Un-professional Development

With Ipods and mp3 players everywhere it is easy for students to take their music and podcasts with them. They can also carry books, short stories and poetry. This website has “free” books that can be downloaded to computer or mp3 player. For a fee, more modern titles can be downloaded from the iTunes store. It might be worth it to convince your administrator to buy a few liscences to try with your students!

http://librivox.org/

Even though computers are highly “technical”, I find that the real payoff comes in the creativity that the technology allows people to tap into. The following link is proof. Our school principal, Mr. Pandila, showed the staff at Prince Arthur this website, the interactive drum kit! Turn up the volume and have some fun!

http://www.kenbrashear.com/

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Our dog Bauer, the faithfull Labradoodle!

I think this is a great picture and it captures the type of dog he is!

I am really just experimenting with flickr…trying to figure out how it will improve this blog!

Every so often I am asked about the “Stop Frame Animation” projects I have done with my class. I have added my “link” to the tutorial that explains it all…

http://news.mjsd1.ca/%7Emcintosh/indexmain.htm

Say no more about it….

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3957094422427700341

I just saw this on Tim Lauer’s Blog ( http://tim.lauer.name/ ) and thought it was pretty cool tool. What a great way for students to explore the world of mixing and organizing sounds!!
http://audiomixer-d.oddcast.com/php/ctc