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Technology & Real Life, Meet the Classroom

Technology & Real Life, Meet the Classroom. Noemí Wahls. Lifestreaming. Blogs, Facebook, Twitter and more have introduced the idea of “lifestreaming.”

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Technology & Real Life, Meet the Classroom

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  1. Technology & Real Life, Meet the Classroom Noemí Wahls

  2. Lifestreaming • Blogs, Facebook, Twitter and more have introduced the idea of “lifestreaming.” • Easy to use tools on your computer and your phone make it easy to tell friends and family where you are and what you are doing. Using some of these same tools, this session explores the idea of Academic Life Streaming. • How can cutting edge tools streamline your research work, allow you to share that with students and communities of interest and simply integrate this stream of data into your classes? • Facebook isn’t just for posting pictures of your dog. It, along with many other consumer tools, can be used as a powerful tool to maximize your time investment in research, service and teaching.

  3. Class Introductions

  4. Five Images

  5. Prezi Via http://prezi.com/fz1foidonrdu/

  6. 350 Word Story

  7. Word Cloud via Wordle.net

  8. VoiceThread, Blogs, Polls

  9. http://www.flickr.com/photos/23416171@N05/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/47120078@N05/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/47272513@N07/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/dungfang/sets/72157623331524824/

  10. Tools for Gathering Information • Google Reader • Google Scholar • Automated Google Alerts • SlideShare • Twitter • Scanner Pens • Google Voice • Flickr • EndNote • Facebook • Google Buzz

  11. Tools for Gathering Information • Google Reader: Get updates from journals • Google Alerts: Get email alerts about your research topics in scholar or about what’s posted about you on the Web • SlideShare: Post your work, keep track of views (i.e., impact), and find other presentations • Twitter: Find good resources for teaching and research

  12. Tools for Connecting w/ Others • SlideShare: Follow your colleagues & get alerts when they upload new slides or documents • Twitter: Follow a diverse group of people to inform your research and your teaching. • Facebook: Keep in touch with your network • Four Square: Let others know where you are at

  13. Tools for Sharing Information • Delicious: Post resources related to your teaching and or research and tag them (e.g., it5670) • Wikipedia: Help contribute your knowledge and expertise by editing Wiki’s like Wikipedia • Public RSS: Make your RSS public • Blogger: Keep a blog, for free! Share your ideas as you think of them.

  14. Social Media Facebook Twitter Google Wave VoiceThreads Skype Ning Delicious Learning Management System Moodle Video Jing Adobe Connect YouTube Songs Pandora Groove Shark Pictures Flickr Technology Tools

  15. Blog • •Website maintained by individual or group with regular written entries • •Class project: The Secret Life of Bees • •Class blogs: calculus, biology, writing • •Sample rubric

  16. Delicious • Social bookmarking service for storing, sharing and discovering web bookmarks • Shared class resources (class tag) • Individual or group research • http://delicious.com/

  17. Flickr • Online image (and video) website for storing, sharing and discovering images • •Students upload photos • •Extra class resources • •Story telling • •Writing prompt • •http://www.flickr.com/

  18. Google Docs • Web-based word-processor, spreadsheet, presentation and form application offered by Google • Class (or participant) feedback • Collaborative writing • “Clicker” case study • http://www.google.com/google-d-s/forms/

  19. Jing • Screencasting software for capturing images or videos, easily shared through web or email • •Shopping trip (Spanish) • •Writing math • •Online chat help • •Peer review • •Annotation • •http://www.jingproject.com/

  20. VoiceThread • Collaborative multimedia slideshow, allowing users to comment in multiple ways • Book reviews • Speaking practice (English) • Triangle hunt • Student presentations • Student reading • http://voicethread.com/#home

  21. Wiki • Online writing space that allows users to add, modify or update its pages. • Class projects

  22. YouTube and Embedding • Video sharing website • Use for discussion, quizzes, assignments… • Look for embed code everywhere… • http://www.youtube.com/ • http://www.widgetbox.com/

  23. Challenges and Opportunities Challenges Opportunities Leverage your workload (doing more with the same things) The power of the network: Letting others help Living digital in the digital world • Privacy • Information overload • Social overload!

  24. Getting Started • Start personal • Start small • Remember your purpose

  25. Demo Course • Login information: • http://eteaching.ecollege.com/ • Login ID: conference2010 • Password: conference2010

  26. Interesting in learning games? • http://www.gamesforchange.org/ • http://www.persuasivegames.com/ • http://www.amazon.com/Video-Games-Teach-Learning-Literacy/dp/1403961697 • http://www.boardgamegeek.com/

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