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Connect with your Students using Video Snippets in your
Online Classroom – Free!
Andree C. Swanson, Ed.D.Assistant Professor of Business and Professional
Studies
Overview
Students want engaging, creative
instructional media. If these are
created by you, the faculty member,
you can increase e-connectivity in the
classroom.
Background
BackgroundE-Connectivity -- Social Connection in an Online
Classroom
Studies have identified the need for…
Achieving a social connection (e-connectivity)
with their students (Slagter van Tryon & Bishop,
2006)
Increasing interactivity that “will help the
students' with their understanding” (Swanson,
Hutkin, Babb, & Howell, 2010, p. 121).
BackgroundWarm, Friendly, Honest, and Caring
Participants 100% agreed that faculty should be:
warm,
available to answer questions;
hold students to a high standard,
remain flexible to adult learners;
honest in all of their interactions, and
demonstrate a caring nature in the online classroom”
(Swanson, Hutkin, Babb, & Howell, 2010, p. 119).
Personalize the Message
“Videos or podcasts can help students connect with and understand
content in a way that print (or slides) alone may not be able to achieve.
Videos, blogs, wikis, and discussion forums can also personalize the
discipline and allow students to get to know the teacher as an
individual who cares about student learning and success.
It is one thing for a student to read a syllabus (or any document) about
course requirements and expectations, but quite another for a teacher
on video to talk about opportunities for learning and his or her teaching
philosophy, just as Bain argues the best teachers do in the traditional
classroom.”
How does one achieve empathy and caring in the
online classroom??
By adding free video
Some free tools
Jing / Screencast
Jing
Jing / Screencast
Use Jing to… Take Screenshots:
Capture an image of what you see on your computer screen
Record Screencasts: Record up to 5 minutes of onscreen video
(Techsmith.com, 2012)
Go to:
http://www.techsmith.com/download/jing/default.a
sp
Downloading Jing
JingAdding e-connectivity through the use of Jing.
Provide qualitative
feedback directly on the
paper.
Explain content areas.
Explain formatting areas.
Demonstrate how to create
sections in an academic
essay.
Students can hear: Caring voice Empathetic tone Positive tone
All of this can be done from your home
computer!But, the student feels
like you are right there!
JingSharing the Screencast with the students.
The student will receive a Screencast url from you, the instructor.
Nothing for them to download.
Students merely copy and paste the URL into a browser, and view.
Jing / ScreencastExample Jing Screencast for you to review
Open your browser in another window
Copy and paste this URL
http://screencast.com/t/J5daWKXXUr
When the page comes up, click on the arrow
View the Jing Screencast
JingTutorials
Go to: http://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-jing.html
Glogster
Freeor Inexpensive
Easy to have students create an account.
Narrated PowerPoint
Add narration to a presentation
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/add-narration-to-a-presentation-HA001230306.aspx
How to Record Narration for a PowerPoint Presentation For Dummies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZp3jumnWUg
Converting the PowerPoint to Video
Turn your presentation into a video
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/turn-your-presentation-into-a-video-HA010336763.aspx
How to Convert PowerPoint 2010 Presentations Into Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTda5Ypv9U0
Another instructional guide
How to convert PowerPoint into Video for YouTube or iPod
http://www.labnol.org/software/tutorials/convert-powerpoint-video-upload-youtube-ppt-dvd/2978/
PowerPoint to Video Converter Free
http://download.cnet.com/PowerPoint-to-Video-Converter-Free/3000-2075_4-10973588.html
VoiceThread
A Free account has no limits on viewing, listening or commenting via audio or text, and no one will ever need to pay anything to view and comment on a VoiceThread.
A Free account does have some limitations on VoiceThread creation and video (webcam) commenting
easily upgrade to a
VoiceThread Pro account
with unlimited creation
and advanced features
for less than $5 a month
Xtranormal
Xtranormal Movie Maker is a free online animation creating tool that allows the user to create a fully animated CG movie using the tools and options that it provides.
Xtranormal Moviemaker service works in combination with Google
The user has to create a Google account for himself and log into that account to start using the service.
Voki
What is Voki? Voki is a FREE service
that lets you: Create customized
avatars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZwQTm_5s6Q
Add voice to your Voki avatars.
Post your Voki to any blog, website, or profile.
Take advantage of Voki's learning resources.
Web application that automatically generates professionally produced videos using patent-pending technology and high-end motion design.
Each video is a fully customized orchestration of user-selected images and music.
http://download.cnet.com/Animoto/3000-18515_4-10820520.html
Animoto
Questions?
Join.me next
Join.Me
Join.Me
Join.meJing.me described
Use Jing to… Share your screen in real-time
The free version allows Internet calling, screen sharing, 250 viewers, share control and the ability to send files.
The paid for version ($149/year) adds window sharing, swapping of presenters, meeting scheduler and international option.
Join.meAdding synchronized e-connectivity with students.
Provide qualitative
feedback directly on the
paper.
Explain content areas.
Explain formatting areas.
Demonstrate how to
create sections in an
academic essay.
Students can hear: Caring voice Empathetic tone Positive tone
All done in real-time!
Join.meSharing the Join.me screen – what you will do
You connect through join.me
You will see a tool like the one below at the top of your screen.
The unique code that you will share with students will be here.
Join.meSharing the Join.me screen – what students will do
Go to https://join.me/
They will see this on the join.me webpage.
Then they will enter your unique code in this box.
Then, click on green arrow.
Join.meScreen sharing in real-time
Notes to remember
FAQs available
Desktop and Mobile Apps available
Join.meTo quote Join.me
“…ridiculously simple screen sharing tool”
Questions?
Evidence next
Evidence
Here’s the evidence
Anecdotal Evidence
Students say… I gain from this type of
feedback as I am a visual learner.
Hearing your voice helps me to understand the concept that you are explaining.
Instructor Specialists say… Providing this type of
feedback is as though you are sitting with the student and guiding him or her through the paper. Great job!
Anyone care to do a study
on this?
“If a video requires a large amount of
information, it is better for me as a student
to have the video or audio separated into
several separate videos or have one long
video that is easy to revert back to sections
of it, in order to review material.”
(Gladstein, 2008, p. 68
Break into Short Videos
“Developers should follow the lead of video
portals such as YouTube or Google Video and
limit their videos to a size that downloads or
plays quickly. Given that contemporary
learners move at “twitch speed,” shorter
length multimedia may be better.”
(Gladstein, 2008, p. 68)
Twitch Speed
