Read this document on Scribd: EdTechTalk SLN Presentation v6

Can you name the web tool? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 What does this show? The power of your network. Meet the EdTechTalk.com Network The EdTechTalk.com Webcasts Webcasts are just a part of the story. Network of Connections Countless Conversations Links to Other Networks Informal Network of Connections How are connections facilitated? In the beginning … Our Full List of Tools Lessons Learned Why are these connections special? No guarantees. No perfect tool or technology. “New” Professional Development Networks for Learning The Networked Classroom Don’t be afraid to fail. Connecting within your Network

Read this document on Scribd: Open Education JM 9-28

Localizing & Learning Educating Educators within Open Learning Environments Overview • Breaking down open education • Creating open learning environments – Open educational practices and resources – Traditional instructional principles • Courses as examples • Lessons Learned • Questions that Linger Open Education? Education ? Content “Content is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for education.” - David Wiley After Content, People Need… • Help understanding what it means • Help engaging in meaningful practice • Feedback about their practice (more help) • More practice • More feedback • A sense that someone cares how they do Source: David Wiley, 2006 presentation Openness … Remove barriers to participate on Encourage and foster participation n to community Connection … Learner to learner Learner to facilitator Learner to world Support … Someone to offer help and support learner How can open education work in a traditional learning environment? “Information that does not include presentation, practice and learner guidance is information but not instruction.” - David Merrill Open Learning Environment Open Educational Resources How to use and re-use OERs Education Courses for a Purpose • All the following courses prepare educators • Goals to design learning opportunities • Service learning benefits learners and designers • Service Learning – How do we make sure quality products are delivered? – Quality = Pink Hair Course Overview • Technology for Preservice Teachers – W301 – W210/W310 • Foundations of Instructional Technology (r511) • WebCast Academy.net • Wikiversity.org Teacher Technology Integration Courses (w210, w301, w310) R511: Introduction to IST WebcastAcademy.net Wikiverisity.org Project Lessons Learned Open learning environments … • Encourage, recognize, and maintain learner contributions • Offer authentic learning contexts • Advance prior knowledge – from previous courses – from community of learners • Bring new challenges … Questions that Linger • Evaluation – How do we make sure that instructional materials we produce are quality open educational resources? • Archive Management – How do we make sure users interested can gain access appropriate open educational resources? • Feedback – How do we provide feedback to users in open educational resources we design? • Community Contributions – How do we encourage quality contributions from outside community members? Open Learning Environment

Read this document on Scribd: Drupal Workshop Final PPT

Drupal Content Management System Supporting Personal and Collaborative Online Environments 2007 IST Conference - Indiana University Jennifer Maddrell March 2, 2007 Workshop Agenda • Drupal at a Glance • Web Site Development Using Drupal • Online Content Management • Drupal Online Spaces in Action • Getting Started with Drupal What is Drupal? • Web based software application – – – – – Web site development software Content management focus Open source code Free to use, modify and share Subject to Drupal License (GNU GPL) ? link • Software development project – Community of volunteer developers and users – Agree to adhere to general principles ? link – Under guidance of Drupal Association (new) Why use Drupal? • Ease of use – Rapid “plug and play” web site development – Built in collaboration tools and features – Online web site administration and control • Vast array of web site configuration options – Hundreds of contributed modules and themes – Ability to modify and customize the software code • Efficient online content management • Large and active community ? link Web Site Development • Site Installation – Upload Drupal software to server – Configure database • Site Administration – Web based control panel – Administrative access controls • Site Customization – Modules: Features and functionality – Themes: Layout and design Online Content e-books k oo b s web site s tv show s po new s t instant es essag m e-mails repo dc a sts p ies ov m rs ape rts journals music blogs e lett rs Drupal Content Management Drupal Online Spaces in Action Blog Portfolio Conference Discussion Audio Video Lessons Resources Getting Started with Drupal 1. Download Drupal software – – – – – – – Core Software ? link Modules ? link and Themes ? link Drupal.org Handbook installation guide ? link Lullabot.com installation videos ? link Official Drupal.org support ? link Drupal.org community page ? link Drupal CMS Academy ? link 2. Install and configure site and database 3. Access Drupal community resources Web Page Screen Shots The remaining slides are web page screen shots of linked web sites referenced in the presentation. Portfolio Web Site : http://designedtoinspire.com/drupal/portfolio NYCIST Conference Site Web Site : http://nycist.net/d/node/36 Web Cast Platform Web Site : http://www.edtechtalk.com/ Learning Environment Web Site : http://www.cmsacademy.net/drupal/ Download Drupal Software Web Site : http://drupal.org/project/Drupal+project Drupal.org Handbook Web Site : http://drupal.org/node/258 Official Drupal.org Support Web Site : http://drupal.org/support Special Interest Groups Web Site : http://groups.drupal.org/groups Aggregation of Drupal Bloggers Web Site : http://drupal.org/planet

