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More screencasting tools

Dr. G. — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:13:19 +0000

For an appraisal of different screencast tools, and links to free downloads, see this link.

Google Earth Tutorials

Dr. G. — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:23:35 +0000

These are the GoogleEarth tutorials I did for another class. They tell you how to do a lot more than I’m requiring for this Independence project. But after watching them all you should have the information you need to do a series of placemarks.
This is Tutorial #1

Tutorial 2

Tutorial 3

Independence projects — updated

Dr. G. — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:27:07 +0000

Mexico — Claudia

Peru — Neil
Paraguay — Josh
Cuba — Trimeka
Venezuela — Katia
Brazil — Katy
Nicaragua — Brent
Argentina — Mati
Colombia — Priscylla
Ecuador — Alex
Bolivia — Reid
Costa Rica — Casey
Chile — Julie
Undecided? Richard, Louis, Chance,
Still left: Uruguay, Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador

Museum projects list

Dr. G. — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:25:08 +0000

As people email me with museum requests I’m going to log them here so you can see what is taken. Email me now, before someone takes the museum you wanted to visit!

Kimball Art Museum (Fort Worth) [Katia]

Dallas Museum of Art [Mati]

Dallas International Museum of Cultures [Alex]

Mexic-Arte Museum [Josh]

Meadows Museum at SMU [Claudia]

Nasher Sculpture Museum (Dallas) [Julie]

Amon Carter Museum (Fort Worth) [Priscylla]

Three Google Earth Tutorials

Dr. G. — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:39:55 +0000

Here are three of the screen-cast tutorials I made for GoogleEarth for a previous class. I post them here in case you’re considering GoogleEarth for either the technology project or the independence project and wanted to get some ideas about what the program can do. If you’re interested, I’d suggest using it for both projects so you can take advantage of your increased knowledge of the software for the second assignment.

Museum project possibilities

Dr. G. — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:34:27 +0000

Here’s the link to the ArtandSeek.org website I mentioned in class. Please tell me which museum you’re considering by October 14, so we don’t have any duplicates for. Of course you can also choose to do a PowerPoint or GoogleEarth presentation instead.

How To: PowerPoint

Dr. G. — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:58:02 +0000

This is a brief screencast video I put together for my world history class to illustrate some of the very basic PowerPoint techniques that give some people trouble. Please tell me if anything is unclear or if you have additional questions! Remember, if other students are trying to view the screen cast, you might have to try again later.

Project sign-up sheet [corrected]

Dr. G. — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:55:40 +0000

If you missed class tonight, you missed a chance to sign up for the Colonial Lives project [see earlier posts.] But look at my summary below and send me an email about which chapter you want [you can re-use the chapter you wrote about if no one else has claimed it] and the day you want to go. Let me know if you are doing a PowerPoint presentation or a discussion.

These the chapters are already taken: 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 19, and 23.
There is only one more slot left for Wednesday, April 23.
There are 3 slots left for Monday, April 21. [corrected]

In class presentations — 4/21 and 4/22

Dr. G. — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:15:12 +0000

I know you are probably wondering when we’re going to do the presentations on Colonial Lives, that are scheduled to start tonight. Don’t worry — when I wrote the syllabus I had to plan for the possibility that we would have 30 students.

Since there are only about 12 of us, we’re going to have regular lecture/discussion class this week [4/14 and 4/16]. Then next week we’ll have the presentations [4/21 and 4/23] and then we’ll have some wrap-up lecture/discussions during the last week 4/28 and 4/30.] The final paper [on Lieutenant Nun] is due on May 5, when we would normally be having an exam.

So, what is the project presentation supposed to be? You can do one of two things

organize a class discussion [15 to 20 minutes] on a Colonial Lives document [you can set this up anyway you like, with small group discussions, handouts or worksheets to get people started, etc. You don't have to stand before the whole class to get an A on this assignment.]
deliver a 10 minute PowerPoint presentation on a Colonial Lives document [you do need to use PowerPoint and I recommend that you use primarily images-with-titles. Avoid the boring “words-words-words” slides that I have had to inflict on you during my “foods” lecture this semester (sorry…). Your slides are part of your grade.

Do you HAVE to pick a new Colonial Lives document? Not necessarily — read the previous post for more information.

Colonial Lives — graded!

Dr. G. — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:55:26 +0000

You should have already received your Colonial Lives paper from me as an email message with a link to Mavspace. These were good papers and most people are really showing improvement! The cases are so rich that I had an idea — IF no one else worked on your same Colonial Lives case, why don’t you go ahead and do your project on the same case, if you want to?

However there was a certain amount of overlap. 2 people worked on chapter 7; 3 people worked on chapter 10; 3 people worked on chapter 13. So some of those people need to find new chapters for the project.