Interact at the Center » Visual Learning http://blogs.bgsu.edu/ctl Another amazing bgsu blog Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:11:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Got Music? If not, check out Omnimusic from WBGU http://blogs.bgsu.edu/ctl/2008/01/10/got-music-if-not-check-out-omnimusic-from-wbgu/ http://blogs.bgsu.edu/ctl/2008/01/10/got-music-if-not-check-out-omnimusic-from-wbgu/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:50:00 +0000 mcaire http://blogs.bgsu.edu/ctl/2008/01/10/got-music-if-not-check-out-omnimusic-from-wbgu/ WBGU provides BGSU Faculty with a wide variety of music that can be used for education projects. Visit http://music.wbgu.org/ to get started. Music is offered in numerous genres and multiple file types. While this is an extremely powerful resource it should be stated that:

THIS MUSIC IS FOR BGSU EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS ONLY.


This music can be used in iMovies, PowerPoint presentations, background music for live presentations and many other uses. If you wish to use this music for purposes other than BGSU educational projects, contact Denise Kisabeth.

How do you use music in your teaching or presentations? Have you used music in your for presentations at conferences? How else could you use this music?

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]]> http://blogs.bgsu.edu/ctl/2008/01/10/got-music-if-not-check-out-omnimusic-from-wbgu/feed/ 0 Images for Learning http://blogs.bgsu.edu/ctl/2007/12/10/images-for-learning/ http://blogs.bgsu.edu/ctl/2007/12/10/images-for-learning/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:26:00 +0000 mcaire http://blogs.bgsu.edu/ctl/2007/12/10/images-for-learning/ Stock.xchng is a leading, free, stock photo site. This site is great for generic searches, yielding high-resolution images that could be used to enhance student or faculty presentations or applied to any other visual media projects.

Along with browsing over 250,000 quality stock photos by more than 25,000 photographers, you can share your own personal photography as well.
If your search doesn’t yield a large number of free results, there is a linked site, stockxpert.com, which produces results at the bottom of the page showing images available for purchase.

All you need is a free account to begin your search!

How do you use images in your teaching or presentations? What other image sites have you or your students used?

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]]> http://blogs.bgsu.edu/ctl/2007/12/10/images-for-learning/feed/ 0 Personalized Home Pages http://blogs.bgsu.edu/ctl/2007/07/03/personalized-home-pages/ http://blogs.bgsu.edu/ctl/2007/07/03/personalized-home-pages/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:57:00 +0000 mcaire http://blogs.bgsu.edu/ctl/2007/07/03/personalized-home-pages/ 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!

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]]> http://blogs.bgsu.edu/ctl/2007/07/03/personalized-home-pages/feed/ 0 Using Images: Everystockphoto.com http://blogs.bgsu.edu/ctl/2007/03/20/using-images-everystockphotocom/ http://blogs.bgsu.edu/ctl/2007/03/20/using-images-everystockphotocom/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:19:00 +0000 garciav http://blogs.bgsu.edu/ctl/2007/03/20/using-images-everystockphotocom/ As the saying goes, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” If that’s true, then there are many words to be found at Everystockphoto.com Here you can find royalty free stock photos for use in any type of digital or print media that you may use in your work as an educator, researcher, or learner.

Everystockphoto is a search engine that indexes numerous photo sites and has over 1 million free images. Each image has its own ownership license, so when using images from the site be sure to check the license to understand how you can legally use the image in your own work.

Images and photos can be used for numerous projects in an academic setting — they can enhance websites, PowerPoint presentations, blogs, video clips, movies, and any other digital or even print media. The addition of images can help to better explain or demonstrate theory and processes in a classroom setting.

Share your opinion and experiences by leaving a comment below:
• How have you used stock photos in your teaching?
• What other types of projects could utilize the “power of images”?
• Share your experiences and tips on using everystockphoto.com

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