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voicethread module 4 assignment audacity glogster voki

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  • Technology workshops for Language Teachers
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      Diana Cary on 31 Jul 13
       
      Sticky note....I do not understand why they are not showing for our instructor.
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      Diana Cary on 31 Jul 13
       
      I only tagged those tools that I am interested in using in my online course but there are many other tools and sinc ethis is a blog it is updated frequently.
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      Diana Cary on 31 Jul 13
       
      I only tagged those tools that I am interested in using in my online course but there are many other tools and since this is a blog it is updated frequently. Also they have put a creative commons license on this blog so anyone can use the information in their own courses as long as they give credit to the author of the Blog.
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      Diana Cary on 31 Jul 13
       
      Wow I hit the jackpot here in Melot. This blog has links out to how to manual for many of the tools I want to teach in my online course. I cannot highlight the links but I encourage those of you who are interested in learning web 2.0 tool to visit this blog. It's quite informative.
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      Diana Cary on 31 Jul 13
       
      I plan to use some of the tutorial guides as recommended resources in my course.
  • Resources on hybrid/blended course(re) design
  • In 2012, 32% of all higher education students are now taking at least one online course
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  • Voicethread 1/1 (Go to post) Voicethread 2/2 (Go to post)
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  • Audacity (Go to post)
  • Glogster (Go to post)
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Seven Principles

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  • Good Practice Encourages Student-Faculty Contact
  • Good Practice Encourages Cooperation among Students
  • Good Practice Encourages Active Learning
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  • Good Practice Gives Prompt Feedback
  • Good Practice Emphasizes Time on Task
  • Good Practice Communicates High Expectations
  • Good Practice Respects Diverse Talents and Ways of Learning
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How Well Do Your Students Know Each Other? | Responsive Classroom - 0 views

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building community in f2f classroom

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  • Great teachers work on building a sense of community in their classrooms all year long
  • They understand that helping students build relationships with each other is a key to creating an optimal learning environment.
  • You can support children's relationships in many ways. Let students share about their hobbies, interests, and passions at Morning Meeting or in connection with academic topics or assignments
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  • ry brainstorming lunch conversation topics with your class, assigning lunch partners, and then taking a few minutes for sharing what partners learned about each other after lunch.
  • Arrival time can be another opportunity to check in with students and give them a few minutes to touch base with each other.
  • Games can be a fast, fun, and effective way for a group to get to know each other better, too. Here are a few to try:
  • This, That, Neither, Both
  • Four Corners
  • Venn Diagram
  • Human Bingo
  • How Well Do Your Students Know Each Other?
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creating classroom rules

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  • As a teacher, you of course need to establish general rules of conduct for your classroom. But how do you make your students want to follow the rules?
  • Give them a hand in creating those rules!
  • Here's how to do it.
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  • Start with a list of what you consider the bare essentials, and then, through thoughtful discussion, work with your students to create a set of rules expressed in their language.
  • Most teachers agree that it's best to select only a few rules — those that contribute to successful learning and an orderly environment.
Diana Cary

Using Technology as a Learning Tool, Not Just the Cool New Thing | EDUCAUSE.edu - 1 views

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learning tools' online web2.0 technology

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  • Interactivity—whether it is with a computer, a professor, or a classmate.
  • They want it; they crave it.
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  • Second, students need to be able to use the technology
  • Third, technology must be relevant and interactive to the coursework
  • Fourth, technology must be used for a practical purpose—that is, taking the fundamentals and technology learned over a semester and applying it to a final project, where creativity and uniqueness is required and rewarded
  • Distance education and online courses don't work well with Net Geners—the social component of learning is required.
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high school online learning icebreakers

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  • Kick-Start Your Class: Academic Icebreakers to Engage Students
  • Research has shown that the use of icebreakers increases student motivation by creating an emotional connection between the student and school.
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icebreakers online learning

