Summer Camp Lightning Talks
LDSC day #`1, blog post #2. I am now surpassing my most prolific blog rate...which is, well, usually never.
Wikis, All
Allan Gyorke
Useful for class collaboration
Allow for asynchronous editing
Keeps track of edits history which allows for backtracking to earlier versions.
Tricks: [[link to new page]]
* for unordered lists, # for ordered lists
=Heading=
==Subheading==
Wiki pages can link to one another
Google Docs, Allan Gyorke
Collaboration on documents such as white papers, proposals, etc.
Intended to build to a single document
Synchronous editing is allowed. Updated frequently.
Tracks changes, and is very much like editing an MS Word doc.
Can be exported to pdf, or MS doc formats.
Google accounts required to use.
Twitter, Robin Smail
(Love her title: "Microblogging 101, or Twitter me this, batman!")
posts = 140 characters or less; if you're good at this, you're called a twhooshmeister...
Useful for:
Everyone starts out thinking "that's the dumbest thing" (I'm kind of relieved to hear that because I was there, like, yesterday.)
Eventually this will grow to "I can't stop" (Not sure I believe this yet...we'll see...)
Many popular microblogs:
Twitter, Jaiku, Pownce, FriendFeed, Swurl
Good uses:
Mashups w/ other technologies
establish presence
Bad uses include:
Personal, one-one conversations (a pet peeve of mine!)
Applications:
tracking of events using the # tag which creeates a timeline and conversation that can be tracked
news sometimes happens/arrives faster on twitter than anywhere else (!)
getting advice - e.g. product likes and dislikes (companies are actually listening!!)
Mashups (I don't really understand this yet) - Twittermaps, twitscoop - learn more at twitter fan wiki
Blogs, Chris Stubbs
Note: most of the audience has a blog using Blogs @ Penn State platform.
Moveable type - movin' on up to v4.2
Templates will be different
Chris is bravely venturing into "live demo" territory.
Wow! Templates look GOOD! Capabilities allow for a web site/static page, in addition to blogging. Content can be edited right from the site - looks user friendly. Tabs can be added to the home page. Templates are easier to find and work with. I'm excited to try it out!
End "live demo."
Template creation will be easier to do...Anxious to learn how to do it!
Podcasting, Tim Perry
iTunes U - home to podcasts and educational information
method of downloading media and placing it on the web
Benefits:
Concerns:
Digital Commons, Chris Millet
Integrating Pedagogy into Digital Media; Enabling Students/Faculty
14 campuses have gotten on board in one year! (Amazing!) - all campuses soon + more @ UP (probably in the Library!)
Lots of great applications available, such as Grageband, iMovie, Final Cut - Workshops available on all. (I think I need to take these!)
Will likely be a Digital Commons Conference in Nov-ish...another camp! :)
Educational Gaming Commons, Brett Bixler
EGC began last year to bring interested people together to stimulate research, develop ed. games, create an affiliate program, and implement the educational gaming commons lab...
ets.tlt.psu.edu/gaming
Phase II happening now - working on design of a physical gaming lab at UP in Findlay of East Halls (cool!)
Flickr & del.icio.us, Stevie Rocco
(Note: these are two of my favorite tools!)
Ideas:
(she did this presentation PC-handicapped AND did a "live demo" - you go girl!)
zotero = del.icio.us on crack :)
Sounds easy to use - brings everything together in one place - can it be true?
**live demo**
Zotero is installed as an extension; can be portable if put on a USB drive.
Ellysa's getting data from the web...going to scholar and searching for "do"...then she clicks the folder that appears in her url box, tells the dialog box what to put into zotero, and it just does it!
Now in MS word - places cursor - clicks insert citation - zotero pops up and you can select what you want to place - voila!
Next creating bibliography - some more quick clicking - and bam! Just like Emeril!
**end live demo**
Coming soon - the ability to share collections, information, etc. There is an ETS whitepaper on zotero available on the web...
Adobe Connect, Mark Heckel
Mark is taking us into adobe connect...
**hands-on live demo**
(note: I have NEVER been in so many active chat venues at once!)
It's great to be able to record sessions for later use/reference.
Mark is demo'ing the ability to create breakout groups - we're all presenters now! Mark can then bring all of the breakouts back together into one place (enhancement of v.7.2)
Lots going on in this classroom - Someone is uploading a file!
(Question - How does an instructor maintain control in this environment? - it is likely much better for certain types of audiences)
Bringing Social Media Together: Custom YouTube Channels, Twitter, and the ETS Blog, Cole Camplese
Focus - using social media to bring communities together.
Web 2.0 - the Architecture of participation - can enable communication through new media/formats/methods
Cole is talking about ways that ETS is utilizing a variety of social utilities to enhance communication and organizational collaboration.
Some methods:
Lightning talks - good stuff!
Wikis, All
Allan Gyorke
Useful for class collaboration
Allow for asynchronous editing
Keeps track of edits history which allows for backtracking to earlier versions.
Tricks: [[link to new page]]
* for unordered lists, # for ordered lists
=Heading=
==Subheading==
Wiki pages can link to one another
Google Docs, Allan Gyorke
Collaboration on documents such as white papers, proposals, etc.
Intended to build to a single document
Synchronous editing is allowed. Updated frequently.
Tracks changes, and is very much like editing an MS Word doc.
Can be exported to pdf, or MS doc formats.
Google accounts required to use.
