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Welcome to PluggEd In, a technology resource tool for Mountain Brook Junior High Teachers

 * Resources shared at Technology Wednesday, October 28, 2009**

**New recording option:** Vocaroo.com is a great way for you and your students to quickly record a message and then embed it into a web page, or link to it via Moodle. Check out the [|Vocaroo Website] and give it a try. You just record and when it is finished, you click the "post to Internet" and it gives you an embed code and link. Have fun! Here's a great [|blog post by Lee Kolbert] w/ several Vocaroos made by other teachers telling how they think it can be useful in the classroom.

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YouTube is blocked at MBJH, but it is possible to still show and view YouTube videos on campus. iDesktop.tv is a website that will allow you to download and save YouTube videos. First visit [|www.idesktop.tv] and create an account. Then browse for the file you would like to download (someone may have already added the video to the site), or you can paste the URL of the YouTube video you would like to download. To play videos on the MBJH campus, you will want to save them as .wmv files. Using iDesktop.tv is a great way to show a video without streaming from the Internet, or depending on the Internet. You can also insert the file into class presentations and same them for future use.
 * Download YouTube Videos **

Ustream
Ustream is a website that will allow for you to make your own TV channel on the Internet. This is a great idea if you would like to record a demonstration and then embed or link to the demo in your Moodle page or web page. You can [|see an example here]. In addition you have the option of marking your videos as private or public. You can also make the live feed available to parents or students who are not at school that day and allow for questions from the Internet or email. Contact Suzan, if you are interested in your own Ustream channel or recording/broadcasting a special presentation or speaker.

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