Gabe Mydland, EdD LPC Dakota State University Strengthen the Link with Blended Videos

What is a Blended Video?

Why? Too many students today

Using PS3 helps to shift

Important Opportunity To teach about copyright, fair use, attribution, and proper citation. Encourage Media Literacy or nudge, urge, and/or cajole consumers to become creators of information. 12/23/20155

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Concept Maps: Showing Relationships Link concepts (nodes) with lines to represent relationships (propositions )

Concept Maps: Window into Student Minds

Concept Maps Replicate how information is organized and represented in memory

Concept Map Transform a student into an active learner Encourages students to become self-directed learners Greater confidence in the comprehension of new material, and Shrink the gap between theory and practice

Concept Maps Develop skills in the areas of –Critical thinking, –Organization of information, –Understanding of complex relationship, and –Integration of theoretical knowledge

Concept Maps Encourage students to –Extract and focus on important ideas, –Think about how these concepts are related, and –Organize such information into an “integrated structure.”

Concept Map Sites/Software Bubbl.us – C-map – Mind 42 – 12/23/ FREE!

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Zamzar Zamzar is a free on-line utility that allows you to capture video content or convert it into a format your prefer Videos can later be edited in Windows Movie Maker

Step 1: Find Your Web Video Enter the URL address –(Or find the file on your computer if you have already downloaded it!)

Step 2: Decide which format you prefer Several from which choose!

Step 3: Recommended formats ‘wmv’ is used in Windows Media Player ‘avi’ if you are planning to make a DVD ‘mp4’ and ‘mov’ for Apple computers

Step 3: Enter address to where download link will be sent Zamzar converts the files on its site and send you a link to download the converted file to your address

Step 4: Select ‘Convert’ Tab

Check progress bar

Zamzar arrives when conversion completed Select download link to save to your computer

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Student Created Content Students encouraged to create and/or find their own examples

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What is WMM? Installed on Windows XP and Vista computers WMM can edit video content from the web Still pictures, movie clips, sounds, music and narration can be added to WMM Create movies that can be viewed on other computers, uploaded to Internet or create a DVD

Find WMM Select (>) Start > Run and enter “moviemk” to open program

Select ‘Tasks’ This opens the ‘Movie Tasks’ menu-a sequential guide for how to use WMM.

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Other areas in WMM 12/23/ Collections View – Items to be imported listed here Preview Screen Timeline/ Storyboard imported items dragged here in the order they are to be shown

WMM ‘How to’ Guides Russell, W. (2010). How to use Windows Movie Maker: Beginner’s guide to Windows Movie Maker. Retrieved April 3, 2010, from : /mov_mak_beg.htm /mov_mak_beg.htm Jonjonbass (Producer). (2006, November) Movie maker video editing tutorial. Retrieved February 22, 2010 from: /23/201531

References De Simone, C. (2007). Applications of Concept Mapping. College Teaching, 55 (1), Harpaz, I. B. (2004). Concept Mapping: An educational strategy for advancing nursing education. Nursing Forum, Kinchin, I. (2006). Concept mapping, PowerPoint, and a pedagogy of access. Journal of Biological Information, 40 (2), Shaverlson, R. J., Ruiz-Primo, M., & Wiley, E. W. (2005). Windows into the Mind. Higher Education, 49,