In a recent project meeting, we were tossing around ideas for workshops to conduct in 2007, and I've taken on a series of topics that could be loosely described as "new tools and strategies". Here's the current short list of workshops I'm planning to develop (and later conduct) through the TLC. Any glaring omissions?
- Creative Commons (copyright and IP in general, and how they affect sharing and reusing available work)
- Flickr. As a source of Creative Commons images for use, and as a potential tool for teaching and learning.
- Google Earth. Basic overview, as well as an intro to some of the cool add-ons (geology, politics, etc…)
- eXe – eLearning XML editor (for ePortfolios or personal websites)
- WordPress.com (setting up a blog for free in seconds)
- weblogs.ucalgary.ca (participating in the blog community on campus)
- Drupal for websites and communities
- Moodle (? this might be counterproductive, given Bb's role on our campus…)
- Social bookmarking (del.icio.us for distributed tagging of resources)
- Google Docs
I've left off a couple of items on purpose because I want to be doing things that aren't already running in full hype mode (podcasting and secondlife are fine on their own). I'm hoping to be showing stuff that might be flying under the radar (at least to most faculty on campus – many of the items on my list are completely taken for granted by tech types)
In a recent project meeting, we were tossing around ideas for workshops to conduct in 2007, and I've taken on a series of topics that could be loosely described as "new tools and strategies". Here's the current short list of workshops I'm planning to develop (and later conduct) through the TLC. Any glaring omissions?
- Creative Commons (copyright and IP in general, and how they affect sharing and reusing available work)
- Flickr. As a source of Creative Commons images for use, and as a potential tool for teaching and learning.
- Google Earth. Basic overview, as well as an intro to some of the cool add-ons (geology, politics, etc…)
- eXe – eLearning XML editor (for ePortfolios or personal websites)
- WordPress.com (setting up a blog for free in seconds)
- weblogs.ucalgary.ca (participating in the blog community on campus)
- Drupal for websites and communities
- Moodle (? this might be counterproductive, given Bb's role on our campus…)
- Social bookmarking (del.icio.us for distributed tagging of resources)
- Google Docs
I've left off a couple of items on purpose because I want to be doing things that aren't already running in full hype mode (podcasting and secondlife are fine on their own). I'm hoping to be showing stuff that might be flying under the radar (at least to most faculty on campus – many of the items on my list are completely taken for granted by tech types)
I checked the registration for the session tomorrow – it’s up to 50 people. We’ll have to open the extra wings in the Big Room, but there will be lots of room for all.
I just tested the visualizer to make sure it showed my old 3G iPod clearly, and it looked like a Stevenote circa 2004 – I should pick up a black angora turtleneck. 🙂 Should be fun. I’ve grabbed a copy of the Creative Commons Senate Content Pack, and have a bunch of mixed podcasts preloaded for demonstration.
We’ll be followinng Levine’s Law, starting with a quick demo in iTunes to show the various podcasts out there. Then, to Audacity (if I can convince it to recognize the USB microphone) to create a quick and dirty recording and then publish it to either my blog or weblogs.ucalgary.ca (or both) to make a podcast. Then, back to iTunes to show it pull the file down, and then to the iPod on the visualizer to show the full round trip.
That part really shouldn’t take very long, so I’m hoping to leave a good portion of the session for a discussion of WHAT and WHY to podcast. And, perhaps more importantly, what NOT to podcast. Perhaps some brainstorming of how it might work on campus, and what kinds of activities would be appropriate. Should be fun. I’ll try recording the session – if that works out, I’ll share it with the rest of the class.
Photograph and QTVR by King Chung Huang of the Teaching & Learning Centre, The University of Calgary.
I checked the registration for the session tomorrow – it’s up to 50 people. We’ll have to open the extra wings in the Big Room, but there will be lots of room for all.
I just tested the visualizer to make sure it showed my old 3G iPod clearly, and it looked like a Stevenote circa 2004 – I should pick up a black angora turtleneck. 🙂 Should be fun. I’ve grabbed a copy of the Creative Commons Senate Content Pack, and have a bunch of mixed podcasts preloaded for demonstration.
We’ll be followinng Levine’s Law, starting with a quick demo in iTunes to show the various podcasts out there. Then, to Audacity (if I can convince it to recognize the USB microphone) to create a quick and dirty recording and then publish it to either my blog or weblogs.ucalgary.ca (or both) to make a podcast. Then, back to iTunes to show it pull the file down, and then to the iPod on the visualizer to show the full round trip.
That part really shouldn’t take very long, so I’m hoping to leave a good portion of the session for a discussion of WHAT and WHY to podcast. And, perhaps more importantly, what NOT to podcast. Perhaps some brainstorming of how it might work on campus, and what kinds of activities would be appropriate. Should be fun. I’ll try recording the session – if that works out, I’ll share it with the rest of the class.
Photograph and QTVR by King Chung Huang of the Teaching & Learning Centre, The University of Calgary.
