tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79517739149635846832024-03-19T02:56:04.317-07:00dg-iLearnsurf98/dgeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904700627583427171noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951773914963584683.post-19293302818362399192009-09-28T09:16:00.000-07:002009-09-28T09:42:56.689-07:00mo-meds trailer<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyFgeEPT-Fs0NuLlmksCywVujIUAo-B2AkfyDUT8YueFEPrF91oUOuHs-1BHyVlvy5hkSdU3VbJFfaQEFTNoA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><a href="http://www.mo-meds.blogspot.com/">click to visit the mo-meds web site</a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><dt class="profile-data"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></dt><dt class="profile-data"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">What is Mo-Meds?</span></dt><dd class="profile-textblock" style="clear: both; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mo-Meds is a blog site especially for one minute films videos and more importantly experiments. All the work is made by year 9 students with the idea that it will be shared, via bluetooth, downloaded on mobile devices, even perhaps then re-edited. The aim being to educate as well as entertain using the equipment (mobile phones, ipod's, mp4 devices) that many have with them all the time. Looe Community School & Performing Arts College, Cornwall.</span></dd></span></div>surf98/dgeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904700627583427171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951773914963584683.post-68817339487741397112009-04-26T11:12:00.000-07:002009-04-26T11:13:18.811-07:00vimeo<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/hubnut/?user_id=user1652085&color=ffffff&background=000000&fullscreen=1&slideshow=0&stream=uploaded_videos&id=&server=vimeo.com"> <param name="quality" value="best" /> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> <param name="scale" value="showAll" /> <param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/hubnut/?user_id=user1652085&color=ffffff&background=000000&fullscreen=1&slideshow=0&stream=uploaded_videos&id=&server=vimeo.com" /></object>surf98/dgeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904700627583427171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951773914963584683.post-84364167385164620212009-04-09T10:25:00.000-07:002009-04-09T12:22:56.405-07:00playing with film (for mobile devices)<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxv0C-zspWevHh5IKDklWQUZOcynOaCPliV1_W_gLzPSAnByKigmtIoLcu1ajjK90gDs2et3mJ13z_8sNvLog' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">For quite some time now I have been really interested in the way people use <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ipod's</span>/iPhone's and other small portable sound and audio devices. I have been playing it was a slow day and I the things I had planned didn't happen so I looked for some film stuff to create a piece designed for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ipod</span>. Yes I know the aspect ratio changes during the cross dissolve but it was an hours play time between other stuff, the music is not mine but credited and legal. </div><div>Please watch it, better still download it (real player <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">downloader</span> will do it) watch it on your <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">ipod</span> or here with the sound up it doesn't pretend to be anything, and yes it's a bit cheesy but that is sort of intended & tell me what you think. I will do some more and set up a proper download section soon.</div><div>I see a real market for straight to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ipod</span> films. I plan to make a few more with the idea of mood changing films. A minute or two long to relax before sleep, or an important meeting or wake up before going to see the bank to ask for your money back! </div>surf98/dgeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904700627583427171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951773914963584683.post-73275220308255282732009-03-14T15:48:00.000-07:002009-03-14T15:50:20.112-07:00paris<object width="445" height="364"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XsHdlnXiH28&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XsHdlnXiH28&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="325"></embed></object>surf98/dgeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904700627583427171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951773914963584683.post-55328820688242258502009-03-07T02:26:00.000-08:002009-04-20T12:57:21.130-07:00Saturday - ilearn session<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_tKGrtBhloFiza5hCU99bkoyQmKtG69t5BpaSkYX2ZY_yPSQHWpVNPeirOI00eWkoYuh4cX2zJiChlXoOZrl4wGNaKdJacWJqwft8v4NW2IXnjgLg4TrrI8yu-kvLvQV3srpgeAsQ76s/s1600-h/freesound.png" style="text-decoration: none;"><br /></a></span><br /><img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 34px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_tKGrtBhloFiza5hCU99bkoyQmKtG69t5BpaSkYX2ZY_yPSQHWpVNPeirOI00eWkoYuh4cX2zJiChlXoOZrl4wGNaKdJacWJqwft8v4NW2IXnjgLg4TrrI8yu-kvLvQV3srpgeAsQ76s/s400/freesound.