Digging WeVideo

Me to one of my advisees. "Are you digging your classes?"
Advisee- "Pardon?" (He's very polite.)
Me, thinking he didn't hear me, "Are you digging your classes?"
Advisee- "What do you mean by digging?"

A sobering moment for this 50 year old.

I want to post about WeVideo. It's the alternative to iMovie and I'm finding it a very robust tool. My license is given to me by my workplace but it's a very reasonable $5 to get a license. I'd even suggest that it compares (somewhat) favorably to Final Cut Pro, which is a much more expensive tool.

WeVideo's timeline feature allows for fairly sophisticated effects and in the right hands, someone could make a very polished video. WeVideo's simpler storyboard mode is quite akin to the iMovie app on iPad and couldn't be easier to use.

WeVideo comes with its own library of how to videos and supplies a detailed booklet. I link to both on my website. 

If you're looking for good, easy to use video creation tool, take a look at WeVideo.

Pecha Kucha II

I had my second annual Pecha Kucha evening for my International Relations course. The kids were just terrific. I really, really, really like this presentation method. It keeps presenters on point. Pecha Kucha purists insist that each slide only contain an image. I am not quite a purist. A good quote or infographic or chart that helps with the narrative is fine with me.

Here's a post I wrote last year when I tried it for the first time. In it I wrote,

"Looking for reasons to do a PK? Here are a few:1) Students play expert.2) Students present to an authentic audience.3) Students have to think about using tech to support their words.4) Students have to speak in public5) A PK session creates a community of learning."

After doing these a second time, the beliefs are reaffirmed and strengthened. 

Here's one of my favorites presentations from the evening and the project it supported. They are followed by the program for the evening.  (Thanks to Mingtu for allowing me to share hr work.)

Cure or Harm

A story told with Adobe Spark