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EDU 548 Course, Spring 2009, class session on Web 2.0 Tools for Student projectsTRANSCRIPT
EDU 548: Special Topics in ESL
Segment 3: Using Technology for the Educational Achievement of ESL
Kristi Reyes
Today’s Agenda:◦Writing Assignment #2 due
◦Lecture: Integrating all skills: project-based learning and student technology projects that use Web 2.0 Tools
◦Lab: Hands-on practice with authorSTREAM, Slide, and VoiceThread
◦Homework: Read text 4, complete session project (presentations next week)
Session 4:
Web 2.0 AThe “read/write” Web • Blogs• Wikis• Podcasts
Features: • User-created content• Publish to ww audience• Multi-media = multi-modal• Creative expression• Social aspect
(communication & collaboration)
#1: Blogger
Blog = weblog; online journal, can be used primarily for student writing with commenting feature but can also embed from other sites (images, video, and more)
Level 5 class blogVESL class blog
#2 PB Wiki & Wikispaces
Wiki = a collaborative Web site that can have individual or shared pages
See Wikis in Plain English video
Level 5 (Intermediate) class (Wikispaces)
Level 5 class (PBWiki)
#3: podOmatic
Record podcasts (audio files that can be downloaded) or upload audio or video with images with commenting features
VESL Podcast ChannelLevel 5 Podacast Channel
Web 2.0 B
New-er tools◦ Embed (widgets), email, post on a social
networking site◦ Comments◦ Ratings◦ Tagging◦ Examples:
Slideshows, comic strips, quizzes… Mashups and more….
Web 2.0 B for Class Projects Pros:
◦Everything saved online◦Can often be edited later◦Often no software needed ◦Sharing with a *real* audience (peers,
friends, family), not only teacher audience◦Fun! = Motivation
Web 2.0 B for Class Projects Cons:
◦May be blocked at school sites affiliated with K-12
◦Possible “adult” content◦Less instructor control – student work and
comments◦Sites can disappear overnight ◦Some sites may have advertising◦Sometimes free sites get popular and start
charging for use
#4: authorSTREAM
Online slideshow sharing:PowerPoint to Flash
Conjunctions, Irregular VerbsStudent project
#5:PIM PAM PUM
Projects using Flickr photosBookr:Online flip book SamplePhrasr: Visual slideshow for a poem or any sentence (like a pictogram) SampleBubblr:Add call-outs Sample
#7: Voki
Talking avatar: text-to-speech, record by phone, microphone, or upload audio
Beth Bogage’s (SDCCD) Voki with student commentsembedded in class blogUSD EDU 548 Students’ Vokis
#8: A.nnotate
Annotate documents online: PDF, Word, Web pages, Excel spreadsheets by highlighting text to add a note. Request feedback on a document by emailing a link; recipient can add replies to notes and add own commentsPractice page
Online video editing, nearly equivalent to Windows Movie Maker or Apple iMovie; import images, video, audio and add titles, special effects, transitions; save video online and share
Instructor Sample
#9: JayCut
#10: Scribd
Online file sharing: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDF with text readerESL Newsletter embeded in a blogSample with text reader
#11: StoryMash
Collaborative online fiction writing:Start a story online, invite others to collaborate, and read the story as it develops or contribute a follow-up chapter. Sample
#12: Slide
Online slideshow:images, text, music, music video, special
effectsAbout Me student projectMy Life in the Future student project
#13:MakeBeliefsComix
Create a comic strip; email, embed, or print out
Embedded in a blog Sample project: Where can I take ESL classes?
#14: Exercises and Quizzes
Online quizzes/exercises:text, images, online video MyStudiyo Sample Quiz
ProProfs Sample Quiz
ESLvideo.com Sample Quiz
#15: Zentation
Merge online video with PowerPoint slidesSite sampleStudent sample
#16:Glogster
Online multi-media scrapbook page:text, design elements, images, audio, video, hyperlinksStudent sample 1Student sample 2
#17: BubblePLY
Add captions, call-outs (speech and thought bubbles) to online videoSample
#18: VoiceThread
Audio and video commentary:Narrate uploaded media (images, documents, and videos) and permit others to comment or collaborate in the following ways: verbal (recorded with microphone or telephone or uploaded audio file), text, and video (webcam)Class SampleIndividual student sample (video)
#19: Interactive Timelines
Online interactive timelines:text, images, hyperlinks, videoStudent sample
#20: Digital Films / CartoonsAnimated cartoons
Dvolver: text in speech bubbles with music, backgrounds, multiple scenesStudent samplextranormal: similar but more advanced options, with text to speechInstructor sample (used with permission, Cora Chen,
SFCC)
Go!Animate: most advanced of all, with option to add own audio (voice over narration)Instructor sample
Final caveats for using Web 2.0 for student projects: Do:
◦ Do a project yourself to provide a sample for students and to be able to anticipate challenges
◦ Test your technology (computer, internet connection) where students will be doing the projects ahead of time
◦ Demo step by step with students in a lab setting◦ Start small if these types of projects are new for you,
students◦ Be flexible with time◦ Model adherence to copyright and attribution rules – have
students use their own photos, videos or from copyright-free sites, when possible or start teaching citation (Note: mash-up sites currently unregulated)
Final caveats:
Don’t◦ Expect masterpieces◦ Lose sight of learning objectives◦ Do computer projects only for technology sake◦ Post students’ work, images online without their
permission
Questions?
Thank you!
A version of the handout with several links to examples available on wiki page at http://tiny.cc/webtools
This PowerPoint available for download at http://kreyes.mcc.googlepages.com/usdstudents'work
Specific project ideas and instructions for many sites listed here (and others) online at OTAN (must be a registered member) at Web-based
Class Activities under “Teaching Tools and Resources” “Using the Web” page