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Jennifer Dalby

Apps & Content List for ITSC 2011 - iPad and iPod Touch Apps for Education - 1 views

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#EDUC251 apps tools iPod iPad

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  • Jennifer Dalby on 21 Feb 11
     
    "While no list of apps can ever be complete, these are the apps that were demoed at OETC's ITSC conference in Portland, Oregon in February of 2011."
  • ann stephens on 21 Feb 11
     
    It would have been great to see these demoed to see what would work. The number of them and many of the topics seem like they'd be very helpful tools. Technology is really changing - and quickly - how we do things. Not education related, but to that point, was an app recently demoed that can be a heart monitor - there is a special metallic interface between the iPod/iPhone and the person. Really amazing and revolutionizing!
Jennifer Dalby

Skype - 0 views

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skype communication calls chat #EDUC251

shared by Jennifer Dalby on 05 Jan 11 - Cached
  • Jennifer Dalby on 05 Jan 11
     
    Skype is a free chat and calling tool you can download to your computer, or install the app on your smart phone.
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  • Jennifer Dalby on 05 Jan 11
     
    My skype ID is jendalby if you'd like to add me. I don't keep it on all the time, but if you see I'm available, feel free to start a chat.
  • Bruce Wolcott on 09 Jan 11
     
    Jennifer, Have you ever used Skype to bring a live visitor into a classroom for a presentation, or used it for multiuser conferencing? Just curious if Skype supports those ...
  • Jennifer Dalby on 09 Jan 11
     
    I haven't used it for multi-user in a while, but I know you can. I'm always hearing about teachers bringing guests into the classroom with Skype. Check out http://education.skype.com/ or just search for Skype in education.
  • Helen Maynard on 10 Jan 11
     
    Jennifer & Bruce - I have used Skype for collaboration on projects which require we look at and edit shared documents and simply, have the need to discuss projects for about 60 minutes at a time. For classroom use, you can't see the individual "real time," but you do hear their voice.
  • Bruce Wolcott on 11 Jan 11
     
    Jennifer and Helen... Thanks for the info! I've been thinking about using Skype in the classroom at BC, but there are security concerns from the computer admin folks - and I haven't tried it out yet.
  • Joy LaJeret on 12 Jan 11
     
    I have become a Skype member and can't wait to use it. I am wondering if Ellminate isn't the superior tool. I guess I will make that judgement when I actually can Skype someone.
Jennifer Dalby

Sharing & Privacy: Can We Have Our Cake And Eat It Too? - 5 views

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#EDUC251 presence privacy

shared by Jennifer Dalby on 27 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • Jennifer Dalby on 27 Jan 11
     
    "It's often said that services like Facebook, Foursquare, Twitter - you name it - are not the product, you are. Each and every bit of information you share and action you take is used to create a profile of user behavior, which is used then to either advertise directly to you or to people on a whole. But how can we ride the fine line? How can we have great, world-changing services at a price (read: free) everyone can afford without completely selling out the end user?"
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  • Susan Kolwitz on 27 Jan 11
     
    Quick read. The bottom line one needs to ask, will companies find that balance and then abide it? I am not optomistic that will happen. There seems to be a mentality that it's OK to collect all this personal data. There has been some backlash of late, specifically Google and Facebook appear to be 'trying' to implement some safeguards. It will be interesting to see how things look in 12 months from now.
  • ann stephens on 28 Jan 11
     
    I often wonder how privacy can ever be achieved on the internet. Although there may be more gates, access, and checkpoints added, there will always be a server somewhere that is recording our inputs and gathering data and stored.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 29 Jan 11
     
    I think it's going to have to be redefined. But I also think we're in the process of defining new commodities. We need to decide what we value.
  • Bruce Wolcott on 29 Jan 11
     
