The Pauper’s PBL Toolbox (Part 1)

Public Domain Nature Photography from http://kenthomas.us/?page_id=44

More Public Domain Photography at http://www.pdphoto.org

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Motivation

• Driving question: What technology resources are available at zero cost and easy to use that could aid in the facilitation of Project Based Learning?

• This webinar: Scrumblr ; View Pure ; Inkscape ; Audacity

• http://www.freetech4teachers.com/• https://twitter.com/#!/rmbyrne

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Scrumblr• http://scrumblr.ca/•Online sticky notes program•Anonymous, no login required, easy URL, easy usage

• http://scrumblr.ca/PBLToolbox • Post one free resource you use in your class or,• How could we use Scrumblr in a PBL setting?

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View Pure

Youtube MLK Speech

Youtube MLK Speech w/ Viewpure

• http://Viewpure.com• Watch youtube videos without

comments & related videos.• Example: MLK Speech.• Example: Spaceballs clip

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Inkscape

• http://inkscape.org/• Downloadable .SVG

graphics program• Cheaper, easier to use,

more useful (?) than Photoshop, more professional than MS Paint

.SVG Graphics (Inkscape)

• SVG = “Scalable Vector Graphics”• No loss of resolution up close

Inkscape

• Great for creating clear diagrams, logos, labeling, highlighting text, etc.

Brief Inkscape Demo

• Business Card– Paths, Text, Shapes, 3-D Shapes, Free hand

• Tracing

• Note- must File->Export in a traditional format (.jpg, .png, .gif, etc.)

• http://scrumblr.ca/diagrams_by_subject

Audacity• http://audacity.sourceforge.net/• Free, downloadable sound editor & recorder

• Great for cutting tracks, recording podcasts, voice-over tracks, etc.

• And best of all …

…. It’s FREE!

• Quick recap:– Public domain photography (http://www.pdphoto.org)– Scrumblr – online, collaborative sticky notes (http://scrumblr.ca/)– Viewpure – “clean up” those youtube videos (http://Viewpure.com)– Inkscape – Graphics program (.svg) (http://inkscape.org/)– Audacity – Like Mac’s Garage Band, but for PC users, can record, play,

and edit audio tracks (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/)========================================================

• Optional Homework: on the Echo Discussion thread for this webinar post one of the following:– A public domain photograph or library you will use in your class– An Inkscape diagram you created for your class