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mo-meds trailer

2009-09-28T09:16:00.000-07:00

What is Mo-Meds?

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.

vimeo

2009-04-26T11:12:00.000-07:00

playing with film (for mobile devices)

2009-04-09T10:25:00.000-07:00

For quite some time now I have been really interested in the way people use ipod's/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 ipod. 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.

Please watch it, better still download it (real player downloader will do it) watch it on your ipod 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.

I see a real market for straight to ipod 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!

paris

2009-03-14T15:48:00.000-07:00

Saturday - ilearn session

2009-03-07T02:26:00.000-08:00

Createascape

The freesound blog

Mscape

Have to say I enjoyed todays workshop good fun / experience to work with Ruth in her words our GPS based Mscape rocked.

Who else would combine spitfire engines, waterfalls,

storm surf, sea birds and of course whales and dolphins on a GPS guiged walk around Plymouth University!

brainfood

2009-03-04T04:20:00.000-08:00

picture courtesy howies

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 Howies and their brainfood blog.

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.

do lectures brilliant

2009-02-20T11:45:00.000-08:00

I just couldn't resist posting this. I like it for so many reasons; too many to list here.

The link on the right takes you to the web site for the dolectures, this film is just well worth watching.

I plan to be there this year.

<--- posted on dgthekneelo as well --->

Apple, Final Cut, & Malcolm Gladwell

2009-02-18T05:26:00.000-08:00

Well, I think I have managed to get the 10 licenses for Final Cut Express 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

On the advice of Rhona (RiO, Excess Energy Communications) I ordered and am a good way through Outliners' by Malcolm Gladwell', not sure what I think yet, haven't found out anything that new yet but perhaps will through reading it.

London, away from the 'hectic (I love it really) time'

2009-02-12T13:24:00.000-08:00

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.

Buses

2009-02-11T13:21:00.000-08:00

I wonder why it is that everything happens at once, like buses all arriving at the same time.

I now find myself, struggling 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.

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.

planning again

2009-02-04T13:26:00.000-08:00

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.

Saturday morning

2009-01-31T01:46:00.001-08:00

After 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!

presenting

2009-01-29T12:59:00.000-08:00

I 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!

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.

Still it was a good bit of positive stress for me.

the weekend

2009-01-24T06:04:00.000-08:00

just playing (sorry working) on my Macbook today, trying not to be tempted to tweet on twitter too much, getting increasing annoyed by Facebook and all online social networking sites not really sure why. need to do some video editing, waiting to get Final Cut Studio installed (have to buy it first), premiere and after effects which I have installed take too long.

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 Dreamweaver.

fireworks

2009-01-21T01:19:00.000-08:00

20 students (yr 7) so age 11/12. working from found images on the internet, and fireworks
Combining images to create surreal picture's some examples to follow

Image below made by year 7 student in fireworks.

iLearn | Software and ICT use in Education

2009-01-20T03:40:00.001-08:00

Computer and software use so far today

Basic PC based OS XP, office packages all Office 2007.
No white board use, projector available but not used, 2 hours of ICT - OCR (level 2)

Art room, only PC's available basic Macromedia Studio MX software, and Photoshop Elements.
Most of the students drawing/researching using ref. books. some lazy Internet searching, google.

Macbook used on wireless network for own planning, etc.

iLearn

2009-01-19T10:06:00.000-08:00

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.

More to follow.