Sue, Excellent suggestion regarding WebNotes. I needed this a couple weeks ago but couldn't think of the name! Neat little tool.
Michael The Psych Files podcast http://www.ThePsychFiles.com On Nov 12, 2009, at 7:42 PM, Frantz, Sue wrote: > > “I know Sue Frantz and Michael Britt have many, many offerings. > But…” Does this mean you don’t want my suggestions? =) > > I don’t know which of these are rich media and which are merely > social media. (Is social media a kind of rich media?) I’ll let > you, the reader, sort it out. > > The webconferencing tool Annette referred to is Elluminate. Not > free. But there are some free options. DimDim is the one that most > closely mirrors Elluminate. There are a couple online whiteboards > that are good: Scriblink and Dabbleboard. If you want a quick and > easy way to collaborate just on text, in real time, try Etherpad. > > I would also recommend looking at social bookmarking services, such > as Delcious (share your bookmarks), Diigo (share your annotated > bookmarks; can create a ‘closed’ class for this), and WebNotes > (annotate websites and share with people who don’t have WebNotes). > > A clicker alternative is PollEverywhere, where students use their > cell phones (or internet-connected computers) to ‘click’ in. Free > for up to 32 students at a time, I think. Standard text messaging > rates apply. > > The easiest-to-use stand-alone wiki software is PBWorks. Highly > recommended. That’s what we’re using for the new STP wiki. > > For collaboration, Google Docs and Zoho are good options. If > students are working on a group paper, you can see who edited what > and when. For sharing files, my personal favorite is DropBox. > > For in the classroom, I use Classroom Presenter instead of > PowerPoint. CP Is a free product from the Univ. of Washington. > They designed it for Tablet PCs, but works with any PC. If you’re > connected to a network and students have laptops connected to the > same network, they see your slides on their computers. They can > type notes on the slide. The very cool feature is that students can > type stuff on a slide, then with the click of a button, send the > slide to you in real time. You can then look through, and display > to the class the ones you want. CP also has built-in ‘clicker’ > functionality. [Combine CP with a Wii remote and infrared light pen > to create a smartboard: > http://sfrantz.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/the-smartboard-alternative-for-40/ > ] > > Diane Finley spoke at NWToP, and she suggested using Audacity to > audio record feedback to students instead of typing/writing > comments. Save it as an MP3 and email it to your student. > > I’ve attached the handout I created for a poster at the most recent > APA convention. Most of what I written here is in that handout. > > > -- > Sue Frantz Highline > Community College > Psychology, Coordinator Des Moines, WA > 206.878.3710 x3404 [email protected] > > Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology, Associate Director > Project Syllabus > APA Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology > > APA's p...@cc Committee > > > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > <Web 2.0 Handout.pdf> --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
