Have You Heard of Open Office?

Greetings,

I hope you had a Great Fourth of July Week.  This week I will be sharing with you a free open-source office software suite for Word Processing, Presentations, Spreadsheets, Graphics and Databases and More.  There are a lot of people who are not aware about this free software.

If you click on the picture above, it will take you to the site where you can download this free open sources office software package.  That's right for free!  This is a program that has similar functions as the Microsoft Office 2003 software applications such as (Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Access). 

There are free tutorials on the web site and on YouTube where you can learn how to use all of the free open-source office software programs.  The best thing about this free software is you can use it for any purpose you wish and that includes commercial and educational. 

You can also install it to as many computers as you like.  You can make as many copies and give them away to family, friends, students and employees.  If you are not using the MS Office 2010, 2007 or 2003 software applications, I encourage you to download Open Office. 

You will want to learn, practice, create projects and then teach others how to use it.  I hope you enjoy this free resource.  Don't forget, if you are currently learning how to use PowerPoint 2010, you can check out my free tutorials on YouTube.  Just search for the Complabteacher channel.  I will see you next week.  Take care.

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What is Windows Live Movie Maker?

Greetings,

Hope you are doing well.  Today I am blogging about Windows Live Movie Maker.  This is the movie editing program in Windows 7.  I am currently teaching our third grade students how to use the software.  Listed below are five video tutorials that will assist you to get started with Windows Live Movie Maker.  Here is an introductory video on how to get started with the program.

The next video will review how to import or bring in photos or videos into the program.

The next video will show you how to make an auto movie theme.

The next video will show you how to edit your video.

The last video will show you how to edit your audio.  One feature I noticed with the audio is with this version you can choose to lower or raise the volume to add background audio.

If the videos are not working above, you can click here to see them online.  Once you watch the first video scroll down to the Import photos and videos link on the left to get to the other four videos or click here.

Here are some work sample pictures, in which the third grade students created a short movie about themselves in the computer lab. 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed these free video tutorials on Windows Live Movie Maker.  I hope you enjoyed the work samples screen shots I took of the student's work samples.  We will see you next week with another exciting topic.  Take care!

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