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Re: 2013 UNH Commencement Goes Social

garrett — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:54:57 -0000

killer site/dashboard ... i tuned in from philly to watch my cousin graduate. i couldn't find him on the live feed but had him pose by the cat statue ... got a pic using the webcam!

Re: Pinterest: Why Pinning is Better than Posting Pics

Michael — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:40:33 -0000

Your title indicates that you don't understand the gross breaches of copyright perpetrated by Pinterest.

Re: The Multi-Dimensional Power of Professional Development through Social Media

@daisydyerduerr — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:20:17 -0000

Great Characterizations Scott! I see me talking about these 3 over the summer- glad I can sound a little more intelligent now! Awesome Job!

Re: Interactive Video (Part Two): Mozilla’s Popcorn Maker

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:31:40 -0000

Hey Robin, good writeup, though some of the Cons you listed are incorrect.

1) Audio can be used from YouTube, there's a switch to turn off the video, which leaves you with just the audio to play with in Popcorn Maker if you want.

2) You can also bring in videos from Vimeo as well as the Internet Archive (archive.org - paste in the link to the .ogv formatted video)

3) You can definitely combine multiple videos on top of each other. Sometimes the timing isn't reliable but you can definitely layer them. It's best if you have them start at the beginning, but it's not required.

There is work being done regarding collaborative remixing, but it needs more prototyping. Lastly, there used to be webpage embeds but there were a lot of problems with sites like Facebook who would "framebust" and cause it not to work out of security concerns or other reasons.

Re: Interactive Video (Part Two): Mozilla’s Popcorn Maker

Robin Neal — Sat, 18 May 2013 07:51:13 -0000

Phil, thanks for the idea of linking quizzes within Popcorn Maker...very helpful!

Re: Interactive Video (Part Two): Mozilla’s Popcorn Maker

hmundahl — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:48:12 -0000

Cool!

Re: Interactive Video (Part Two): Mozilla’s Popcorn Maker

PhilOnline — Sun, 12 May 2013 13:13:12 -0000

You can also use the Popcorn Maker to link to quizzes as described here: http://www.learnclick.com/blog...

Re: Interactive Video (Part One): Flipping at TED-ed

Robin Neal — Thu, 02 May 2013 13:22:58 -0000

Thanks so much for sharing, Graham. I'm really excited about using Camtasia. My students and I were just trying to figure out how to do what you've already done.

Re: 5 Ridiculously Easy Ways to Take Your Videos from Amateur to Awesome

hmundahl — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:14:04 -0000

If folks are looking for more resources on shooting better video I really like the Wistia Learning Center: http://wistia.com/learning

Re: 5 Ridiculously Easy Ways to Take Your Videos from Amateur to Awesome

hmundahl — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:05:25 -0000

Good question, I'm shooting on a t3i in this video and I love it! When I started shooting on this camera the difference was so noticeable that other departments tried to beg it off me!

Big differences between t3i and t4i:
- t4i is more expensive by about $120
- t4i has touch screen LCD and continuous auto focus in video mode

The video quality is the same as far as I can tell on both models.

So I didn't think the touch screen was all that useful... the continuous auto focus sounded cool but I didn't think I would use it all that much... I mean the reason I'm going to a DSLR is for more manual control anyway right?

So instead I used the $120 to buy a really nice tripod!

Does that answer your question? Here's a great breakdown of some of the differences: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Re: 5 Ridiculously Easy Ways to Take Your Videos from Amateur to Awesome

Stephen Johnson — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:25:46 -0000

Hans, great stuff. Do you prefer the t3i, t4i, or other for shooting DSLR video?

Re: Interactive Video (Part One): Flipping at TED-ed

Graham Johnson — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:37:37 -0000

Hi Robin,

I really enjoyed your post about interactive video. As a Flipped Classroom teacher I have been looking at my videos with a critical eye and wondering who I could make them more interactive as well. I noticed my videos were a passive learning experience where every other aspect of my practice was about students being engaged and getting their hands dirty with the curriculum.

With the use of Camtasia from TechSmith I played around and created an interactive instructional video for my students. My focus was to help tailor an experience for my students based on their educational needs...Anyways, here is the video if you are interested: http://www.screencast.com/t/dT... Here is also a blog about it: http://flippingmath.wordpress....

Re: Making Grammar Sticky With Google Docs

Robin Neal — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:56:00 -0000

Hi Frank...please use my resources. I'm glad they might help you. I would suggest using Google Sites or a free-to-educators wiki (I use wikispaces.com) to create your own online grammar space. In the end, we're using Ning in a way that could just as easily be accomplished with a free (or nearly free) virtual learning environment.

Re: Making Grammar Sticky With Google Docs

Frank Armstrong — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:44:55 -0000

Robin, thanks for sharing this. I implemented my own Grammar Diary assignment with my first-year college students last year. It's a powerful learning experience and they actually enjoyed it (on the whole). I'm going to use your materials—if that's OK—to expand my assignment. I love the idea of creating a web-based grammar resource something like the BCDS Grammar Ning. Do you have any suggestions for other great (and maybe free) platforms for creating a space where students can share grammar tips?

