E-Learning http://quietcordial.edublogs.org More than just your average blog! Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:25:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Products and Services http://quietcordial.edublogs.org/2008/07/01/products-and-services/ http://quietcordial.edublogs.org/2008/07/01/products-and-services/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:38:46 +0000 Matthew Ellis http://quietcordial.edublogs.org/?p=42 This video has been made using Imovie. I am beginning to really enjoy using Imovie to make clips for the students to enjoy. This is the first of hopefully a few for a unit of work on Products and services. The aim is for the children to determine which clips are products and which are services. This is my first product, the MEGA PENCIL! Enjoy


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Download Video: Posted by ddaniel at TeacherTube.com.


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