1. Engaged Learning Using Web 2.0 Tools Google Wave Live Question Tool TextMeLater Zotero Nanette Stillwell Curriculum Coord./Instructor Maybe Web Technologies More

2. Generation NOW!!

3. Todays LTI Topics Student Access & Engagement Directly relates to the PCC Goal #1 Teaching with Technology Pedagogy of Collaboration

4. Software We Will Explore Google Wave Live Question Tool TextMeLater Google Forms Maybe more

5. What You Will Learn How to foster collaboration without spending any $$ How to keep your students on track using THEIR cell phones not yours How to engage distance learners How to create simple to use surveys/forms - FREE

6. Google Wave Google Wave is a real-time communication platform Lets see what it does

7. Google Wave Features Real-time Embeddability (blog or website) Functions like a wiki with totally editing capability by anyone in the wave Open source Playback Natural Language Drag & drop file sharing

8. Lets Start with Terms http://cuthut.com/UjQ

9. What does it do Differently? Conversation tracking in real time Gadgets and robots can be added to manage everything from facebook and email to project management With Wave Extensions users can build entire communication and file sharing systems for project management Embedded waves can take the place of IM and can be used for customer service applications

10. What does it do Differently? Playback a conversation from beginning to end rather than parsing together tons of emails and documents the documents will be included within the wave Open source means the code will be made available to all developers to foster innovation of the product

11. How will it change the Web? A robust Content Management System Customer Support [think virtual advising, student assistance with assignments] Building a more interactive / creative learning environment - Proofreading / writing papers -Brainstorming potential project ideas - Interactive tutoring from home - Collaborative Environment for Cyber Schooling Potential to transform education with widgets, gadgets, and robots

12. Advantages Synchronous or asynchronous Iterative Collaboration In the Cloud not hosted locally A WAVE is one space where multiple users can Access content Respond to content Change content Replay content Add the content to a blog (or other online app) Add media components

13. Lets Look at Google Wave

14. Advantages How Do I get Google Wave Currently only in Beta form (Sept. 09) Invitation only Full release expected within 6-12 months How Does it Work? Kind of like email there is an inbox accessed online Kind of like a CMS its all online It can be synchronous, real time, or asynchronous Conversations/Projects may be linear or not The playback feature allows all participants in a wave to view the entire history of the wave including changes/edits

15. Advantages All media types supported Interactive maps, informal polls, muchmuch more! Wavelets subconversations of waves can be global within the wave or private Robots Language translation Gadgets Like with iGoogle

16. What is Significant about Google Wave? Participants can brainstorm ideas, develop projects, edit projects at the same time or whenever they choose it will change the way project management is handled Opens the way for educators (and others) to reevaluate how we communicate online, how we store communication, and how we share communication

17. So whats NOT good about Wave? Early adoption how many and who? Full release not yet ready Change resistance

18. The Crystal Ball For education, Wave has the potential create online meeting spaces for students and faculty that integrate and synthesize all sorts of interaction more flexible than current f2f or CMS systems

19. The Crystal Ball Student groups can use Wave to... Create joint projects Conduct analysis Team based learning Project based learning A Personal Learning Space that will used for Information collection Information storage Multimedia composition (not text-based) Peer interaction/review

20. What might an instructor do with Google Wave New avenues for critiquing group projects or indvidual portfolios including music and art Change how knowledge is created, stored, and shared Model problem solving processes appropriate to specific disciplines Conduct virtual advising Assist students with assignments

21. Final Thoughts on Google Wave Communication medium Collaboration space Idea repository Media repository Foster the exchange of ideas

22. YouTube/EDU Began in 2005 Free video streaming servers Shareable Public or restricted to members of contact lists Embeddable Uses Flash Player to play videos

23. What makes it worthwhile FREE Easy watching/sharing of video without involving a streaming media server from the organization Availability of profile information of users Lets check out an EDU channel http://www.youtube.com/education?b=400

24. Teaching & Learning Implications Video content readily available to students Community of sharing among educators and/or students Current Use of YouTube EDU mostly recruiting and university lectures/presentations Not limited to the EDU channels explore channels http://www.youtube.com/channels

25. Other video resources Teachertube http://www.teachertube.com/ Schooltube http://www.schooltube.com/

26. Capture Video and Convert to AVI or WMV YouTube Downloader http://download.cnet.com/YouTube-Downloader/3000-2071_4- 10647340.html?tag=mncol Open application Copy/paste video URL Choose where to save click on show files Browse to find downloaded video Choose convert Choose conversion options Successful message appears

27. YouTube Downloader Demo Demo

28. TextMeLater FREE must sign up Schedule bulk text messages to students www.textmelater.com Assignment and Test Reminders Data corrections Speed with which we deliver information important to learners

29. Another SMS resource not free http://www.m-science.com/products/sms- online.php Available with new EAI adoption if it happens next fall at PCC EAI Enterprise Application Integration My Campus portal developed by the Educause EAI Consortium

30. Live Question Tool Developed and hosted by Harvard FREE May be hosted at any location open source (like Moodle) Real time question/answer tool Encourages audience involvement and interaction

31. Live Question Tool Handles one class well, may handle up to 200 participants Replies may be made during a lecture/presentation/class or on the instance site and viewed later by all participants Participants vote on questions and the question list is ordered by highest number of votes

32. Live Question Tool Easy to use FREE Builds interactivity into a lecture Students engage with the content and the instructor by helping to determine which topics will addressed or emphasized Maps to higher-order thinking skills in Blooms Taxonomy

33. Live Question Tool Con: must have computer and Internet access to participate Collaborative Anonymity Helps students learn to form questions relevant to the content Ability to blend f2f and distance learning venues

34. Zotero Strictly a research tool Manages online references Developed by George Mason University Extension for the Firefox Browser Uses intelligent software to determine bibliographic information and place the info in the users resource library

35. Users can drag resources to MS Word or Google Docs and an appropriate citation is generated Research sources are streamlined Citations are consistent Cross-referencing available Currently only stores on users machine

36. Zotero Zotero developers may eventually produce an online application Supports research http://www.zotero.org/ Zotero video http://www.zotero.org/support/quick_start_g uide Acess from Tools menu in Firefox

37. Zotero Demo Launch Firefox Find a site to use in research Example: My choice Access from Tools menu in Firefox after installation

38. WEB 2.0 tools 5th Graders in New Bern, NC http://missstillwell5thgrade.wikispaces.com/ http://novelgroup6.wikispaces.com/

39. Go Forth and Collaborate Begin to brainstorm ideas for using Google Wave when the application is available to the public Add videos and other media (podcasts, etc.) to your Moodle courses, in class presentations, and develop your own repository of media to use later in a Wave Practice text messaging students with TextMeLater a feature that will be available to us with our new PCC portal probably by next fall Practice using Zotero for your own research, then share with students for research projects