UnitedStreaming More Than A VCR Darcy Goshorn East Pennsboro Area School District

UnitedStreaming More Than A VCR

Darcy GoshornEast Pennsboro Area School District

UnitedStreaming.com

Write this down:• Username: morethanavcr• Password: more

This is a temporary dummy account setup just for this today. It will be disabled tomorrow.

Customize your homepage• Click on My Account > My Home

Page to add things like:– Today in History– Featured Videos– New Videoson your very own unitedstreaminghome page

Standard

Custom

Explore your world with out leaving your classroom!

Use the Atlas as an Activator

Mega! VCR

unitedstreaming Videos– Download a video or

segment– Make sure that you have

QuickTime selected in your media settings

– Open iTunes and import your video (File > Add File to Library > Find your video)

– Click on the video and select Advanced > Create iPod Version

– Sync-ety, sync, sync

Practice Embedding…Really Embedding

Video in PowerPoint• Really Embedding

– Save video or video segment to your computer

– View > Toolbars > Control Toolbox

– Click on More Controls (hammer and wrench icon)

– Scroll down to Windows Media Player

– Draw a box that will become the image below

Really Embedding

Video in PowerPoint• Really Embedding

– Right click on the media player > Select properties

– Click on the empty cell next to “Custom”

How ‘Bout Streaming?

Morgan Freeman, Lean On Me

• Or get the YouTube Add-in

Powerpoint 2007

skp.mvps.org/download.htm

Really Embedding

Video in PowerPoint• Really Embedding

– Browse for your video > Click OK

– In slideshow mode, you will be able to play the video embedded WITH controls like rewind, fast forward, sound, etc.

CC

Closed Captioning• I use VideoLan Client (VLC)• WiMP anyone?

CC

Closed Captioning Trick• Font Size

– Open the CC file in a text editing program like Wordpad or Notepad

– Locate the line of code that indicates “font size”

– Increase the font size from 10 to 30 (or whatever you prefer)

– Save the CC file

CC

10 pt

30 pt

CC

Build Something

• Upgrades to “The Builders”

Now you can add bullets, spreadsheets, bold, italics and more!

Now your students can type a response to your prompt and send it to you electronically. You can even view their results on line!

http://students.discoveryeducation.com/genericStudentIndex.cfm?cdPasscode=W73CA-A3D9

Share!

• Go to: www.unitedstreaming.com/studentcenter• Enter the code: W73CA-A3D9

…now what…?

…maybe Wordle.net!

Need a Fast Sponge Activity?

• Consult the Calendar

Thinking Thematically

• Use the Thematic Focus Archive

VCR 2.0

Essential Question: What makes Mars a significant planet in our solar system?

Activity: Create a commercial for the first company offering trips to Mars.

http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnqTX8bSJkg

Mad Props

Presentation adapted from “Summer Streamin’”

by Matt Monjan and Lance Rougeux