Wednesday, July 14, 2010
D2L Keynote Speaker Joel Cohen of the Simpsons
Joel Cohen Writer and Co-Executive Producer of The Simpsons
Every scene of most comedies end with a joke that transitions audience to next scene in a light manner. That joke is called a "blow".
How to engage an audience
FYI: Kathy Griffin got Joel a job on Suddenly Susan and then he got to The Simpsons
Simpsons--digital storytelling with personal start (named after someone's family members)
"D'oh" is now in the Dictionary
Homer voted most famous American!
4 fingers implies Japanese maffia
Simpsons--hopefully by offending everyone we're offending no one
Joke is innovation on expectations. A twist at the end from something relatable at the beginning.
Find the human emotion that people connect to. Emotional core=relatability
Bad idea is an opportunity in a collective supportive group
Working with a diverse group provides different, varied perspectives, and individual ideas open up the spectrum from which we can draw from
Tips:
Like a puzzle there are different ways to find the answer to the problem
Try and look at the problem from different angles
Find a surprising different way to go
Look for combinations of "things" you don't think go together.
Not screwing up innovation when you have something good
Remember the context--don't ruin something great by trying to make it better
Think about taking yourself out of the decision and use a filter to decide what will be successful.
Pitched
I will not hide the teacher's flask
A boger is not a bookmark
WW2 was not just a lousy sequel
A hall pass is not a "liscense to kill"
Environment
Relatiablily
Group work-diverse
Fight your first instinct
Novel combinations
Context is this great idea the best gerat idea
a humble filter
Improvement on innovation
On where is "Springfield" ? "We try and screw with our fans as much as possible...Springfield is everywhere man!"
From KyleMackie on Twitter:
creativity is not coming up with a finite number of answers from an infinite number of choices...
...but rather coming up with an infinite number of answers from a finite number of choices.
9 months to make an episode
Favorite episode for Joel "Before the Laughter".
Proudest Moment: Meeting celebrities and fans.
Episode is driven by a theme
In response is "what is it teaching us? I know there is probably something there but I just can't find it." One of the few shows that family's can watch together.
There are things there that can bring us together. It shows us that how much they are messed up, the family stays together.
We are a group we ebb and flow. So hopefully when I'm ebbing someone else is flowing.
You get energized by a good joke.
Every scene of most comedies end with a joke that transitions audience to next scene in a light manner. That joke is called a "blow".
How to engage an audience
FYI: Kathy Griffin got Joel a job on Suddenly Susan and then he got to The Simpsons
Simpsons--digital storytelling with personal start (named after someone's family members)
"D'oh" is now in the Dictionary
Homer voted most famous American!
4 fingers implies Japanese maffia
Simpsons--hopefully by offending everyone we're offending no one
Joke is innovation on expectations. A twist at the end from something relatable at the beginning.
Find the human emotion that people connect to. Emotional core=relatability
Bad idea is an opportunity in a collective supportive group
Working with a diverse group provides different, varied perspectives, and individual ideas open up the spectrum from which we can draw from
Tips:
Like a puzzle there are different ways to find the answer to the problem
Try and look at the problem from different angles
Find a surprising different way to go
Look for combinations of "things" you don't think go together.
Not screwing up innovation when you have something good
Remember the context--don't ruin something great by trying to make it better
Think about taking yourself out of the decision and use a filter to decide what will be successful.
Pitched
I will not hide the teacher's flask
A boger is not a bookmark
WW2 was not just a lousy sequel
A hall pass is not a "liscense to kill"
Environment
Relatiablily
Group work-diverse
Fight your first instinct
Novel combinations
Context is this great idea the best gerat idea
a humble filter
Improvement on innovation
On where is "Springfield" ? "We try and screw with our fans as much as possible...Springfield is everywhere man!"
From KyleMackie on Twitter:
creativity is not coming up with a finite number of answers from an infinite number of choices...
...but rather coming up with an infinite number of answers from a finite number of choices.
9 months to make an episode
Favorite episode for Joel "Before the Laughter".
Proudest Moment: Meeting celebrities and fans.
Episode is driven by a theme
In response is "what is it teaching us? I know there is probably something there but I just can't find it." One of the few shows that family's can watch together.
There are things there that can bring us together. It shows us that how much they are messed up, the family stays together.
We are a group we ebb and flow. So hopefully when I'm ebbing someone else is flowing.
You get energized by a good joke.
