This is my portfolio post for week 5

Joy, I could probably begin to answer your question here, and then if you have more questions we can connect via my other email address: bcweb20class@gmail.com. Probably the best online multimedia delivery application that I know of is SLIDEROCKET. I've been using it in my courses for about a year. You can upload Powerpoint slides, incorporate video directly from YouTube (or uploaded video), images, graphics, text, and integrate these all with a sound track. Everything is built online, and the interface works well. The catch is this - after the 30 day trial period, it costs $12 per month. I taught a very challenging online course this summer, and I didn't mind paying that fee because of the excellent results I got. SlideRocket saved the day by pulling me out of a jam. It also now integrates well with Google applications. Another (this one is free) cloud-based multimedia authoring application is EMPRESSR . Here's a quote from the website: Empressr is the first free online storytelling tool that allows you to create, manage and share rich media presentations online. Earlier in the quarter, Jennifer recommended another audio editing tool called AUDACITY , which is really terrific! It's simple to use and produces good results. I actually prefer Audacity for audio editing over some other commercial products that have a lot more bells and whistles. I hope that helps!

Here's my post for mapping an evidence for understanding to specific learning objectives.

If you have a chance, please fill out my survey so I can see how it works on Google. ******************************************************************* Yike! I just realized that I should complete a self-check survey. Here is my SELF-CHECK SURVEY form and my SELF-CHECK SURVEY RESULTS

Helen,

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

I just wanted to get this link up before we moved too far away from our Module 3 "presence" section. I'll be updating this very soon.

Mary and Joy, Many thanks for your comments. One of my current concerns about the site is being too wordy - an occupational hazard for instructors. Whitney Keyes has taught a web marketing course at Bellevue College. I think her Whitney Keyes website is just great - no excess words - just the facts, ma'am. Much of her content is hidden beneath the lean surface layer for those who want to find it.

In this week's module overview, Jennifer posted some general outcomes/objectives. Two of them are the following:

1)What are the teaching and learning metaphors that can help me find my voice in online teaching and learning? and 2) Identify several teaching metaphors that describe online teaching.

So, putting on my metaphor cap, I came up with a few ideas that are my early attempts to model and understand this new Web-augmented teaching and/or facilitating situation that we're now having to come to grips with.

It's in the form of a short narrated slide show. I'll be curious to see what you think, or what metaphors you've been considering in your teaching.

I really enjoy Joy's description of teaching as a magic act, in this case giving students the tools and skills for creating their own "magic" events.
Jennifer, I for the slide show I used a free (for educational use) online program called Prezi (prezi.com). I then brought it into Camtasia (the same program as Jing) to create the narration, clean up the pauses/glitches, and post to the Web.
I really love these new presentation tools coming onto the scene!

Bruce

Jennifer,

Almost forgot... please feel free to use the slide show if you think it's useful...

One article that had a big impact on how I'm now thinking about Web-enhanced teaching / learning comes from Henry Jenkins, talking about "participatory culture". It's available at: http://tinyurl.com/63pmfm