PABeaufaitBookmarks 01/06/2010

• Free Technology for Teachers: Six Resources for Learning About Fair Use

  media presentations for educators and chart for classroom use

  tags: fair use, Creative Commons, media literacy, copyright

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PABeaufaitBookmarks 12/17/2009

• e-Strategy Update » Blog Archive » A Beginners Workshop for WordPress

  examples include publishiing "course content and modules on static pages" and using categories to represent most recent contributions on the front page

  tags: collab-bk-blogs-wikis, UBC, WordPress, workshops

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Quick and easy ways of strengthening passwords?

Find out by watching this short video in the Technology section of the New York Times. Animated displays in the foreground reinforce the suggestions from NYT techxperts, J. D. Biersdorfer and Sam Grobart, produced by Jigar Mehta (1:55 min.).

• Yo Jude: Strong Passwords (2009)

I gleaned the link to to that video from the UBC's e-Strategy Update, Blog Archive, Miscellany section (2009.12.09).

PABeaufaitBookmarks 12/15/2009

• Nik's Learning Technology Blog: Using wikis for teacher development

  Focuses on WetPaint, links to: How to create a wiki, and Using wikis with students

  tags: collab-bk-blogs-wikis, tutorials, wikis

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PABeaufaitBookmarks 12/01/2009

• My Languages: From Thinking Skills to Thinking Classrooms

  "... for ICT to support the devel[o]pment of Thinking Skills, there is a need to move away from the traditional ICT-based activities of drilling and practising skills such as grammar, spelling and out-of-context vocabulary recall.
  
  • Interactive exploratory environments where students can direct their own learning through guided discovery processes are more likely to develop Thinking Skills. They encourage risk-taking and 'enable pupils to hypothesise and experiment with immediate feedback'."

  tags: critical thinking

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PABeaufaitBookmarks 11/14/2009

• e-Strategy Update » Blog Archive » e-Portfolios for Teacher Candidates

  Describes use of WordPress MU blogs for mandatory portfolio development in teacher education program

  tags: blogs, teacher education, portfolios, UBC, collab-bk-blogs-wikis, peer coaching

• SAGE book: Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization: David Coghlan, Teresa Brannick: SAGE the natural home for authors, editors and societies.

  tags: no_tag

• Conference Proceedings | ILA Third International Conference, Japan 2007

  These proceedings comprise 42 of the 170 scheduled parallel sessions, and one paper written in response to one of the sessions.\n\nProceedings table of contents and papers\n\nThe proceedings have been registered as an online publication ISSN 2073-7513. All papers have been double-blind peer reviewed a minimum of twice.

  tags: autonomy, learning, proceedings

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PABeaufaitBookmarks 11/06/2009

• 7 things you should know about Google Wave

  "As it moves into general use, Wave might be known as a communication medium, a collaboration space, a repository where all of these things are stored and can be retrieved-or something else altogether" (item 6).

  tags: Google Wave, communication, collaboration, repository, personal learning environments

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PABeaufaitBookmarks 11/02/2009

• ELI Online Fall Focus Session (ELIFS09) - 17 Resources

  Presentations tagged ELIFS09, many on collaboration

  tags: collaboration, collab-bk-collaboration, ELI

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PABeaufaitBookmarks 10/27/2009

• Teaching knowledge wiki | Teaching English | British Council | BBC

  "The teaching knowledge wiki is a collection of definitions of ELT terminology. Each entry includes a definition, an example illustrating the concept and information about how the concept can be applied in the classroom context." (subsite of BBC/British Council Teaching English site)

  tags: teacher education, teaching, concepts, definitions, wiki, BBC, British Council

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PABeaufaitBookmarks 10/24/2009

• Online Survey Software - Web Survey Tool - SurveyGizmo.com

  Offers 14-day free trials that will revert to a basic free plan, recommended by Ray Tolley: http://efoliointheuk.blogspot.com/2009/10/surveys-are-whiz.html

  tags: online, surveys, tools

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PABeaufaitBookmarks 10/18/2009

• CompendiumLD learning design software

  Overview of "a software tool for designing learning activities using a flexible visual interface" (What is CompendiumLD?, 2009.10.17)

  tags: design, FOSS, learning outcomes, learning activities, software, tools, visual interface, visualization