D2l-Presenting with Prezi.com
James Falkofske
St Cloud Tech and Community College
Problems with PowerPoint in online class
6 X 6 format "does not cut it" online
Prezi
FREE with .edu get 500MB online storage
Mind-map organized
animated
allows seamless navigation "big picture" down
Visually stimulating
Can drill down in
easy to build
Students get free accounts and storage so they can do projects
Free tutorials online
easy to distribute
Forward and backward, full screen
Hiding text under heading
moves and rotates to next object
will fill screen with the size of the object
Can insert images (photos should have a frame to help avoid graininess when the picture fills the whole screen) The larger the dimensions the more resolution 1024 X 768 But keep in mind you only have 500 MB to work with
Can add graphics easy by clicking "upload picture"
Spatial arrangement with mind-map big pciture and details and relationship to each other
No audio
Can embed youtube videos
Container frames
To embed you just paste in the URL and the next time prezi runs it will automatically embed it
It is a flashbased program
*Video from Youtube "what are you going to be when you grow up?" in James podcast section of prezi presentation--look up later
3 ways to manipulate
1. click on center of zebra (target)
2. zoom in and out manipulates size (if you want everything the same size do the "Add another text" at the same time then go back and edit content
3.click and drag
Duplicate an object (click on the plus on the zebra)
Multiple select
Can present animations
Helpful Help
Well designed interface makes this program easier than you think
After completed you can download, share directly to facebook, twitter, download, embed
Can distribute public, public and allow them to copy, or private
James:"I'm happy to share. Anything on my blog is free to use and share"
Tips
Layout is important
outline ideas graphically
Create relationships spatially
size is important
hide the detail (hide test inside of text) helps clean the interface
group frrame sets of elements (helpst to creat a picture for viewers
group frames
Don't use spin feature alot
Design Tip
Cut and paste from word into notepad (program accessary in word then copy into prezi) as there is no spell check in prezi
create some frames (containers) to figure out positioning
figure out items which should have same relative size and tilt, set zoom view to that proportion, and enter all text-boxes at same time
pre-size graphics 48K onoine (conserve your 500 MB)
Gather all text and graphics files in same directory
Path to "container views" then zoom to elements
Media
Audio embed through YouTube (with Closed Captions) or add your transcrips adjacent to Audio/Video
Make it All Yours (copyright)
text
pictures and graphics
videos
Converting Powerpoint to Prezi
Save As--Outline/RTF (easier to edit text)
Another place to copy text from word is into VUE (free program) and then into Prezi
St Cloud Tech and Community College
Problems with PowerPoint in online class
6 X 6 format "does not cut it" online
Prezi
FREE with .edu get 500MB online storage
Mind-map organized
animated
allows seamless navigation "big picture" down
Visually stimulating
Can drill down in
easy to build
Students get free accounts and storage so they can do projects
Free tutorials online
easy to distribute
Forward and backward, full screen
Hiding text under heading
moves and rotates to next object
will fill screen with the size of the object
Can insert images (photos should have a frame to help avoid graininess when the picture fills the whole screen) The larger the dimensions the more resolution 1024 X 768 But keep in mind you only have 500 MB to work with
Can add graphics easy by clicking "upload picture"
Spatial arrangement with mind-map big pciture and details and relationship to each other
No audio
Can embed youtube videos
Container frames
To embed you just paste in the URL and the next time prezi runs it will automatically embed it
It is a flashbased program
*Video from Youtube "what are you going to be when you grow up?" in James podcast section of prezi presentation--look up later
3 ways to manipulate
1. click on center of zebra (target)
2. zoom in and out manipulates size (if you want everything the same size do the "Add another text" at the same time then go back and edit content
3.click and drag
Duplicate an object (click on the plus on the zebra)
Multiple select
Can present animations
Helpful Help
Well designed interface makes this program easier than you think
After completed you can download, share directly to facebook, twitter, download, embed
Can distribute public, public and allow them to copy, or private
James:"I'm happy to share. Anything on my blog is free to use and share"
Tips
Layout is important
outline ideas graphically
Create relationships spatially
size is important
hide the detail (hide test inside of text) helps clean the interface
group frrame sets of elements (helpst to creat a picture for viewers
group frames
Don't use spin feature alot
Design Tip
Cut and paste from word into notepad (program accessary in word then copy into prezi) as there is no spell check in prezi
create some frames (containers) to figure out positioning
figure out items which should have same relative size and tilt, set zoom view to that proportion, and enter all text-boxes at same time
pre-size graphics 48K onoine (conserve your 500 MB)
Gather all text and graphics files in same directory
Path to "container views" then zoom to elements
Media
Audio embed through YouTube (with Closed Captions) or add your transcrips adjacent to Audio/Video
Make it All Yours (copyright)
text
pictures and graphics
videos
Converting Powerpoint to Prezi
Save As--Outline/RTF (easier to edit text)
Another place to copy text from word is into VUE (free program) and then into Prezi
D2L Using Rich Media
Rich Media can be defined differently. Interactive, engaging, and multi-sensory.
