Phil,
How would students use this?  As soon as they get the words right, they move
up to higher levels, right?  What level words were you using in the
screencast?

Wendy Quinones

On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Phil Shapiro <pshapiro at his.com> wrote:


> Hi group,

>

>    Freerice.com is an excellent web site, but the easiest level is still

> too

> difficult for many students. I created this screencast as a way to help

> students

> -- young and old -- experience a higher degree of success with the easier

> levels

> of Freerice.

>

>     You can see the screencast on YouTube at

>

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3pOWrBTS_A

>

>      You can download several version of this screencast in a ZIP file. One

> of

> these versions runs well on older Macintosh computers -- as far back as

> 1994.

> The other is for viewing on the iPod and iPhone.

>

>       I've uploaded the ZIP file to the Internet Archive. You can download

> it

> from this link.   http://tinyurl.com/5zw7wt

>

>         If there are others on this list wanting to create Freerice

> screencasts, thanks for sending me an email off-list. I can coach you on

> the

> process for doing so. A great way of getting into screencasting is to use

> CamStudio, the free screencasting program for Windows.

>

>             Phil Shapiro

>             Washington DC

>

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