The new version of iMovie is significantly different than the previous version, and it includes some great new features (picture in picture! Shaky video reduction!). To learn more, check out Apple’s series of video tutorials on iMovie ‘09. While you’re there, you can also watch great video tutorials for iPhoto, GarageBand, and the rest of [...]
Posted on September 28th, 2009 by Ms. Ruthie Hansen
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This week in computer class sixth graders used ComicLife to translate the school’s acceptable use policy for computing into eye-catching, comic-style posters to help educate the rest of the school about what is allowed and not allowed when it comes to school computers. The students, working in pairs, studied the original text of the policy, [...]
Posted on September 27th, 2009 by Ms. Ruthie Hansen
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Both my sixth grade classes and my fifth grade classes are well into the Keyboarding for Kids program right now. There are a few main points about the goals of the program that I want to clarify.
First of all, the ultimate goal of this exercise is that each student will be able to type quickly [...]
Posted on September 25th, 2009 by Ms. Ruthie Hansen
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I have gotten quite a few questions lately from students who want to set up a CNet account. This is the name and password that you need to connect to the uchicago wireless network at school or anywhere on the University campus. If you bring your own laptop (or iPod Touch) to school, you need [...]
Posted on September 15th, 2009 by Ms. Ruthie Hansen
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