cool tools 2
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This presentation was used at a faculty/staff workshop designed to introduce 5 "cool tools" to: increase awareness of new technology tools, locate resources to learn/do more, and open a dialogue with colleagues about emerging technologies and their implications for teaching, learning, and collaborating. The five tools introduced were Slideshare, Creative Commons, Google Docs, Flickr, and VoiceThread.TRANSCRIPT
Cool Tools 2Carol McQuiggan & Kristin BittnerFaculty Center for Teaching & Instructional TechnologyPenn State HarrisburgFaculty/Staff Workshop, November 12, 2009
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Objectives
Increase awareness of new technology tools
Locate resources to learn/do more
Open a dialogue with colleagues about emerging technologies and their implications
Agenda
What is it?
How does it work?
How is it being used?
Show me!
Learn more
Go to www.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
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
Slideshare – How does it work?
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
Slideshare – Learn more
Take a Slideshare tour http://www.slideshare.net/tour
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
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
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
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
Other content directories for photos, music, art, videos, etc.
Creative Commons – Show me!
To choose a license Go to creativecommons.org Select “License” Walk through selection tool
To find licensed works you can share, remix, or reuse Go to search.creativecommons.org/ Using Mozilla Firefox, use dropdown to search for
CC Using Google’s Advanced Search -> Usage rights
Creative Commons – Learn more
Creative Commons Wiki - wiki.creativecommons.org/
Educause’s 7 Things You Should Know About Creative Commons http://www.educause.edu/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutCreat/156826
Additional Educause resources on Creative Commons (publications, podcasts, blogs) http://www.educause.edu/Resources/Browse/CreativeCommons/30636
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
Google Docs – How does it work? - Google Docs Dashboard
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
Google Docs – Learn more
Educause’s 7 Things You Should Know About Google Apps http://www.educause.edu/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutGoogl/162758
Google Docs in Plain English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqUE6IHTEA
Google Docs for Educators http://www.google.com/educators/p_docs.html
Review
Slideshare
Creative Commons
Google Docs
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
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
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
Flickr Group
Annotation
& Comments
Flickr – Learn more
Educause’s 7 Things You Should Know About Flickr http://www.educause.edu/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutFlick/162592
FAQ on Free account vs. Pro account http://www.flickr.com/help/limits/#65
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
VoiceThread – How does it work?
Create account
Create: 1. Upload 2. Comment 3. Share
VoiceThread – How is it being used?
6th grade Language Arts
Digital Storytelling http://voicethread.com/share/46225/ and http://voicethread.com/share/124281/
Hear and practice foreign language pronunciation
Provide critiques in creative arts classes
PSU Roman Archaeology Course
VoiceThread – Learn more
Educause’s 7 Things You Should Know About VoiceThread http://www.educause.edu/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutVoice/173329
Voicethread 4 Education wiki http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/
VoiceThread Tutorials http://voicethread.com/#c28
Ideas for using VoiceThread http://voicethread.com/library/
That’s all 5 Cool Tools!
Slideshare
Creative Commons
Google Docs
Flickr
Voicethread V
Questions?
Thanks for your time!!
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