Read this document on Scribd: Media Guide Web Based Resources for Training

Teaching and Learning with Technology Media Guide - Web Based Resources for Training Media Guide This media guide provides an introduction to technologies for use in teaching and learning, including web based resources for training. From this guide, you will be able to: • • • • Describe key features of the latest generation of web based tools for training. Explain the advantages and challenges of using each of the tools. Provide examples of potential training applications for these web based tools. Complete the basic steps to set up and use the representative web based resources. Web Based Resources The web based resources covered in this media guide are listed below. Note that a number of free or low cost web based tools are provided in a “Resources” section on each page. While not all tools have the same functionality, the listed resources will provide a good trial of the standard features common to most tools. Many of the listed tools are “hosted” options meaning that users do not need to set up the software on their own web servers. • • • • RSS Feed Aggregator Blog Wiki Media Sharing • • • • Instant Messaging Web Meeting Social Bookmark Group Space Features: Teaching and Learning with Technology Media Guide - Web Based Resources for Training RSS is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication which refers to a process of tracking and gathering information contained on a web site. As new content is added to a web site, the site’s feed (a web file that records information about the web site) is updated. An RSS feed aggregator recognizes the update to the feed and gathers the information in the RSS feed aggregator. Advantages and Challenges: An RSS feed aggregator eliminates the need to make repeated visits to web site to track new content. Instead, you can subscribe to a feed and receive the updated content as it is automatically added to the RSS aggregator. While reading the content in the RSS aggregator is a simple process, initially setting up the feeds within the aggregator can be challenging and time consuming. In addition, not all file and media types can be read by all aggregators. Training Application: Aggregate course member blogs, wikis, podcasts and other syndicated content. Share social bookmarks to vetted resources. Distribute articles to online newspapers and other publications • • Resources: • Bloglines (multimedia) http://www.bloglines .com/ iTunes (podcasts) http://www.apple.co m/itunes/download/ Google Reader (multi-media)http://www.google.c om/reader/ Pageflakes (start page) http://www.pageflak es.com/ Netvibes (start page) http://www.netvibes. com • Getting Started – The Basics: While each RSS Feed aggregator has slightly different features, the process to set up and add feeds to an RSS Aggregator includes the following steps: 1. Set up an account with an RSS Aggregator. 2. Locate the RSS feed URL from the target website - for example: http://www.websitename/feed 3. Enter the RSS feed URL into the RSS Aggregator – see the Bloglines subscription box below: • Blog: Create an online journal Features: A blog is a web site that functions as an online journal. New content is added to the blog via a blog post. Blogs typically feature text based content, but other types of media, including audio and video, can be incorporated. Blogging platforms offer many simplified web publishing options, including What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) text editing and RSS feed creation. Advantages and Challenges: Blogs allow a user to quickly and easily publish content on a web site. While blogs function well when creating a single narrative voice, other collaborative tools (such as wikis) are a better option when a group is producing a single document. Training Application: Prepare a blog based class web site. Capture learner reflections. Facilitate feedback among learners, peers and instructors. Resources: • Blogger.com http://www.blogger.c om/start Edublogs http://edublogs.org/ Wordpress http://wordpress.co m/ Twitter (microblog) http://twitter.com/ • • • Getting Started – The Basics: While all blogging tools have slightly different features, the process of creating a blog on a hosted site is fundamentally the same and includes the following steps: 1. Set up an account at a hosted blog site. 2. Create a new blog post by adding written content, including links to other web sites. 