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  • How will you initially engage your students? It is well accepted that: "frequent student-faculty contact in and out of class is a most important factor in student motivation and involvement" (Chickering and Ehrmann, 1996). It is also the case that: many instructors who are new to the online environment have legitimate concern as to the impact of the loss of face-to-face classroom interaction. Also, many students who are new to online courses are frequently anxious about this new way of learning and greatly appreciate a supportive teacher. Given these observations: we believe that it is highly beneficial, if not absolutely essential, for instructors who are leading online courses to "reach out" and communicate with their online students--early and often. In addition, we suggest you consider the following strategies for engaging your students as you get your course underway.
  • IV. Techniques: 1. Create a biography of yourself and prepare a brief video introducing yourself and the course topic to the class. This could be the first thing that the students sees in his or her course shell. This is a great way to present your personality online and set the mood for the semester. 2. Have students place a one page vita in document sharing for all to view within the first week of the semester. 3. Set up a threaded discussion asking students to respond and share about his or her experiences with issues related to the course topic.
  • 9. Two Lies and A Truth. My activity for my students is for them to list three interesting things about themselves. (I own two iguanas; I once shook hands with Tom Cruise; and I love to waterski.) Two must be lies and one must be true. Other students must vote to determine which interesting thing is a lie. The student with the most incorrect votes wins. --Suhana Chikatla
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  • 10. Childhood Dream. Ask the students to share their childhood dream (what they wanted to be or do when they grew up) and then ask them to reflect on how their current coursework correlates with their current aspirations.--Charles Collins
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CoI higher-order thinking community

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  • (1) functionalist, which is directive and advice-driven, (2) engagement, which uses a nondirective approach, (3) revolutionary, which promotes radical change, and (4) evolutionary, which uses reflective dialogue to identify and challenge the prevailing discourse. The course under study incorporated two types of coaching: functionalist and evolutionary.
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Breaking the ice: Supporting collaboration and the development of community online | Di... - 0 views

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voicethread study supporting collaboration online community

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  • This study explores the concept of transactional distance, a term coined by Moore (1993), which relates to the distance that exists in all learning relationships and can be more evident and potentially problematic in online learning environments.
  • Icebreakers are fun activities that help people get to know each other.
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voicethread study amultimedia asynchronous tool module 4 assignment

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  • In the second phase, 13 of the 22 respondents to the first phase were sent follow-up questions to elicit their perspectives as to whether the use of VoiceThread satisfied Chickering and Gamson's (1987) Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education.
  • Results Out of a total of 61 students in two online sections of the business policy course, 22 students – 14 females and eight males – took part in the exam review and VoiceThread survey (i.e., the first phase of the study). The participants were graduating seniors, and as part of the course, they had participated in weekly discussion board activities within the University’s LMS, Blackboard. None of them had used VoiceThread prior to their involvement in the study. The survey results are presented in Tables 1, 2, and 3. Table 1. Survey responses – "yes/no" items (N = 22)
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      Diana Cary on 31 Jul 13
       
      I will also use this article in my course as a required reading.
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      Diana Cary on 31 Jul 13
       
