Innovation 4 Everyone

I recently began exploring the different features that YouTube offers to edit your videos. They are so easy to use and so helpful! This is the first of a series of 3 blog posts related to YouTube Editing.   Basic Editing Steps: Log in to your Google Account. Yes, YouTube is another Google App! Upload video. You can also record right there or upload images as a slideshow.  Now you're ready to edit. Go to the Video Manager button and look for the Enhancements option in the pull down menu, next to " E dit". Look for the following options and don't be afraid to try them out. I suggest you upload a video just for testing purposes. A very helpful feature is the split window where you can see the original clip on one side and a preview with the changes you're making.   Enhancements: Autofix Stabilize Trim Rotate Revert to Original Fine tune lighting and color Additional Features : Blur all faces (cannot revert) Save/Save As Some things to k...

Can you visualize a long list of words or a long piece of text?  Can you grasp the main idea of a paragraph, with one quick look? Can you tell how many times does the same word appear, with a simple glance? Not that easy, huh? Well, all these tasks become very easy with the help of word clouds. A word cloud is a cluster of words, with a variety of design elements that will make it more attractive. A special characteristic is that the words that are repeated the most will appear larger than the rest. Word clouds can be generated from different sources: a list of words, text or paragraphs, a URL, poems, the contents of a blog, your Twitter feed, and more! Imagine, as a teacher, you'd like to know what three words come to your students' mind when they think of something, let's say "Electricity". You could create a list on the whiteboard, have them hand in papers, or...create a Google form, have the students enter the 3 words, and when all are entered, copy-pa...