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310390600233151394" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><a href="http://www.createascape.org.uk/" target="_blank">Createascape</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><a href="http://www.freesound.org/blog/" target="_blank">The freesound blog</a></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><a href="http://www.mscapers.com/" target="_blank">Mscape</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Have to say I enjoyed todays workshop good fun / experience to work with Ruth in her words our GPS based Mscape rocked. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Who else would combine spitfire engines, waterfalls, </div><div style="text-align: left;">storm surf, sea birds and of course whales and dolphins on a GPS guiged walk around Plymouth University!</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDYpMmgFPsiON_Qkl_6nA4t7XdtANeBkozenbbB1Wnwx_cod8QsSWP5aJ3RG_Cmd7eUd83Mi7JPkJ7_rO52EPPV9VbulelH7MxUm4-qTgTUnbSdHNWuicTRnUz8S-Z-VjJ1pPjksLSfzY/s400/IMG00473.jpg" target="_blank" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314625334476672738" />surf98/dgeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904700627583427171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951773914963584683.post-90674699308302858072009-03-04T04:20:00.000-08:002009-03-04T05:33:22.132-08:00brainfood<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8qTdiG8quqijaF4-XVUxbxFhSzgNUOWD53YuhOHyhYbhhdoT-hMmLzwGsAanbLJ6Tqj_N5fbLSsdeVs-Ji0zfmvp1eoRHGn4Qya-VXe0AkjK2mfIT7N-Vo7jqhL2F5hKvm2kaC9sY72Y/s1600-h/howiesA.png" target="_blank"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8qTdiG8quqijaF4-XVUxbxFhSzgNUOWD53YuhOHyhYbhhdoT-hMmLzwGsAanbLJ6Tqj_N5fbLSsdeVs-Ji0zfmvp1eoRHGn4Qya-VXe0AkjK2mfIT7N-Vo7jqhL2F5hKvm2kaC9sY72Y/s400/howiesA.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309316382421446434" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">picture courtesy howies</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:16px;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">over the past few weeks the term 'brainfood' has come make to my attention again, hardly a new term I realise. Today though I like the term, it seems fashionable again mainly I think for me anyway through the different and very positive outlook from the clothes company </span><a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.howies.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Howies</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> and their </span><a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://brainfood.howies.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">brainfood</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> blog.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">rhona at excess energy communications used the term in conversation last week good to get me thinking again, we have to keep feeding the knowledge base.</span></div>surf98/dgeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904700627583427171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951773914963584683.post-38029449731468521382009-02-20T11:45:00.000-08:002009-02-20T12:18:43.896-08:00do lectures *brilliant*I just couldn't resist posting this. I like it for so many reasons; too many to list here. <div>The link on the right takes you to the web site for the dolectures, this film is just well worth watching.<div><object width="400" height="222"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2849281&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2849281&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="222"></embed></object><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div>I plan to be there this year.