      This resource as well be a good article to show the relationship of Voicethread with student-student and student-teacher interaction. This article also ties back to Chickering and Gamson's Seven Principles.
  • Question Yes No Comments 1. Did you comment on the VoiceThread? 22 0   2. Was it difficult to comment? 1 21 "A little, text box small." 3. Would you like to use VoiceThread for future exam reviews and discussion of chapter concepts? 14 8 "Yes. [It is] More interactive, [and involves] not just reading text, but actually listening, and picking up information that way." "Yes. By then I will know how to use the microphone." "No. [It] Take[s] less time to read answers on Blackboard's discussion board as opposed to listening to people's answers on VoiceThread. It was difficult to read the small text." (This student liked participating in the exam review on VoiceThread for the extra credit, and she would do it again if extra credit were given.) "No. I won't be able to use it with my other devices such as my iPad and iPhone." "No. It's easier to read the review questions and find the answers in the book." 4. Would you like to use VoiceThread to make a presentation for a course in the future? 14 8 "Yes. Sure! That would probably work out pretty well!" "Not really! Not unless I have to." 5. Would you suggest to your peers the use of VoiceThread for making their own presentations? 16 6  
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  • Table 2. Survey responses – rating-scale item (N = 22) Question Very Easy (1) Easy (2) No Problems (3) Some Issues (4) Very Difficult (5) 6. How difficult was it to create your VoiceThread account? 19 3 0 0
  • Table 3.Survey responses – open-ended item (N = 18) Question Comments 7. Anything you would like to share about VoiceThread? Positive comments (n = 12) "Very easy and convenient." "I think that once I was able to get into the system it was easy to use. Now I need to understand why the mic[rophone] does not work, maybe my laptop." "It was actually very interesting to learning [sic] how to use VoiceThread. It was something different." "I like the way I can participate by using text. As English is my second language, speaking is really difficult for me. Also, VoiceThread is really easy and simple to use." "It was really easy to navigate and use." "VoiceThread was very easy to use and it could be beneficial in the future." "VoiceThread is easy and pretty interesting!" "I like that it is very easy to use." "It seems like a good tool to utilize for some classes." "Easy to navigate and good review before the exam." "Never done it before but I think it's pretty good tool." "Seems like a great tool we can use." Comments expressing reservations (n = 4) "I think it was very easy to figure out. My hesitation about using in the future for a course to do a presentation or recommending my peers to use it is that I don't really know much about it so that is why I responded no to those questions. I don't know how to add graphics and things of that nature like on PowerPoint." "VoiceThread is easy to register [on]. However, I'm not too sure about making a presentation." "I think it's a good form of technology. It's not my first choice of communication though. Plus if you're typing your answer the font is super small, not sure if I can change this setting." "[There needs to be a] bigger text box" Unfavorable comments (n = 2) "I do not like the interface of the VoiceThread ... [The interface] makes it hard to use on anything besides a computer." One student found it slightly difficult to "figure out how to answer the questions or how to comment on others' answers."
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voicethread study web2.0

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  • Abstract: This paper reports on a two-phase exploratory study that involved student use of the asynchronous multimedia communication tool VoiceThread within a business policy course. In the first phase, students participated in a VoiceThread exercise consisting of an exam review followed by a survey on the use of VoiceThread. Of the 22 participants (from a class of 61 graduating seniors), 64% specified they would like to use VoiceThread for future learning activities, and 73% indicated they would recommend VoiceThread to peers for the purpose of delivering presentations. In the second phase, 13 of the 22 respondents to the first phase were sent follow-up questions to elicit their perspectives as to whether the use of VoiceThread satisfied Chickering and Gamson's (1987) Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education. Eight of the 13 students responded, with almost all responses being positive with respect to the Seven Principles. The results lend some initial support to the idea that VoiceThread can be an effective tool for facilitating learning activities in business and other courses.
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voicethread web2.0 digital storytelling

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  • Digital Story Telling with Voicethreads
  • An idea in the form of a basic lesson plan.  Students take their story and publish it by creating a Voicethread.  After they have created a Voicethread they can receive feedback and comment on other projects.
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    This is part of Kenzie Waller's Lesson Plan to use Voicethread for Digital Story Telling Digital Story Telling Kenzie Waller Problem or Need: Students need motivation and excitement to practice writing. Developing a technology rich way to practice writing will engage students. At the end of the process students will have a published piece of writing with feedback from other students and the teacher. A real-world performance: All students need to be able to communicate using proper English in the form of speaking and writing. An instructional objective: Develop a technology-rich writing lesson plan that align to state standards and benchmarks. Also, using a professional critique process of their own work and the work of others using a rubric and recording comments.
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course design facilitator role

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  • Students felt critical thinking was positively influenced when an instructor designed an organized course with clear goals and relevant assignments, provided direct feedback that was encouraging, timely, and specific, and actively facilitated discussions that kept everyone focused and participating at a meaningful level.
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