Using Multimedia To Enhance Your F2F Class

Are you ready for the Fall Semester? 1.Yes, I’m ready! 2. I’m almost ready 3.No, I really need to get going! 4.What semester?

Web 2.0

What is Web 2.0? 1.Wor-Wic’s new website design 2.Second generation websites 3.Apple’s new operating system 4.A geek term for Halloween

Web New Technology Defined What we are used to is Web 1.0 Coined by Tim O’Reilly ( founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media ) at a brainstorming conference refers to a perceived second-generation of Web-based services Think of it as read/write - COLLABORATION instead of just read! Web 2.0 article by Tim O'Reilly

Blogs & Wikis A blog is a journal that is available on the web. It allows people with little or no technical background to update and maintain the blog. –Examples: Edublogs Livejournal.com Blogs in Education Wiki - a software that allows users to create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. –Examples: Wikipedia – good or bad?Wikipediagood or bad Using Wiki in Education

YouTube - Anyone’s Video Action Pi A Marriage Equality Story Stupid in America The Greatest Political Videos of All Time Free Speech on College Campuses Women in Art

Podcasting  Podcast - a digital media file that is distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds.  For playback on portable media players and personal computers.  Like 'radio', it can mean either the content itself or the method by which it is syndicated – also called podcasting.  The host or author of a podcast is often called a podcaster.  You do not have to have an iPod or iTunes to hear a podcast.

Podcasting  education podcasts - over 1,300 in Podcast Alley - over 5,000 in iTunes. Podcast Alley iTunes  Educational podcasts are usually free  Search possibilities for iTunes:  By subject - history  University – Yale, Princeton  Museums – Museum of Modern Art, National Museum of African Art, Dr. Pepper Museum  Educause Connect – podcasting Educause Connect – podcasting  Podfeed.net – podcast directory Podfeed.net

Googledocs & Spreadsheets  an easy-to-use online word processor and spreadsheet editor  create, store and share documents and spreadsheets  collaborate online in real time  monitor student progress  group work on assignments  see document’s revision  Turn documents into pdf, html or word format

 Education World Site Review gives Google Docs and Spreadsheets an Education World Site Review  Google Doc’s Academic Potential and Importance – Edutechie.com Google Doc’s Academic Potential and Importance  Sign up with only your address and a password  Use Internet Explorer  Googledocs & Spreadsheets

What is social bookmarking? 1.A social way of studying 2.Collecting bookmarks with your friends 3.Tagging web pages to search and share 4.A new form of speed dating

Social Bookmarking Social bookmarking is a way for internet users to store, classify, share and search Internet bookmarks.Internet bookmarks The process of tagging is intended to make a body of information increasingly easy to search, discover, share and navigate over time. Resources: – del.icio.us – download free the most popular software del.icio.us – Configuring and using del.icio.us tutorial by Chris Shields at Drexel University Configuring and using del.icio.us – Social bookmarking in education Social bookmarking in education – 7 Things You Should Know About Social Bookmarking from Educause Learning Initiative 7 Things You Should Know About Social Bookmarking

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Interactive Software

TurningPoint - Audience Response Software Integrates 100% into PowerPoint® Displays questions, surveys, opinion polls and games Students select a response via their wireless ResponseCard® ("clickers") and transmit the data to the presentation. Assesses student learning retention, prompt student interaction, award participation points or deliver quizzes and tests Higher education case studies

Would you like a workshop on using Turning Point? 1.Yes 2.No

Course Websites

WebCT/Blackboard Supplemental Class Sites  Go beyond your faculty website: Closed Post grades Graded quizzes Use surveys 24/7 discussions Submit assignments Student home pages Image database Whiteboard Chat rooms Go to WebCT login on Wor-Wic’s Home page – enter the word sample (lower case) as both the login name and the password to access the sample WebCT course.WebCT login Intro to WebCT Workshop on August 31, 1:00 p.m. in MTC 204 – Kathy Turner if you are

Faculty Websites  Select a faculty website  In your faculty website: easy to use post your syllabus upload course documents create announcements  To obtain a faculty website:  Contact Matt Sollars at  Go to the Faculty Resource web page and submit the information

Which multimedia tool do you think you’ll use? 1.Faculty Website 2.WebCT 3.Podcasting 4.Social Bookmarking 5.Google Docs 6.You Tube

Have you seen the Evolution of Dance? 1.Yes 2.No

Questions? Contact Information: –Safaa Said – –Hours: MWF 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. –This PowerPoint is on the Faculty Resource website in the Workshops link