I’ll be giving an “Intro to Podcasting” workshop/presentation/session on Wednesday April 19th here at the Learning Commons Teaching & Learning Centre. I’ve only got an hour, and it will be an “intro” session, so I’ll follow Levine’s Law and start with the demo. Then, I’ll stick with the demo, showing different tools used to create, publish, subscribe, and listen to podcasts. I’m hoping to keep the session rather informal, with some audience participation. I’ll be recruiting some “volunteers” from the audience to create a podcast right then and there. Should be fun.
The workshop registration page is available now, but we’ve got no idea how many people are interested. We could either wind up crowded around my desk, or in a big lecture hall, or somewhere in between, depending on the number of people who sign up.
I’ll be giving an “Intro to Podcasting” workshop/presentation/session on Wednesday April 19th here at the Learning Commons Teaching & Learning Centre. I’ve only got an hour, and it will be an “intro” session, so I’ll follow Levine’s Law and start with the demo. Then, I’ll stick with the demo, showing different tools used to create, publish, subscribe, and listen to podcasts. I’m hoping to keep the session rather informal, with some audience participation. I’ll be recruiting some “volunteers” from the audience to create a podcast right then and there. Should be fun.
The workshop registration page is available now, but we’ve got no idea how many people are interested. We could either wind up crowded around my desk, or in a big lecture hall, or somewhere in between, depending on the number of people who sign up.
It looks like I’ll be doing a couple of campus-wide workshops on the whole weblogs/wikis/rss/etc… stuff here at the University of Calgary. I’m going to try to pace it a little better than previous rounds, so will be breaking it into separate sessions. The first session will be on weblogs and RSS, to give a tour of what this stuff is, and point people at a few places to get started – weblogs.ucalgary.ca and EduBlogs.org. I’ll follow up a couple of weeks later with a session on wikis – likely focussing on wiki.ucalgary.ca and the wikipedia.
They will both be fully hands-on sessions, with people hammering on the stuff right along with me – not just another boring PPT presentation. I’m planning on at least starting off using the Lamb Method (i.e., present using a wiki page as a guide, and branching as needed), then seeing where we wind up from there. I’ll be posting all resources for the sessions to wiki.ucalgary.ca.
This is officially part of the “Inquiry through blended learning” program, but we’re planning on making the workshops open to anyone – space allowing, of course.
Update: Here are the “blurbs” I submitted for the workshops (titles link to the registration forms for each workshop):
This hands-on workshop will provide an introduction to the wonderful world of weblogs – personal publishing software that can make it easier to form effective and dynamic online communities of practice. Weblogs require little (or no) technical knowledge, and take care of the “hard” parts of publishing content online. Also, an introduction to RSS – Really Simple Syndication – will show you how you can read 500 websites in 15 minutes, allowing you to be a part of a much larger and richer online community.
Link for the online resources: http://wiki.ucalgary.ca/page/IntroToWeblogs
Wiki is more than a piece of software – it is a strange new way of thinking about content. What if every page on a website was freely editable by any visitor to that website? What if editors didn’t need to know FTP? HTML? Javascript? This hands-on workshop will give an overview of wiki software – and provide you with some sample applications of wiki for collaborative document editing and simple publishing.
Link for the online resources: http://wiki.ucalgary.ca/page/IntroToWikis
It looks like I’ll be doing a couple of campus-wide workshops on the whole weblogs/wikis/rss/etc… stuff here at the University of Calgary. I’m going to try to pace it a little better than previous rounds, so will be breaking it into separate sessions. The first session will be on weblogs and RSS, to give a tour of what this stuff is, and point people at a few places to get started – weblogs.ucalgary.ca and EduBlogs.org. I’ll follow up a couple of weeks later with a session on wikis – likely focussing on wiki.ucalgary.ca and the wikipedia.
They will both be fully hands-on sessions, with people hammering on the stuff right along with me – not just another boring PPT presentation. I’m planning on at least starting off using the Lamb Method (i.e., present using a wiki page as a guide, and branching as needed), then seeing where we wind up from there. I’ll be posting all resources for the sessions to wiki.ucalgary.ca.
This is officially part of the “Inquiry through blended learning” program, but we’re planning on making the workshops open to anyone – space allowing, of course.
Update: Here are the “blurbs” I submitted for the workshops (titles link to the registration forms for each workshop):
This hands-on workshop will provide an introduction to the wonderful world of weblogs – personal publishing software that can make it easier to form effective and dynamic online communities of practice. Weblogs require little (or no) technical knowledge, and take care of the “hard” parts of publishing content online. Also, an introduction to RSS – Really Simple Syndication – will show you how you can read 500 websites in 15 minutes, allowing you to be a part of a much larger and richer online community.
Link for the online resources: http://wiki.ucalgary.ca/page/IntroToWeblogs
Wiki is more than a piece of software – it is a strange new way of thinking about content. What if every page on a website was freely editable by any visitor to that website? What if editors didn’t need to know FTP? HTML? Javascript? This hands-on workshop will give an overview of wiki software – and provide you with some sample applications of wiki for collaborative document editing and simple publishing.
Link for the online resources: http://wiki.ucalgary.ca/page/IntroToWikis