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PABeaufaitBookmarks 10/17/2009

• RPX: Instant OpenID and Data Portability

  Explains RPX login interface for logins with IDs and passwords from familiar third-party accounts

  tags: RPX, login, identities, passwords

• OpenID Site Directory

  24 page list sorted by name (or most recent)

  tags: no_tag

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PABeaufaitBookmarks 10/11/2009

• Using System Restore from the Vista Windows Recovery Environment

  tags: Windows, Recovery, tools, system, restore

• How to automatically repair Windows Vista using Startup Repair

  How to automatically repair Windows Vista using Startup Repair
  
  Table of Contents
  
  Overview of the Windows Vista Repair options
  How to perform an automatic repair of Windows Vista using Startup Repair
  Advanced Tools overview
  Conclusion

  tags: Windows, Vista, Recovery, tools

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PABeaufaitBookmarks 10/07/2009

• E-Learning Journeys: Connectivism Explained

  introduces video on the Networked Student

  tags: connectivism, videos

• E-Learning Curve Blog: Discovering Instructional Design 5: Stages in the Affective Taxonomy

  Goal statements (sometimes called purpose statements) are often used with the Affective Taxonomy. They answer the question, "Why does the student need to learn this material?" Goal statements reflect the instructional designer's empathy for the learner's motivation and attitudes, which should enhance the outcome of the lesson (see Table 1).

  tags: affective domain, motivation

• eFolio in the UK: What is Reflection?

  Unsubstantiated reflection is thus a possibly useless activity. However, by using an e-Portfolio to both present a project and also substantiate reflective argument with evidences is, in my opinion and experience, the only true and effective method in this web2.0 world. (final ¶)

  tags: portfolios, reflections

• E-Portfolios for Learning: Conversation with Teacher Educator

  Describes another teacher educators decision to abandon a "rigid commercial system" and adopt WordPress blogs for blog portfolio developments (and possible replication in other learning and teaching venues

  tags: blogging, portfolios, teacher education, Free Technology for Teachers

• E-Learning Curve Blog: Exploring Podcasting for E-Learning (and new podcast episode released)

  I'm exploring the medium of podcasting at the moment. I've previously discussed podcasting in general here, but in my view there can (and should) be more to the medium than the well-trodden 'single voice-over discusses topic' - what I call the 'fireside chat' - podcast format. To undertake this successfully demands a theoretical understanding and competency in a number of domains.
  
  I will outline the technical aspects of creating, recording, producing, and distributing podcasts at a later time, but for now, I want to investigate some aspects of audio delivered via podcast as a learning channel.

  tags: podcasting_tools_tutorials_videos

• E-Learning Curve Blog: Podcasting for E-Learning: Putting it all together

  I've been discussing one of the lesser-covered aspects of podcasting: delivering effective voice-over narration. So far, we have covered three of the four 'P's' of engaging your audience:
  
  Pace - click to view article
  Pitch - click to view article
  Projection - click to view article
  Today, I will talk about the Art of the Pause.
  
  

  tags: podcasting_tools_tutorials_videos

• E-Learning Curve Blog: Podcasting for E-Learning: Critically Analyzing Podcasts

  Touches on technical aspects of podcasting including podcast structure, technical elements, and content

  tags: podcasting_tools_tutorials_videos

• E-Learning Curve Blog: Podcasting for E-Learning: Editing and Producing Podcasts

  So far in this series of posts about Podcasting for E-Learning from the E-Learning Curve Blog, I've covered a lot of material, including:
  
  A Brief History of Audio in Education
  The Four 'P's' of narration
  Introduction to Audio Production
  Digital Audio Basics
  Now, it's time to look in some depth at editing and producing podcast content.

  tags: Audacity, podcasting_tools_tutorials_videos

• E-Learning Curve Blog: Podcasting for E-Learning: Audio Editing + Audacity

  Familiarizes new users with digital recording environment

  tags: Audacity, podcasting_tools_tutorials_videos

• E-Learning Curve Blog: Podcasting for E-Learning – Tour of Audacity’s User Interface

