TEAC 259 Instructional Technology

03/26/2022

My wife's niece Anna, who's 11 years old and lives in Japan, joined a Zoom meeting halfway across the globe today with a group of girls in the Art Gang club that Jen Landis organizes here in Lincoln, NE. It was Anna's first experience joining a video meeting hosted in a foreign country where English is spoken. Anna actually doesn't speak much English, but it was a great success!...

My wife’s niece Anna, who’s 11 years old and lives in Japan, joined a Zoom meeting halfway across the globe today with a group of girls in the Art Gang club that Jen Landis organizes he…

12/10/2021

A Difficulty Word List

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09/26/2021

If you liked my bookshelf animations, here's how to do it.

09/25/2021

This is a part of the PowerPoint slides I created for a faculty member back in July. The motion effect uses the Morph transition in PowerPoint. I named it a "bookshelf effect." Let me know if you want to know how to do it or want the PPT template.

07/14/2021

I ordered this USB microphone just now for $64. It was on the Amazon lightning deal. The price might have gone up to the regular $90 now, but if the deal is still on and if you need to get yourself a USB mic for work or school, this may be a good one.

FIFINE USB Studio Recording Microphone Computer Podcast Mic for PC, PS4, Mac with Mute Button&Monitor Headphone Jack, Four Pickup Patterns for Vocals,YouTube,Streaming,Gaming,ASMR,Zoom-Class(K690)

05/02/2021

My Research in a Nutshell Simply put, I am examining if learning new vocabulary from live action movies is as effective as learning from cartoon animations. So my assumption is that videographic style may affect students' vocabulary learning. Or maybe not. That's what I'm trying to find out. Samples with Uneven Characteristics? I was chatting with a friend of mine, who has a PhD, about my research study and design....

My Research in a Nutshell Simply put, I am examining if learning new vocabulary from live action movies is as effective as learning from cartoon animations. So my assumption is that videographic st…

04/30/2021

Some major enhancements have been made in Camtasia 2021. LUTs, masking, tabs, motion blur, audio auto ducking, etc.

Camtasia 2021 is finally here! Check out what's new in your favorite screen-recording video editor and then upgrade today! [Link below]00:00 - Camtasia 2021 ...

12/09/2020

It's turned out to be quite easy to record video sound via an external microphone when you shoot a video with a smartphone. Here's how.

0:45 Method #1: Connect a TRRS mic to the phone's headphone jack0:55 About a TRRS connector2:15 Method #2: How to connect a TRRS mic to the USB-C port (uses ...

12/05/2020

Creating an image with the transparent background by using PowerPoint is much easier than doing it with Photoshop if you don't need professional CG work. Here's how.

I often use PowerPoint's "slide export" OR "save as picture" features to create simple graphics. When you want to create an image with the transparent backgr...

10/29/2020

We had a virtual workshop (Zoom) today with a Halloween theme. Instead of putting on a Halloween costume, I created a Zombie virtual background to work with my green screen and green shirt. I hope I didn't violate the Coherence Principle, meaning I hope this didn't distract the participants too much.

To have some fun at our Zoom session today, we decided to put on some Halloween costume. My setup: ● my original virtual background video ● green screen ● gr...

10/27/2020

How to apply the text cutout effect in PowerPoint!

0:23 - Three things you need on the slide 0:45 - Insert a video clip 1:30 - Change the video playback setting 1:55 - Add a rectangular shape to the slide 2:1...

10/23/2020

This is so far the best FREE solution that I have found for using a smartphone as a we**am. https://iriun.com/index.html