All Discussions Tagged 'Animoto' - Classroom 2.02024-03-29T12:50:33Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=Animoto&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAre you ready for next fall?tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-06-04:649749:Topic:3490832009-06-04T16:49:23.351ZAndrew Marcinekhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AndrewMarcinek
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<p class="MsoNormal">What are your plans to use technology in your classroom next fall? What is your plan for day one? Does it involve anything that I have blogged about? Does it involve a personality test that groups kids by colors? Does it involve asking students one by one to describe their summer vacation and the question,…</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What are your plans to use technology in your classroom next fall? What is your plan for day one? Does it involve anything that I have blogged about? Does it involve a personality test that groups kids by colors? Does it involve asking students one by one to describe their summer vacation and the question, ‘if you were a car what one would you be?’</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you are already overwhelmed by my brief, yet aggressive, pop quiz, then here are some practical ideas you can implement next year from day one. If you subscribe to this list and try a few, you too, may be known as the “techie teacher” by October.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>1. Obtain a Twitter account</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please, just try it before you sigh and move on to number two. I made this number one because I have been turned on to so many great teaching blogs and links to great articles. Twitter can be a very useful collaborative tool among teachers all over the world. Yes, world! I keep up with a teacher in Portugal. And it is very interesting!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Twitter allows you to follow whom you want and block those you don’t want. You can share and collaborate with fellow teachers and even set up a group that will allow your school to tweet together. Twitter does not spam and all that is required of you is a clever username and password. Set up your photo if you want and your ready to tweet away!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I find the best time to use twitter is to pick a few times during the day when you can scour your twitter feed and pick the articles you want, save them and read them later. If you try and stay current all day, you may find yourself in the weeds and overwhelmed by over-tweeting. Don’t try and keep pace, simply tweet at your own convenience.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The idea of twitter can also be used without even setting up an account. The twitter frame work - expressing yourself in 140 characters - can be used to extract main ideas and to summarize a reading. On day one have students go to the board and explain something they did this summer in 140 characters. It serves as a nice day one ice breaker and will probably draw a few laughs.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Go <a href="http://twitter.com/">here</a> for Twitter</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>2. Create a Google Calendar</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I find that a Google calendar can be a lifesaver and a great way to integrate other calendars in your school. I personally have one calendar for my personal life, one for my school’s academic calendar, one for technology conferences and our tech coordinator has one for his availability. All these calendars can be viewed on one single page and you can turn different calendars off and on if your June begins to look like a bag of skittles fell on to the page.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The other amazing feature about Google calendar is that you can share and subscribe to other calendars. This allows you to set up calendars in your district and coordinate with each other at all times. I also set up a Google Calendar for each of my classes and embed them on our class Wiki. It is a great way to post assignments and keep parents, guidance counselors and supervisors informed.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Click <a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/googlecalendar/about.html">here</a> for Google Calendar</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>3. Create a classroom Social Network</b></p>
<img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 57px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mfJmeZx_Pk4/Sif34mfRXwI/AAAAAAAAAMs/NQo2zBhtEpc/s200/wikispaces-logo.jpg.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343512034674827010"/><p class="MsoNormal">This can be done through numerous venues. I have always had the best experience with a Wiki space. It is easy for students to understand and they can easily adapt to the process of editing and sharing on the page. You can make your Wiki space private, however, you can open it up to parents, administrators and grandma, who lives 3000 miles away, but would like to see what her grandson is doing in school.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Wiki allows you to easily upload assignments, photos and videos. Students can participate in threaded discussion and allows teachers and students to collaborate through e-mail. I find the class wiki to be a great year-to-year resource as well. Everything my students create or that I assign is posted on the wiki. At the end of every school year I go back through and see what we accomplished and how I can make it better next year. Think of your class wiki as the lesson planner you always wanted!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Finally, the Wiki is also a great tool to house student portfolios. I covered this topic last month and find that a student portfolio wiki will allow students to track their progress from year to year and allow them to have access to it. This idea works beyond their high school years as well. They can take their wiki to college with them and continue to add and upgrade their portfolio.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Check out this post <a href="http://iteach20.blogspot.com/2009/05/student-portfolio-solution.html">here.</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Click <a href="http://www.wikispaces.com/">here</a> for wikispaces</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>4. Use Animoto!</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If there were one tool that I am simply in love with, it would be Animoto. I have covered this site in a previous post and have used it numerous times in my own classroom. It is an application that can be used across all disciplines and will enhance your classroom flare!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have used it to create movie trailers for all of the books my students will read during the semester. Rather than acquire a video camera and learn how to use editing software, Animoto takes care of it for you! Here is one I created for Hamlet. It took me roughly 5-10 minutes to create.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is a great icebreaker for day one of a unit! Kids can showcase their prior knowledge and also make predictions about the upcoming literature. Another idea is to have your students create their own Animoto preview for the literature or play they just completed. Then you can showcase their films at the beginning of next year. Tell students their target audience is next year's freshman class and that they have to draw them into reading Hamlet!