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:
- Educause’s 7 Things You Should Know About Next-Generation Presentation Tools
- Challenging the Presentation Paradigm (in 6 minutes, 40 seconds): Pecha Kucha by Jason B. Jones
- Garr Reynolds’ Presentation Tips in particular, the three sections, ‘Organization & Preparation Tips’, ‘Delivery Tips’ and ‘Slide Tips’.
- Seth’s Blog: Really Bad Powerpoint
Popular Tools - Course Google Site at https://sites.google.com/site/idt351sp2012/
- iTune
- Audacity - (Be sure to download the MP3 save add-on by checking the plug-in option under the Download menu)
- Skype
- Wordle
- Slideshare
- Zoho Show
- Prezi (3 lessons)
- Jing
- Ustream
- Elluminate (virtual conferencing, now called BB Collaborate, free version supports up to 3 people)
Further Resources or Tools worth checking:
- PechaKucha 20×20
- Screencast-0-Matic
- CamStudio (Windows only)
- Talkshoe
- Flickr Slideshow
- Spresent
- Glogster
- Vuvox
- TodaysMeet
- Poll Everywhere
- Livestream
- Podcasting with Windows Media Player by Jake Ludington
- Create a Podcast with Blogger (YouTube Video, 2:26 min)
- JuiceReceiver - a media aggregator which automatically downloads podcasts and media files to your computer or portable device
- Educating the Net Generation: Chapter 7, Convenience, Communications, and Control: How Students Use Technology
- Video for ELI: Net Gen Students at University of Minnesota from a 2007 Educause Learning Initiative session. Please watch the 5 minute video.
- YouTube Annotations
- YouTube Launches Auto-Captioning for Videos by Ben Parr
- 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
- 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.)
I really enjoy Prezi. I have not used it myself, but I have seen a couple presentations. The tool is very similar to powerpoint. However, it is very interactive and has a different feel than that of a powerpoint presentation. The overall purpose is similar to powerpoint, but I would say it is much more effective than the powerpoint we have all grown up with.
ReplyDeleteI can see myself using Prezi in giving presentations for my fraternity or school work. I can present my chapter's history in a interactive way by linking pages together and having a small poll or question in the slides too. I can present my information to my audience in stylish slides that will appeal to a visual crowd.
Prezi was my favorite tool introduced this week. I believe that Prezi may not be beneficial for all uses of presentations though. While creative and more interesting, thought has to go in to each slide so you avoid a twisting and turning presentation that causes users to be annoyed or possibly sick. Keeping that in mind and keeping presentation information clear and creative, a successful presentation can be developed.
ReplyDeleteThis tool would be best used for possibly younger audience to keep their active minds engaged throughout the presentation I also believe this type of presentation method would be most beneficial in storytelling as well. Prezi would create a storytelling experience that would be more life like instead of smooth transitions slide to slide. Even though this tool is ideal for some situations, use it carefully and plan out what you wish to share so users stay engaged and interact with the content.
Since I am very familiar with Skype, I would say that it is my favorite tool. I started using Skype about 4 years ago, my first year at college. I use it to communicate with family and friends all across the country, from Atlanta, to North Carolina, Minnesota, and Chicago. It is an excellent tool to stay up to date with those you care about the most.
ReplyDeleteI think Skype can be a a necessary tool used in school and in the workplace. If a boss, teacher, workers or even students, have an immediate topic that needs to be discussed, and they are out of town or not in that day, Skype is appropriate for that matter. Also with the new features Skype has included, people are now able to record during skype and share the files.
I would have to say that Skype is my favorite. I am not too familiar with the other web tools on this list. Skype is more for video conference with another person. Majority the web tools on this list is for presenting a presentation. With using Skype you can do a presentation but it would be an oral presentation, no words or diagrams or play media in the background. You are able to share images thru Skype and take instant web cam photos that you can share to your social network. I would attempt to try to use Prezi, this would be my first time hearing about this web tool. I think I would be able to make a great presentation. They have different templates that you can use or even download from the internet. From the information that I read you can interactive more with the web tool that can make your presentation very exciting look. Which I think is great because you want to keep the focus of the reader.
ReplyDeleteI think these web tools would be great for schools and workplace. It would make learning and training more interesting for the user. I think Skype is great for school and work place because you would be able to do a video conference with your professor or boss. You wouldn’t be able to miss out on important meetings or facts because it would seem as if you are there. The schools and workplaces can have group discussion if the members are not in the same city. They would also be able you use Prezi for workplaces and schools as well because they would be able to do multiple presentations with their research.
I am only familiar with three of them and they are iTunes, Skype and glogster.
ReplyDeleteiTunes is good for getting music and getting movies to your ipod, ipad or anything else you have.
Skype is good to make calls and presentations. It even works well for a job interview. I have used it for a job interview and I have also used it talking to a professor my freshman year for my speech class. It is good to use it in those kind of environments. It is also used a lot now for when someone can't come to a meeting or if their job they apply for is another state and can't get there. Skype you can also take pictures of that person presenting as well. If you wanted to make personal calls and talk to your family if you are over seas, I would say use Oovoo for that.
I would have to say that Glogster is probably my favorite on the list, I use to go on it all the time when I was younger. That website is really good for creating flyers or a simple one page presentation. You can view other peoples work and see what they have come up with, I know a lot of people use it for music wise. I recommend that site to people who are really creative on the computer. Glogster is a different but a good way to make a simple flyer or presentation. Not a lot of people know about this site, but I think it can be used for school, I know some teachers that have used this site for their class.
I would also like to become familiar with the other topics that was posted as well.
From the list of multiple tools, I think that Skype is probably still my favorite. I had used Skype a little bit when it rose to popularity years ago but had not used it much until a week ago. Skype is a great way to video chat. It would be a great way to communicate in a classroom setting whenever a video chat client in needed.
ReplyDeleteThe feature that I probably like most about Skye is the ability to share files, photos, screen shots, etc by dragging and dropping them into the chat window. This would be great to use in educational setting where file sharing is needed. Skye calls are often free so this is a great way to communicate cheaply.
Out of all the tools used for e-learning Skype is one of the best and most used. With Skype you can communicate to students during or after class hours. It is very user friendly and the features such as screen sharing and file sharing are very helpful when learning.
ReplyDeleteScreen sharing is a useful feature so the teacher can demonstrate to the students exactly what they need to do in case there is a difficult task. The file-sending feature is useful because it can be used to share files such as assignments from teacher to student, or peer to peer if needed.
The most important feature of Skype that benefits learning is the ability to video chat. Teachers can use it if needed to make a conference call to organize and develop more effective ways of teaching or to compare notes. A benefit of using Skype for students is that being able to see and hear the teacher encourages the learning atmosphere.
Overall as a communication tool, Skype is very effective tool whether it is being used to teach, learn or for personal reasons.
Out of the 10 tools provided, Itunes and Skype would be my favorite ones. Apple is pretty much the largest and most popular music streaming service available today and they do a great job of having all of the new music by all of the popular artists out today. And with the service being available right on our iphones it’s definitely something i use everyday. Skype is also a pretty effective tool, i don't use it so much because i'm more of a FaceTime person on an everyday basis, but the service is good for professional use and you can also share files while on there. I haven't really heard of any of the other tools listed but still went on ahead and clicked through them anyway just to check them out and the Ustreem tool seems pretty cool and could be effective in many ways.
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