Technological Musings of a Crazy Summer School Teacher

I will admit it---I am one of those crazy teachers!  I am teaching summer school.  As I sit here eating my less than appealing  lunch that my 7 year old has packed for me----I began to think about next school year.  How am I going to get the attention of the Instagram generation.
It has to be visual-- it has to be short.

I started my quest by looking on YouTube.  In my exploration, I found variety of videos that are really worth taking a look at.

Here are the 2 videos that I found most informative:








I think the following 2 videos are ones that my students would enjoy:










So I decided to try my hand at making a book trailer using Animoto.  It was a breeze.  The only issue I had was the free account limits you only 30 seconds per video.  I know that this tool will be useful in making book trailers,

Check it out!

Trino's Choice

And the really exciting thing is that I learned that making QR codes is not an act of science...it is quite easy--- I am going to use this for voabulary and reviews in the Fall.