web containing multi-media components, (sometimes advanced but necessarily always new)
Some ideas:
Pyramid of Hate (application with reading and video)USC
Spell Your Name (native speakers telling their stories) from Spielberg advertisement
Ed Heads (for younger K-6)
PBS Wiezel
"America and the Holocaust" McCalla around '92
Streaming clips on the content page
authro lectures and interivew
streaming media fron inside the quiz tool (long)
news media
archives of streaming media (pbs, ushmm, FilmsOnDemand, YouTube, many many others)
Professor lectures, and other media productions
Technology solutions for Teaching and Research
Splitting it up into 10-20 minute segments and putting it into quiz
Digital storytelling. To create a story, put it to music
"Media becomes how we talk"
Be aware of the functioning of the media, how does it affect the users? Where dose it take them?
Stream short clips accessible through "fair use" Clips can be used to discuss/describe a dilemna (internal, social, ambiguous)
Flow to different analysis tools (discussion, quizzes, dropbox)
Utilize the D2L tools in tandem or combination to promote short descriptoin or discussion of a clop
Stream longer media from with the Quiz too Breaks it down and asksa questions that call for desciption, knowldege, applications.
Use the small group function to promote sharing and trust over time
Repeat desciptions and varied represntations
Knowledge of material enhanced
apply concepts
practice
Participate
Send students on a media hunt
Students are at different ability levels with technology (wide spectrum) so be aware
Share digital stories and allow for feedback during the process.
web containing multi-media components, (sometimes advanced but necessarily always new)
Some ideas:
Pyramid of Hate (application with reading and video)USC
Spell Your Name (native speakers telling their stories) from Spielberg advertisement
Ed Heads (for younger K-6)
PBS Wiezel
"America and the Holocaust" McCalla around '92
Streaming clips on the content page
authro lectures and interivew
streaming media fron inside the quiz tool (long)
news media
archives of streaming media (pbs, ushmm, FilmsOnDemand, YouTube, many many others)
Professor lectures, and other media productions
Technology solutions for Teaching and Research
Splitting it up into 10-20 minute segments and putting it into quiz
Digital storytelling. To create a story, put it to music
"Media becomes how we talk"
Be aware of the functioning of the media, how does it affect the users? Where dose it take them?
Stream short clips accessible through "fair use" Clips can be used to discuss/describe a dilemna (internal, social, ambiguous)
Flow to different analysis tools (discussion, quizzes, dropbox)
Utilize the D2L tools in tandem or combination to promote short descriptoin or discussion of a clop
Stream longer media from with the Quiz too Breaks it down and asksa questions that call for desciption, knowldege, applications.
Use the small group function to promote sharing and trust over time
Repeat desciptions and varied represntations
Knowledge of material enhanced
apply concepts
practice
Participate
Send students on a media hunt
Students are at different ability levels with technology (wide spectrum) so be aware
Share digital stories and allow for feedback during the process.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
D2L - Making D2L Come Alive Engaging Students Through Technology
Zoho.com web page where you can uplaod all sorts of things (texts, webpages, pictures, etc.)
Java Aggregator
Garage Band on Mac for audio save as mp3 upload to D2L
Audacity.com for PC (also works with Mac)
Flammingtext.com Blinkingtext.com (called animated gifts)
Keep funny email by running it through imovie (can make new audio track)
sitepail.com (30 day free trial) can send your picture in and they'll create avator
voki.com
upload file from manage files in content
Adobe photo shop
snapzprox (mac)
Jing
Screencast-o-matie
biddler.com
feed2js for rss feed aggragator
Digital Storytelling (be careful with powerpoint music file, audio file, video file all need to be on, so save as a movie, option "add media" and select file versus folder) Save as movie (saves as avi?)
