Reflection9

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR THINKING PROCESS AND THE JOURNEY! Joyce

9_1: Check out Windows Movie Maker as a digital story tool. http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/teachers/guides/Pages /digital_storytelling.aspx Photostory3 too ( can't install on Windows 7 ). Jing too? Animoto? (Only 30-second videos free on Animoto.) I'm choosing to use Windows Movie Maker because it looks easy to use, it can do all I need for this task, and it's a free download for Windows 7. [] Thesis Development

9_1 Reflection: I settled on my third choice of digital story tool, Windows Movie Maker. I was happy with the program overall. It was fairly easy to use. I was amazed by all of the copyright-free audio and cool images I linked to directly from Windows Movie Maker. I would use this tool again. I added narrative to my video, but I almost feel like it would have been more powerful with just the music and not the narrative. It would have just contained a bit more text. I think it would be fun to create history video lectures using Movie Maker.

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9_1 ideas: Use animoto? Use music, photos, transitions. Blabberize? [] [] Free sounds and audio [] 7 elements of digital storytelling with examples [] 7 elements of storytelling

9_1 outline: 1.Getting started. 2.What do you want to say? 3.introduction 4.focused 5.clear direction 6.research 7.support, discuss or prove 8.guide the reader 9.thesis as equation 1 Specific topic + Attitude/Angle/Argument = Thesis 10.thesis as equation 2 What you plan to argue + How you plan to argue it = Thesis 11.revise 12.five tests •Does the thesis inspire a reasonable reader to ask, "How?" or Why?" •Would a reasonable reader NOT respond with "Duh!" or "So what?" or "Gee, no kidding!" or "Who cares?" •Does the thesis avoid general phrasing and/or sweeping words such as "all" or "none" or "every?" •Does the thesis lead the reader toward the topic sentences (the subtopics needed to prove the thesis)? •Can the thesis be adequately developed in the required length of the paper or project? 13. expectations 14. sample expository Two causes of the American Civil War were slavery and states' rights. The paragraphs that follow should explain how slavery and states' rights were both causes of the Civil War. 15. sample persuasive There were many causes of the American Civil War, but the most important was the division between North and South concerning slavery. The paragraphs that follow should present an argument and give evidence to support the claim that slavery was the most important cause of the American Civil War. 16. Some thesis generators Thesis Statement Builder [|www.thesisstatementbuilder.com] Tom March's Thesis Builder [|www.tommarch.com/electraguide] Thesis Statement Creator [|www.johnmcgarvey.com/apworld/student/thesiscreator.html] Thesis Generator [|www.heinemann.com/shared/companionResources/E02157/BurkeWTBIChapter1/ThesisGenerator_Fig1.2.pdf]

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Flipping: I stumbled upon http://www.youtube.com/hughesdv. Tons of lectures for U.S. History and some other social studies subjects as well. Most of the lectures average 10-20 minutes in length. I watched a couple and they are fairly entertaining as well as informative with music and graphics in the background. There are many lectures on YouTube that could be utilized in a flipped classroom for most subjects. One could also just use these relatively short lectures during class time if flipping is not possible.

It made me think of another role for librarians when it comes to flipping. I think it would be wonderful to have a LibGuide with links to quality, educational and entertaining lectures on YouTube divided by subject. As a history teacher, that is a resource I would have used. Would this be something librarians would be willing to put together and add to throughout the year or years?

Here is the synopsis of the YouTube collection of videos from user hughesDV:

About hughesDV
Video Lectures from Mr. Hughes, resident professor of cool at PoliPop., brought to you from Buffalo, NY. HipHughes has taught US History and Government and AP American Government for the past 13 years, as well as teaching education classes for the Graduate School of Education at the University of Buffalo. These video lectures are designed to explain concepts in U.S. History and a small but growing arsenal of World History ideas. Perfect for finals and state exams such as the NY US History Regents and World History Review.

Hughes, Hip. "U.S. History for Dummies." //YouTube//. Web. 20 Nov. 2012. <[]>