Otterly Successful

Fusion 2013 Game-Based Learning with D2L Technology

Lead by Jon Richardson, C.J. Morrison both from D2L


Game for more interaction, motivation, differentiated instruction

Leaderboards have to be built by individual campus. Beware of FERPA

Would have to contract D2L (someone to design someone to code) to do the gamification/gaming for learning.

Sounds like this is a promotional session only.  Unfortunate. Hate choosing the wrong sessions.

Social Media Icons

HOW MANY OF THESE SOCIAL MEDIA ICONS CAN YOU IDENTIFY?

http://365psd.com/day/3-206/

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Slides and slideshows
Can control speed and translations
hover mouse over and it will pause the slideshow

Here's theme resource:http://cyberchimps.com/ifeaturepro

Plugin Directory
can filter and see what's active or inactive
Caution: want to make sure it is compatible with the theme you're using

What to look for in plugin
compatible with version of wordpress
if only downloaded in the hundreds probably not worth the risk (10,000 - 15,000)
Can google top downloads for Wordpress
Featured posts and newletter are two they like

Widget
Drag and drop makes it easy
Can decide area you want them to go to
Can do manage other information with it (how many posts, width of thumbnail, featured or category)

Wysija (newletter) plugin recommended http://www.wysija.com/
Can pull in work you've already done instead of having to recreate
will do pages as well as posts
drag and drop
editing function pretty good
packaging archived sites and sending them out as a newsletter
have ability to subscribe (name and email)

Effective way to connect with others without bombarding with information (via email)
Trends in the industry
Training opportunities
Usergroups (lists) so that people subscribe to certain newletters

Contact Forms

Other functions

Still time consuming (more people the work can be spread out)

ITC Wordpress

http://techhub.chemeketa.edu

Word Press as a content mangagement system
Magage media, pages and posts
user mnagamentment
navigation

Dashboard
Can be used for quick posts or quick stats are nice

Pages
Can have multiple authors
A page is something that lives in the navigation

Posts
like pages but they have tags (pages have categories)

Tags can really filter down to the keywords you're interested in
Tag cloud with scale or size (how popular are they or how often they are used)

Post is like a news article

Menus and Navigation
Menus are fairly intuitive
You create it
Assign it to an area of your website (ie header, footer, submenu)
Click add pages (can drag and drop)
identations (Don't do more than 3 levels!) Organizational prep ahead can help with this

Media Library
rudamentary edit functions (but usually best to edit outside)
can upload videos

Users and Roles
Can have comment sections attached to just certain areas (can self-register so they can post)
Can add New Users to help manage information
Can assign roles

Design and Layout options
Cascading Styles
Typography

iFeature Pro Theme (theme used by presenters) by CyberChimps with Child Theme
$30 and can use on multiple sites
has good view on phone too
Can do logos and easy control over appearance and template that makes up the website

Templates
sidebar options (verticle columns, double columns) breadcrumbs (how to move back and know where you are in the site)

Slide

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Evernote notes cont.

Can share through twitter and facebook
Can't collaborate with others like you can with Google Docs

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1unq0--GaYxJR1M71Ooi54GAFd_jhHi6YXc5i6oca70g/mobilebasic?pli=1


Other example:
http://ctl.mesacc.edu/blooms/

Can track email associated with it (package all information)


Applying
ScreenChomp
Import something you want to annotate on top of and then share (goes to screenchomp and gives you an URL)

Showme
Can create tutorial/videos and then embedd into LMS
Also has sharable videos others have created (can't download

Explain Everything (can get videos into mp4)

Educreations
Whiteboards that then become sharable


Understanding
Prezi Viewer

Remembering (Blooms lowest level)
Mental Case
Free Flash Card App
Can do video or pictures
But not sharing capabilities, but could be suggeted to students for creating their own


Bonus App Recommendations:

PDF Pen
not free maybe $10
Can highlight annotate pdfs
Good for non dynamic forms (sign form and then email back)

GoodReader (does same as pdfpen but half the price)

ITC Apps 201 Beyond getting started

Matt Evins
Miami University-Ohio
Apps201 Beyond Getting Started
matthew.evins@miamioh.edu

http://mevins.info/ipads201

Bloom's Taxonomy

Highest level Creating

Google Drive for Google docs and editing functions
Table function doesn't work in ios version (so try not to do tables)
Can't collaborate in chat window

