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Also see:
ACMI’s blog.
On 01/31/2011,
in animation, art, Australia, creativity, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital video, multimedia, music, online media,
by Daniel Christian
On 01/29/2011,
in creativity, digital audio, digital learning, digital video, education technology, history, ideas, multimedia, music, project-based learning,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
Not only is this a slick way to learn about a musician and about history…but it made me think…how about having students create something like this? Project-based learning with a great splash of creativity!
— apologies…I can’t recall where I first saw this.
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 01/29/2011,
in digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital video, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, K-12 related, mathematics, personalized/customized learning,
by Daniel Christian
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“Every Prodigi ® lesson begins with Easy questions that review prerequisite concepts and get students warmed up. Based on student performance, questions increase in difficulty to Medium, and then to Hard (examination level), and finally Extreme (recreational). Not only that, but students have live access to hints and worked solutions to plug any gaps in their knowledge”
On 01/22/2011,
in A/V -- audio/visual, digital audio, digital learning, digital video, global / globalization, tools, vendors, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
On 01/22/2011,
in digital audio,
by Daniel Christian
Audio Feedback – A How-To Guide — from JISC Digital Media
From DSC:
This item includes instructions on how to insert digital audio-based feedback into a Microsoft Word document.
Addendum, also see:
http://www.addictivetips.com/microsoft-office/insert-audio-file-in-microsoft-word-2010/ (for Word 2010)
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/insert-a-sound-HP005257344.aspx or http://resources.marshalladulteducation.org/techtips/techtip52.htm (Word 2003)
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Audio Feedback for Students — from Nancy Rubin at Learning Objects
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Asynchronous Audio Feedback to Enhance Teaching Presence and Students’ Sense of Community — from Sloan Consortium
On 01/22/2011,
in digital audio, digital storytelling, digital video, multimedia, open courseware and systems,
by Daniel Christian
Royalty Free Music and EmbedPlus — from The Thinking Stick by Jeff Utecht
Excerpt on EmbedPlus:
“You can set times in the video to skip to, you can slow the video down, and rewind. Some pretty cool extra features….and all for free.”
On 01/20/2011,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, animation, blended learning, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, collaboration, convergence, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, cost of getting a degree, creativity, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, distance education, e-books, e-readers, education, education reform, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, flipping -- inverted learning, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, global / globalization, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, hybrid learning, immersion, informal learning, innovation, interactivity, internet, K-12 related, learning, learning agents, learning ecosystem, learning preferences, learning spaces, lifelong learning, love of learning, marketplaces, media/film, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multimedia, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new business models, new media literacies, online learning, online media, online tutoring, play, podcasting, simulations, social learning / networks, social media, strategy, teaching & learning, technologies for your home, technology (general), telepresence, television, training / L&D, transmedia, trends, ubiquitous learning, user experience (UX), user interface design, vendors, videoconferencing, virtual field trips, virtual K-12 schools, vision/possibilities, visualizing information, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
The other day, I created/posted the top graphic below. Take the concepts below — hook them up to engines that use cloud-based learner profiles — and you have some serious potential for powerful, global, ubiquitous learning! A touch-sensitive panel might be interesting here as well.
Come to think of it, add social networking, videoconferencing, and web-based collaboration tools — the power to learn would be quite impressive. Multimedia to the nth degree.
Then add to that online marketplaces for teaching and learning — where you can be both a teacher and a learner at the same time — hmmm…
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From DSC:
Then today, I saw Cisco’s piece on their Videoscape product line! Check it out!
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On 01/20/2011,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, digital audio, digital learning, digital video, elearning, expectations, game-changing environment, generational differences, instructional design, multimedia, new media literacies, training / L&D,
by Daniel Christian
On 01/17/2011,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, distance education, e-books, e-readers, education, education reform, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, entrepreneurship, flipping -- inverted learning, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, human-computer interaction (HCI), informal learning, innovation, interaction design, interactivity, interface design, internet, IT in HE, K-12 related, learner profiles, learning, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, lifelong learning, media/film, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multimedia, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new media literacies, online learning, online media, online tutoring, play, simulations, social learning / networks, teaching & learning, technologies for your home, technology (general), telepresence, training / L&D, transmedia, ubiquitous learning, user experience (UX), user interface design, videoconferencing, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, web-based collaboration, webinars,
by Daniel Christian
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Addendum on 1-20-11:
The future of the TV is online — from telegraph.co.uk
Your television’s going to get connected, says Matt Warman
New Garageband Killer uJam is the best web app of 2011 — from Cool Stuff for Nerdy Teachers blog
Excerpt:
Ujam is without a doubt the best free app I have seen pop on the web in the last 12 – 18 months and it is a really fresh and unique piece of software that is going to blow your students minds. Essentially uJam let’s anyone create a professional piece of music in minutes by simply singing. No instruments required. ( You must see the video below to believe it.)
ProTools opens up — from JISC
Avid adds open standard compliance to their industry-standard audio software.
With the release of Pro Tools 9, however, this has all changed. Avid (who have also now dropped the ‘Digidesign’ sub-brand from ProTools) have opened up Pro Tools to interface with open software and hardware standards like Apple’s Core Audio, or ASIO for Windows, and for the first time you can now buy Pro Tools software on its own (rather than bundled with, or limited to specific hardware) and record and play back through any audio interface. At JISC Digital Media this means we’re looking forward to hooking ‘Tools up to our Apogee Ensemble interface, as well as other Core Audio and ASIO audio devices we have access to, and getting back to what for some of us is a familiar environment.
On 01/12/2011,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, blended learning, creativity, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, e-books, e-readers, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, expectations, face-to-face, higher education, human-computer interaction (HCI), hybrid learning, innovation, K-12 related, learning ecosystem, learning preferences, love of learning, mathematics, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multimedia, new media literacies, online learning, online media, online tutoring, passions, play, podcasting, reading, simulations, storytelling, student-related, tablets, teaching & learning, tools, transmedia, trends, ubiquitous learning, videoconferencing, visualizing information,
by Daniel Christian
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From DSC:
I post this here — with higher ed included in the tags/categories — because if the trend within K-12 continues (i.e. that of using such technologies as the iPad, digital textbooks, mobile learning devices, etc.), students’ expectations WILL be impacted. When they hit our doorsteps, they will come with their heightened sets of expectations. The question is, will we in higher ed be ready for them?
On 01/11/2011,
in accessibility / UDL, digital audio, Microsoft, productivity / tips and tricks,
by Daniel Christian
Using Microsoft’s speech recognition: helping my stepfather manage Parkinson’s — from DavidWees.com