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Find Animoto <a href="http://animoto.com/">here</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>5. Plan Ahead this summer!</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There are lots of tools out there for teachers to use and it can be overwhelming to try them all. At the end of each year I recommend reflecting on your lessons and trying to find a new web 2.0 tools to enhance that particular lesson or unit.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">One of the biggest mistakes one can make is to try all these tools out mid unit. This creates chaos and is not healthy for the classroom. If you spend more time trying to tweak the application you are using than provide the content then the point is lost. Try these steps when trying to implement new technologies into your classroom.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .75in">1. Become an expert on the application</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .75in">2. Synthesize the lesson so that the application does not distract from the content</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .75in">3. Plan out your time and set parameters for equipment usage so that you don’t usurp valuable class time</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .75in">4. Provide a supplemental handout for students in case they do not understand the new application</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As always I look forward to your feedback and would love to hear how you are planning ahead for next year. Please comment with any new ideas you are trying out or any additions to this list.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Happy Summer!</p> Happy Anniversary Mom and Dadtag:www.classroom20.com,2009-05-21:649749:Topic:3441842009-05-21T17:04:02.407ZAndrew Marcinekhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AndrewMarcinek
Today is my parents' Anniversary. They have given my brother and I so much support through out our lives and our academic careers. Every year I try and think of a gift I can give them that can sum it all up. Unfortunately Apple does not have an 'App' for that. So how do we repay the ones who have given us every piece of their lives, made endless sacrifices and have simply been there? How do we show them our gratitude? For me, it's simple. I always try and find something that will make my mom…
Today is my parents' Anniversary. They have given my brother and I so much support through out our lives and our academic careers. Every year I try and think of a gift I can give them that can sum it all up. Unfortunately Apple does not have an 'App' for that. So how do we repay the ones who have given us every piece of their lives, made endless sacrifices and have simply been there? How do we show them our gratitude? For me, it's simple. I always try and find something that will make my mom cry (in a good way!). With my mother that is never hard. And my Dad loves looking back at old photos, but hates posing for them. So this year I wanted to combine these ideas in a way that both visually and musically capture 32 years of marriage. George Lucas was busy, so I turned to my good friend Animoto!<div>Yes, I am making another plug for this grand application! I hope since reading <a href="http://iteach20.blogspot.com/2009/04/hello-animoto.html">my last post</a> on Animoto you have tried it many times over and even come up with an assignment for your class. I cannot stress enough the brilliance of this application and hope that you give it a try. Even if you don't use it in your classroom, take a few moments to use it to say, "thank you" to those who have "been there" in so many ways.</div>
<div>Thank you Mom and Dad</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Have you ever wanted your students to make a video for a class project but felt uneasy about the laborious process and the amount of class time it would take to accomplish this task? Fear not! Animoto is here to save you time and still give you the video your students can enjoy and share!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have personally used Animoto for back to school nights and in my Language Arts classes to help students…</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Have you ever wanted your students to make a video for a class project but felt uneasy about the laborious process and the amount of class time it would take to accomplish this task? Fear not! Animoto is here to save you time and still give you the video your students can enjoy and share!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have personally used Animoto for back to school nights and in my Language Arts classes to help students understand themes, characterization and symbolism within the novels we cover. Animoto is simple, easy and free for educators to use. All you need is a digital camera (or properly cited photos form the web), a laptop and an Animoto account for educators. Watch how simple it is…</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here are some ways you can utilize Animoto in your classroom</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><b><u>Create Novel Movie Trailers!</u></b></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in">Animoto utilizes “MTV Style” editing to show brief clips of a specific subject or theme set to music. This is perfect for gleaning the main elements of a novel or chapter you just read in class.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in">At the end of the school year when you are reviewing for finals or mid terms (depending on your schools academic calendar) have the students make a brief Animoto video that they can use to</li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in">Tell them that their audience will be next year’s incoming class and they have to convince them that this novel will be an amazing read! Just like film directors would do with a summer blockbuster.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in">If you want to stretch out this assignment and go a step further, visit <a href="http://www.bighugelabs.com/flickr/">http://www.bighugelabs.com/flickr/</a> and you can create movie posters for the novels.</li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in">As a teacher, you can show these videos on the first day of class next year. You can print out and hang up the movie posters of the novels on your bulletin board.</li>
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<div>Here is how easy it is to create an Animoto video</div>
