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Tools for eTwinningThomas Maier, CSS

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Magazine Factory creating web magazines

Wideboardonline collaboration using

virtual surfaces

Media Synchrone creating and publishing rich

multimedia content

Tools presented:

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Magazine FactoryInteractive tool for developing and producing web

magazines

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Overview• Tool for creating web magazines

• Publishing tool for a single project or continuous activities

• Multi-lingual

• “Classical” editorial staff concept:

- Chief editor

- Editor

- Journalist

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Project Magazine

User roles

Chief editor

Editor Editor

Journalists Journalists Journalists

Class A incountry A

Class B incountry B

Class C incountry C

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Five steps (wizard)

• Magazine settings

• User profile

• Add users

• Create article categories

• Summary

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Text

http://www2.edu.fi/magazinefactory/

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http://www2.edu.fi/magazinefactory/magazines/Picture_of_the_Country/?str=40

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http://www2.edu.fi/magazinefactory/magazines/projectmyweek/

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How to start

• CSS creates accounts for schools

• Teachers receive email notification

• Edited magazine details

• Invite others to participate

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WideboardToolkit for on-line communication and

cooperation.

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Overview• Wideboards are large, virtual 2-dimensional

surfaces• Any type of object can be placed• All users see changes on the board online

in real time• A board is persistent, which means that it

keeps its objects until the board owner erases it.

• Web based, platform independant (Java), also runs on PDAs and mobile phones

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What for?

• Team Collaboration• Communities• E -learning systems • International Collaboration • Games• Tele-Conferencing

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Christian Perrier teaching a French class to his Italian partner

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Hello Thomas

Here I attached two pictures showing my Iatalian partner using Wideboard today when I give a lesson of French to her students. I saw their proposition in wideboard  from my desk.

Best regards

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How to start

• CSS creates accounts and Wideboards for teachers

• Teachers receive email notification

• Teachers give access to others in the project

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Media SynchroneA solution for the creation and distribution of

enriched multimedia content (Rich Media)

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Overview

• Capacity to integrate any piece of content in any piece of format

• Create rich media content (audio, video, images, text, PowerpointTM )

• Content re-usability

• Easy authoring and updating

• Standard compatible file format (SMIL)

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Three steps

• Capture

• Mix

• Publish

‣ Online

‣ Offline

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Capture and connect

Record audio and video

Add othercontent

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Mix

Make chapter

Add links

Adjust timeline

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Publish

Media Synchrone Server

Disk

Result is a Real movie: RAM file

content files

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How to start• CSS provides accounts to teacher

• Client software needs to be downloaded

• Teacher opens client software and has to provide login information

• Teacher / students create content

• Publish their work online / offline

• New version 2.0 available since January 2006

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The pilots

• What do you get?

- Free access to three innovative tools for collaboration until March 2006

- Support (English only)

- Manuals (English only)

- Three months period

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The pilots

• What is expected?

- Test and use the product(s) within an existing eTwinning project

- Write a short report about user experience, pros & cons and suggestions for improvement

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The pilots

• Who to contact?

- Thomas Maier (thomas.maier@eun.org) for initiating participation

- Support will be provided by the partners (English only), not by the CSS

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Thank you!thomas.maier@eun.org