Oh yeah, baby. I’ve signed on for a full access Animoto account and am lovin’ it! (Can you tell I’m back with my middle schoolers?) If you haven’t used this tool to snazz up your digital photos, you need to check it out! Here’s a video I created to promote Florida TSA.
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Ah, Durff. What can I say, other than…….Ouch! Ya got me Padna’! Yup, I’ve been tagged with the Bookmark Meme! So, in an effort to maintain my “plays well with others” status, I’ll submit and then tag a few unsuspecting participants as well! 
“My Recent Delicious.com Posts”… by Kevin Sandridge:
My favorites of late on Delicious include:
American Popular Cutlure: Amst/Engl 471
As Durff stated, These are not chronological, but the more interesting recent ones. I tag (& if you have been tagged, please pass the tag along) the following folks:
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It’s happened. I don’t know how, or why, but I’ve been granted the right to bypass fully my district’s internet proxy filter system so that Web 2.0 apps can be freely used in my classroom. Actually, I have to believe that a the recent success of a Skype Video Conference Chat between my Latino students and a group of year I and II Spanish class students in Maryland.
I’m fortunate. I know this. While educators worldwide battle web proxy filters that block access to Flickr, Picassa, Second Life, and various and sundry blog sites, I am able to purse freely the collaborative promise of these and many other web-based innovations.
I am filled with hope! Not just because of my newly granted access rights, but because my voice was heard by those in the upper rungs of my school district’s IT Management division. They saw what my kids were achieving via Skype and now trust me to use my professional judgment when using this and other web apps with my kids.
Hopefully, more districts will begin to take this approach with their professional educators.
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Just a note to let everyone know that the following students were STELLAR in their first ever Skype (www.skype.com) video conference for Spanish Language Aquisition! Vivian R., Maria J., Lupita P., Joann M., and Luis P. each took turns exchanging biographical information in Spanish and then in English with student’s in Ms. Lisa Durff’s beginning Spanish class at Broadfording Christian Academy in Hagerstown, MD. Students from both schools took a turn in the “hot seat” where they could see and hear each other as they traded info about where they live, their ages, and favorite colors.
I especially loved the fact that the Boone Students – each of whom speaks fluent Spanish and English – acted as “teachers” modeling proper pronunciation and word usage for the beginning Spanish students at BCA. The girls and Luis were ALL SMILES at the end and are rarin’ for another go around – perhaps as part of a regular Skype chat w/ the BCA students! Ms. Durff reported after the conference that her kids were really buzzing about the experience and can’t wait to do it again!
A special note: Many schools block Skype – a FREE video conferencing, voice, and chat tool – and I am thankful that my county has kept it available for our use. This amazing opportunity would never have been possible without it!
