Lynda.com Top Training Videos for 2013

Here are some of the most exciting Lynda.com training videos for 2013:

Creating a Map with Illustrator by William Everhart

Photoshop for Fashion Design:  Rendering Techniques by Robin Schneider

Illustrator for Fashion Design:  Drawing Flats by Robin Schneider

Drawing Vector Graphics by Von Glitschka

Digital Matte Painting Essentials 1:  Concept by David Mattingly

Dreamscapes:  Volume 1, Volume 2, and Volume 3 by Bert Monroy

~3D Twinz

Global Education Conference Nov. 18 - 22

The Global Education Conference is coming up!  You can view the details at http://www.globaleducationconference.com/

~3D Twinz

Reform Symposium E-Conference is Oct. 11 - 13

Be sure to check out the informative presentations at the Reform Symposium E-Conference.

~3D Twinz

Connected Librarians Day is Oct. 14

Connected Librarians Day is on Monday, Oct. 14.  This is a free online event.  http://www.connectedlibrarians.com

The hash tag is #cld13

~3D Twinz

K12 Online Conference Flyer (PreConference Keynote is Oct. 14)

So excited to share the upcoming K12 Online Conference flyer with you all!

~3D Twinz

Video Games & Learning MOOC begins Oct. 3

The Video Games & Learning MOOC being Oct. 3.  View details here:  https://www.coursera.org/wisconsin

~3D Twinz

GLOBAL STEMx EDUCATION CONFERENCE begins Thursday Sept. 19

Check out the Schedule (CST) for the Global StemX Education conference which starts tomorrow, Sept. 19.

http://stemxcon.com/page/conference-schedule-gmt-5

~3D Twinz

MOOC alert! Open Content Licensing for Educators starting Sept 4

The Open Content Licensing for Educators MOOC will occur September 4 - 18, 2013.  You may register at http://wikieducator.org/Open_content_licensing_for_educators/Home

The Course Guide may be viewed at http://wikieducator.org/Open_content_licensing_for_educators/Course_guide/Introduction

~3D Twinz

Game On Plugin for WordPress

Teacher Mike Skocko and his students have created a gamification plugin for WordPress.  The details can be found at the Adobe Education Exchange Website.  Some exciting things are happening so be sure to check them out!

Game On plugin

Smiling,

~Annette

Tech with Tia

If you missed Letia Cooper's June 29 Classroom 2.0 LIVE presentation, be sure to check it out here:  http://live.classroom20.com/archive-and-resources.html

Smiling,

3D Twinz

Global STEMx Education Conference 2013

Mark your calendars for the Global 2013 STEMx Education Conference.  Click HERE for details.

 

Smiling,

~3DTwinz

Having fun making dresses!

Who knew making dresses would be so much fun!  Let's all get involved!

Check out these organizations:

Little Dresses For Africa:  http://www.littledressesforafrica.org/blog/

Love a Child:  http://www.loveachild.com/blogs.php?id=journal&entry=blessings-for-haiti---one

Nancy's Notions:  http://www.nancysnotions.com/jump.do?itemID=5&itemType=LANDING&page=creative 

~3DTwinz

We're Making Dresses!

Have you heard about the "Little Dresses for Africa" project?  Well, we're on board and happy to be making dresses for orphanages in Africa and Haiti!  You can learn more about the project by visiting:  Little Dresses for Africa

Smiling,

3D Twinz

It's that time of the year!

So excited that Christy Tomlinson is kicking off her She Art Girl Workshop #3 today!  Click HERE for details!

Smiling,

~Annette

2013 School Leadership Summit Set for March 28

We're looking forward to the inaugural School Leadership Summit.  Find out more here:  http://www.schoolleadershipsummit.com

Using Creative Clipart in your Pencasts

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ADDING CLIPART TO PENCASTS

Items needed to create a pencast: 

1.  Livescribe Smartpen: Echo or Pulse Pen (The Livescribe Pulse Smartpen was used in this pencast.):  http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/

2.  Livescribe Desktop:  http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/support/echo/setup/
 

3.  Adobe Reader 10 or higher:  Free at http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html?promoid=DJDXD

4.  A printer

5.  Software capable of creating a watermark inside a pdf. 

Free for Windows:  PDFill PDF Tools - http://www.pdfill.com/pdf_tools_free.html

Other software options:

NOTE:  Adobe Acrobat Standard was used to create the 3D Twinz pencast. 

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatstandard.html

The Livescribe You Tube tutorial mentions Adobe Acrobat Pro to create a watermark in the pdf pencast.

6.  Clipart

You Tube Pencast Tutorials

Livescribe Training. (2012, May 28).  Print on paper and watermarking video.  Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyZ7VOBEva8

Engaging Technologies. (2012, Jan. 26).  Livescribe – Creating a Livescribe pencast pdf overlay (Windows Version).  Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPqO9PbSv2Q