1. Cool Tools 2 Carol McQuiggan & Kristin Bittner Faculty Center for Teaching & Instructional Technology Penn State Harrisburg Faculty/Staff Workshop, November 12, 2009 V

2. Objectives  Increase awareness of new technology tools  Locate resources to learn/do more  Open a dialogue with colleagues about emerging technologies and their implications

3. Agenda  What is it?  How does it work?  How is it being used?  Show me!  Learn more

4.  Go to www.slideshare.netwww.slideshare.net  In the Search field type Cool Tools 2 and then click the Search button  Select Cool Tools 2  Click the Download button located at the top of the Cool Tools 2 presentation  Open it and start the slideshow to follow along

5. Slideshare – What is it?  A presentation sharing website where users can upload, view, and share presentation files  PowerPoint  Word  Adobe PDF  OpenOffice  Share publicly or privately  Create slidecasts by syncing audio with your slides

6. Slideshare – How does it work?

7. Slideshare – How is it being used?  To share presentations  To store presentations online  To aggregate presentations (tagged by conference, etc.)  Search sloancaln  Search educause09  To embed slideshows into your blog/website  To eliminate the need for paper handouts

8. Slideshare – Show me!  www.slideshare.net www.slideshare.net

9. Slideshare – Learn more  Take a Slideshare tour http://www.slideshare.net/tour http://www.slideshare.net/tour

10.  Go to creativecommons.orgcreativecommons.org

11. Creative Commons – What is it?  An alternative to traditional copyright  Allows copyright owners to determine which rights they want to retain and which they want to release – not all-or-nothing  All licenses require attribution  Goal is to increase access to and share intellectual property

12. Creative Commons – How does it work?  Website explains license choices and provides tool  HTML code provided to add to web page, includes CC logo  License options:  Attribution  No Derivatives  NonCommercial-NoDerivatives  Share Alike

13. Creative Commons – How is it being used?  To promote climate of openness and sharing  To increase opportunities for collaborative work  Learning material repositories  MIT’s OpenCourseWare MIT’s OpenCourseWare  Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 license  May copy and distribute work and make derivative works as long as it includes attribution, is not for commercial purposes, and assigns same license  Connexions – only requires proper attribution Connexions  Other content directories for photos, music, art, videos, etc.

14. Creative Commons – Show me!  To choose a license  Go to creativecommons.orgcreativecommons.org  Select “License”  Walk through selection tool  To find licensed works you can share, remix, or reuse  Go to search.creativecommons.org/search.creativecommons.org/  Using Mozilla Firefox, use dropdown to search for CC  Using Google’s Advanced Search -> Usage rights

15. Creative Commons – Learn more  Creative Commons Wiki - wiki.creativecommons.org/ wiki.creativecommons.org/  Educause’s 7 Things You Should Know About Creative Commons http://www.educause.edu/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKn owAboutCreat/156826 http://www.educause.edu/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKn owAboutCreat/156826  Additional Educause resources on Creative Commons (publications, podcasts, blogs) http://www.educause.edu/Resources/Browse/Creati veCommons/30636 http://www.educause.edu/Resources/Browse/Creati veCommons/30636

16.  Go to docs.google.comdocs.google.com

17. Google Docs – What is it?  A free, Web-based word processor, presentation, spreadsheet, and form application  Document changes are saved automatically  Access from anywhere you have an Internet connection  Collaborate with multiple people on the same document – no need to email revisions back and forth

18. Google Docs – How does it work? - Google Docs Dashboard

19. Google Docs – How is it being used?  Work collaboratively online on team projects, papers, presentations (manage revisions)  Peer review  Create surveys or polls  Import PowerPoint presentations or create new ones  Publish to an online audience or directly to your blog

20. Google Docs – Show me!  docs.google.com docs.google.com

21. Google Docs – Learn more  Educause’s 7 Things You Should Know About Google Apps http://www.educause.edu/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKn owAboutGoogl/162758 http://www.educause.edu/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKn owAboutGoogl/162758  Google Docs in Plain English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqUE6IHTEA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqUE6IHTEA  Google Docs for Educators http://www.google.com/educators/p_docs.html http://www.google.com/educators/p_docs.html

22. Review  Slideshare  Creative Commons  Google Docs

23.  Go to www.flickr.comwww.flickr.com

24. Flickr – What is it?  Photo-sharing website where you can upload and tag photos  Browse/find photos  Add comments and annotations to photos  Create photo sets and collections  Create groups

25. Flickr – How does it work?  Free accounts – can upload 2 videos and 100MB of photos each calendar month; displays 200 most recents photos  Pro accounts – Unlimited photo and video uploads  Registered accounts - Upload photos, assign tags, make photos public or private, select copyright, and more  Create groups  Constantly changing collection of photos

26. Flickr – How is it being used?  In Penn State Harrisburg’s AM ST 105 online course, students share photos of a commercial version of a formerly hand-made object and add a commentary  They also post a photo and/or recipe of traditional food they would contribute to a virtual “pot luck” supper, with explanations of its significance in their traditional experience

27. Flickr Group

28. Annotation & Comments

29. Flickr – Show me!  www.flickr.com www.flickr.com

30. Flickr – Learn more  Educause’s 7 Things You Should Know About Flickr http://www.educause.edu/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKn owAboutFlick/162592 http://www.educause.edu/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKn owAboutFlick/162592  FAQ on Free account vs. Pro account http://www.flickr.com/help/limits/#65 http://www.flickr.com/help/limits/#65

31.  Go to voicethread.comvoicethread.com

32. VoiceThread – What is it?  A collaborative multimedia slideshow that holds images, documents, and videos  Allows people to leave comments using voice, text, audio, or video

33. VoiceThread – How does it work?  Create account  Create:  1. Upload  2. Comment  3. Share

34. VoiceThread – How is it being used?  6 th grade Language Arts 6 th grade Language Arts  Digital Storytelling http://voicethread.com/share/46225/ and http://voicethread.com/share/124281/ http://voicethread.com/share/46225/ http://voicethread.com/share/124281/  Hear and practice foreign language pronunciation  Provide critiques in creative arts classes  PSU Roman Archaeology Course

36. VoiceThread – Show me!  voicethread.com voicethread.com

37. VoiceThread – Learn more  Educause’s 7 Things You Should Know About VoiceThread http://www.educause.edu/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKn owAboutVoice/173329 http://www.educause.edu/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKn owAboutVoice/173329  Voicethread 4 Education wiki http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/ http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/  VoiceThread Tutorials http://voicethread.com/#c28http://voicethread.com/#c28  Ideas for using VoiceThread http://voicethread.com/library/ http://voicethread.com/library/

38. That’s all 5 Cool Tools!  Slideshare  Creative Commons  Google Docs  Flickr  Voicethread V

39. Questions?  Thanks for your time!!  Upcoming Faculty Center event :  Talking about Teaching, Friday, December 4 th, 2:00-3:00, W205 Olmsted  Remember lynda.com technology training available at its.psu.edu/training/lyndaits.psu.edu/training/lynda