3. Attach media files, such as audio, pictures or video, to the blog post. 4. Publish the blog post to the Internet for viewing and comment by others. Wiki: Collaboratively author web based documents Resources: • • PB Wiki http://pbwiki.com/ Wikispaces http://www.wikispac es.com/ Mediawiki http://www.mediawi ki.org/wiki/MediaWi ki Google Docs http://docs.google.c om/ Features: Wikis and other collaborative web based writing tools allow one or more writer to contribute to a written document prepared on a web site. While each writing tool works slightly differently, all allow users to create, collaborate, edit and share documents online. Most offer RSS feeds to track content updates, as well as import and export functionality to work with desktop applications. Advantages and Challenges: The key advantage of using a wiki is the ability to collaboratively author and publish an online document. Wikis work well for projects that require input from multiple individuals to produce a single document. However, documents created by more than one writer can become disorganized and lose a central voice. Also, some wikis use a markup language that is not as user friendly as What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) text editing found on most blogging tools. Training Application: Create a course web page. Facilitate learner group projects and e-portfolios. Present web based instructional materials. • • Getting Started – The Basics: While collaborative writing tools have slightly different features, the process of creating a wiki or similar web based documents is fundamentally the same and includes the following steps: 1. Set up an account at the hosted wiki web site. 2. Invite collaborators to participate via an e-mail invitation from the wiki web site. 3. Create and collaboratively author the document’s content. 4. Publish the document to the Internet as a web page. Media Sharing: Create and distribute media over the Internet Features: Podcasts are other media files can be easily published and shared over the Internet. While some media is audio based, it is possible to share other written or video based media. The media files can be typically be shared (using an RSS feed) and downloaded (using an RSS feed aggregator). Advantages and Challenges: Media sharing offer an efficient and cost effective means of distributing content via the Internet. However, creating and editing high quality media files can be difficult and time consuming. Training Application: Create, upload and share written, audio, or video based lectures. Prepare learner written, audio or visual projects. • Provide verbal or written feedback to students. • • • Resources: • Audacity (audio) – http://audacity.sourcefo rge.net/ Gcast (audio) http://www.gcast.com/ Slideshare (presentations) http://www.slideshare.n et/ Flickr (photo / video) http://flickr.com/ Jing (screencapture) http://www.jingproject.c om/ Blip.tv (video) http://blip.tv/ Scribd (documents) – http://www.scribd.com/ • • Getting Started – The Basics: While media tools have slightly different features, the process of creating and sharing media is fundamentally the same and includes the following steps: 1. Record a media file using recording tools and software, such as Audacity. 2. Set up an account on a hosting web site, such as blip.tv. 3. Upload the media file to the hosting web site. 4. Share the URL or RSS feed with the intended audience. Instant Messaging: Features: Conduct real time web based conversations Resources: • Meebo (web based) http://www.meebo.c om/ AIM http://www.aim.com/ Yahoo! Messenger http://messenger.ya hoo.com/ MSN http://get.live.com/m essenger/overview Trillianhttp://www.cerulean studios.com/learn/ iChat (mac) http://www.apple.co m/macosx/features/i chat/ Instant messaging (IM) is a real time Internet based communication tool. Most IM tools include text, audio and video chat, one-to-one or multiple user chat sessions, history of past conversations, and file transfer during the live setting. Advantages and Challenges: A key advantage of using IM as an online communication tool is ease of use. Installing, configuring and using the required software are all simple processes. Many people are now familiar with IM from their personal use of free IM tools. While most IM clients are proprietary and do not allow chats with members of competing vendors, third party IM clients, such as Trillian and Meebo, permit chats across IM platforms. Note that IM software downloads may be blocked on tightly controlled computer networks. Training Application: Facilitate synchronous class discussions. Conduct team member meetings. • • • • Getting Started – The Basics: While IM tools have slightly different features, the process of participating in an IM chat is fundamentally the same and includes the following steps: 1. Set up an account with the desired IM client, such as AIM, Yahoo! or MSN. 2. Download the required software, as needed. 3. Collect and organize your IM contacts within a contact list on the web site. 4. Share your IM account name with others. 