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Presentation given by Kay Gormley, School of Education, The Sage Colleges, and Peter McDermott, Pace University, during the 2011 THV Summer Institute, Place & The Digital Native: Using Technology & Social Media to Teach the Hudson Valley
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Using Web 2.0 Tools to Enhance Learning and
Engagement
in Teaching the Hudson Valley
Kathleen A. Gormley, PhD Peter McDermott, PhD
Presentation at Teaching the Hudson Valley Conference, Hyde Park, NY, July 28, 2011.
Who is Kay?
• Associate Professor in Literacy, The Sage Colleges
• Secretary of NYSRA, Co-Chair Digital Literacy Committee
• Teach online, ftf and hybric courses on literacy and digital literacy
• Sloan-C Certificate in Tools and Techniques of Online Teaching
• Publications
Who is Pete?
• Professor at Pace University
• Vice President, NYSRA; Co-Chair Digital Literacy Committee
• Teaches courses in secondary literacy and digital literacy
• Publications
Want a copy of materials? Give Kay your email!
Social Bookmarking
• Join Us: NYSRA 2010
• More than Bookmarking • Sharing • Tags • Highlighting • Identify tools/websites • Commenting • Following • Groups
Purpose
• To provide practical ways to incorporate the new literacies when working with students both in place-based educational situations and classrooms focused on problem solving.
Role of Web 2.0 Tools
• Multimedia world reading
• Social nature (Facebook, MySpace)
• Open Source
• Easily Used used
• Tools for task, not reverse
• Engaging, motivating students
• Complex reading and writing
Literacy: Digital, New, Multiple
• New Literacies (IRA Position Paper, 2009)
• Collaborative
• Read and write differently
• New Strategies
• Donald Leu and Colleagues
• Handsfield, Dean & Cielocha& Moran
Digital Images (jpeg & tiff)
Made with FotoFlexer
Obscuring Faces
Also made with FotoFlexer
Adding Speech Bubbles
Flickriver
• Flickriver www.flickriver.com
• Hyde Park, NY
• FDR Slideshow Option
Slideshow with Existing Images--Picassa
• Hudson River Slideshow
• Vanderbilt Estate
• The Clearwater
• West Point
http://picasaweb.google.com Image Source:http://ny.water.usgs.gov/projects/hdsn/webgrphx/SUMap.jpeg
Slideshow Considerations
• Own photos BEST • Cautions—children’s images
• Creative Commons
• Attribution • Textbox with URL
• Citations
• Image inserted with word, then capture with textbox
Slideshow Options
• Kizoa
• Photo Peach
• Slidestaxx
Photo Peach Slideshow Example (5 minutes to create)
http://photopeach.com/
Presentation Options
• Google • Slideshare • Example using topic of Slideshare
• Sliderocket ($) • PC Review “very good”
• Prezi ($)
Best Choice
Virtual Field Trips
• http://www.simplek12.com/virtualfieldtrips
• Ellis Island
• Ground Zero
Ellis Island Image Source: http://www.ourgenealogy.ca/USA/ellis_island.jpg
Ground Zero Image Source: http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/family/family-vacations-ground-zero.htm
Multimedia: Glogster
• Uses • Teacher Presentations
• Student Projects • Book reviews
• Unit summaries
• General understanding
• Interactive Whiteboard
• Video • Images • Text
• Voice
Image Source: https://magicineducation.wordpress.com/2011/04/10/glogster-com-poster-yourselftext-images-music-and-video/jbq_bor_rou_sha/
Sample Glogs on Hudson
• FDR
• Industrial Revolution
• Henry Hudson
Wallwisher, Another Poster Option
• Allows adding of text, image and video
• Go to URL created for this presentation:
http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/HudsonRiver
Animoto
Animoto Features • Multimedia
• Fast!
• Integrates photos and music
• Visual effects (transitions and animations)
Time Lines
• Dippity
• URL: http://www.dipity.com/ (not on handout—sorry!)
• Example: West Point
• Can add • Text
• Image
• Video
Step by Step: How To Do
• Tildee
• URL: http://www.tildee.com
• Not on handout—sorry!
• Example from Kay with website creation
• Ideas for use
Screencasting
Great way for students to showcase their learnings (e.g., PPt with narration and websites).
Helpful for making teaching videos (e.g., how to, reviews).
Many free Web 2.0 tools for screencasting!
Jing (Video and Screencasting)
• Recommend for grades two through four
• Adding images or short video to PPt, glogs, etc.
• Screencapture too.
• Time limit = 5 minutes
• Safe
• Adding images or short video to PPt, glogs, etc.
• Screencapture too.
• Time limit = 15 minutes
Note: stored on screencast-o-matic website
Screenflow
ScreenFlow 2.1
• New Flash Publish feature.
• 64-bit support for audio capture.
• Automatic saving of documents.
• Captures screen, microphone, computer sound, video camera.
NOT FREE– about $100 with educator’s discount
Three steps:
1) Record 2) Edit (Control +
one button) 3) Export 4) Optional--SAVE
in DROPBOX
Collaboration
• Key Value of Web 2.0—Working with Others via Internet
VoiceThread
Collaborative tool (no longer free): 1) Video
2) Audio (microphone or phone)
3) Typing
4) Doodle
VoiceThread Examples
• Eleanor Roosevelt (elementary group project)
• FDR
Questions
Contacting Us
Kay: gormlk@sage.edu
Peter: pmcdermott@pace.edu
Thank you!
Hope to see you on Diigo!
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