Online Tools

1. Online Tools

2. A moving target • Tools change, versions updated. • Before you know it or before you use it has changed.

3. The good thing • Teachers who incorporate new tools are perceived to be cutting-edge.

4. Warning • Must be part of the instructional design • Not just a cool thing to add to your teaching

5. Will technology replace teachers?

6. First view • Computers can definitely help students in a big way to learn. Similarly they can help teachers in teaching more effectively. But computers can never replace teachers completely. • To begin with teachers are needed to decide and tell computer software developers what the computers will teach and how they will teach it.

7. Second view already has replaced many teachers

8. In either case • Teachers have to become much more familiar with what technology is available and how they might use it .

9. Can all teachers teach online?

10. Can all teachers teach online? • Teachers are subject-matter experts, not instructional designers

11. 3 Generation of online tools

12. Web 1.0, Web 2.0, Web 3.0 • Web 1.0 = reading as consumer • Web 2.0 = contributing as a producer • Web 3.0 = semantic web , personalized web • (the content changes based on your personal needs, interests, abilities)

13. What factors to consider in choosing a tool • Matches with your teaching style • Choose a tool that solves a problem not the one that creates a problem • Platform- Some tools are good only for online or only for f2f • Best practices- Best used for what? • Cost • Accessibility

14. Tools

15. 1- Organize • Calendars • Scheduling aids • Mind mapping • Social bookmarking

16. Calendars • Google Calendar • 30boxes.com • You can share your calendar with your students • You can sync it with your Outlook and your mobile phone

17. Scheduling tools • An easy way to find out when everyone is free for your next meeting or event. • Doodle = free http://doodle.com • Whenisgood =free http://whenisgood.net • Timetradehttp://www.timetrade.com = free trial (Online Appointment Scheduling)

18. Mind mapping tools • http://bubbl.us = online-free • http://www.text2mindmap.com = online-free • www.mywebspiration.com = free trial= web version of Inspiration • www.mindmeister.com = free trial = $ 5 /month Organize and represent information graphically

19. Social Bookmarking Accessto your bookmarks from anywhere Shareyour bookmarks with others Let your colleagues add to your bookmarks Highlightand Add sticky notes on web pages Archivepages forever and make them searchable, too Organize your items by tags or lists

20. Examples • https://delicious.com/ • www.diigo.com

21. Diigo

22. Note taking • NoteShare Express - Desktop Edition video • http://www.aquaminds.com/nsDesktopProduct.jsp see video • Note taker • http://www.aquaminds.com/product.jsp • Apple Note Taker • http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/note-taker/id342284707?mt=8 • Online note taker • http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=722&title

23. Note Taker HD

24. Virtual Storage and file Management • Upload files to a secure server • Free (for small size) • www.drivehq.com (cloud) • www.fileden.com • www.yousendit.com • www.dropbox.com

25. 2 – Tools to communicate and collaborate

26. Discussion Forums For an online and hybrid course the heart and soul of the course is communication Text • Ning • Yahoo Groups • Google Groups Voice • http://voicethread.com = free small size • www.wimba.com/products/wimba_voice = institutional subscription • www.bigbluebutton.org= Free , institutional subscription

27. Instant Messaging • It is most appropriate for quick questions that do not require lengthy explanations. • Also you may use it as an assessment tool or as an educational game tool. • Google Chat • Yahoo Messenger • AOL Instant Messenger

28. Blogs • Allows readers to add comments. • Students get feedback on their writing www.blogger.com http://edublog.com http://wordpress.com

29. VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) • Converts sound from analog to digital and sends it over the Internet. • Skype • Google talk & Google video conf • www.tinychat.com (up to 10 simultaneous calls)

30. Wikis • A wiki page allows a group of users to update and edit text collaboratively. • http://www.wikispaces.com • http://pbworks.com • Googledocs

31. Microblogs (Tweets) • Microblogging is the practice of communicating brief ideas as digital content to an audience. • The content is limited to 100-140 words • Can be sent or received through a computer or cell phone • Might be the antithesis of scholarly writing.

32. Microblogs (Tweets) • www.twitter.com • www.tumblr.com • www.edmodo.com

33. Web Conferencing • Students enrolled in online courses, sometimes report feeling disconnected or socially isolated. • Elluminate • Adobe Connect • Dimdin • http://vyew.com

34. 3- Tools to Present Content

35. Audio • Audio and the power of human voice humanize the learning experience • There are some content that can only come in audio format (music, spoken language, sound effects)

36. Audio Tools • Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net ) • Garage Band (Mac Only) (www.apple.com/ilife/garageband ) Mixcraft http://www.acoustica.com/mixcraft • Propaganda (www.makepropaganda.com) • Sony Acid Music Studio http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/musicstudio

37. Video Captioning Video • iMovie (Mac) • iDVD (Mac) • Windows Live Movie Maker Distributing Video YouTube TeacherTube Scholastic TeacherShare

38. Screencasting • Screen shot = Still image of computer screen • Screen Capturing = Recording exactly what happens on computer screen as a video file • Screencasting = Publishing (usually live with narration) what is happening on computer screen

39. Screencasting • Jing • Camtasia • Captivate • Screenflow

40. Narrated Slide Show • Prevents the instructor from cluttering the screen with small text or assuming the students’ ability to understand the full meaning behind a few bulleted phrase. • Recommendation= make 2 versions of ppt

41. Narrated Slide Show • Powerpoint • Keynote (Mac) • Yodio • Flash • http://prezi.com/ (hard to do narration)

42. Sharing Images • Flickr • Picasa • Photobucket

43. 4- Tools to assess learning

44. Quizzes, Tests, and Surveys • Google Forms • ProProfs Quiz School • Quia • SurveyMonkey • Zoomrang

45. Rubrics and Matrixes • Often, instructors, give a brief narrative description of an assignment without fully explaining how it will be graded. • Rubristar (http://rubristar.4teachers.org ) • Rubric Builder (www.rubricbuilder.on.ca ) • TaskStream (Institutional subscription)

46. E-Portfolio • Assessment should not be the sole responsibility of the instructor. Students should also participate in the assessment process through self-assessment and reflection.

47. E-PortfolioHelps you the instructor to know • What students have completed (performed) before your class. • What they already know? • How much have they grown in the specific content area? • How is their overall progress in your program.

48. E-Portfolio Tools • www.eportfolio.org • http://mahara.org • www.pupilpages.com • TaskStream (Institutional subscription)

49. 5- Tools to help you transform your Identity

50. Avatars • Avatars are animated characters that you can add to web pages as a way of bringing a more personal , visual , and human element to your messages. • CodeBaby www.codebaby.com • SitePal http://sitepal.com • Voki www.voki.com