5. Initiate a single person or group chat with members of your contact list. • Web Meetings: Host live real time web meetings Features: Web meetings offer many real time communication features to support online meetings. The standard features include either audio or video conferencing, voice calls, instant messaging, file sharing, web co-browsing and desktop sharing. Advantages and Challenges: A key advantage of web meetings is the ability to provide live trainer and learner interaction. The live sessions offer greater spontaneity than asynchronous alternatives. However, as with any synchronous meeting, a defined meeting time may be difficult to coordinate. In addition, lack of participant familiarity with the web meeting interface and tools can stall a live session. Training Application: Conduct web based lectures. Facilitate group discussions. Host project presentations. • Resources: • Skype http://www.skype.co m/ Yugma – http://www.yugma.c om/ Ustream http://www.ustream. tv/ Vyew http://vyew.com/ • • Getting Started – The Basics: While web meeting tools have slightly different features, the process of participating in a web meeting is fundamentally the same and includes the following steps: 1. Set up an account on the hosted web meeting site. 2. Schedule a meeting time. 3. Invite participants to the meeting by sending a link to the web site where the meeting will be held. 4. Anticipate possible participant technical problems and allow time to address them. 5. Enable the desired web meeting tools, including the session recording. Social Bookmarking: Save and share links to web pages Features: Social bookmarking tools allow users to save, categorize and share a list of web based resources on a hosted web site. Stored web pages can be shared by accessing either the bookmarking account or the RSS feed to the account. Most bookmarking sites offer the ability to import or export saved links for use with other bookmarking tools. Advantages and Challenges: A key advantage of social bookmarking tools is the ability to share stored web links over the Internet versus maintaining a private file of web page links on a personal computer. However, shared bookmarks can lack organization when the chosen categories (tags) differ across users. Further, while it is possible to share bookmarks across social bookmarking tools (via the import / export features available with most tools), it is far more challenging than when the same bookmarking tool is used by all participants. Training Application: Share recommended web page reading lists. Store bibliographies for papers and research projects. Organize shared resources for group projects. Resources: • • De.icio.us http://del.icio.us/ Diigo – http://www.diigo.com Getting Started – The Basics: The process of setting up and storing web links on a social bookmarking site includes the following steps: 1. Set up an account with the hosted social bookmarking site. 2. Save or import the web page links to the social bookmarking site. 3. View or share links by accessing the bookmarking account or the RSS feed to the account. Group Space: Features: Connect and share resources online Resources: • Google Groups http://groups.google .com/ Ning http://www.ning.com / Yahoo! Groups http://groups.yahoo. com/ Group spaces are web sites that provide a central place to store a group’s resources and to conduct asynchronous conversations. They typically offer group discussion forums, broadcast announcements, event calendars, file storage and links to other web sites. Most group spaces have privacy settings to allow open (public) or closed (private) access to the web space. Advantages and Challenges: A web based group space on a hosted web site is very easy to set up and access. The central storage of resources offers a convenient way to organize a group’s projects, activities and asynchronous discussions. However, the asynchronous nature of the group interaction can lead to disjointed conversations. Active facilitation by a group space moderator is recommended. Training Application: Distribute and organize resources for a training class. Facilitate group project work. Present content or comment on work of others. • • Getting Started – The Basics: While web based group spaces offer slightly different features, the process of setting up a group space is fundamentally the same and includes the following steps: 1. Set up an account on the hosted group space web site. 2. Complete the required registration steps. 3. Organize and configure the group space to meet the group’s needs. 4. Activate the desired features and privacy settings for your group. 5. Invite members to join the group via an e-mail invitation from the site.