Saturday, February 9, 2008

Happy March! I am sorry that this is a bit lateand abbreviated, but things have been pretty crazy lately. Thank you for your kind words and gifts. You have helped me through a difficult time. I am very thankful to have friends like you. D.M.S. has received a new Channel One receiver. Channel One is now using broadband connections to distribute their news program and Classroom Channel resources. For most of you, little will change. We will receive transmissions nightly. But, rather than being recorded onto a videocassette, transmissions are recorded onto a digital video recorder. We will continue to play the news at 8:14. And, for those who use a VHS recording, we will continue to provide one daily. Classroom Channel episodes will be automatically downloaded and saved digitally. They will be available for one month after the original broadcast. If you would like us to make a VHS recording that we can keep longer, please let us know. To play Classroom Channel shows, you must ask Doreen or I to play the show from the Media Center. Since it would be a bit tedious to play shows each hour, we will make a tape if you want your classes to watch each period. Let us know how we can help! I ran into this interesting presentation while reading some Blogs. It is an interesting, "green" response to the "Did You Know" video that I showed to you last year and posted again last month........interesting thoughts.

New equipment We have ordered 4 more digital cameras and 2 digital video cameras. The video cameras are intended for the creation of short clips. They automatically save and convert your video to a format that can be posted to the internet. All that you have to do is record the video and share the file with me. I will post it on the web and share the link with you.

Wikispaces has color now!

Check out the toolbar when editing a page. Now, you can easily color and format your text.