1. How to make your online students feel loved Or at least treated the same as your traditional classroom students David Atencio Information systems Reedley College

2. When do you work “online”? After… –Other traditional classes –Committees –Meetings –Grading –Office hours –Reading and responding to email

3. What’s left for your online students?

4. Online challenges 1.Academic rigor and strong outcomes 2.Assessment tools 3.Teacher-student communication 4.Class Discussion 5.Assignments 6.Quizzes 7.Grading 8.Peer communications

5. So what are you…?

6. A Weekend Warrior? or A Night Owl?

7. Free tools to help you manage your time

8. Movies and Podcasts Tools (free) –Audacity –Community Clips –Power Point –Jing –Debut –BSR5

9. Movies and Podcasts cont… Keep them generic Keep them simple Keep them to the point Keep your face out of it

10. Launching Video Screencast Personal Webpage BlackBoard Facebook (more about this later)

11. Personal Communication Cell Phones… Oh no!!! Facebook… Please don’t –Issues Security Concerns Identity theft, masking, etc… Phone abusers

12. Google to the rescue Google Voice Google Docs Google Apps

13. Virtual Office Hours Join Me Connect Now

14. Equipment A decent computer –Lots of RAM –Decent video card –Strong processor AMD Phenom Intel I3-I7

15. Other free tools Logmein.com Dropbox.com ConnectNow SendNow Windows essentials –Live Mesh

16. Avoid getting lost in the “Cloud” Pick a system and stick with it Test it with your classroom first Include short movies with instructions

17. Need help? reedleydave.com david.atencio@reedleycollege.edu