- Login with the GUEST option: and type in your name
- Select a time slot that works for you. Three to choose from (Wed, Thr, Fri from 8-9pm). Sign-up in our shared Class Data Sheet.
- Agenda: Welcome; virtual office hours (email, chat, cell phone, Teamviewer, Adobe Connect); brief overview of Willamettemat.com (our course web site). Syllabus; Calendar
- You may wish to Bookmark (Favorite) the Adobe Connect page for future reference.
Task 1-2: Create Yodio account and record/post/share.
- Recall in the Welcome Activity you listened to a Podcast created with a cell phone & free web tool called Yodio.
- Yes, one can create a Podcast by simply using a phone.
- Take a few minutes to peruse an overview of this wonderful web-based productivity tool. Focus on how one might use this tool in the classroom to enhance teaching and learning.
- Task: Create a personal Yodio account. http://yodio.com
- Here's the Yodio- How It Works page. Peruse around the page to get the big picture, then simply select the Sign-Up option in the top-center and follow the instructions from there.
- Activity: Use your phone to record a 2 to 3 minute reflection of the two videos you viewed in the Warm-up Activity. Publish your finished product, then test to ensure it works!
- Congratulations, you've just created a Podcast ... by simply using your cell phone and a free web service.
- Make a note of the URL (address) of your Podcast. You'll need it later in this lesson.
Research: Blogging in Education: Take several minutes to explore the following blogs. Collectively they represent a nice overview of blogging and how this web-based application can be effectively used in education.
- Log in to your personal Google Account. Then select Googles' Blogger to create your personal Ed Tech 520 blog for this course. The suggested criteria is as follows:
- 1- Create your eMAT Blog: Example: Joey Brown, an eMAT student, would be jbrown-eMAT
- Select a theme and complete setup requirements.
- 2- Create blog POST #1:
- Write several paragraphs about yourself (personal Bio). include the subjects & grade levels you wish to teach; hobbies; interests; etc.
- Insert an image of your choice. It can be resized, aligned, etc.
- 3- Create blog POST #2:
- Following your "Research: Blogging in Education" from above, describe several specific applications of Blogging that you may be able to use as a resource or possible activities for your students.
You may use examples from the following links or additional ones you have discovered.
- 4- Create blog POST #3:
- Part 1 of 2: Reflect on the two Welcome-activity videos Shift Happens- Social Media Revolution & Vision 2011- Tech Impact on Education as follows:
- Write a brief, but well-scripted paragraph that addresses a few significant statistics and how might this impact your philosophy of education or role as an educator in preparing students for their future?
- Example from one of your eMAT peers: Hilary
- Part 2 of 2: In this blog post, provide a link (or embed for maximum impact) to your Yodio podcast created in Task 2-1 above.
- 5- Last, be sure to update our Class Data Sheet as follows:
- Enter the URL (address) of your Educ 520 Blog in the appropriate data cell alongside your name.
- Test to ensure it works.
- Your instructor will respond to all blog posts. And, if you have questions or need assistance or clarification, don't hesitate on asking.
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