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<div>Here is what I just created in roughly five minutes</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u style="text-decoration: none;">Creating Animoto Videos in other Disciplines!</u></b></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in">For Vocabulary words</li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.0in">At the beginning of the Vocabulary unit have go over the list of words with your students as you normally would at the beginning of a unit.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.0in">Have students define words, provide proper parts of speech and provide sentences (maybe 3 to 5).</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.0in">Students are arranged in groups of two. Each group will be given the following:</li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in;mso-text-indent-alt:-9.0pt;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.5in">i. One digital camera</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in;mso-text-indent-alt:-9.0pt;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.5in">ii. One Vocabulary word</p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.0in">Students will have to create an Animoto video for the word they are given. Students must include in their video:</li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in;mso-text-indent-alt:-9.0pt;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.5in">i. The word</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in;mso-text-indent-alt:-9.0pt;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.5in">ii. The part of speech</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in;mso-text-indent-alt:-9.0pt;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.5in">iii. The definition</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in;mso-text-indent-alt:-9.0pt;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.5in">iv. At least two sentences</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in;mso-text-indent-alt:-9.0pt;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.5in">v. An image relating to the word</p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.0in">Once the videos are created, the teacher will present the videos to the class and will serve as a brief review for the upcoming Vocabulary quiz.</li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.0in">This would be a flashy way to introduce a new formula or problem. You can take the above examples and apply it to your discipline.</li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in">For Math teachers<ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="a">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.0in">In history class you could have students research an Amendment and make an Animoto video displaying the main points of that Amendment and also find images that represent that Amendment. This could work for numerous historical units:</li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in">For History teachers the possibilities are endless.</li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in;mso-text-indent-alt:-9.0pt;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.5in">i. Presidents</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in;mso-text-indent-alt:-9.0pt;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.5in">ii. New Countries covered</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in;mso-text-indent-alt:-9.0pt;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.5in">iii. Bill of Rights</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in;mso-text-indent-alt:-9.0pt;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.5in">iv. American Wars</p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in">For Special Education and Life skills Teachers</li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.0in">This would be a great way to show your kids how to perform a basic task such as raising your hand</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.0in">Students, with assistance, can find images of kids raising their hand in class. Students and teacher can assemble the images and even take a photo of the child performing the task, and compile them into an Animoto video.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.0in">This could work with various life skills</li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in;mso-text-indent-alt:-9.0pt;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.5in">i. Crossing the street</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in;mso-text-indent-alt:-9.0pt;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.5in">ii. Washing your hands</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in;mso-text-indent-alt:-9.0pt;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo3;tab-stops:list 1.5in">iii. Brushing your teeth</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Again, this is another practical, easy to use application that every teacher and student can use. I hope this idea has helped to bring technology into your classroom and look forward to hearing how you are using Animoto in your classroom!</p>
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<p></p> Animototag:www.classroom20.com,2009-04-17:649749:Topic:3283422009-04-17T12:20:13.600ZMackenzie Bristowhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MackenzieBristow
Has any one used the free version of Animoto. When I saw it immediately I thought I would be a great way for student to make up flash cards for new words. Any thoughts?<br />
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Mackenzie
Has any one used the free version of Animoto. When I saw it immediately I thought I would be a great way for student to make up flash cards for new words. Any thoughts?<br />
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Mackenzie "The Educational Remix- At Odds With Copyright?"tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-02-03:649749:Topic:2835332009-02-03T03:43:07.233ZSean Nashhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SeanNash
Allow me to be frank- as busy as my world is right now, the requirement to read "Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi was a very frustrating thing. With a stack of ten or twelve books with immediate professional impact to juggle -just waiting on my desk- this read seemed frivolous.<br />
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Not only did I have to read the book (one of nine in six weeks) but I have to crank out a formal paper and an "author presentation." Before you pull out the tiny fiddle, rest assured that this is a…
Allow me to be frank- as busy as my world is right now, the requirement to read "Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi was a very frustrating thing. With a stack of ten or twelve books with immediate professional impact to juggle -just waiting on my desk- this read seemed frivolous.<br />
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Not only did I have to read the book (one of nine in six weeks) but I have to crank out a formal paper and an "author presentation." Before you pull out the tiny fiddle, rest assured that this is a positive post. Like any of the other requirements of my little grad program that don't seem to professionally apply right at the moment, I usually choose to steer the task toward a place where my learning can benefit someone else in our school's <a href="http://virtualsouthside.ning.com" target="_blank">learning network</a>. For this presentation I decided to try a different technique for integrating text into an <a href="http://animoto.com" target="_blank">Animoto</a> video:<br />
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And what do you think? Is this song repurposed to a reasonable degree? Does this use infringe upon the artist's right to generate income from the song? Does this use in any way cast a negative light on the work? Is this kind of edu-marketing for students a reasonable educational use of the content? Please share your thoughts on these and any other questions you see fit.<br />
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For much more in-depth discussion, <b><a href="http://nashworld.edublogs.org/2009/02/02/the-educational-remix-at-odds-with-copyright/">CLICK HERE</a></b> for the full post.<br />
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Sean