Royalty free webites "creative commons" for jazzing up power point
Integrate music--or have students integrate in an assignment --find the images to match your music and then explain what they did
Podcast--digital autobiography (with prelude and postlude, have to have pictures and videos within podcast) Windows movie maker, garage band, animoto
There's thousands of tools on web 2.0 so google it.
Photos--dreamweaver's tough Adobe photo shop
Technology is way out in front of eduction
Within news widget in D2L, Click table, click advanced
Java Aggregator
Garage Band on Mac for audio save as mp3 upload to D2L
Audacity.com for PC (also works with Mac)
Flammingtext.com Blinkingtext.com (called animated gifts)
Keep funny email by running it through imovie (can make new audio track)
sitepail.com (30 day free trial) can send your picture in and they'll create avator
voki.com
upload file from manage files in content
Adobe photo shop
snapzprox (mac)
Jing
Screencast-o-matie
biddler.com
feed2js for rss feed aggragator
Digital Storytelling (be careful with powerpoint music file, audio file, video file all need to be on, so save as a movie, option "add media" and select file versus folder) Save as movie (saves as avi?)
Royalty free webites "creative commons" for jazzing up power point
Integrate music--or have students integrate in an assignment --find the images to match your music and then explain what they did
Podcast--digital autobiography (with prelude and postlude, have to have pictures and videos within podcast) Windows movie maker, garage band, animoto
There's thousands of tools on web 2.0 so google it.
Photos--dreamweaver's tough Adobe photo shop
Technology is way out in front of eduction
Within news widget in D2L, Click table, click advanced
D2L Keynote from Tuesday Lunch
Julie Evans
Project Tomorrow
www.tomorrow.org
Coming Soon: The New "Free Agent Learner" Are you ready?
Where do we need to be from a visionary standpoint?
Looked at Speak Up antional Research Porject
Huge increase in K-12 having mobile devices
41 % in immersive virtual reality evironments
Digital Naive Generation--not just adopting technology, they are adapting it.
Student vision 3 themes
1.social-based learning Students want to leverage emerging communications and collaboration tools to create personal neworks of experts
2. Un-tethered learning Studetns envision technology-enabled learning that transcends classroom walls
3. Digitally-rich learnng Students see the use of relevancy-based learning
59% of students use social media as their primary communications vehicle
use it to get help on schoolwork
It is the first thing they check when they get home
They want to use their own mobile device (60%)
Almost one third of 9-12 graders report owning a smartphone.
1/3 of parents have taken an onie class for work purposes.
51% Want to work at their own pace as highest concern
Barriors were mostly institutional not personal
Want online textbooks to be interactive and relative
Students' interest in games transcends ages and gender
Project Tomorrow
www.tomorrow.org
Coming Soon: The New "Free Agent Learner" Are you ready?
Where do we need to be from a visionary standpoint?
Looked at Speak Up antional Research Porject
Huge increase in K-12 having mobile devices
41 % in immersive virtual reality evironments
Digital Naive Generation--not just adopting technology, they are adapting it.
Student vision 3 themes
1.social-based learning Students want to leverage emerging communications and collaboration tools to create personal neworks of experts
2. Un-tethered learning Studetns envision technology-enabled learning that transcends classroom walls
3. Digitally-rich learnng Students see the use of relevancy-based learning
59% of students use social media as their primary communications vehicle
use it to get help on schoolwork
It is the first thing they check when they get home
They want to use their own mobile device (60%)
Almost one third of 9-12 graders report owning a smartphone.
1/3 of parents have taken an onie class for work purposes.
51% Want to work at their own pace as highest concern
Barriors were mostly institutional not personal
Want online textbooks to be interactive and relative
Students' interest in games transcends ages and gender
Monday, July 12, 2010
D2L Session 3-Misc Resources
Ended up going to a Support Staff meeting. Decided to head out to another. Went to a Building Your Course Session but now have now power on computer. So not alot of notes :(
From a tweet from Kyle-here's a cool-looking resource to check out which according to their site
"With ConnectYard you can
learn anytime, anywhere:
ConnectYard integrates Facebook, Twitter, text messaging and email into a single communication thread within popular learning management systems, including Blackboard, Desire2Learn, Moodle, Sakai and others. "
http://www.connectyard.com/
From a tweet from Kyle-here's a cool-looking resource to check out which according to their site
"With ConnectYard you can
learn anytime, anywhere:
ConnectYard integrates Facebook, Twitter, text messaging and email into a single communication thread within popular learning management systems, including Blackboard, Desire2Learn, Moodle, Sakai and others. "
http://www.connectyard.com/
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