academic technology

"USC Blackboard Instructor How-To Movies " movies and pdfs for instructors and students. Well done.

Power to the People! Jennifer Ditkoff, Keene State College Give students the power to guide their own education. Using Wallwisher an instructor gains insight on student needs and opens up a classroom discussion. After library instruction short tutorials are posted on Voicethread. Students experiment with the concepts, actively participating in assessing their own research efforts, as well as their classmates. Students have control over their own learning experience and can revisit the course materials throughout the semester to add content, ask questions, and receive feedback. Diigo is used rather than a static handout. Students provide links to helpful materials for their peers, highlighting the community aspect of ongoing education. Jennifer Ditkoff has worked in academic, public and medical libraries, learning every type of classification system, including the elusive Cutter system. When she is not troubleshooting electronic resources, she teaches information literacy, staffs the reference desk, and shows up early to committee meetings. She enjoys learning about new technologies.

workshop from ISTE10 conference

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a free website that makes it easy to create short (20 second) animated movie clips that can be customized with uploaded faces, customized text, music, movement and more. Here's a shot of a movie during playback.

Perhaps too simple for college students, but....

Wendy used in Blended course chat where you can see more than one line at a time She calls it a bloginar.

Media Guardian: special report on the role of technology in overseas development and disaster relief Technology is becoming easier to use and cheaper to buy. Who would have predicted that the mobile phone would become as ubiquitous as it has not only in the developed world where many people have more than one device but in the developing world as well?

Mobile Learning and Social Media: Increasing Engagement and Interactivity Tanya Joosten | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Interim Associate Director, Learning Technology Center Lecturer, Department of Communication

looks very easy

"Screenjelly records your screen activity with your voice so you can spread it via Twitter or email. Use it to quickly share cool apps or software tips, report a bug, or just show stuff you like. "

10 Great OER Search Engines

Here's a valuable set of resources for Health Sciences education: "60 public access virtual patient cases released under a Creative Commons licence for open use and reuse. Cases were created working with subject experts in workshops across the province. Using the open-source OpenLabyrinth platform the PINE project has a research and development theme investigating common simulation, gaming and narrative patterns in educational case design. This is facilitated by the use of the Vue topic mapping toolset that allows authors to create visual representations of activities and decision making processes."

"QUIZ: Are you empathetic enough to work in a call center?"

"The Best Sources For Advice On Using Flip Video Cameras" Thirty-Nine Interesting Ways* to use your Pocket Video Camera in the Classroom is a great online presentation from Tom Barrett. 7 Things You Should Know About Flip Camcorders is a good overview on using them in education. Classroom 2.0 has a good discussion on its Forum about using Flips. I believe you can access it without being a member but, if not, it's free and easy to join.

Gives resources for How to use flipcams for newbie and how to use with students in teaching.

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http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7043.pdf 7 things you should know about Flip Camcorders

# Develops higher level thinking skills # Promotes student-faculty interaction and familiarity # Increases student retention # Builds self esteem in students # Enhances student satisfaction with the learning experience # Promotes a positive attitude toward the subject matter # Develops oral communication skills # Develops social interaction skills # Promotes positive race relations # Creates an environment of active, involved, exploratory learning # Uses a team approach to problem solving while maintaining individual accountability # Encourages diversity understanding

Here, we present a web-based mapping tool designed for efficient collection of expert opinion of invasive species abundance. We use this approach to generate distribution maps of three prominent invasive plants in the southeastern United States: (1) Chinese/European privet

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