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Advanced Web 2.0: Exciting Tools for Career Development Technology. Dr. Debra S. Osborn University of South Florida Presented at CEW, 2010. Goals. Hands-on experience with exciting web tools: Infusing Audio and Video Camtasia Elluminate Second Life See practical applications of each.
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Advanced Web 2.0: Exciting Tools for Career Development Technology Dr. Debra S. Osborn University of South Florida Presented at CEW, 2010
Goals • Hands-on experience with exciting web tools: • Infusing Audio and Video • Camtasia • Elluminate • Second Life • See practical applications of each
COOL TOOL #1:Infusing Audio/Video • Collect audio/video/pictures • Webcam, digital camera • Edit information • Audacity, moviemaker • Import into PowerPoint • (Insert Movie or Insert Sound) • Let’s try it!!!
Exciting Possibilities • Demonstrations • Interviews • Opinions • Others?
GUESS WHAT??? If you can record/edit audio, then you can do something else that is incredible!
Something Xtra: Podcasting!!! An audio file you create in .mp3 format and upload with an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) to a server
Podcasting Basics: • Record/Edit Audio • Audacity or IPodcast Producer: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ • Find site to host podcast: www.Ourmedia.org • Upload podcast feed: www.Tdscripts.com • Test the feed (before you broadcast): http://rss.scripting.com/ • Submit to podcast directories to market your podcast! www.Ipodder.org • Podcast Tutorial: • http://www.c21te.usf.edu/podcasting/podcasting_tutorial_c21te/player.html
PODCASTING POSSIBILITIES • Audio lectures • Instructor post interviews with experts • Give guided questions to help focus as they listen • Student interviews • Have students record and post interviews • Provide examples of their performance
COOL TOOL #2: Camtasia • Record anything on your computer! • Pause, rewind, repeat • Table of contents • Interactive Quizzes www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp $299; 30 day free trial
Possibilities: • Video-lecture/Workshops • Demonstrate • Skills • Roleplays • Webtours • Products • Engage visual, auditory & kinesthetic learners • Example: Tutorial • Example: Job searching lecture
To Review • Create Your PowerPoint • Or, decide on your website • Record - suggested no more than 15 minutes • Edit, add in slide titles. • Create a quiz. • Publish to a site or Import to PowerPoint. • Save as wmv or avi for PPT.
COOL TOOL #3: Elluminate • Text or voice • Roleplay • Discuss case studies • Divide into small groups • Lecture • Record/archive for later
Elluminate – let’s try it! • www.elluminate.com • Rules • 1 speaker at a time • Use headsets; watch volume • General overview
COOL TOOL #4: Virtual Worlds Second Life • Free 3D virtual world • Opportunity to interact with new people, places, experiences • Uses avatars • Voice and text chat • Animations
Possibilities • Real time class • In a center, underwater, on clouds • Brainboards, think/pair/share, small groups, etc. • Group project presentations • Interviews with residents • Learning • Theory project: Freud-bot • Hospital project • CESL
Let’s Create Your Avatar!!! • www.secondlife.com
One More Cool Tool: Create your own utube channel • Sign up. http://www.youtube.com/create_account • http://www.youtube.com/user/drdebosborn • Upload your videos! • Copy your url to share!
Another cool tool: • www.wordle.net • Copy/paste text into box to see most common words • Use with job descriptions and mission statements • Use for marketing
Cool Tools Are Everywhere!!! TRY EVERYTHING TWICE!!! dsosborn@usf.edu Fill me in on your technology adventure!