Keeler's Training Videos: Recent Episodes

Christy G. Keeler, Ph.D.

This video introduces a creation method for Google Lit Trips that relies on pre-existing HTML code. Google Lit Trips are the brainchild of Dr. Jerome Burg. For teachers in the Teaching American History Grant module titled Slavery/Integrated Social Studies, this website will assist with developing your Lit Trips.
Link to HTML Codes

This video teaches the process of using a virtual museum template to create a virtual museum. The focus of the video is on using tools to insert pictures and create non-linear hyperlinks within PowerPoint.

To access templates, see the blog titled Educational Virtual Museums.

This video introduces teachers in Clark County School District to the basic method of searching for video content in Discovery Streaming. Teachers in the district access the content through OnePlace, a website managed by Las Vegas' PBS station, KLVX.

This video introduces the process of locating a video segment in Discovery Streaming, downloading that segment, uploading it to MediaShare (within Discovery Streaming), and procuring the embed code needed to link to the video.

This video teaches the use of Flickr Toys at Big Huge Labs to create movie posters/book covers and trading cards.

This video introduces the basics of procuring a Blogger account. It teaches viewers how to create a blog and is nicely coupled with the video titled "Introduction to Blogger." For novice blog users, I recommend starting by reviewing the content at the "'How To'—Navigating Blogs" website.

This video introduces the basics of using Google Docs including creating a new document, sharing a document, editing documents across users, and deleting a document. I recommend viewing the video Google Docs in Plain English before watching this brief tutorial.

This video introduces basic of Audacity, audio editing software available for free online. The video demonstrates features such as adding sound effects from downloaded files, adding audio files recorded using iTalks on iPods, and using basic features of Audacity such as the envelope and time shifting tools.

This is a very brief video that demonstrates creating a simple video in iMovie and then extracting the audio from the movie. It then shows how to transfer the audio into iTunes and covert it into MP3s.

In addition to introducing use, post, and commenting within blogs, this video differentiates between public and password-protected blogs.

Note: This video was designed and produced by Heather B. Rampton.

This video introduces the use and creation of forms in Microsoft Word.

This video introduces a method of creating virtual museum "rooms" using PowerPoint.

This video introduces "Painting" tools within Microsoft PowerPoint. Note that these tools are consistent across all Microsoft applications.

Using Microsoft Word, this video introduces "Drawing" tools. Note that these tools are consistent across all Microsoft applications.

This video introduces the basic tools of Microsoft PowerPoint.

This video introduces the method for procuring a new Delicious account for personal or educational use.

This video introduces a method for creating tag bundles within a Delicious account and briefly addresses using bundles for grading purposes.