</div><div><--- posted on <a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.dgthekneelo.blogspot.com" target="_blank">dgthekneelo</a> as well ---></div></div>surf98/dgeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904700627583427171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951773914963584683.post-4357686501884816312009-02-18T05:26:00.000-08:002009-02-18T06:05:51.760-08:00Apple, Final Cut, & Malcolm GladwellWell, I think I have managed to get the 10 licenses for <a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.apple.com/finalcutexpress/" target="_blank">Final Cut Express</a> needed for the training session I am organising for the 20th of March, along with a couple of licenses for Comic Life deluxe to use for story boarding. I was amazed that Apple still charge very near the full price for all software for under students university age unless you have an account and spend £50,000 per year, sounds crazy, though I did get an education discount<div>On the advice of Rhona (RiO, Excess Energy Communications) I ordered and am a good way through <a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.steadyreign.com/2008/malcolm-gladwell-outliers/" target="_blank">Outliners' by Malcolm Gladwell</a>', not sure what I think yet, haven't found out anything that new yet but perhaps will through reading it.</div>surf98/dgeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904700627583427171noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951773914963584683.post-26246252140449433162009-02-12T13:24:00.000-08:002009-02-12T14:01:44.576-08:00London, away from the 'hectic (I love it really) time'<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsuFqbBlHk_Jpfafcj3_fiIqUbeHRhIypu0JpWMcaN9wYsWxOkomFWyWD3WF9UXvgHGCos_v30diiqwv_hYFMcaocc1Hi5IzoJmIPxMVQR1PM9TXy-U2pvMEuSfqH1mmaXEg3SRu8_qcg/s1600-h/IMG_0666.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsuFqbBlHk_Jpfafcj3_fiIqUbeHRhIypu0JpWMcaN9wYsWxOkomFWyWD3WF9UXvgHGCos_v30diiqwv_hYFMcaocc1Hi5IzoJmIPxMVQR1PM9TXy-U2pvMEuSfqH1mmaXEg3SRu8_qcg/s400/IMG_0666.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302026470016286786" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGfyNZ4VR8L1n1UKiBzV2V1eaJnlorwQwxaIPel-TdFc8A3uHCzV1a7DUpdxWFYv3Y0BK8kQwRw18F-P2ANA3imSgsN9naKvTzoKqcqtwVN9Mke7j3Bz58ITBb1Q3R5sOmvPXFUL1wKs/s1600-h/IMG_0658.JPG" target="_blank"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGfyNZ4VR8L1n1UKiBzV2V1eaJnlorwQwxaIPel-TdFc8A3uHCzV1a7DUpdxWFYv3Y0BK8kQwRw18F-P2ANA3imSgsN9naKvTzoKqcqtwVN9Mke7j3Bz58ITBb1Q3R5sOmvPXFUL1wKs/s400/IMG_0658.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302026244001122226" /></a>After the snow and stuff across the south and east of the UK, I was lucky enough to spend some time in London. Away from the hectic (I love it really) time I seem to be having of late I had the chance of a walk in west London. I thought even though it has really very little to do with the other stuff posted here I would add some images from a sunny winters day in west London, in the top photo you can see the left over snow I like to think were snowmen.surf98/dgeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904700627583427171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951773914963584683.post-46878780480846049552009-02-11T13:21:00.000-08:002009-02-11T13:27:08.681-08:00BusesI wonder why it is that everything happens at once, like buses all arriving at the same time. <div>I now find myself, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">struggling</span> to fit too much into two days (tomorrow and Friday). I have meeting to organise and software to get ordered, as well as an magazine article to write by Saturday.</div><div>That said I am hoping that by getting it all sorted (hard to even contemplate at this moment), I will be able to have a bit of a break next week but it will never happen. </div>surf98/dgeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904700627583427171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951773914963584683.post-81731149166819162252009-02-04T13:26:00.000-08:002009-02-04T13:35:57.164-08:00planning again<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdg4y1SV2RfM3j64GDelRzJlj_QnjpciGB9ThiT-e_0-HoaFqySyzs1MHJ-A5uE_81L1NNR9p4E8z5XpaEmAFIr30NHv2w8t9I3Htc1ln87nn5GsPMzanYacDcEb2RWmNx9IOoo83XOyQ/s1600-h/testing.png" target="_blank"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdg4y1SV2RfM3j64GDelRzJlj_QnjpciGB9ThiT-e_0-HoaFqySyzs1MHJ-A5uE_81L1NNR9p4E8z5XpaEmAFIr30NHv2w8t9I3Htc1ln87nn5GsPMzanYacDcEb2RWmNx9IOoo83XOyQ/s400/testing.