Slideshare is a site for hosting slidecasts – a new multimedia format for viewing slideshow (i.e. PowerPoint) synchronized with a podcast. However, presentations do not need to contain audio to be viewed on Slideshare.net. It can be used for conference talks, musical slideshows, audio picture books, portfolios or whatever else you can imagine.
Slideshare can be an alternative to Blackboard, when you want your presentations to be available to a wider audience than only your current students or community members, such as conference attendees, colleagues, future/prospective students, etc.
Here are the simple steps to create your own SlideShare show:
- Upload your PowerPoint presentation file to Slideshare
- Go to edit slide show > Create Slidecast tab and enter your URL here
- Synchronize slides and audio using the synchronization tool and click publish
- Your Slidecast is now ready for public viewing on SlideShare or anywhere else you embed the presentation, such as in a blog, wiki, or other web page.
How could you use Slideshare to enhance student learning? What types of “shows” would you like to share or view?…Click on the COMMENTS link below to get started!
September 14th, 2007
Question 1
How might I use a wiki in an educational setting?
AL’s answer for Mac
http://www.atomiclearning.com/almovie?key=31064
AL’s answer for PC
http://www.atomiclearning.com/almovie?key=31064&format=1
Question 2
How can I set up a pbwiki site?
AL’s answer for Mac
http://www.atomiclearning.com/almovie?key=31071
AL’s answer for PC
http://www.atomiclearning.com/almovie?key=31071&format=1
Do you currently use wikis in the classroom? If so, how? Can you think of any instances where wikis could improve communication and collaboration amongst your students?…Click on the COMMENTS link below to get started!
September 5th, 2007
The Ohio Learning Network (OLN) announces the 2007-2008 online webinar series. OLN’s TeachU webinars are hour-long interactive web seminars on uses of emerging technologies and pedagogies within the contexts of teaching, assessment, and student success. They’re also free!
To register go to: http://wiki.teachuohio.org/page/Register
Additional Webinars in the 2007-2008 TeachU Series Include:
October 4th @ 2:00 pm:
The Web 2.0 Classroom: What’s Available, Where to Begin, and Innovative Integrations
Presented by Garrick Ducat, Mercy College and Terence Armentano, Bowling Green State University
November 8th @ 3:00 pm:
Stretching Into the Future
Presented by Kay Strong, Bowling Green State University
January 17th @ 11:00 am:
Creating a Course and Open Source Portfolio for First Year Students
Presented by Jason Tetzloff, Owens Community College
January 24th @ 2:00 pm:
Mobile Learning
Presented by Sheri Stover, Bryan Beverly, Frank Carone, Terri Klaus and Chris Roberts, Wright State University
February 14th @ 1:00 pm:
Reverse Benefits: How Teaching Online Improves Face to Face Teaching
Presented by Paul Pennington, Dean of Distance Education and Institutional Research, Cincinnati Christian University
March 20th @ 2:00 pm:
Making CENTSS of Web-based Student Services
Presented by Melody Clark, University of Cincinnati and George Steele, The Ohio Learning Network
April 24th @ 11:00 am:
Blogs and Wikis in an Integrated Curriculum
Presented by Lisa Meloncon, University of Cincinnati
May 29th @ 11:00 am:
Creating Hybrid Courses
Presented by Antoinette Perkins, Judith Anderson, Ingrid Emch, and Sharon Barnewell, Columbus State Community College
September 4th, 2007
Corrie Bergeron, M.Ed., an Instructional Designer at Lakeland Community College in Ohio recently wrote an essay entitled Age of Wonders and shared it on one of the OLN (Ohio Learning Network) listserves. Below are some highlights, but the entire essay is a good, but short read for anyone concerned with being inundated by constant technological change in their life or classroom.
In the film “Master and Commander,” 19th-century British sea captain Jack Aubry is handed a wooden model of a new warship. He examines it carefully, noting its many innovative features. Finally he sets it down, saying, “What an age of wonders we live in.”
If he had only known what was just over the horizon.
…For those of us who teach (and who directly support the teachers), this is a huge challenge. Many of our students know far more than we do about the new tools and toys. Others struggle with basic skills most of us mastered years ago. Every semester faculty come to me and say, “Please get me set up with Blackboard. My students say I need to use it.”
But in truth, the technology doesn’t matter all that much. Regardless of the tools they use, people are still people. We all have the same basic human needs: for food and shelter, for security, for love and belonging, for esteem, for self-actualization. Under the iPod and Razr, behind the email or discussion board post, is a human being with the same fundamental needs as his or her great-great grandparents.
They just meet those needs in different ways, that’s all. iTunes is not so very different than the traveling minstrel of Chaucer’s time. It just has a larger repertoire.
A tool is merely a set of affordances and constraints – stuff it lets you do easily, and stuff it makes it hard to do. That applies to tools used for teaching, too. You can teach in the 3D simulated world of Second Life, where people can fly and a student may appear as an alien with an orange mohawk (ok, bad example – that can show up on campus, too). But you also can teach while sitting on a log and using your finger to draw in the dirt (hey – digital interactive multimedia!)
