Recommended Martin Luther King Day To-Do List for SPU Faculty

I sent the following message to Seattle Pacific University faculty in hopes that they will submit a grant application to me by Monday night:

Suggested To Do List for Monday, January 18, 2010

1. Wake up.
2. Have some coffee and breakfast.
3. Download and listen to several of the Martin Luther King lectures from SPU’s iTunes U collection (27 possible choices dating back as far as 1975).
4. Read the just-released 2010 Horizon Report to become informed about emerging technologies predicted to have an impact on teaching and learning in higher education within the next five years.
5. Complete your online application for the 2010 Teaching and Technology Grant and submit it by midnight. Keep in mind that CIS sent out a message saying that SPU Internet access may not be available between 6-10 PM on Monday because of an upgrade.
6. Go to bed.

(Note: If you finish your grant application earlier in the day there may be time for other activities, including other meals or teaching your night class.)

Blackboard 9 – Collaborative Learning

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Learn how to make use of Blackboard and complimentary Web 2.0 tools to enhance collaborative learning.

• How to set up and organize teams in Bb.
• Options for using wikis within/outside of Blackboard.
• How to use a specific collaborative tool (EtherPad).

Blackboard 9 – Grade Center Workshop

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Learn how to add and configure columns for assignments, quizzes, tests, and other assessments.

• Add and configure columns for assignments, quizzes, tests, and other assessments.
• Enter scores, comments, and include feedback.
• Export and import grades to/from a spreadsheet.
• Download all student documents for a single assessment.
• Set up weighted grading.

VoiceThread + WordPress + VodPod = Simple solution for sharing digital narrative and reflection

In an online course I am teaching with Helen Barrett, we are asking students to create digital narratives and share them on their bPortfolios. The “blogging” portfolios are created with WordPress Accounts.  Some students are creating digital narratives with VoiceThread.  It looks like we might be able to use VodPod to quickly capture a VoiceThread and share it in a WordPress bPortfolio.  More testing needs to be done but here is a quick example.

more about “VoiceThread – Group conversations aro…“, posted with vodpod

Favorite Open Educational Resources

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I’ve been using free educational resources in my presentations for a few years.  Several professors have asked me for a list of Open Educational Resources (OER) that I have shared in various workshops. Here is a list of ten of my current favorites:

1. EveryStockPhoto.com – Search engine that can be used to find free images on the web. http://www.everystockphoto.com/
2. Incompetech is a collection of Creative Commons licensed music. http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/
3. iTunes U is a collection of audio and video content from higher education faculty around the world that can be freely used for educational purposes. http://deimos3.apple.com/indigo/main/main.xml Many SPU professors are freely sharing their work in iTunes U. You can find it at: http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browsev2/spu-public
4. Khan Academy provides 800+ YouTube tutorials covering math, science, and finance problems. http://www.khanacademy.org/index.html
5. MERLOT is a peer-reviewed searchable collection of online learning materials. http://merlot.org
6. Search by Creative Commons provides a convenient way to access search engines that include CC licensed materials. http://search.creativecommons.org
7. Webcast.Berkeley is a collection of podcasts and webcasts from the University of California Berkeley. http://webcast.berkeley.edu/
8. Wikimedia Commons is a media repository for public domain and freely-licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips). http://commons.wikimedia.org
9. YouTube EDU is a collection of videos and channels from higher education institutions http://www.youtube.com/education?b=400
10. MIT OpenCourseware is a website that contains almost all content from MIT courses. http://ocw.mit.edu/

Residency Certification bPortfolio Tutorial – Entire Presentation

This screencast walks Seattle Pacific University Residency Certification students through the necessary steps to create their bPortfolios using WordPress. (66:35)

links for 2009-11-05

• The World's First Social eReading Software | ReadCloud
  Social networking software for ebooks.
  (tags: education web2.0 socialnetworking ebook curriculum social reading literacy k-12)