Teach Tools Master

Tech SavvyNABT

Memphis, 2008Robin Heyden, Education Consultant

NABT Memphis, 2008

Robin Heyden, Education Consultant

Introductions

Robin Heyden, Education Consultant

Beverly Brown, Nazareth College

Liz Dorland, Washington University

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Stand up if...

Today’s Path

•Who are you?

•Framework for using technology

•Whistle-stop tour

•Small Groups (three with one rotation)

•Wrap-up/Questions

one thing you’d like to do with

technology that you’re not doing

now...

What is Web 2.0?Web 1.0 Web 2.0

Ofoto Flickr

Britannica online Wikipedia

personal web sites blogging

directories tagging

look things up create, mash-up, broadcast

Why use technology?

•Meet students where they are

•Supports inquiry-based/constructivist learning

•Model appropriate behavior/skills

•Create life-long learners

•Provides new assessment tools

•Learning over time and space

•Saves you time

But also...

Teaching Tools Framework

Content

Connection

Collaboration

Conversation

Blogs

What is a blog?

•A journal to the world

•Reverse chronological order

•Commented on

•Archived

What could you do with Blogs?

•Course blog (student scribes)

•Student group blogs (study or projects)

•Guest bloggers

•Communicate with parents

Live Broadcasts

What is a live broadcast?

•Real-time, synchronous events

•Enliven your blogs

•Participants pose questions, make comments

•Archive for later

What can you do with live

broadcasts?•Tour a site for a future field study

•Interview with an expert

•Take them on a pre or a virtual field trip

•Professional development for you

Wikis

What is a wiki?•A collaborative web site created

and edited by many

•History is preserved

•Highly searchable

•Can be open or access-controlled

•Best known example...

TextLiana T. Bulmer

Liana Bulmer

What can you do with a wiki?

•Course wiki - students build as course proceeds

•Student project - create a wiki on a particular topic

•Collaborative project with students at distant schools

Messaging and Chat

What is “chat”?•An electronic conversation in real-

time over the internet

•Requires a software download - most often used: AIM, GoogleTalk, Yahoo, Meebo, Skype

What can you do with chat?

•Electronic office hours

•Communicate with parents

•Hold class when you have to be away

•Students talking to students

•Homework help

•You have a log of your conversations

Podcasts/Vodcasts

What are podcasts/ vodcasts?

•A series of audio or video files that are delivered over the internet for replay at a later (more convenient time)

•Playback over your computer or a hand-held MP3 (or ipod) device

•Think of it as on-demand audio and video

•Podcast = audio/ Vodcast = video

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RSS Feeds

What can you do with podcasts and

vodcasts?•Student projects

•Use as an anticipatory help on tough topics

•Canned podcasts from credible sources

•Assessment for a group project

•Review/tutorial for absent students

•Research tool

Organizing Your Goodies

Bookmarking

Other Fun Stuff

Google Earth

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Voice Thread

Second Life

What is it?

•Internet-based virtual world

•Earth-like place (“the grid”)

•Simulated on an array of servers

•User-generated content

•Populated by avatars

Teach Skills

Small Groups

#3 Learn About Second Life

#1 How to Build and Use a Wiki#2 How to Build and Use Podcasts

Teaching Tools Framework

Content

Connection

Collaboration

Conversation

Congratulations!Now, where do you go from here?

•Teach Tools wiki www.teachtools.pbwiki.com

•pbwiki summer camp

•Talk with each other (get email addresses!)

•Email us with questions rheyden@comcast.net bbrown6@naz.edu ldorland@mac.com

Small Group Slides

Podcast/Vodcast•Decide on topic

•Decide audio or videocast

•Write script

•Record

•Upload

•Share

Create a Wiki

•Point your browser to www.pbwiki.com

•Create an account

•Create a wiki

•Create a page

Getting around•Avatars - “residents” are the users of SL

•Communication - text-based (local chat and IM) and voice option, profiles, groups

•Moving - teleporting, walking, flying, landmarks and slurls

•SL Time = Pacific Time Zone

What to do there?• Build, create

• Virtual classrooms

• Experiences, simulations

• Live broadcasts/telecasts

• Sims built around novels and plays

• Training, seminars, workshops

• Buy/sell

• Virtual conferences

• Research

• Performances, plays, concerts

How to start?• Access is free

• Go to www.secondlife.com, download the client software

• Pick an avatar name, enter