…Is that good? Is it bad? Neither. It’s just different.
…We often feel like hamsters on a wheel that’s spinning faster than we can run. But we keep up as best we can with what’s going on “out there.” We try new things. Sometimes they work better than we’d planned. Sometimes they crash and burn. We pick up the pieces, learn from the experience, and try, try again.
We have to, if we want to prepare our students for the next Age of Wonders. It’s just over the horizon.
This is distrubuted with the author’s permission and a Creative Commons license (non-commercial with attribution).
What are your thoughts or observations about this “age of wonders”? How does or will these realities change the way you teach… or change the way students learn — in 3-5 years, 10 years, 20 years? Any other comments regarding the essay?
August 8th, 2007
There are many options for creating a personalized homepage for your web browser. The Center wanted to pass along a couple options. If you already have a Google account try iGoogle, or if you prefer Yahoo! checkout MyYahoo!, or try Netvibes. All have numerous options that will provide you with a concentrated page full of the information you need. Each of these personal homepages can save time by providing the information you access on a daily basis as soon as you open your browser.
www.igoogle.com
Possible Educational Personalizations include…
-Moon Phases
-Wikipedia Search
-Weather
-News Feeds
-and many others….
www.my.yahoo.com
Possible Educational Personalizations include
-BBC News
-Stock Ticker
-Space.Com Feed
-WSJ and many more…
www.netvibes.com
Possible Educational Personalizations include
-NASA Earth Observatory
-Flickr Search
-Blog Search
-Translator
-News Feeds and many more….
How could customized homepage be used in the classroom? Do you have a personalized homepage? Is it different from the ones listed above…if so what do you use? What information do you have on your homepage?…Click on the COMMENTS link below to get started!
July 3rd, 2007
How can I create mailing labels in my word processing software?
AL’s answer for Mac using Appleworks 6
http://www.atomiclearning.com/almovie?key=4720
AL’s answer for PC using Word 2003
http://www.atomiclearning.com/almovie?key=27397
AL’s answer for PC using Word 2007
http://www.atomiclearning.com/almovie?key=29244
AL’s answer for PC using OpenOffice.org 2
http://www.atomiclearning.com/almovie?key=28633
Would this tip improve your ability to send out notices? If you try this, tell us about your success or problems implementing this technique…Click on the COMMENTS link below to get started!
June 21st, 2007
The UC Second Life Wiki provides a valuable resource for any educator or student who plans to utilize Second Life as a teaching and learning tool. Second Life is a popular persistent online virtual “world” where users from around the globe can explore digital environments and interact with other users. More and more institutions of higher education are using Second Life to create unique virtual learning experiences. The UC Wiki provides essays of experiences from others, FAQ’s, tutorials and numerous other audio and video resources.
Do you have a Second Life Account? Have you used the program for teaching in any way? How? Any resources that you would like to share regarding Second Life?…Click on the COMMENTS link below to get started!
June 15th, 2007
With the proliferation of technology in the classroom, there is a rise in the use of available media for integrating new ideas. What started out as making copies of paper documents has now turned into duplicating software, video, and digital documents. Along with this shift in copying and exchanging digital media, the need for regulation must shift for protection of licensed media and information.
In a higher education environment instructors will likely need to copy various media for use in the classroom. For this purpose, we found a chart designated to inform school leaders of what is allowable under the law. This information would prove to be valuable when you have a question concerning copying, posting, digitizing, and sharing media for educational uses.
For a consice chart displaying current copyright regulations, visit:
http://www.techlearning.com/copyrightguide/index.php
What type of copyright issues occur in your courses? How well do students understand copyright of multimedia?…Click on the COMMENTS link below to get started!
June 6th, 2007
Click play to view a brief comic sketch on how NOT to use PowerPoint. This video is great to show your class before assigning class presentations. It may encourage originality and make people think about how the audience will respond to a presentation.
How many “bad” presenations have you seen like this? Please share any other PowerPoint tips. If you show this in class, please share the students’ responses. …Click on the COMMENTS link below to get started!
June 6th, 2007
How can I filter my database entries when I use check boxes?
AL’s answer for Mac using FileMaker Pro
http://www.atomiclearning.com/almovie?key=28796
AL’s answer for PC using Access
http://www.atomiclearning.com/almovie?key=27285
Would this tip help you organize your database better? Do you have any other databasing tips to share? If you try this, tell us about your success or problems implementing this technique…Click on the COMMENTS link below to get started!
May 23rd, 2007
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Slideshare is a site for hosting slidecasts – a new multimedia format for viewing slideshow (i.e. PowerPoint) synchronized with a podcast. However, presentations do not need to contain audio to be viewed on Slideshare.net. It can be used for conference talks, musical slideshows, audio picture books, portfolios or whatever else you can imagine. 
