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CET 750: Multimedia Production II/Web Authoring Summer 2008 - Mark Geary Course Reflection: I enjoyed this course. I was introduced to several types of software that could be used to enhance any curriculum. Course Overview:
Specific Course Work: First, if you have a website that you have created, and you want to work out the bugs to make the site user friendly, here are a few tips...
If you are looking for something new to implement into your classroom, visit this site to see all of the new and useful products out on the web today! http://www.go2web20.net/ If you are looking for a way to have all of your favorite sites bookmarked in one place, visit del.ici.ous today! http://del.icio.us/ 1) Google Earth, Google Maps & TimeToast: allows you to look at a 3-dimensional world and move in to an area of your choice. In addition to this, you can create bookmark points that students can learn from sort of like an on line tutorial. Below are two movies I created as part of my Earth Maps/Google Earth and TimeToast class projects. They were created with PS3 and are movies on the Paleozoic Era. Google Earth Link - you must have an account on Google Earth to open this information. Google Maps - you must have an account to work with Google Maps. My Time Toast - In order to work in Time Toast, you must have an account. 2) Scratch: is a tile-based visual programming environment and toolkit that lets kids make games, animated stories, interactive art, and share with others on the Net. Here is a Scratch project that I created. In order to view scratch projects, you must download the free Scratch software. 3) Google Sketch Up House/Webkinz/SecondLife: Much of our student's time on a computer is likely to be spent in 3d virtual environments. Whether they are creating a room in WebKinz as an elementary student, or an island in SecondLife, today's student has more access and tools for working in 3d environments than ever before. One of the more recent tools is Google Sketchup. Google Sketchup allows you to do quickly what used to be done slowly after one spent a semester or two learning Autocad. Here is a Google Sketchup that I created. In order to view scratch projects, you must have an account. (see link above). 4) PowerPoint/Flash Games: Students are more engaged, and the poorest scoring students showed the biggest gains when using software to help with learning. Studies consistently show a seven to ten percent in class average improvement with this technique. Here is a Jeopardy PowerPoint Game that I created. Here is a Flash Computer Game that I created. Here is a link to Fling, the Teacher Flash Game Generator. 5) Flash Name Animations: Create a Flash movie that animates your name. Flash is a great way to get kids engaged in learning. Here is my name created in Flash. Here is a tutorial to do the same! 6) Concept Maps (Bubble Us): Marzano lists nonverbal representations as one of his core instructional strategies. This is a well researched strategy that will likely increase student outcomes around 10%, and double long term retention of material. Here is a concept map that I created. If you would like to use, Bubble Us, visit their site. 7) Adobe Visual Communicator: This software is typically used to produce a newscast of events. With Visual Communicator, your school will only need one high end computer, possibly a few lights (or place your studio in a good lighted area), a digital camera that can attach to the computer and has a spot for an external microphone, and finally, a spot on the wall that can be painted Kelly Green (for best viewing). Here is a movie that a few peers and I created. If you would like to purchase Adobe Visual Communicator, visit their site. 8) Windows Media Encoder: is a powerful tool for content producers who want to capture audio and video content using the many innovations in Windows Media, including high-quality multichannel sound, high-definition video quality, and support for mixed-mode voice and music content. To view more about this software, click here. 9) ZamZar: is a free on-line file conversion software that allows you to convert u-tube, teacher-tube, etc. movies into a usable format for other programs. To view more about this software, click here. 10) Rubistar: Want to make exemplary rubrics in a short amount of time? Try RubiStar out! Registered users can save and edit rubrics online. You can access them from home, school, or on the road. Registration and use of this tool is free. |