The Techno Cheetah

Can you type?  If so, then you can make a movie.  There’s a new website, xtranormal.com, that allows users to type in a script and the site will automatically generate a video from your script.  You also get to choose your setting, background music, and characters who will deliver your lines. Although the fine print implies the site may cost money in the future, for the time being, it’s free!  Students, please get permission from your parents before creating an account.

Here’s an example of what the videos look like.  I put this brief video together in about 10 minutes:

Just added to the Student Project Gallery:
See how 4th graders learned to use the copyright symbol in their Poetry with Pixie projects.  The examples have a winter holiday theme.

If you’re a fan of snow days like me, you may already be checking the extended forecast to see if snow is in the future.  But how do you know where to look for accurate forecasts?  There are so many websites devoted to weather forecasting it can be difficult to figure out which one to trust.  Although no forecast is perfect, ForecastAdvisor gives you the forecast accuracy from several major weather websites for your area.

As of this writing, The Weather Channel website has been the most accurate for the Baltimore area in the last month.

Two new 5th grade projects have been added to the Student Project Gallery.

1. Mrs. Rudo’s homeroom class took diaries entries they wrote during language arts and created a multimedia video with pictures and narration of the diaries.

2. Ms. Fabre’s, Ms. Thompson’s, and Mrs. Westendorf’s classes created class Google Earth Tours showing “Wonders of the World.”