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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
Raise your hand if...
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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AudacityGarageban
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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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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 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
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
