that caught my eye and I watched alot of her is the user name kisforkandyce. She edited and added alot of neat effects for her project. It was enjoyable to watch and see the day in the life of.......

I think using Windows Movie Maker in the classroom is a neat idea and you could do the Project 365 for school and do it for an entire school year. You could set it up to be like a confession booth where the kids could go to video blog about something interesting in the class that day or just to talk about their day. It could be a masterpeice!