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School Project: A Video Narrative of the Odyssey.

Friday, May 11, 2012

One of our users, Yan A. Yan, has created this excellent video as part of a school project . The video is based on chapters 11 and 12 of the Odyssey. Yan uses some excellent techniques in this video, especially the Ghost people (5.04mins). Yan describes how he achieved this effect “ I filmed the background, then without moving the camera, I filmed the people. Then i faded the video with the person in over the background video”. Great stuff, Yan.

Remember trakAxPC can be used for all your video editing needs. Take advantage of our special price - buy trakAxPC today for just $24.95.

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Urasoe High School Chooses trakAxPC

Friday, September 23, 2011

We are delighted to announce the Urasoe High School (Okinawa Prefectual Urasoe High School) has chosen trakAx as one of their preferred applications for their school.  Located in the Kyozuka area of Urasoe City, Okinawa, Usasoe specialises in technical subjects such as Computer Engineering, Interface design and Graphic design.

When we started this project, little did we know that schools in such diverse countries such as Japan, America, the UK,France and Spain, just to pick a few, would be using trakAxPC as a regular tool in their classrooms and we are really honored to think about the students using it and hopefully learning new skills.

Many thanks to Urasoe High School and if your school is interested in using trakAxPC in the classroom, please see our education page for more information and to avail of our educational pricing.

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trakAxPC in Education - a Paper by Michigan State University

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

In their article “The 7 trans-disciplinary habits of mind: Extending the TPACK framework towards 21st Century Learning”, Punya Mishra, Matthew J. Koehler and Danah Henriksen introduce their concept framework called “Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)”. Their paper is designed to be a starting point for discussing the special kinds of knowledge, skills, and understanding that teachers require in order to become effective classroom mediators of “transformative learning experiences”.

In the article they discuss Patterning Skills; “Creative practitioners are always involved in recognizing and creating patterns. Recognizing patterns involves identifying a repeating form or a plan in a seemingly arbitrary arrangement of things or processes”.

They explain how trakAxPC can be used to develop these Patterning Skills -

Teachers can help students develop Patterning skills in both the arts and sciences, since patterning skills are useful within and across domains.  One example demonstrates how the TPACK framework might be used to develop patterns that combine both Math and Music, using a freely available DJ software called trakAxPC.  This software lets users download music samples and copy and paste them into a mixer.  Students can cut the music samples into smaller units of sound and arrange them.  What makes this a compelling TPACK lesson is that students essentially manipulate the trakAxPC software to help them describe and explain fractions, ratios and percentages.  By connecting musical concepts such as rhythm and tempo to mathematical concepts (ratios and percentages, etc), students can creatively find and build patterns.  Patterns form a relationship between concepts (musical beats per minute and ratios) that belong to different disciplines (music and mathematics).  They can and should be integrated, however, and the elements of TPACK in this lesson are just one example of the myriad possibilities of how technology, pedagogy and content can seamlessly combine to design learning environments that promote students’ patterning skills

Please see here to view the full PDF.

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Veritasium Science Video Blog

Thursday, March 03, 2011

We stumbled across this website and thought it was too good not to share. ”Veritasium” is a science video blog which aims to present topics in all areas of science from the simplest to the most complex. The goal is to make scientific ideas clear, accessible, and interesting and I for one have certainly learned a few things.

Veritas is Latin for truth, and the ending ‘ium’ makes it into an element - the element of truth. These short films are ideal for students, teachers, and schools as they are a free resource on a range of topics. Some videos include experiments that can be tried at school or at home. Others include experiments with specialized apparatus that would be difficult to observe otherwise.

Here is a basic example that explains Newton’s Third Law.

Hope you all enjoy.

Remember trakAxPC can be used for all your video editing needs. Take advantage of our special price - buy trakAxPC today for just $24.95.

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Feltonfleet School chooses trakAxPC

Saturday, February 05, 2011

We are delighted to announce that Feltonfleet School, an independent preparatory school for boys and girls aged 3-13 years, has choosen trakAxPC as their multimedia editing software

I got to ask Richard Beach, Director of IT, why he chose trakAxPC above other media editing applications – he said

“Just what I was looking for! Fast, easy to understand video and audio editing, that works with HD Flip Cameras. No file conversion worries, no steep learning curve, unlocks pupils’ creative potential. Seemed to handle video on my pc as fast as any mac.”

If your educational institution is interested in using trakAxPC, this academic year, please see our “trakAxPC for Education” area to learn more and receive a tailored quote for volume purchases.

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IUT de VELIZY chooses trakAxPC

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

We are proud to announce that the Department of Communication Networks (SRC) (Le département Services et Réseaux de Communication) of the IUT de VELIZY, a public university located just outside Paris, has chosen trakAxPC as their preferred media creation software for their upcoming communications and media course this academic year.

This follows on from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) choosing trakAxPC as their preferred media editor (click here to read why the BA Media Programme Director, Antoni Roig Telo decided to use trakAxPC in this course).

If your educational institution is interested in using trakAxPC, this academic year, please see our “trakAxPC for Education” area to learn more and receive a tailored quote for volume purchases.

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Universitat Oberta de Catalunya uses trakAxPC

Thursday, August 12, 2010

We are completely delighted to announce that the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) have chosen trakAxPC as their preferred media editor for the upcoming academic year. I asked the BA Media Programme Director, Antoni Roig Telo, why he chose trakAxPC as their software of choice:

“As a media programme director in an online University, I’m constantly looking for video tools that might be useful for our students in our virtual courses. For me, an ideal tool should meet at least the following principles: be affordable (we need a license for every single student and main information centres), with a slight learning curve, be easily accessible, be supported, be self-contained (demos or commercial-oriented limited products are not useful for us), be powerful and aimed to professional practice. Up to now, video editing software has been elusive; there are certainly free good tools around, and even some of them online (which is great for beginners and short projects), but none has filled our needs as Trakax, which provides the experience of working in a professional video editing environment in a matter of minutes. We asked our video editing professor, who is used to work in Final Cut and didn’t know about TrakAx to make some tests and arrange a little workshop: he was pleasantly surprised and agreed immediately that this was what we were looking for. A definitive great find for us.”
Antoni Roig Telo
Estudis de Ciències de la Informació i de la Comunicació
[Director del programa de Comunicació Audiovisual]
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

What is interesting about trakAxPC, is that educators of all levels have embraced it - from primary schools (10 - 12 year olds) right through to third level, as seen above with UOC. If you are an educator, you may be interested in our special education pricing on volume purchases of trakAxPC. We have also just announced our new dedicated Teachers’ Resource Area - http://www.trakax.com/software/trakaxpcEducation/.  Sample lessons have all the resources educators will need to map out stimulating classes for a wide range of subjects. Lessons are composed of sample projects and activities that aim to improve IT skills, encourage team-work, assist goal-setting and planning, help organisational skills as well as highlighting students’ natural talents (eg. writing, researching, directing, performing, editing etc.). If you would like further information on purchasing trakAxPC for your education, please see our Education page or contact me directly -

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