2 thoughts on “Teacher Appreciation Week: Forever Young

  • July 1, 2013 at 4:19 pm
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    Wow, what a fantastic idea! I’m wondering if it was a lot of work getting the teachers to agree to hand in a picture from their youth. I love the idea, and am hoping to do something like this in the next school year… any tips??

  • July 1, 2013 at 5:55 pm
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    Hi Thanks for your comment! I’d LOVE to take credit for this wonderful video but one of our amazing Admins, Ms. Harden did it!

    But….I’ve done it before & she’s on summer break so I’ll try & do my best to answer. Scan or take a digi pic of teacher old school photos – How to get them? Just ask for them! Not everyone will want to participate but I have a hint – show or share a rough draft with the staff, or send an email out to staff that includes the best/surprising/cutest, pic you’ve gotten so far, maybe asking “Is This You?”— and then “Well, it could be!- Don’t get left out!” Give a deadline that’s less than 10 days and more than 2 days & this might encourage teachers to join in.

    Creating on a Mac: Upload all jpegs to your iPhoto — you can crop, adjust, enhance, or sharpen using the Edit feature. Then, using a new version of iMovie –bring in the pics from iPhoto, add transitions, captioning, & music from iTunes and EXPORT as Quicktime. Voila! Good luck!
    ~Gwyneth – The Daring Librarian

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