Posted on September 17, 2010 by Christine Buchanan
Think YouTube is the only place to get online videos for classroom use? Think again! Here are a few online academic video sites you might find useful:
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Posted on July 21, 2010 by Kimberly Bannigan
Today all the library media specialists are meeting at DHS. Here are some files that might be useful:
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Posted on May 26, 2010 by Kimberly Bannigan
We are trying something a little different for the June Per Diem Days sign-ups: Moodle. There are a couple of reasons why, but one benefit for staff is that once you sign up, you can see who else has!
To assist with this new process, we have a couple of helpers for you:
For our veteran Moodle users, here’s the short story. Login and look for DeForest Area School District >> Professional Development. We are using Choice activities for each block of instruction. Select & Save Choice to sign up. Remove Choice to change your mind and make an alternate selection.
If you have any trouble logging in, please call 6535 or 6537.
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Posted on August 18, 2009 by Kimberly Bannigan
If you’ve ever wanted to share a YouTube video with students, we have a new service with Lightspeed (our filter) that lets you open a video, tag it, and make it available for students. All that and no new password to remember! Here’s how:

Safe Video Portal
- Find the video you’d like to share . . . probably on YouTube.
- Copy the address or URL of the video.
- Open a new Explorer or Firefox window. Visit our Educational Video Library.
- Login using your network username and password.
- Click on Submit Video.
- Paste in the address or URL. Click Submit.
- Add the information about your video and add tags. Tags will make it easy to find . . . there are existing tags for each school: dhs, dms, epes, mes, wes, yes. You can also tag videos with your name which creates your own “channel” for students.
- Submitted videos are added to a list and “approved” at least once per week.
- Once a video is added, students will have access through the Safe Video Portal. You may use that link to share with students, embed in Moodle, etc.
Here’s a set of directions for adding to the safe videos portal.
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Posted on November 12, 2008 by Kimberly Bannigan
Moviemaker is available on all Windows XP computers. You can use it as a replacement for PowerPoint or Photostory. If you have video footage from the Flip, you can import it and add titles, transitions, and effects.
Resources for using Moviemaker:
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