Re: 10 ways social media is like high school

brandontharp53 — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:36:15 -0000

Why is there a picture of my high school in this article? Of all the HS's in the world and you have a pic of Dothan High? Mind = BLOWN!!!

Re: One Skill that 9 out of 10 Schools Don’t Teach

Dr. Pamela Thompson — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:30:50 -0000

Bekka, we enjoyed having you visit class! Hopefully we can inspire more students to learn to code with the help of code.org!

Re: Social Media Lessons From A State Basketball Title

Lori — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:00:53 -0000

Great information. Thanks.

Re: Cougar_Pride

Tom Fleming — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:28:16 -0000

MKA Cougarville ... We have developed passion for all MKA sports!

Re: Social Spotlight: Secrets to your school’s video success

Craig Burton — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:17:09 -0000

Great article Peter. I think you're right. It's important to get more video content about your school online and candid storytelling videos are the way to go. As you say, there is a place for professionally made promo school videos BUT the company needs to understand your story. The difference between a great school promo video and one made by the school, when done well, is you don't notice the 'way it's made' - you only notice the story. It's like a well designed document - you don't notice the layout. If you do it can be quite distracting to the story. I think the best way to go, if a school can afford it, is to have a professionally made video and lots of school produced videos that compliment it.

Re: What should educators read that’s not about education?

hmundahl — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:33:21 -0000

I read Mashable, Smithsonian, and Wired as often as I can. For longer reading I like Shirky, Friedman, and Diamond.

Re: Tangled up in School – A Slightly Contrarian View for the edsocialmedia Crowd

Chuck Will — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:18:08 -0000

Very provocative, smart, insightful and novel. Well written. Thanks!

Re: A Tale of Two MOOCs: The Importance of Community in Online Learning

David Korfhage — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:54:25 -0000

Ron,

Nice to hear from you. I've been seeing your posts on Twitter, and you seem like one of the more sympathetic students (though I think people are becoming more positive). I'm not sure if EDC would be "lame philosophy," but I definitely agree that it's not exactly practical for designing an e-learning course. At the same time, there's value in thinking about your guiding philosophy, your ideals and so on. Something from each course.

It may be that discussion boards remain the best technology. Some on Twitter have doubted that, and I would say for myself I've found the Twitter stream from MOE to be more useful than the discussion forum (almost no one else from my group has posted). But, as Alan noted in his comments, with 40,000 people the Twitter stream can be overwhelming. I'm not sure what the solution is, but the technology does, I think, have to have an interactive, social component. I know from face-to-face teaching experience that that's what students like.

Re: A Tale of Two MOOCs: The Importance of Community in Online Learning

David Korfhage — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:49:52 -0000

Alan,

Thanks for commenting. I've noticed the way in which individual contributions can get lost in the tidal wave of contributions. I know the groups on MOE were an attempt to get around that--but I think the technology chosen was not ideal. Not just the Google doc trainwreck, but perhaps the discussion board format.

I've noticed that EDC has a blogroll, but with so many blogs, one's blog would tend to get lost. The hard part is having a large course with a small, personal feel. I think EDC is handling that better, but there's still work to do.

Re: A Tale of Two MOOCs: The Importance of Community in Online Learning

Alan Pollock — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:45:39 -0000

Interesting comparison. I'm in EDC and am enjoying reading the comments made by other participants. You can only get much of a feel of social interaction on the discussion forums - my blog hasn't shown up on the News feed nor my tweets on the Twitter feed. With over 40,000 participants the News and Twitter feeds would inevitably become a waterfall - or crash.

Re: A Tale of Two MOOCs: The Importance of Community in Online Learning

Ron Amundson — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:05:43 -0000

Its funny in that when I was looking at the Coursera listing back in Dec, I thought EDC would be a bunch of lame philosophy so I didnt register for it. Noting the huge disparity in twitter streams, I wonder what the deal was with EDC so I jumped into the fray. As a nerdy tech guy, I don't know that I'd call it visionary, as much as it is seeing a given issue through totally different worldviews. Its also my first real experience within a very constructivist leaning environment. Bottom line, I find it extremely fascinating, but am far from sold on the whole minimally guided instruction thing.

Your insight into community as being what is needed is another fascinating bit... Its a part of human behavior that a lot of us tech folks discount as community building is so time intensive that many don't see it as being worth the opportunity cost. Certainly if I were in the midst of a big project, it wouldn't be... but being this is a lull, i'm giving it a shot and some light bulbs are going on.

As far as what social media tools... I hate to say it but Vb with minimalist plugins for twitter, youtube, & facebook, would have to be my choice. It scales without too much trouble, and is easy to use with volunteer moderators/janitors to keep chaos at a reasonable level. Its dated, its old, its spendy, and when it breaks or needs upgrades, its a royal pain if you've done any mods, but in factory default mode its like grandpas old rusty hammer. It gets the job done.