Video Creation
Animoto
take a handful of photos and puts them to music (Royalty-free songs so no copyright issues)

Toontastic
Create cartoons (has story arcs so you can do separate scenes)
Can narrate

VoiceThread
Can add audio feedback

Evaluating
Clipboard--takes newsfeeds and puts them into a magazine style
Aggregates for you and keeps current
Can integrate google reader to get  other types of accounts not preset as one of the default categories
Can mark as read later and then come back to it

mobilerss
can integrate google reader accounts and other types of accounts

Hootsuite
aggregates all information
Can post to different channels (faecbook and twitter at same time)
Can set "Timed" responses through Hootsuite for other social media (maybe just on web version) ie preset a tweet to go during your presentatin or when you're on the plane

AudioBoo

Analyzing
popplet
brainstorming and mindmapping
can post to twitter and facebook
good for single projects

Evernote
Free.  Upgrade available, but don't need it really.  Advantage the upgrade, text recognition photo for handouts that then incorporate into file you can make notes on
If you have 4 educators from campus you get upgrade for half price
Text, audio, video,
Syncs up with calendar so it fills in suggested title for notes (ie "meeting with dean")
Create different notebooks (articles and one for notes)
Can add tags

ITC Apps Apps and More Apps

Joan J. Osborne
Northern Virginia Community College

mlearning replacing elearning?

bring users together to share ideas and collaborate...find common apps including LMS app

http://goo.gl/JojVo

goo.gl or  bit.ly for shortening (I use tiny url) (tiny url and bit.ly you can customize URL, but goo.gle gives you the QR code too)

http://goo.gl/JojVo

Merlot has a great app resource too of good apps: http://Goo.gl/hoor4

I definitely need to try out Storify

Vine (loosely combined with twitter)--very very short videos (6 seconds)

* Note for Kari: For Online Social Networking (About.me)

Toondoo.com

SlideRocket

Quick Office Pro

HaikuDeck

iannotate

ScreenChomp

fotopedia ecyclopedia of images

ITC Using QR Codes and Video to Enhance Learning

Dr. Douglas Mann
Rowan University

Video Examples from side walls posted in conference room:

Black and White and Scanned all over High School using QR codes
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=ayW032sKtj8&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DayW032sKtj8

Knight College Physics example using QR codes
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=VLg1kpPja6M&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DVLg1kpPja6M

"When it get's you thinking...that's good"


QRCode Generator (QR Stuff Free Online)
QRStuff.com

Video as QR code that we as a group uploaded, watched and then applied.  Photo to come!  But our group succeeded! 
http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/evinsmj/8489370195/
http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/evinsmj/8489379121/
http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/evinsmj/8489380675/

QR's are kind of hip now so if it helps engage students a little more and that's a cool.

Mobile learning for evaluation

Alot of potential for campus--harder to come up with ideas for online classes.

Some Ideas:
QR Scavenger Hunt
QR Quilt or Mosiac (to get to know each other, or pool videos or other resournces)
Back history of places (ie Why is the Chalberg Theatre named that--who was he?)

Students create a business card with a business card


I suggested creating a free blog just to have a website for content generation and page selection for URLs to use to create/make into QR code

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Voki.com
Speaking Avatars

SoftChalk & SoftChalk Cloud
(Neither are free)

YouSeeU
(site licensing) or $20 per students (for year) that could be done as a course fee
can be put into online or technology fee (if other departments use this it could be beneficial)
record assignment online
you can add comments
student summaries (or student story sharing)
students can comment on each others in live time (synced)
add slides

ITC Engaging Students with Interactive Teaching Tools

Interactive Tools presentation California State University Fullerton

Based off of Community of Inquiry: 

Social Presence

Cognitive Presence

Teaching Presence 

I. Using Audio and Video

VoiceThread.com (see and hear students) Students have a voice

Free version (also a paid upgrade) for instructor or students

upload slides, pictures or videos

Posts or emails the link 

Assignment example

1. Watch a video on designated topic (how not to)

2. Watch a video that shows the technique (exemplary)

3. Find and read an article about topic and post it for the classmates

4. Record a VoiceThread about how YOu might use it 

VoiceThread uses students photo or video of them talking (can do discussion)

