And Hot Technology for Teaching

Mary Ellen Bornak, Instructional Designer Bucks County Community College

Barr and Taff From Teaching to Learning: A New Paradigm for Undergrduate Education Change, vol27.no.6 (Nov/Dec 1995): 1225

Breakthroughs Pre-internet:

Printing press University system

Both pushed information out to students. Web 2.0 and 3.0 provides data that allows students to:

Pull information together Construct learning Experience learning

Jim Bower, who's also a neurobiologist at the University of Texas,

29th annual Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) conference in Austin Feb.

Technology is "designing aids and tools to perfect the mind by:

Extending the reach of humanity through communication and learning.

Expanding the classroom through the use of movies, recorded video lectures, and overhead projectors.
Providing a platform to create, share, and interact around content.

Handbook of Emerging Technologies for Learning, http://ltc.umanitoba.ca/wikis/etl/index.php/Handbook_of_Eme rging_Technologies_for_Learning

1. New models of composing.

Expand composition to include the role of writing for the public Web 2.0.

2. Add to writing goals

Move beyond attention to form.

3. New models for teaching

Incorporate peer review and networking Information literacy skills to sift through cacophony.

NCTE: National Council of Teachers of English

A blogshorthand for "Web log"is an online collection of personal commentary and links. Blogs can be viewed as online journals to which others can respond.

Paulo Coelhos Writing Blog: www.blogcatalog.com/blogs/pau lo-coelhos-blog.html

The History Blog: www.thehistoryblog.com Stephen Downes Blog on education: www.downes.ca/index.html

A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages on which anyone can contribute or modify.
http://www.wikipedia.com

Collaborative website to empower communities.

http://www.wikispaces.com

Wikis in Plain English:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnL00TdmLY

http://britlitwiki.wikispaces.com/

http://evernote.com easy capture of information from Computer, phone, web.

Accessible anytime Searchable from device

Diigo:

http://www.diigo.com/ Collect and annotate anything, Access from any device

http://delicious.com/ Create a stack of information Tag and share them.

Delicious users collaborate and share information Create a folksonomy based on practice.

 Blogs

individual, visitors add comments Wikis web pages edited by a group

Toolkits for group work:
Google Docs Wiggio VoiceThread Glogster

http://www.google.com/ intl/en/about/products/inde x.html

http://www.wiggio.com/ Calendar, Email Voice, text messages Store, edit files Poll, conference,chat

http://voicethread.com Post images, files, and videos, Share conversation

Bucks accounts on VoiceThread

http://www.glogster.com

Create a poster Graphics, test, images Video, sound, data

www.jingproject.com Snap a picture of your screen. 5-minute video of onscreen action. Share over the web, IM, email. Windows or Mac

www.screenr.com MAC or PC No installation Plays everywhere

http://www.respondus.com/studymate Flash cards, fact cards, challenge, matching Practice with test material http://www.halfbakedsoftware.cm/hot_pot.php 6 interactive games Content practice, terminology http://www.fablusi.com Online role playing ,simulations Critical thinking, decision making, dilemmas http://webquest.org/index.php http://bestwebquests.com Templates for inquiry-based learning Information gathering, sharing

Faculty Web Resources: http://www.bucks.edu/academics/facultyweb/teachingtools/web20techniques/

Story Tools Repository: http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools 50 ways to tell a story: http://50ways.wikispaces.com/ Ideas:

Ask students to create a 3-panel comic strip to tell about themselves using http://www.toondoo.com or 3 songs that describe them http://www.imeem.com Or http://www.seeqpod.com (music search)

Create a screen cast to demo for students

YouTube iTunes U Google Docs

Advantages
More resources Homework not class time Upload most file formats 10 minutes or 100 MB hosting

How To:
Type in a title, description, and keywords, and choose the category Send a link to it through e-mail, or embed it in any blog or a web page Use digital camera, webcam (Movie Maker or iMovie if want to edit)