    I think this issue of privacy and use of personal information by online service companies is a very big deal. I'm also beginning to make use of some of these cloud-based applications (especially from Google) as part of my standard approach to teaching hybrid classes. Up until this past year, I've relied on the tried and true Vista/Blackboard to manage student projects and interactions, but I've found it to be sort of a dinosaur compared to the speed and ease of use of other Web2.0 apps. But if I'm working outside of Vista/Blackboard, I need to be especially careful of privacy policies and procedures of the companies behind these online apps. In the 'Sharing and Privacy' article, Mike Melanson makes some interesting points. He says: "...the companies themselves - the Googles and Facebooks and Twitters of the world - realize that correctly handling these issues of privacy are center to their continued success." and... ""All things equal, the company that's going to want to win in the next couple years will have the best privacy model." When I was doing my own investigation into this issue last winter, I asked myself, "What are the most conservative and and security conscious organizations using for social networking tools?" So I went up to the US Army website to find out. Certainly they have a heightened need to be careful what companies they choose for their social networking tools. I posted the results of this online research on my Web2.0 Chronicle blog. The results aren't surprising... Google, Facebook, Twiter, Wordpress, Flickr... among others. I see no need to rush into this area, and am willing to wait until the dust settles and user results come back from dependable sources. Jennifer's recommendation of Diigo is a good example of this. For myself, I've already left a significant "digital footprint" over the past 15 years - which is now out
Susan Kolwitz

Evidence of Understandings - 32 views

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#EDUC251 #Portfolio6

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  • Susan Kolwitz on 29 Jan 11
     
    I started this over the summer while taking the first course for this certificate. Please feel free to follow my postings on blogger as we continue in this course.
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  • Jennifer Dalby on 29 Jan 11
     
    Thank you for sharing this. Our interrogation of "presence" has been interesting this week. I've been looking forward to seeing each of you make decisions about personal online presence.
  • Bruce Wolcott on 29 Jan 11
     
    Susan, In your second article on your blog you describe a PLE or 'personal learning environment' by saying: "The purpose of a PLE is to gather and process information, act on the learning that takes place, then showcase the results of what was learned to include how one arrived at those results." I'm curious to know how you set up a PLE, and maybe 1 or 2 examples if you could direct me there. Is this related to Microsoft's OneNote , or Evernote, which lets you copy, scan, and store web-based information? Also, could you explain how you have found this to be useful for you or your classes? Thanks!
  • Susan Kolwitz on 31 Jan 11
     
    Bruce: The blog is my ePortfolio. You can use different tools to establish your personal learning environment...I began with a blog. There is a nice example of a PLE by a 7th grader who used a different tool to showcase her science project. I think you will find it an excellent example of how web 2.0 tool are being used at the grade school level. Here's the link...it's a youtube video narrated by the student. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEls3tq5wIY Susan
  • Bruce Wolcott on 01 Feb 11
     
    Thanks, Susan For some reason, I thought a personal learning environment was a fish of a different color. I get the concept now, thanks to Wendy, the 7th grader who I found using your YouTube link. The personal learning environment can be a blog, a wiki, or note gathering app, that allows you to quickly organize, filter, and access the online information that makes up your personal knowledge universe. She was using a tool named SYMBALOO, which I'm definitely going to try out - as well as some other useful apps - Evernote for note-talking and Glogster, for building a collage of related information. I really liked Wendy's tutorial on the PLE - it covered a lot of information in a short span of time, while effectively communicating her ideas visually.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 01 Feb 11
     
    Here's a screencast I made about my PLE when I did a guest week in EDUC250 last quarter https://www.screencast.com/users/ccchit/folders/EDUC%20250/media/f974b78d-3c78-4a44-b231-b758bb54cdbd
  • Bruce Wolcott on 03 Feb 11
     
    Thanks, Jennifer This was very helpful. Also your strong endorsement of Twitter as a way to quickly connect with communities of common interest is giving me more motivation to become more engaged with that world. I've been a slow adopter of Twitter - but this week's events in Egypt organized by a younger generation on Facebook and Twitter are a strong testament to the transforming power of these media.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 06 Feb 11
     
    I've made the understandings entry to my blog.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 12 Feb 11
     
    This is my first Camtasia project. I realize that there is room for improvement. As I use it more, I'm sure I will begin to develop better skills. I can see where this is a good application for getting information up in an online course.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 14 Feb 11
     
    So glad you posted this! I'm in the middle of a similar process, and I appreciated seeing how you're comparing products.
  • Bruce Wolcott on 15 Feb 11
     
    Thanks for your comparison of Moodle, Joomla, and Blackboard. I was quite surprised to find out that Moodle leads the pack - since I assumed that Blackboard/Vista would have the majority following. It's been around since the mid-1990's. Great comparison chart, and use of Camtasia!
  • Susan Kolwitz on 15 Feb 11
     
    After looking at Joy's post about Canvas, I need to review this and compare to these three vendors. Will, then, have to update the comparison chart to include Canvas.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 06 Mar 11
     