Another site

Xtranormal.com

Free account (paid upgrade)
avatar, voice, accents

II. Another idea
Literature Circles
Discussion groups of 4-6 students
Read the same book or article
Each group member prepares for discussion
Group meets regularly

Students can choose which book they want to participate in based on your list
Focused Reading
Informal
Student defined
Accountable for prepping and conducting own meetings

Teacher selects books, structure assignment, orient students to assignment and student roles,facilitate

Students expect teacher to lead discussion but give it back to them

Student roles are rotated
Discussion director (has some introductory questions for discussion and some background information)
LiteraryLuminary (connects to textbook page numbers)
Connector
Illustrator
Summarizer
Vocabulary Enricher
Investigator

Harvey Daniels
www.litcircles.org

ITC Misc. Cool Tools, Links & Resources

Tools and Resources

@ajwms: Need simple icons for buttons? Check out http://thenounproject.com/

http://www.gcflearnfree.org/useinformationcorrectly For how to create online content, avoid plagiarism and other copyright issues

http://www.roanestate.edu/owl/Plagiarism.html Video on plagiarism and other resource links

http://www.litcircles.org

http://facultyecommons.com/collaborize-creating-powerful-communities-in-your-online-course/

http://www.slideshare.net/UnaDaly/community-college-consortium-colleges-oer-panel

Netiquette Example: http://teaching.colostate.edu/tips/tip.cfm?tipid=128

Poll Everywhere to do live polling

Web Accessibility and Guidelines Example: http://www.pcc.edu/resources/instructional-support/access/

ITC: Aresenal of Design Tools for an Army of One

Heather Dawson and Nikki Massaro-Kauffman
PENN State

http://bit.ly/itc2013

Cool.  Above link page 3 has form creator for creating a self check with embedding code that we think we then just copy and paste into our D2L.
* Have to explore this!

Page 5 has Drag and Drop template
Can do text or images
Make the files and zip them up

clickable list generator--use with image

dynamic image--
* Could be cool for Windows & Mirrors integration

Great Presentation.  Awesome sharable and usable resources.  Hope the templates work for us in D2L. If they do, this one session was worth the cost of the conference! :) Thanks!

APOSTROPHOBIC

I am claiming the creation of a new word today...APOSTROPHOBIC.  I am an instructor at a community and technical college.  For years I've been watching the communication skills of our students decrease.  In part, I'm sure this has to do with modern advances in technology that take away from some students filter for seeing their own errors.  Maybe the automatic spellcheck is to blame, or perhaps texting which encourages shorthand and abbreviations. Whatever the cause, the case remains that more and more students are making basic communication errors in mediums that still have standard writing expectations.  I've received countless email that have not been proofed and have had numerous college assignments come into me with texting shorthand.  I am not alone.  My colleagues concur.

So just today, I was writing some notes for my online classes encouraging them to take a little extra time to make sure their communication was appropriate for the context--ah yes, by the way, I'm a COMMUNICATIONS instructor--and that they really needed to get into the habit of capitalizing an "I" when referring to one's self, and to double check their spelling before submitting an assignment. Finally I wanted to emphasize the importance of proper punctuation and the next thing I knew I was typing up "Don't be apostrphobic!".  "Humm...that's new," I thought.  "That's catchy."  That's APPROPRIATE!

I'm tired of seeing students write contractions without using an apostrophe.  I'm tired of seeing the lack of punctuation to show possession.  I'm tired of seeing compounded sentences lacking commas or periods.  But I'll get to that later. One thing at a time, if only f I can just get them not to be apostrophobic!

So, yes, I'm making up my own words but let's face it, you know what I'm talking about and doesn't it fit perfectly?  Keep in mind that if I was apostrophobic like many of my students, that last line would simply have been "so yes im making up my own words but lets face it you know what im talking about and doesnt it fit perfectly" And I just can't do it!

So please, encourage those you know not to be aprostrophobic and maybe, just maybe, we can fight the spread of apostrophobia. There! Now I've claimed two new words!

PS I googled "apostrophobic" and nothing came up.  However, "apostrophobia" did show up.  So the bad news is that I wasn't really the first to claim that word, but the good news is, I'm not alone in my thinking and that others are fighting this battle along side me. :)