Sarah Class Introduction on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OtzfTwvBU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SXZ1 Nk11M0

http://www.teachertube.com

Podcasting is: Personal Portable On demand Mobile Not gadget specific

Use Podcasts to: Record lecture highlights Explain difficult points Guest lectures Tours/field work Audio glossary Capture class discussion Storytelling, recitations Review

http://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/bucks-public

iTunes U Advantage: File size limit is 500 MB (50 min.) iTunesU Links and Tutorials on Faculty Web Resources: http://www.bucks.edu/academics/faculty-web/teachingtools/itunesu/

Editing:

Webtops:

Imovie Moviemaker
iGoogle Yahoo Glue Media creation suite Geo-locater

VuVox

VistaZoo

http://www.zamzar.com/

Free Online File Converter Download YouTube, Podcasts Convert to any file format Up to 100 MB files No Software to Download Emails the converted file

FormatFactory: http://www.formatoz.com/ MPEGStreamclip by Square5 for MAC and PCs: http://www.squared5.com/

Prezi TimeToast Poll Daddy Chart Gizmo PhotoStory 3 ZoomIt

Non-linear presentations with relations, zooming into details, and adjusting to the time left without the need to skip slides.

Non linear presentation on Web Literacy http://prezi.com/8566/view/#1

Create timelines, share them on the web. Free, easy Use images and text Use already created timelines Creates a file of your timelines
http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/86

Great Storytelling program Interactive slideshows and presentations Take pictures, video, audio and text. Mix it up. Choose backgrounds, colors, textures that create your vibe and then you are ready to share your piece with the world.

VistaZoo is a portal from where you can create Virtual Tours combining panoramas, pictures, video, audio, floor plans and objects in 3D. Your tours will be uploaded and placed on a map instantly. Link can be embed into a website. It works just like YouTube.

Create: Environment, setting, Context of literature

Free account can create surveys and polls for your website, blog and social network profiles. Use custom templates or create your own. Use in-depth reporting engine to aggregate, print and export your results.

Free charts for your website, blog and social network profiles. Visualizes financial, scientific or other type of data. Flash charts are available The following diagram types are available: Pie, Bar, Line, Ring, 3D Pie, 3D Bar, 3D Line, Candle, Scatterplot, TimeSeries Chart update easy, customizable Data import from Excel is available

Mindomo Personal Brain ExploraTree Test2MindMap

Mindomo is a Web-based mind mapping tool, delivering the capabilities of desktop mind mapping software in a Web browser - with no complex software to install or maintain.

Mindomo MindMap for this Cool Tools presentation

Maria Andersens web 2.0 tools map

PersonalBrain helps you organize all your Web pages, contacts, documents, emails and files in one place Dynamic, animated mind mapping Creates levels of linked information

Free web resource Can access a library of ready-made interactive thinking guides Print them out or fill in and complete your project on the ExploraTree website

http://www.text2mindmap.com

Creates a mind map out of a list of words Brainstorm, plan, think visually

Mindmeister:

http://www.mindmeister.com

LibX Evernote Zotero

Collaborate with group libraries Organize with collections and tags Access your library from anywhere Automatically grab metadata for PDFs Use thousands of bibliographic styles Instantly search your PDFs and notes Interface available in over 30 languages

Firefox extension that enables users to collect, manage, and cite research from all types of sources from the browser Tour: http://www.zotero.org/blog/

Yugma DimDim Sketchcast MeBeem

Synchronised live presentations, whiteboards, web pages, voice, video No download required Co-Browsing Free Recording & Archiving Mac & PC Screen Sharing Multiple Presenters Free Teleconferencing Calls

Free for up to 20 people, no download Tour: http://www.dimdim.com/p roducts/what_is_dimdim.ht ml

Also: http://www.yugma.com
http://sketchcast.com Whiteboard with audio

www.Pixlr.com

Gimp: http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net

Free Online HTML Editor

Free web-based online authoring tool Create learning simulations, animations Interactivity templates Branching for complex scenarios, remedial learning Supports major graphic, audio, video formats Import PowerPoint Imports into Learning Management System