Check out the 2011 ACE Books!

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Such a Pretty Girl - Book Trailer

Made w/ animoto

http://animoto.com/play/l2PBv3UUuy2L2YeC7lIDrg

StoryBoards! & PRZES for my Podcasters....

Hey All -

I had WAY too much fun at the TCEA conference - and am including a couple of links here (storyboarding!)
http://www.halldavidson.net/Storybd.pdf
http://www.jasonohler.com/pdfs/digitalStorytellingStoryBoard.doc (opens a word document)

Oh - and yes - there are PRIZES for the top Podcasters!  I expect you want to know how the judges are going to rate your book trailer, right?  Assessment Rubric to follow soon....

See all y'all tomorrow! :)

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Vote for Ms.Ash's group

Follow the link below to vote for her group (VOTE RED):
5-music-video-contest

Make sure to scroll all the way down to vote for the RED team!!

TCEA Convention ROCKS!

:) Hey all - Am loving the conference so far - but missing you guys! (and gals....)!

Some links to help you get started on your book trailers:


http://jaycut.com/ - online video  editing (might be easier than moviemaker - check it out)
http://blabberize.com/ - okay - I am SOOO gonna have fun with this later..... add picture, highlight mouth, make picture talk - record voice :) (Jenny - this might rock for barbie dolls - take pix, upload, etc.) play with it!
http://www.wix.com/ - online "flash" site - to create animated movies - can't actually get to it here (needs newer flash program???) but see if it works at school
http://animoto.com/ - you probably already know this one - but here it is again :)
audacity - don't forget YOU can install this on the school computers even if it's not installed yet - click on "install software" / click on ALL / choose Audacity and install.   Lets you record, mix sound, etc. See Mrs. Tiemann if you want to borrow the headset with a microphone - leave ID or something valuable so we know we get it back! PLEASE...

Okay - off to next session: "book trailers! " LOL - will get more good tips and post here again later....

Oh - and do we have AT LEAST 20 people READY for the Podcast Party??  Don't forget to BLOG as you produce your book trailer!

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Today's Meeting

Ms.Ash will be holding tutorials for the podcasts every Wednesday. Team names for the podcast need to be decided ASAP!! During Mash today we discussed which books we weould like to add to blog about for this semester. The list is as follows:
  • Awakened-teen fiction
  • Spector- mystery
  • Dante's Inferno- horror
  • Perfect- teen drama
  • Last Sacrifice- romance
  • I Am Number Four- science fantasy

Jenny, Hana, and Cat will begin writing letters for the PAC. Make sure to come the meeting NEXT WEEK after school.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Podcast Information!

1st Annual PODCAST PARTY!



Podcast Party (February 23rd) from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.


o Sign up to create a podcast no later than February 4th

o Blog 2 times about progress (at least)

o Parent permission slips & Team Name by February 11th

o Team or individual (if team, must have team name by February 11th)

o School appropriate (as always!)

o Create a “movie trailer” for your book – selling it! It must be between 30 and 90 seconds long to be eligible for the Podcast Party.

 
LINKS & other helpful items
 
09-10 Tayshas Book Trailer
Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson
Eternal by Cynthia Leitech Smith
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater (movie version)
Streams of Babel by Carol Plum-Ucci
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Unwind by Neal Shusterman

http://creativecommons.org/ (remember to give credit as each artist asks!)
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows easy to use sound software – record

Windows Movie Maker
http://download.cnet.com/Windows-Movie-Maker-Windows-XP/3000-13631_4-10165075.html for XP
http://explore.live.com/windows-live-movie-maker?os=other for Vista, Win 7

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

LIBRARY CLUB IS THE MOST AWESOMESET THING EVER INVENTED!!!!!!
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