  Translate tape editing metaphor to digital recording tool

  tags: Audacity, podcasting_tools_tutorials_videos

• E-Learning Curve Blog: Podcasting for E-Learning: Setting Audacity Preferences

  Illustrated guide to preparation for recording

  tags: Audacity, podcasting_tools_tutorials_videos

• E-Learning Curve Blog: Podcasting for E-Learning: Recording with Audacity

  Step by step illustrated guide

  tags: Audacity, podcasting_tools_tutorials_videos

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PABeaufaitBookmarks 10/02/2009

• Recipes4Success: Citation Maker

  Tech4Learning. (2009). Citation Maker. Recipes4Success. Retrieved September 30, 2009, from http://myt4l.com/index.php?v=pl&page_ac=view&type=tools&tool=bibliographymaker.

  tags: citations, references, tools, bibliography

• DigiTales - The Art of Telling Digital Stories

  Generates Digital Media Scoring Guides for student and teacher use

  tags: rubrics, media, media literacy, scoring guides, evaluation

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PABeaufaitBookmarks 09/30/2009

• Five Tips for Helping Students Become Better Bloggers | BlogWalker

  tags: blogging, students, education, blogwalker, blogs, edublogs

• Digital_Storytelling_Guide_FINAL_revised.pdf (application/pdf Object)

  tags: storytelling

• Got Vroom? Learn The Top 3 Ways To Use Your New Virtual Meeting Room

  2007 Elluminate recording with Jonathan Finkelstein

  tags: Elluminate, vRoom, recordings

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Slideshare defaults new Account Type from default!

Slideshare apparently added new Account Type options to improve users profiles. A drop down menu at the head of Personal Information pages offers choices of Default, Company, Event Organizer, and four more. That's all well and good, if one of the types fits you better than the default.

The problem is, on first login since Slideshare's update, I found a hot-linked organizational name glaring from the top corner of the display, which opened My Slidespace when I clicked on it. Though the slidespace then announced "Hello, [+ username]!" at the top right, the "Welcome back, ..." message in the sidebar to the left still displayed the organizational name.

The work around to get back to me required:

1. Opening the user profile page for editing (Edit profile),
2. Switching the Account Type to Default, and
3. Saving the changes.

Talk about a make work proposition for users not seeking to usurp an entire organization's Slideshare identity! Why is it that web site builders seem to think they know better than users do what users' identities and preferences are?

PABeaufaitBookmarks 09/26/2009

• Monster.ie: Are You Cut Out for Teamwork? (Quiz)

  Try this little test to see how suited you are to being an effective team member. If the feedback you get is disappointing and being the next Lone Ranger is not your idea of a good career track, remember to visit our online experts for some guidance on how to improve your teaming skills. You're gonna need them for the Millennium.

  tags: teamwork, teams, quizzes, skills

• SCoPE: Seminars: Collaborative Projects on WikiEducator: August 10-28, 2009

  Online seminar introducing "many opportunities available to educators to learn from others, to collaborate on curriculum projects, and to explore new technologies that will improve educational access and quality" (forum blurb).

  tags: collab-bk-collaboration, collaboration, projects, Wikieducator

• 50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom | Smart Teaching - Annotated

  tags: wikis, collaboration, education, classroom, technology, collab-bk-collaboration

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PABeaufaitBookmarks 09/25/2009

• Untitled Document

  Student Participation Evaluation for Introduction to Collaborative Learning course, ©2003 Linda J. Smith

  tags: collaborative, learning, participation, evaluation

• 50 Awesome Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom

  tags: skype, classroom, technology, teaching, education, communication, collaboration

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PABeaufaitBookmarks 09/19/2009

• Ten Best Practices for Teaching Online

  "... here are ten practices that contribute to an effective, efficient and satisfying teaching and learning experience for both faculty and students" (Ten Best Practices for Teaching Online, ¶1)

  tags: Judith V. Boettcher, online, learning, teaching, principles

• 100 Best Blogs for Tech-Savvy Teachers - Online Courses

  80-90: Higher Education and Research

  tags: blogs, blogging, technology, teachers, education, lists

• Inventory of Ecoaching Tips

  61 tips from Judith V. Boettcher, up till fall 2008: "This set of ecoaching tips is for faculty who are designing and teaching online courses and blended campus courses" (Designing for Learning - Consulting, Advising and Facilitating, http://www.designingforlearning.info/index.html, retrieved 2009.09.18).

  tags: Judith V. Boettcher, ecoaching, tips

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