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ISTE is the massive collection of the leaders in Educational Technology. I was very fortunate to get invited to the session in San Diego and I represented Horry County Schools' Middle School grade level.
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And now.,. for some of the tutorials
Introduction to WeVideo
The video below demonstrates how to login / create a WeVideo account. It also has a basic overview of the dashboard and connecting your account to your favorite social media sources
Import Clips into WeVideo
This video demonstrates how to import your clips into a project, organize them into a folder and the difference between a video and graphic. IMPORTANT TIP: Always know where you save clips and what they are called 
How to Trim Clips & Clip Properties in WeVideo
This video shows how to pull/stretch a clip to edit it or splice it. I also show some advanced features with clips such as adding tracks, FADE IN/OUT and how to do a picture in picture
How to Add Special Effects & Audio Tricks in WeVideo
This video shows you how to create transitions in-between two shots, along with some of the simple graphics and visual effects you can add. Finally, I'll show you how to add music and sound effects during some scenes
How to Collaborate on a WeVideo Project
This video will show you how to email the project to your partner's so that you can share the same resources and complete a film together
How to Export your WeVideo to your Social Media site
This final video will show you how to export your project into one of the various social media sites, such as YouTube, Twitter or Facebook
My 6th grade students studied a unit on Japan so I figured they could collaborate to create a piece of Japanese inspired animation (Anime) by using @redsoftware 's app: Animation Creator
In the past, I have done Manga work with my students, where they study the art of that time period while they learn about it in their sixth grade Social Studies class.
I wanted my students to utilize the Animation Creator app before they left me for the year, as I had some great examples in the past when my students made Greek Myth animations
If you would like to do something along this line, or a lesson on Anime, you can check out this Prezi that is a halfway conversion from my original Powerpoint with some elements copied from Lori Ingham's Prezi
You can also read about a recent Horry Independent article on my other students and how their use of IPods help them learn about their art content.
Overall though, I must say that I was a little disappointed with the school's IPods and the app itself. Not sure if it was a the school's wireless or the IPod's software, or a combination of both. SO I apologize to my 6th graders that not ALL of your animations made it into the film as I had a lot of issues of taking all thirty IPods home and uploaded them one at a time to YouTube .
Also, if there are any teachers out there that would like to do something fun, unique and engaging with your students - I would HIGHLY recommend you check out the site of gamestarmechanic.com. They offer up some great Teacher Resources as well. What I did was I went through the majority of their teacher resources and I have compiled the majority of the basic game design steps into a Prezi (which is like a PowerPoint on steroids.) Below is a copy of my Prezi if you would like to use this in your classroom. (It is still a work in progress so be sure to check up frequently)
