1SE: 1 Second Everyday (September 2014)

Earlier this spring, I attended a conference on technology put on by the Manitoba Teachers' Society called 'Awakening Possibilities'. One of the speakers I was really excited to see was Steve Dembo, who I'd been eagerly following on Twitter for quite a while. During his keynote presentation, he talked about an app someone had mentioned to him called 1SE (or 1 Second Everyday), and the wonderful experience he had in trying this for himself. Right away, I thought to myself "What an incredible way to document what goes on at school on a daily basis!" - so often, the days meld together, and we forget a lot of what we've done throughout the year. With 1SE (and I've been using it to create a personal video of my life, to share with friends and family, as well), each second acts like a placeholder, reminding us of some of the things we did on that day. And even though we won't remember the whole day, it helps us to remember a whole lot more than we would have, otherwise.

So, I started using 1SE shortly thereafter to create a video every month, to summarize that month at school for our classroom (each of which being approx. 20 seconds). At the end of this year, I plan on putting the whole year into one video, which will be approximately 3 minutes in length. It was unfortunate that I didn't find out about the app sooner, as I was only able to have video from the latter part of April to the end of last school year. I'm looking forward to creating these videos to help my students (and their parents) remember what they did during the year in school, because... let's face it... how much do YOU remember from Grade 3 or 4?! I certainly don't remember very much!

P.S. I've tried posting this video for weeks, but for some reason, only the audio was coming through. However, I think I've fixed the problem now (although the audio comes 'unsynced' from the video partway through - argh!), so look for November's 1SE video next week - hopefully, I'll be able to post it bug-free!

Room 18's 1SE - September 2014 from Jeff Hoeppner on Vimeo.