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Sarah & Ali Reflect on SuperStart
Sarah and Ali created the following three minute, narrated slideshow using Sonic Pics on my iPhone in the car today, reflecting on the SuperStart event we attended this weekend in Grapevine, Texas.
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What Do Rachel’s Parents Do?
Today Rachel invited Shelly and I to share a short presentation in her 1st grade class, because this week she was “Pooh’s Special Friend.”
We were asked to share some information with the class about what we do in our jobs, and especially if we use reading and math in our jobs. This was our presentation. The audio recording runs 21 minutes, 20 seconds.
These were the stuffed animals Rachel brought from home this week, as “Pooh’s Special Friend.”
I shared Rachel’s “Getting a New Haircut” VoiceThread, as well as her Zebra Print show from the zoo with her class on my iPad during our ‘talk.’
We passed out slips of paper to all the students with the web address of Rachel’s web show (www.thezebraprint.com) with all her classmates, so they’d be able to go home and see more of her shows!
An Orca by Rachel
Rachel drew this Orca during Sunday school today. Their theme (according to her) was about the great salt lake. She wanted to draw a whale. I’m not sure what the actual lesson was, but that’s what she reported.
Sent from my iPhone
Favorite Picture Books About Maine
This evening Rachel picked out one of the picture books I purchased this past December when her sister and I had a chance to visit Farmington, Maine. We found this particular book (Moose Power: Muskeg Saves the Day) at Mooseville, which is a great website and store in Farmington started by a young web entrepreneur.
After reading tonight, Rachel and I recorded a short, five minute audio podcast about why we love these three picture books from Maine. Enjoy!
“Moose Power: Muskeg Saves the Day” by Amy Huntington
“Antlers Forever!” by Frances Bloxam
“Going Lobstering” by Jerry Pallotta
Another Maine picture book which Rachel and I really like, but we remembered after we finished our audio recording this evening, is “Pigs in the Mud in the Middle of the Rud” by Lynn Plourde.
Buying picture books that feature stories and themes from places I visit is one of my favorite things to do when traveling. This allows us to learn more about new places together long after the trip is over. If you’re looking for some good books to add to an elementary classroom library, you might consider one or more of these Maine picture books!
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Sarah’s Helium Solo (draft)
Sarah recorded this tonight using the updated version of Voices for iPhone.
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Believe in God: He is Real
These were Rachel’s drawings on the children’s bulletin today in our church service.
Cross posted to Learning Signs and Eyes Right.
Sent from my iPhoneRemembering Bailey
We said goodbye today to a dearly loved member of our family. Bailey was 13.
This is a Flickr set of photos of Bailey. We love you Bailey and miss you.
Learning about Scratch Basics
Sarah and Rachel recorded this fourteen minute Cinchcast with me today discussing their initial experiences learning how to create with Scratch software from MIT. They discussed learning how to move Sprites, about costumes, loops, coordinate geometry basics, and more. Download Scratch for free from scratch.mit.edu.
Scratch resources from my Fall 2010 undergraduate course, “Computers in the Classroom,” are available on wiki.powerfulingredients.com/Home/cic/resources/scratch.
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Sarah’s Custom T-Shirt
No Cavity Club!
Peppermint Fudge Brownies
This evening Sarah recorded a new episode for “The International Cooking Show,” demonstrating how to cook Peppermint Fudge Brownies for a holiday potluck. The video is 7 minutes, 49 seconds long.
This episode is significant for several reasons. First of all, it’s the first episode we’ve uploaded to a unique YouTube Channel for The International Cooking Show: www.youtube.com/intcooking. Sarah is applying for a public magnet school next year in Oklahoma City, and we realized all her cooking videos have not (previously) been aggregated on a single website. She wants to list her cooking show on her application resume, so this is needed! We’ll be uploading past episodes to this channel soon, along with new shows.
This episode is also significant because it’s the first one we’ve not only entirely shot on an iPhone4, but also edited and published with an iPhone4 using the $4 app ReelDirector. ReelDirector is compatible with other iOS devices in addition to the iPhone4 and the 4th generation iPod Touch. iMovie for iOS costs $5 but will NOT work on older devices. Since both iMovie and ReelDirector provide movie editing and publishing features, I figured our money would be better spent on an app which will run on our older iOS devices as well as the newest.
Learn more about “The International Cooking Show,” which was designed to be a collaborative project but still needs other project collaborators, on internationalcooking.pbworks.com. In 2011 we’re going to list the project on some collaborative project websites to solicit more participation!
Way to go Sarah!
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Lessons Learned from Oregon Trail
Rachel played Oregon Trail yesterday on dad’s iPhone and shared some of her lessons learned using Cinch.
Taylor Swift – Chipmunk Style
Rachel and Sarah: Since you both love the Voices app and the Chipmunk option so much, I’m sure you’ll be interested to learn how you can use the free program Audacity to change voices into “Chipmunk” sounding voices. One of my UNT students created the following screencast explaining how.
Open Face Roast Beef
It’s hard to beat open faced roast beef with brown gravy, cabbage and fried okra. Yum!
Next time you’re in Irving, Texas, be sure to stop by Mama’s Daughter’s Diner.
Thanks to Yelp for the recommendation!
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