Working with your Web space
June 5, 2009 – 12:37 pmGetting Started
Tutorials from a slightly older version of WordPress
Pageflakes RSS Feeds
May 8, 2009 – 12:46 pm
Background
Pageflakes is the best way to access a wide range of fresh digital content. It does this by being an RSS Feed Reader (want a good video explanation?), but it goes about it in a very Web 2.0 way. The IWB Blog Pageflakes feed tries to demonstrate how you can access audio podcasts, video lectures or movie trailers, current news or compelling visual images. Having access to such “Real, Rich and Relevant” content is great, but what’s even better is working it in to the weekly routine of classroom learning.
Examples
Tutorial
Editing in Quicktime Pro
May 4, 2009 – 2:18 pmQuickTime is a cross-platform audio and video player that comes standard with Apple computers and iTunes software. Oxley College has a license for QuickTime Pro which turns the free Player version into one that can edit clips and also record. This makes it the easiest way to work with Podcasts or other audio and video files. You don’t get any titles or transitions, but it’s especially great for making a long clip shorter and more useful for class activities and assessment tasks.
Here are two video tutorials:
- Editing an Audio clip using Quicktime Pro
- Editing an Video clip using Quicktime Pro
Social Bookmarking
April 3, 2009 – 9:14 amBookmarking has come a long way since the days of “Adding Favorites.” First there was Del.icio.us and others that brought bookmarking into Web 2.0. In the past year, things have gotten a lot more powerful.
Currently the best bookmarking tools are Diigo and Clipmarks. Each offers slightly different advantages. You may want to use both or focus on one depending on the kind of researching / surfing you do.
Stixy
March 27, 2009 – 12:20 pmStixy is an online bulletin board. Add a range of media and don’t even worry about the thumbtacks!
Here is a protected stixyboard like one you might use with a group of students.
Techie Friends
March 20, 2009 – 12:30 pm“The Future” Today? Tomorrow????
March 20, 2009 – 12:01 pm1994 – How right were they?
2025? (Maybe a little sooner?)
Saving Presentations in a Flash
March 13, 2009 – 10:46 am1) You have already created a presentation. Now it’s time to save the file as a Flash animation. This is good for 2 reasons: you can share the presentation on the Web for student-use (anyone can play the presentation, not just people with Microsoft PowerPoint). Second, you make the file much smaller
- If you use PowerPoint on a PC, download the iSpring Plug-in.
- If you use Keynote on a Mac – simply “File > Export” as a swf (shockwave flash).
Example from Oxley College Science
or play it straight from the page:
The 2nd Step is to embed the animated slideshow into a Web page.
Use your faculty / course blog. Make sure it has the special SWF plug-in installed. Contact Tom if you need this done.
ICT Vision 2013
August 25, 2008 – 11:53 am
ICT 2013 – Academic
How should Oxley College respond to technology’s ability to promote each individual’s personal learning?
ICT 2013 – Pastoral
What should Oxley College and its teachers do to increase
students’ meaningful engagement in life?
ICT 2013 – Digital Profiles
Given that everyone else seems to use students “digital trails,” how should Oxley College gather and use students’ online “breadcrumbs”?
ICT 2013 – Digital Profiles
August 25, 2008 – 11:44 amTechnologies seem to advance daily. Below are links to information and videos that show how various groups make use of your “digital trail” or “electronic breadcrumbs.”
- Global companies have access to a lot of information on where you go and what you do: Google profiles & Google Street View
- So do national governments: Intelligent roads & government mobile phone tracking
- Parents can have the same: GPS tracking, whrrl & Spyware
How should schools use this power?
Given that everyone else seems to use students “digital trails,”
how should Oxley College gather and use students’ online “breadcrumbs”?