Using Online Tools to Improve the K-12 Experience Janet Gubbins University of West Georgia.
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Using Online Tools to
Improve the K-12 Experience
Janet Gubbins
University of West Georgia
Challenges Faced?
Meeting the Challenges
Time Constraints v Variety of Needs
Grading – auto-graded time quizzes
provide instant feedback (also practice
for standardized tests)
Secure online grade book, calculates
grades
Alternate delivery options of content or
feedback appeals/ interactive media
appeals to different learning styles
Meeting the Challenges
Time Constraints v Variety of Needs
Ability to ‘replay’ or review helps
learners and their parents– esp. the
learning disabled
Organizational tools – calendar, to do
lists, helps keep users on-track and
illustrates time-on-task
Introduces computer skills, more timely
information, and wider scope of
experiences
Meeting the Challenges
Time Constraints v Variety of Needs
Can improve relations w/ parents, your
students and admin
Can serve as your own portfolio for
career advancement, research
Meeting the Challenges
Time Constraints v Variety of Needs
Emphasis on writing, critical thinking,
collaboration, constructive approach to
learning
Balancing Act
How can
online tools
help?
CMS
Wikis
Blogs
Other Tools
& Examples
Course Management Tools
CMS or LMS
Costly v Free
WebCT/Blackboard
Angel
Desire2Learn
Moodle
Sakai
Manhattan
free
Free Alternate Options
Google Apps for Ed
Wikis
Wikispaces
Blogs
Blogger.com
Google Apps for Ed
http://www.google.com/a/edu/
Wikis
Ex.
http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for
/teachers
building activities in an online
environment that encourages the
free exchange of ideas and
emphasizes high level, clear
communication and critical thinking
Wikis 2
Ex. From Wikibooks, the opencontent textbooks collection:
Blended Learning in the K-12
Environment
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blended
_Learning_in_K-12
(and search other related articles)
Blogs
Blogs in Education – explanation of
uses, examples, tools =
http://awd.cl.uh.edu/blog/
Search term “blogs for education”
Mine uses www.blogger.com
http://janetplanets.blogspot.com/
Center for Learning &
Emerging Technologies
Jane’s eLearning Pick of the Day
http://janeknight.typepad.com/
Center’s website w. directory of
tools:
http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/
2006 Exemplar K-12 Course
“Earth Science” Linked from
http://www.webct.com/exemplary
- Along w/ many other exemplary
courses
Screencast Videos
Wacom Graphire Pen,
Whiteboard or Tablet PC
Enables mark-up of any
Microsoft document.
Similar products on the
market – more to come w.
Office 2007 and Vista OS
Use of Electronic Pen
Use of Electronic Pen
with Video & Audio
Short arrows, question marks, circles
Video Feedback
A screencast
A digital recording of computer screen output,
often containing audio narration.
Camtasia
supports compact file formats
has editing features that allow mouse movement and
audio.
A screencast is essentially a movie of what a
user sees on his monitor.
Screencasting
Traditionally useful for software developers to
show off their work.
Now realizing full potential for other uses; to
show others how a given task is accomplished,
provide visual/oral feedback, or construct a
digital story
Screencasts are excellent tools for any
discipline – math, science, writing, history…
Using Camtasia
Open and evaluate student project.
2.
Use Graphire Pen to circle, draw
arrows.
3.
Film the project corrections and record
audio.
Example:
Correcting a formula in Excel.
1.
Resources
Camtasia: Free Trial:
http://www.techsmith.com/download/camtasiatrial.asp
Editing Tutorials:
http://video.techsmith.com/camtasia/latest/edu/showm
e/enu/cs_showme.html
Just-in-Time Support/Training
SnagIT (still images – some text $29)
Other Methods – Other Uses
History of MathCasts: tools, grants
& lessons learned
http://www.mathcasts.org/index.php?title=History
I was moved to tears while watching and listening to 3rd graders create
whiteboard movies. I would never have guessed 8 years ago that the work
that was then so difficult could later be done so easily by such young people
and that they would be so engaged and love doing it so much. And I think
that it was perhaps because I could almost see them learning well as they
created their movies while they talked and wrote that I fully convinced that
student- created whiteboard movies were an even more powerful learning
tool than teacher-created movies.
Other Methods – Other Uses
BYU: homework
solution
http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia
/interview/glawlor.asp
MathTV: many for the
price of 1
http://www.mathtv.org/
Other Methods – Other Uses
Villanova 2005 Roundtable demos:
Chemistry – podcasts, screen casts,
games for feedback & instruction
English/Writing – Camtasia to provide
feedback on written papers
Psychology – blogs for journaling/ ePortfolio
Other Methods – Other Uses
Drexel resources:
“Augmenting WebCT Courses Using Podcasts,
Screencasting, Blogs, and Games” Roundtable @ Villanova
WebCT Conference 2005
More at http://drexel-coas-talks-mp3podcast.blogspot.com
Tutorials: http://drexel-coaselearning.wikispaces.com/tutorials
Thank you to Jean-Claude Bradley for permissions
Free Alternatives
Screen View (like Camtasia/ AV Editor)
Audacity (Audio Editor)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scrview
http://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity
MultiMedia Office (Audio, Video, Image,
and HTML Editor)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/platasoft/
Free Learning Objects
On iTunes U sites… ex. Lit2Go
MERLOT
http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/
http://www.merlot.org
Collections of other LO sites
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/AOP/LO_global.html
http://www.libraries.uc.edu/help/distance_learn/lores.html
Issues
Open/Closed Environment
Student/Teacher Privacy
Time requirement – learning curve
ADA Accessibility
Copyright
Spam if shared
Cost – haves v have-nots
Your Thoughts
Questions?
Comments?
Ideas?