The pre-training tools offer an opportunity to build community with Hootsuite, and to brainstorm with Wordle and VisualThesarus.
Hootsuite https://hootsuite.com Hootsuite is a great application for connecting using multiple social networks. Tweets and messages can be scheduled, and users can analyze social media traffic. This resource allows students to share information on multiple media sites in an extended social environment. Selection: Hootsuite is a free application that provides access to Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, FourSquare, and many others. By combining multiple social networks, Hootsuite extends social interaction, and provides a resource for collaborating on team projects.
Wordle http://www.wordle.net Wordle offers the ability to create word clouds from a "bunch" of text. Word clouds allow participants to see the key words that are most frequent within a document. This approach to brain storming permits the student to quickly identify key words. In the workshop, Wordle will be used to identify key words from documents, and blogs concerning critical thinking and collaboration. The objective is to inform the participants about the foundational words on these topics as they create knowledge. Selection: Wordle is easy to use and does not require the student to signup. The application is flexible, and allows the user to remove words that do not apply to the topic. Other word cloud programs like Tagxedo were not as intuitive, and provided more extraneous options not required for pre-training.
started by Jerry Hubbard on 14 Jul 14
Hootsuite https://hootsuite.com
Hootsuite is a great application for connecting using multiple social networks. Tweets and messages can be scheduled, and users can analyze social media traffic. This resource allows students to share information on multiple media sites in an extended social environment.
Selection: Hootsuite is a free application that provides access to Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, FourSquare, and many others. By combining multiple social networks, Hootsuite extends social interaction, and provides a resource for collaborating on team projects.
Wordle http://www.wordle.net
Wordle offers the ability to create word clouds from a "bunch" of text. Word clouds allow participants to see the key words that are most frequent within a document. This approach to brain storming permits the student to quickly identify key words. In the workshop, Wordle will be used to identify key words from documents, and blogs concerning critical thinking and collaboration. The objective is to inform the participants about the foundational words on these topics as they create knowledge.
Selection: Wordle is easy to use and does not require the student to signup. The application is flexible, and allows the user to remove words that do not apply to the topic. Other word cloud programs like Tagxedo were not as intuitive, and provided more extraneous options not required for pre-training.