& Physiology-Body Positions">New Video: Mr. Ford’s Anatomy & Physiology-Body Positions
So it is around 2am our here in North Virginia. I have spent the better part of the entire day finding, buying and installing Adobe Premier Elements, Adobe Photoshop Elements, SnagIt, and Apple’s iBook Author on the new iMac. Some new cables came in from Monoprice.com, so I was able to connect the AG-DVC20P Panasonic camera to some type of new Firewire connection on the back of the computer. Long story short here is one of the new videos. In general I am happy with how it came out. Used a green screen (with some masking) bought a background from Shutterstock, and I think it looks pretty good. I will be using the video on the website mrfordsclass.net as well as embedding it into the iBook I am working on.
New Muscle Posting
Just updated the Muscular System page, and uploaded a free lesson from the muscular system. Lesson 09 part 01. This is the new style of the videos that are going to be on my paid site, mrfordsclass.net.
Click here to see the free Lesson 09 part 01 video.
Guest Participant: Which Technology Tool do you Think is the Most Effective in the Teaching?
Excellent two-part question: 1) which technology tool do you think is the most effective in teaching, 2) about PPT slides, do you have any tips to create great works.
Question 1: Which technology tool do you think is the most effective in the teaching?
The explosion of Web 2.0 and various programs has made it an exciting time to be a teacher/training/professor. PowerPoint is probably the most commonly used teaching aid, although you can still find the people from the old school that keep using the overheads. There are two points I want to raise before we start the discussion of the different toys we can use. The first and most important thing to remember is technology never makes training effective, EVER! Training is only as effective as the design that went into it. The second thing to consider is the learning curve and development time. When an educator embraces a new technology there is the learning curve, how to use the software followed by how to use it effective. Then there is the development time of content. Even a PowerPoint takes time to develop. As ubiquitous as PowerPoint is many people still don’t know of all the features within this software solution. While I hate to sound like a commercial, Lynda.com is an Educational Technologist best friend.