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299058878521742546" /></a>I have just completed the schemes of work for three year groups, well I say completed they are never completed as they as anyone involved in education at any level will know, they are changed added to or completely re-written. Any way here is a section of one.surf98/dgeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904700627583427171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951773914963584683.post-76696554871913616832009-01-31T01:46:00.001-08:002009-01-31T01:55:30.297-08:00Saturday morningAfter a good day yesterday re-designing the educational structure of the local area (only in theory). I have now set myself the task of equipping 10 iMacs with Final Cut Studio, x1 and Final Cut Express x9. As well as recording enough pieces to camera for a full (teaching) practitioners day in late March. To be used editing and making a 1 minute professional standard cut (rather than filming as well). I think I agreed to a whole lot more but await the minutes to see what I actually said!surf98/dgeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904700627583427171noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951773914963584683.post-34857065456583288662009-01-29T12:59:00.000-08:002009-01-29T13:06:48.190-08:00presentingI have just got back from a long day, even had a hair cut. The important bit of the day was a presentation to a groups of ICT specialists/teachers/practitioners on the use and working with adobe dreamweaver. I should be paid by adobe!<div>It went OK, but as happens so often the wireless internet connection was very poor at the hotel the event was held at so live editing and using html from parent sites or stealing code was impossible. </div><div>Still it was a good bit of positive stress for me.</div>surf98/dgeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904700627583427171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951773914963584683.post-16289348473050998352009-01-24T06:04:00.000-08:002009-01-24T06:43:18.548-08:00the weekendjust playing (sorry working) on my Macbook today, trying not to be tempted to tweet on <a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.twitter.com/dgthekneelo" target="_blank">twitter</a> too much, getting increasing annoyed by <a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.facebook.com/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and all online social networking sites not really sure why. need to do some video editing, waiting to get <a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20style=" target="_blank">Final Cut Studio</a> installed (have to buy it first), premiere and <a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects/" target="_blank">after effects</a> which I have installed take too long.<div><br /></div><div>Have some planning to do that I seem to be avoiding for a presentation I have to give on Thursday to heads of ICT across Cornwall at web site creation using <a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/" target="_blank">Dreamweaver</a>.</div>surf98/dgeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904700627583427171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951773914963584683.post-22746662826434985002009-01-21T01:19:00.000-08:002009-01-21T01:39:10.656-08:00fireworks20 students (yr 7) so age 11/12. working from found images on the internet, and fireworks<br />Combining images to create <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">surreal</span> picture's some examples to follow<br /><br /><br />Image below made by year 7 student in fireworks.<br /><p align="left"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293678566209842130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2uSEnqVyKrercYjXSkTdyJD_EIRVJmRZz9gdlrrhyphenhyphenyJgxDH7sda-uN4aVwc5_kbCO2PArKshAvsBh_Yhn-SXmbNZxIoHCbQyFIQrUW9ZMtXg14Hj5F_V_nZEe83OVj4RPtvbfadVUD0c/s400/mel+under+the+sea.png" border="0" target="_blank" /></p>surf98/dgeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904700627583427171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951773914963584683.post-47693755123520492532009-01-20T03:40:00.001-08:002009-01-20T03:54:09.406-08:00iLearn | Software and ICT use in EducationComputer and software use so far today<br /><br />Basic PC based OS XP, office packages all Office 2007.<br />No white board use, projector available but not used, 2 hours of ICT - OCR (level 2)<br /><br />Art room, only PC's available basic Macromedia Studio MX software, and Photoshop Elements.<br />Most of the students drawing/researching using ref. books. some lazy Internet searching, google.<br /><br />Macbook used on wireless network for own planning, etc.surf98/dgeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904700627583427171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951773914963584683.post-82335785237954357942009-01-19T10:06:00.000-08:002009-01-19T15:53:53.758-08:00iLearn<div>Creative Digital Media Design for Education - Providing a small space to explore different ways to use the online and interactive environment we use so much.</div><div><br /></div><div>More to follow.</div><div><br /></div>surf98/dgeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904700627583427171noreply@blogger.com0