W10 Content Presentation

For Class Discussion:

The bottom line is, lecture without much interaction, good structure/sequence, and/or interactive media can be boring, and we all have bad experiences from (long) PowerPoint presentations. If any tool from this week is selected and used well, it will make presenting contents much more interesting. There are many tools and media hypes about podcasting, screen capturing, online video, and virtual conferencing, but it's all about presenting and sharing more rich contents easier, faster, and reach more people. Tools selected for this week exactly address that - some focus more on audio, others are more on video:

1. Educause’s 7 Things You Should Know About Next-Generation Presentation Tools
2. Challenging the Presentation Paradigm (in 6 minutes, 40 seconds): Pecha Kucha by Jason B. Jones
3. Garr Reynolds’ Presentation Tips in particular, the three sections, ‘Organization & Preparation Tips’, ‘Delivery Tips’ and ‘Slide Tips’.
4. Seth’s Blog: Really Bad Powerpoint

Popular Tools - Course Google Site at https://sites.google.com/site/idt351sp2012/

1. iTune
2. Audacity - (Be sure to download the MP3 save add-on by checking the plug-in option under the Download menu)
3. Skype
4. Wordle
5. Slideshare
6. Zoho Show
7. Prezi (3 lessons)
8. Jing
9. Ustream
10. Elluminate (virtual conferencing, now called BB Collaborate, free version supports up to 3 people)

Further Resources or Tools worth checking:

1. PechaKucha 20×20
   
2. Screencast-0-Matic
3. CamStudio (Windows only)
4. Talkshoe
5. Flickr Slideshow
6. Spresent
7. Glogster
8. Vuvox
9. TodaysMeet
10. Poll Everywhere
11. Livestream
12. Podcasting with Windows Media Player by Jake Ludington
13. Create a Podcast with Blogger (YouTube Video, 2:26 min)
14. JuiceReceiver - a media aggregator which automatically downloads podcasts and media files to your computer or portable device
15. Educating the Net Generation: Chapter 7, Convenience, Communications, and Control: How Students Use Technology
16. Video for ELI: Net Gen Students at University of Minnesota from a 2007 Educause Learning Initiative session. Please watch the 5 minute video.

Supplementary Sources, if interested in extending YouTube:

1. YouTube Annotations
2. YouTube Launches Auto-Captioning for Videos by Ben Parr
3. And for another perspective on YouTube’s auto-captioning feature: Sorry, Google, YouTube Captions Aren’t for the Deaf. They’re for Your Robots by Xander Becket
4. Viddler (commenting and tagging video contents to improve search and share)

Ideas and suggestions for commenting:

• Which tool was your favorite? How did the tool compare to others introduced in this week? If you plan to adopt the tool, which one(s) you will use, for what purposes and how? If you don't plan to use, why not?
• Do you think a school or workplace must actively use tools introduced in this week? Anything to consider in adoption or implementation at school or work?
• Or your reflection on anything related to the course (material, assignment, clarity, usefulness, suggestion, reaction to others, etc.)

W9 - Storytelling

For Class Discussion

These tools may look different in terms of purposes and usage, but they have one essential commonality: creativity. Using storytelling, drawing, or mapping tools, people can create artifacts, learn visually, practice with safety, simulate the model, and most importantly, have fun and learn actively (and also collaboratively).

1. Educause’s 7 Things You Should Know About Digital Storytelling
2. Web 2.0 Storytelling: Emergence of a New Genre by Bryan Alexander and Alan Levine
3. Educause’s 7 Things You Should Know About Google Earth

Popular Tools

1. Voicethread - The Voicethread 4 education wiki is a great pedagogical resource.
2. Animoto. Using Animoto to Promote Speaking in the Foreign Language details how José Picardo used it with his Spanish language students
3. Gliffy - Online diagram software, can create and share flowcharts, network diagrams, floorplans, user interface designs, etc.
4. Toondoo - Create your own comics! Book Maker. Make a character or ToonBook!
5. Flick'r - The most popular online photo management and sharing tool
6. Digital Storytelling Part V – Google Maps by Silvia Tolisano
7. Concept/story mapping: Mindomo and Spicynodes
8. Picasa - Fast and easy photo sharing from Google
1. Flick'r upload plugin for Picasa
2. Free Picasa Flash and HTML template

You can comment on any of the following:

• Which tool was your favorite? How did the tool compare to others introduced in this week? If you plan to adopt the tool, for what purposes will you use it and how often? If you don't plan to use, why not?
• Do you think a school or workplace must actively use tools introduced in this week? Anything to consider in adoption or implementation at school or work?
• Or your reflection on anything related to the course (material, assignment, clarity, usefulness, suggestion, reaction to others, etc.)