    Here's the link to my ePortfolio with this module's assignment
  • Bruce Wolcott on 06 Mar 11
     
    Susan, I *really like* this list of reasons why stories work well for teaching that you posted on your blog. I've been teaching class sections on storytelling, and this gives me some well considered principles for how stories can be "put to work" for real world applications in education and information design. 1. A learning event is an unfolding story 2. People craft a story to make sense of what they are learning 3. Stories are at the intersection of people's synthesis of learning 4. Stories are tools for thinking 5. You can move through complex information more efficiently through story devices than through standard forms of discourse One of my favorite destinations for interactive stories is the Second Story website. It's jammed packed with terrific examples of interactive storytelling - on all sorts of interesting topics.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 06 Mar 11
     
    Thanks for your attention on storytelling! It's something that is applicable for so many different learning situations, and works particularly well online.
  • Joy LaJeret on 06 Mar 11
     
    While the most story telling I have done is one blog post and a short story about "I love my new Grandma" which I posted in this site...I want to do more and will hopefully b eable to get to this later. Nothing sticks like a good story!
  • Susan Kolwitz on 07 Mar 11
     
    Bruce: Thanks for the link on more interactive storytelling. I think this will help me to develop using case studies as learning activities for our courses.
  • Mary Ann Simpson on 08 Mar 11
     
    Susan, your activity on identifying sepsis in pediatric patients was clear, concise, and easy to navigate. I liked the fact that we were directed to a wiki page with the "case" facts presented in story form with a very clear picture of the "rash". if I were a trainee in your course, I would be excited by this lesson and the follow-up survey you posted.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 08 Mar 11
     
    Thanks for your comments Mary Ann. This is the first time I've used these tools for a case study...I'm hoping the wiki will allow the students to discuss the case and also allow them to pose thoughtful 'what-ifs'.
  • ann stephens on 09 Mar 11
     
    The thought the story telling definition you found to be a good guideline. Cases are great. One activity I might add would be What can you do to stop it? I know the student at this point is learning, but gives them a focus to think about their involvement.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 17 Mar 11
     
    In learning the Camtasia application, I found many good tips...I share them in my portfolio posting this week.
  • Joy LaJeret on 19 Mar 11
     
    I left a comment on your blog. I had to carefully think about what you had stated and found myself differing slightly with what you suggested. I suppose that attests to our differences. Nevertheless I appreciated the blog post Susan.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 22 Mar 11
     
    Here's the link to my blog where my final project is located.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 23 Mar 11
     
    My end of class reflection is located on my blog.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 24 Mar 11
     
    Thought I had posted this...to keep my blog in order, I post dated this to 2/28/11.
Jennifer Dalby

Better Than Blackboard? - 10 views

I'm working on a post about what I've learned the first few weeks in this course. What's very interesting, is that I'm also supporting 3 other courses, and the experience with technology and commu...

#EDUC251 eLearning

started by Jennifer Dalby on 12 Jan 11 2 follow-ups, last by Jennifer Dalby on 15 Jan 11
Jennifer Dalby

Digital Storytelling Online Open Course - 0 views

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#EDUC251 EDUC251 eLearning

shared by Jennifer Dalby on 10 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • Jennifer Dalby on 10 Jan 11
     
    This is an open online course about Digital Storytelling, that begins January 10. Feel free to sign up!
  • Bruce Wolcott on 13 Jan 11
     
    I wish I had more time in the day for the Digital Storytelling class... it looks like a great use of online apps.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 12 Feb 11
     
    I'm bumping this up. The course has been in session for over a month now, and there is some amazing stuff happening. It's an open online course, and students helped come up with the weekly assignments. Anyone could design an assignment and submit it at http://ds106.us/assignments/submit/ Then each week students share their work with the class. There are also daily photo shoots, and they've even created a pirate radio station where anyone can submit songs and create playlists. There are officially enrolled students, and others participating just for the experience. You can view participants at http://ds106.us/members/ Participants add their blog feeds to the course, and the posts are automatically added to the site. The wiki at http://ds106.us/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page includes the official course details, like syllabus and calendar. The creative work that is coming out of this, is simply stunning.
Bruce Wolcott

Helen's Portfolio & topic - 9 views

Helen, Thanks for your information about the collaborative media app, Voice Thread. I'll have to check it out!

http:__maynardnewphase.blogspot.com_

started by Helen Maynard on 03 Feb 11 2 follow-ups, last by Bruce Wolcott on 04 Feb 11
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