Parkland+Middle+School+Trojan+Tech+Teams

Welcome to the Parkland Middle School Trojan Tech Teams Page. Each of our middle schools has a Trojan Tech Team made up of 6th, 7th and 8th grade students selected to participate in the program based upon their demonstrated leadership skills and proclivity for technology. The Trojan Tech Team Program was designed to develop a corp of student and teacher leaders equipped with the skills to share knowledge of technology tools, develop creative ideas for integrating technology into the learning process and provide basic technology support to students and teachers. Visit this page often to see the work the teams are doing to assist classmates and teachers. Watch the teams grow from Learners to Leaders!!!

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 * October 22, 2013 Session:**
 * Technology Tool: Educreations**
 * @http://www.educreations.com**

Educreations is a free web-based presentation tool that provides users the ability to combine images, photos, text, audio and annotation in a recorded video file. Teachers can use Educreations to create video tutorials complete with notations, examples and narration. Students can use Educreations to create presentations and/or projects.

Educreations offers :
 * A secure website
 * Free accounts for teachers and students
 * Tools to create, store and share Educreation videos
 * A question or discussion feature to allow for collaboration or question/answer responses regarding videos

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 * Sample Educreation Video:**


 * Overview of Using Educreations:**




 * Dec. 4, 2013 Session:**
 * Technology Tool: Screencastomatic**
 * @http://www.screencast-o-matic.com**

The MS Trojan Tech Teams are "flipping" for Screencast-o-matic, the free online screen capture tool. Screencast-o-matic allows the user to create video recordings of whatever is happening on a computer screen including mouse movements, mouse clicks, etc. In addition, Screencast-o-matic lets the user add narration and/or text to the video recording as well. The finished video can then be saved to a computer or flash drive or uploaded to Youtube or to a webpage or wikispace page.

For our Dec. 4 session about Screencast-o-matic the Trojan Tech Team is taking the "flipped" approach to learning about the tool. The "flipped" classroom approach provides materials and instructions for students to learn about a tool or concept outside class time. This approach maximizes class time by allowing teachers to concentrate on questions students may have regarding a concept and the application of the concept. Class time is invested in collaborative activities, discussion, attention to student questions, areas of need and student demonstration of mastery.


 * So MS Trojan Tech Teams: to prepare for our next meeting please watch the 5 videos embedded below (each video is between 3 - 6 minutes long. You can watch the entire collection in under 25 minutes!)** The videos walk you through using the Screencast-o-matic tool. Feel free to go to the Screencast-o-matic website (@http://www.screencast-o-matic.com) and practice using the tool to become familiar with it. **Your mission is to know how to record and save a video, and add notes and captions using Screencast-o-matic before our next meeting on Dec. 4**. At our next session you will have a project to complete using Screencast-o-matic, so be sure you know how to use the tool prior to our next session!

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZei--AEKPAJ3A7tB5esSoKIfcgG-M20U
 * To watch the videos while in school use the link below: **


 * To watch the videos at home; use the embedded videos below: **

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 * Introduction to Screencast-o-matic**

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 * Saving a Screencast**

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 * Adding Notes to a Screencast**

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 * Adding Captions to a Screencast**

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 * Screencast-o-matic: The Final Word**