Monthly Archives: September 2010

Cool video effects

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Linus

I’m always intrigued by the neat things people do with videos, and this girl has created quite a fun one with her accompanying herself on guitar. Her other videos are also worth a look.

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I was Canadian – Part 3

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Linus

This week our project has been focussed on keeping the momentum. I’ve been pushing the kids to develop a bibliography for their project (so I can see that they have adequate sources) and to start using citations in their work. … Continue reading →

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I was Canadian – Part 2

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Linus

Our I was Canadian project continued this week with the kids picking topics, and me showing them the software we are going to use to record the interviews. We’re using a nice open source piece of software called Audacity and, … Continue reading →

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I was Canadian

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Linus

We’re about a week and a half into the school year, so I thought it was time to start with our annual project, I was Canadian. For this I have my Grade 9 students research a late, great Canadian, write … Continue reading →

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My summer vacation

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Linus

Though the summer is usually thought of as two months when teachers goof off and do nothing (and I did some of that), some of us do get a few things done. I got a chance sit down with Joel … Continue reading →

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