Zune Movies

I haven't had computers in my room since 5th period yesterday.  I decided to use my new toy, my "Zune".

I showed my students some movies I made — one doesn't take a video camera and I used Camtasia to make it.  The other one I did with a digital movie camera and downloaded and made with WIndows Movie Maker.

I then pulled out one of my Flip cameras, shot a few minutes of video of the class, and showed them how to make a movie.  All agreed, that using it and making the movie was easier than using a word processor.  Okay, I said it was as easy and a kid in each class said "No, miss, it was easier!".  Kind of cool.

I also showed the "Day in a Life" series by University of Washington.

I ended each class with a podcast episode of "Dirty Jobs", just to end on a fun note.

Went well.  Kids were at least quiet and we did some accountable talk after each clip.  I had to do more with the afternoon groups as they were without computers for two days.