Twitter, Robin Smail
(Love her title: "Microblogging 101, or Twitter me this, batman!")
posts = 140 characters or less; if you're good at this, you're called a twhooshmeister...
Useful for:
- Following colleagues
- Immediately update others
- Bringing your social network with you
- Community engagement
Everyone starts out thinking "that's the dumbest thing" (I'm kind of relieved to hear that because I was there, like, yesterday.)
Eventually this will grow to "I can't stop" (Not sure I believe this yet...we'll see...)
Many popular microblogs:
Twitter, Jaiku, Pownce, FriendFeed, Swurl
Good uses:
Mashups w/ other technologies
establish presence
Bad uses include:
Personal, one-one conversations (a pet peeve of mine!)
Applications:
tracking of events using the # tag which creeates a timeline and conversation that can be tracked
news sometimes happens/arrives faster on twitter than anywhere else (!)
getting advice - e.g. product likes and dislikes (companies are actually listening!!)
Mashups (I don't really understand this yet) - Twittermaps, twitscoop - learn more at twitter fan wiki
Blogs, Chris Stubbs
Note: most of the audience has a blog using Blogs @ Penn State platform.
Moveable type - movin' on up to v4.2
Templates will be different
Chris is bravely venturing into "live demo" territory.
Wow! Templates look GOOD! Capabilities allow for a web site/static page, in addition to blogging. Content can be edited right from the site - looks user friendly. Tabs can be added to the home page. Templates are easier to find and work with. I'm excited to try it out!
End "live demo."
Template creation will be easier to do...Anxious to learn how to do it!
Podcasting, Tim Perry
iTunes U - home to podcasts and educational information
method of downloading media and placing it on the web
Benefits:
- enhancing distance learning
- personalize learning experience
- can use to reinforce lecture content - supplemental material to what was presented in class
- appealing to a variety of different learning styles
Concerns:
- Will students use podcasts in place of class attendance?
- COPYRIGHT - using jingles, song clips, video clips can get you/students into trouble; Teach act can help w/ that, but things are kinda fuzzy...
- ADA compliance - podcasts don't work for deaf students, so closed captioning would need to be made available.
Digital Commons, Chris Millet
Integrating Pedagogy into Digital Media; Enabling Students/Faculty
14 campuses have gotten on board in one year! (Amazing!) - all campuses soon + more @ UP (probably in the Library!)
Lots of great applications available, such as Grageband, iMovie, Final Cut - Workshops available on all. (I think I need to take these!)
Will likely be a Digital Commons Conference in Nov-ish...another camp! :)
Educational Gaming Commons, Brett Bixler
EGC began last year to bring interested people together to stimulate research, develop ed. games, create an affiliate program, and implement the educational gaming commons lab...
ets.tlt.psu.edu/gaming
Phase II happening now - working on design of a physical gaming lab at UP in Findlay of East Halls (cool!)
Flickr & del.icio.us, Stevie Rocco
(Note: these are two of my favorite tools!)
Ideas:
- having students share images in flickr groups (can be public or private)
- Utilize advanced search function to find creative commons licensed photos
- RSS feeds of particular links in del.icio.us
- try aggregating course links with unique tags so that students can follow important resources/readings
(she did this presentation PC-handicapped AND did a "live demo" - you go girl!)
zotero = del.icio.us on crack :)
Sounds easy to use - brings everything together in one place - can it be true?
**live demo**
Zotero is installed as an extension; can be portable if put on a USB drive.
Ellysa's getting data from the web...going to scholar and searching for "do"...then she clicks the folder that appears in her url box, tells the dialog box what to put into zotero, and it just does it!
Now in MS word - places cursor - clicks insert citation - zotero pops up and you can select what you want to place - voila!
Next creating bibliography - some more quick clicking - and bam! Just like Emeril!
**end live demo**
Coming soon - the ability to share collections, information, etc. There is an ETS whitepaper on zotero available on the web...
Adobe Connect, Mark Heckel
Mark is taking us into adobe connect...
**hands-on live demo**
(note: I have NEVER been in so many active chat venues at once!)
It's great to be able to record sessions for later use/reference.
Mark is demo'ing the ability to create breakout groups - we're all presenters now! Mark can then bring all of the breakouts back together into one place (enhancement of v.7.2)
Lots going on in this classroom - Someone is uploading a file!
(Question - How does an instructor maintain control in this environment? - it is likely much better for certain types of audiences)
Bringing Social Media Together: Custom YouTube Channels, Twitter, and the ETS Blog, Cole Camplese
Focus - using social media to bring communities together.
Web 2.0 - the Architecture of participation - can enable communication through new media/formats/methods
Cole is talking about ways that ETS is utilizing a variety of social utilities to enhance communication and organizational collaboration.
Some methods:
- TLT Coffee reads postings daily
- Daily content fills RSS feeds and influences Google search results
- Blog tweets - analytics have shown that twitter has become the #1 traffic source for ETS blogs (!)
- http://youtube.com/psutlt - channel w/out normal time restrictions - SO many people are on YouTube, there must be room for us (note: millions of people are watching Charlie Bit my Finger...wtf?!) But the point is these things spark loads of comments and video responses
- TLT has posted several videos with remarkable response, and people outside of Penn State have begun following the youtube posts therefore expanding the audience for what ETS is doing
Lightning talks - good stuff!
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Great summary! Thanks for keeping track of it all!