09 05 08 Optional Attendance Tech Presentation To Fall 2008 Classes

Dr. Mark Simpson aka Dr. SSeptember 5, 2008

• Objectives• Web 1.0 Tools• Web 2.0 Tools• Final Exam!!

By the end of this presentation, you should be able to:•Locate & briefly describe specific Web tools which you might use in your courses with Dr. S•Identify ways in which you might use these tools in these courses

•Web 1.0 = one-way road; self-publishing (e.g., putting info on your website); downloading an application to create something to disseminate information (Photostory, Windows Movie Maker)

•Web 2.0 = two-way highway; interactivity; working online to create something to involve input from others (blogs; wikis; social networking sites - MySpace, FaceBook; web-based applications)

• Photo Story 3: “Create slideshows using your digital photos.

• Windows Movie Maker: “Windows Movie Maker 2.1 makes home movies amazingly fun…you can create, edit, and share your home movies right on your computer.

• Animoto: Create a short 30-second video with your photos . The web program uses ‘cinematic artificial intelligence’ to create your video.

• Video Tutorial•A sample Photo Story by an FGCU instructor• Sample photo stories• Other resources:• Our electronic file• Jakes on line• MLPSI Video Tutorial

• How to make a WMM - Video• Additional Resources:• Our electronic file (emailed to you if you

signed up)

• Windows Movie Maker 2 Creativity Fun Pack

• Windows Movie Maker 2 Winter Fun Pack

• How to make an Animoto video clip•An FGCU instructor-produced Animoto video clip• Additional Resources:• Animoto for Education• Some uses for Animoto

• How might you use these in your courses?

• How might your students use them in your courses?

• What are some strengths/weaknesses?

• Blog: a web log with commentary from readers

• Wiki: collected web pages which users can contribute to or modify

• Voicethread: an online media album which users comment on/interact with

• Google Docs: web-based text documents which users can collaborate on

• Voki: represent yourself as an avatar

• Toondoo: create cartoons and export them

• Blogs in Plain English• A sample FGCU instructor’s blog• A sample FGCU student’s blog• Blog resources:• blogger• Angel

• Wikis in Plain English• Educators on Wikis• A Quicki Wiki Lesson• pbwiki for university educators

Other resources:• Angel• Wetpaint Wikis in Plain English• Eduwikis

• What’s a Voicethread anyway?• An FGCU instructor-produced Voicethread• Sample Voicethreads used in teaching writing• Other resources:• Voicethread (a YouTube tutorial)

• Google Docs in Plain English• Google Docs for educators• Other resources:• How to Use Google Docs• Five Things You Probably Didn’t Know You Could Do in

Google Docs & Spreadsheets• Ten Ways to Use the New Google Docs Productively

• Creating a Voki• Vokis created by FGCU instructors• Vokis created by FGCU students• Other resources:• Using Vokis• MLPSI Voki Tutorial

• Toondoo• Sample Toondoos by FGCU instructors• Sample Toondoos by FGCU students• Other resources:• Using the Toondoo website

• How might you use these in your courses?

• How might your students use them in your courses?

• What are some strengths/weaknesses?

• Where do you find all of these tools?• Pair work: blog, wiki, Photo Story 3, WMM,

Animoto, Voicethread, Voki, Google Docs, Toondoo

• How might you use them in an academic setting?

• How might your students use them in an academic setting in which writing is a focus?