Students Tap iPhone to Film, Distribute TV Series — from mobilized.allthingsd.com by Ina Fried
On 01/29/2011,
in communications, media/film,
by Daniel Christian
On 01/29/2011,
in A/V -- audio/visual, blogs / blogging / vlogging, communications, creativity, digital audio, digital video, ideas, pedagogy, web design and production,
by Daniel Christian
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Originally saw this item at iLearnTechnology.com
Excerpt:
Voki is a free web tool that let’s students create personalized speaking avatars that can be used in a variety of online formats (blogs, email, direct link, social network profiles, etc.). Now, Voki has released an exclusive education edition of their service. Voki Education has some additional features that make it even more useful for the classroom. Sharing is now easier than ever. Students and teachers can embed their finished Voki in webpages, email, and social network profiling, they can also share using a “Voki link” which will allow students to share a simple URL to a Voki page. Students no longer need access to a website or blog to share their Voki scene! Voki also provides custom links for educational partners like SymbalooEdu, very handy. A new lesson plan database provides teachers with a searchable database of lesson plans that utilize Voki for learning. Teachers are encouraged to share their Voki enhanced lesson plans. In the new Teacher’s Corner, teachers and “expert” users can discuss anything related to Voki. There is even a Newbies corner with a series of discussions in Q&A format. Voki is now ad-free, this makes it an even sweeter deal for the classroom!
On 12/28/2010,
in collaboration, communications, digital audio, digital video, telecommunications, tools, vendors, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
— originally from Lynn Marentette’s Interactive Multimedia Technology blog
On 12/14/2010,
in communications, presentations,
by Daniel Christian
On 12/10/2010,
in analytics, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, collaboration, communications, instructional design, learning ecosystem, RSS, social learning / networks,
by Daniel Christian
Connections, Clouds, Things & Analytics –– from George Siemens
From DSC:
In looking through George’s presentation, the following graphic reminded me of a learning ecosystem. The idea of activity and content streams speaks of constant flow, change, new information. Look are the sources of where learning can come from:
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As an instructional designer, how do we incorporate all of this?
Finally, one other thought, if we are not connected to a network of bloggers (and have a series of RSS feeds keeping us constantly up-to-date) or have some other means of tapping into these streams of activities and sources of content, we will look like this:
On 10/15/2010,
in communications, digital video, drama/theater, ideas, music, online learning, online media, student-related, teaching & learning, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
Using web video to fine-tune student performance — from The Chronicle by Travis Kaya
For three years, faculty and students at Baruch College of the City University of New York have been honing their public-speaking and presentation skills online with the college’s Video Oral Communication Assessment Tool, or VOCAT, which allows instructors to view and give feedback on uploaded student videos.
After finding success with the tool on campus, developers are now actively searching for ways to take VOCAT to the next level, both beyond Baruch and across academic disciplines. They believe video-sharing on VOCAT has potential application in everything from distance learning and foreign-language instruction to performance arts and industrial trades.
“We’re looking ahead to where it might go,” said Mikhail Gershovich, platform designer and director of the Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute at Baruch. “I don’t want this to be just an assessment tool.”
VOCAT allows students to view videos of themselves giving presentations or performances online—all video is taped and uploaded by a college technician—and lets them read and respond to feedback from faculty members. The software also keeps a log of student videos, allowing them to track their progress over the course of a semester…