Learn how to use Final Cut Pro X in less than 30 minutes. Jeff Bradbury @TeacherCast takes you through the basic steps of importing, organizing, editing, and publishing your video content using Apple’s Final Cut Pro. Please contact TeacherCast with any Questions or to become a guest on the show Host: Jeff Bradbury@TeacherCast Email: info@teachercast-net.jeffreybradbury.com Voice Mail: www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail… Completely redesigned from the ground up, Final Cut Pro adds extraordinary speed, quality, and flexibility to every part of the post-production workflow. Revolutionary Video Editing • Assemble clips in the Magnetic Timeline without clip collisions or sync problems • Use Clip Connections to attach B-roll, sound effects, and music to the timeline • Reduce clutter by grouping clips into a Compound Clip. • Perfect your pacing right in the timeline with the Inline Precision Editor • Cycle through different shots, graphics, or effects at one place in the timeline with Auditions • Edit multi-camera projects with automatic sync and support for up to 64 camera angles Powerful Media Organization • Organize your work within libraries for efficient media management and collaboration • Work natively with a broad range of formats including RED, AVCHD, H.264 from DSLRs, and more • Content Auto-Analysis captures camera metadata and analyzes shots in the background • Create and apply custom keywords on the fly as you select ranges in clips • Smart Collections let you dynamically organize content and find any shot in a few clicks Incredible Performance • Final Cut Pro uses all the GPUs in your Mac for superior real-time playback performance and fast background rendering • 64-bit architecture uses all the RAM in your system for larger projects and richer effects • Background processing lets you keep working without interruption • External monitoring lets you route video and audio through HDMI or third-party Thunderbolt and PCIe devices Compelling, Customizable Effects • Preview effects to see how they look with your footage before applying them • Change the look of titles, transitions, and effects using intuitive controls • Control effects with precision using a keyframe editor that appears directly in the timeline • Use third-party FxPlug plug-ins with custom interfaces and dual-GPU support Integrated Audio Editing • Expand and edit multichannel audio files directly in the timeline • Let Final Cut Pro repair significant audio problems such as hum, excessive noise, and more • Sync DSLR video with separate audio in a single step, with instant audio waveform matching Intuitive Color Grading • Improve the look of any clip with the single-click Balance Color feature • Apply the Match Color feature to match the looks of two clips shot under different conditions • Manipulate color, saturation, and exposure with the Color Board • Fine tune color for a specific color range or area of the screen using keying and masks One-Step, Optimized Output • Deliver projects for playback on Apple devices and websites such as Vimeo, YouTube, and Facebook • Use themed menus to quickly author and burn a DVD or Blu-ray disc • Export customized audio stems and multiple versions of a finished video using Roles metadata • Import and export XML to support third-party workflows System Requirements: OS X v10.9.2 or later, 4GB of RAM (8GB recommended for 4K), OpenCL-capable graphics card or Intel HD Graphics 3000 or later, 256MB of VRAM (1GB recommended for 4K), 3.5GB of disk space. Some features require Internet access; additional fees may apply. Blu-ray recorder required for burning Blu-ray discs.

Jeff sits down with Mik Tholfsen and Ari Schorr to discuss how Microsoft OneNote is being used in classrooms to help teachers and students stay digitally organized.   About Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and…

Are kids’ attention spans shrinking? It’s a question many teachers find themselves asking. The rise of technology inside the classroom and out means that it’s easy for children to find themselves bombarded with huge amounts of information at the touch of a button. With such resources available almost instantaneously, teachers and parents are increasingly worried:…

The TechEducator Podcast is a weekly round table discussion about current topics in educational technology.  For more information, please visit www.techeducatorpodcast.com. Many great ways to participate in the TechEducator Podcast. TechEducatorPodcast.com Follow us Live on Video: http://www.TeacherCast.tv Leave a Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail Email: feedback@Teachercast.net Twitter: @TechEdShow (http://www.twitter.com/techedshow) Hashtag: #TechEducator Hosts: Jeff Bradbury - TeacherCast.net - @TeacherCast Jeff Herb - InstructionalTechTalk.com - @InstTechTalk Sam Patterson - MyPaperlessClassroom.com - @SamPatue Chris Nesi - Education…

Jeff sits down with Syed Balkhi from WPBeginner.com to discuss how WordPress can be used as a communication tool between teachers and parents, as well as how it can be used as a powerful digital portfolio tool.

Learn how you can supercharge your classroom. PledgeCents is the best Classroom funding resource on the planet! Check out this video today!

Learning Lab Radio is a very short, very tight, very learner focused podcast that invites listeners to learn a ton of information about the topic presented on each show.

This is very helpful when moderating twitter chats. In this video, TeacherCast demonstrates the simple method for scheduling your tweets using TweetDeck.

Talking or writing to native speakers, you can enhance your vocabulary much, understand grammar rules better; moreover, you can meet new friends from all over the world, find interlocutors with the same interests and hobbies, practice new words and word constructions you've learned, and much more.

Jeff sits down with Hayley Brooks and Raphael Menko to discuss how Learn2Earn is engaging students through the love of reading!