One True Media

Are you looking for a safe environment to post student videos? Does your district block YouTube? One True Media is the answer! This is a free site that offers two features that I use. First, you can upload videos that are already completed and post them on a private Share Page that only your students have access to. Second, you can create your own videos using their step-by-step easy instructions. Some of the options include: uploading your own images and video clips, editing and sequencing, applying a montage style and adding music. Once you have completed or uploaded your creation, you can burn a professional quality DVD for a very reasonable price and you can design your own DVD case cover as well as a design that is burned directly onto your DVD. Although there is a public gallery of videos, you have the option of keeping your work private. Another advantage of One True Media is that you can share your videos in many ways, including Blogger, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. Here is a video that I uploaded to One True Media and selected this blog to share it on by using the Embed Code:

Make video montages at www.OneTrueMedia.com

So....what are you waiting for?

Thank You, Some Novel Ideas

Mrs. Friedman's TechTalk has been awarded a Kreativ Blogger Award by Some Novel Ideas!! Thank you so much to Stacy Nockowitz for recognizing me with this wonderful award. I'm still amazed that people are actually reading my blog!

Some Novel Ideas is an awesome blog written by Stacy Nockowitz, a middle school teacher in Ohio. Her blog focuses on book reviews, discussions, and curriculum plans for the Middle school classroom. I highly recommend visiting Stacy's site at: http://somenovelideas.typepad.com/some-novel-ideas/

The next step (it's part of winning this award) is to write seven things about myself that you wouldn't necessarily know. Here goes:

1) Given the choice of ANY single activity, I will always choose to read a great book. If I can read at the beach, it becomes a perfect day!

2) I'm addicted to coffee.

3) I can't sing at all. I try, but it's mostly painful for those around me to listen.

4) I hate cleaning.

5) I love teaching but have a secret wish to be an actress.

6) Someday, I want to drive across the USA and visit as many states as possible.

7) My family is my life.

The next step is to choose other bloggers to pass this award to. I'm going to work on that for my next blog post.

Thanks again, Stacy.