Author Archives: Mark Glynn
Embedding a twitter hashtag feed into your moodle site
Trying to get students to participate in moodle discussion forums can drive you up the wall.
There are a variety of techniques that you can use to encourage engagement in the forums but this post may provide an easier solution. There is an old saying (unfortunately I don’t know where it came from, “if you want to catch a fish, go where the fish are”. In this context I interpret that as if you want to get students talking to one another about your subject – go to where they talk. The most obvious place for todays students is through social media. This short video shows you how to embed a hashtag from twitter into your moodle page. So when they talk on twitter about your subject, using the hashtag that you provide, all of their comments on twitter are fed through into your moodle course
In this video you will see the twitter feed being placed as a HTML block on the side of the course. You can also insert the feed as a “label” in a section on the course – the choice is yours
Related articles
- What is Moodle? (enhancingteaching.com)
- Twitter in higher education (enhancingteaching.com)
Cleaning up Youtube for your classroom
Youtube can be a fabulous classroom resource but can some schools are cautious about using it in the classroom because they are concerned about the videos and adverts that appear in the sidebars. “viewPure.com” offers a potential solution for teachers. This site cleans out all the clutter and gives you just a video. Furthermore there is a quick button that you can add to your browser so that you can go to a video, click on “Purify” in your bookmark bar and instantly have a clean video
Related articles
- 10 Free, Must Have Web 2.0 Tools for Your Teaching & Training Needs (effectiveonlineteaching.org)
A poster outlining some of the great changes in Moodle 2
The poster below can be accessed in powerpoint format by clicking on the image below. Please feel free to download and adapt this poster to suit your needs – remembering creative commons. I would also welcome any feedback on the poster through the comments section of this blog post.
Related articles
- What is Moodle? (enhancingteaching.com)
- Moodle thoughts (somerandomthoughts.com)
Comparing Articulate Storyline vs Studio
Over the past few years I have become an active user of Articulate studio. Recently they have launched a new product “Storyline” and the link above illustrates the distinct differences between the two
Google Forms -use in the classroom
Collect RSVPs, run a survey, or quickly create a team roster with a simple online form. Then check out the results, neatly organized in a Google spreadsheet.
The screencast below gives an introduction to Google Forms
There are numerous applications for Google forms in the classroom. Tom Barrett used Google docs to collate information from a diverse group of teachers on how they use Google forms in the classroom
Assessment
This page provides links to the use of technology to support or deliver assessments to your students
Related articles
- Screencasting and assessment (enhancingteaching.com)
- Adventures in Assessment (ideasandthoughts.org)
- Rethinking Writing Rubrics with Maja Wilson (nancy-rubin.com)
Screencasting and assessment
Prezi Logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Screencasts have multi applications when it comes to assessment.
Students can record a particular task captured on their computer and present it as their assignment. They may also prepare a presentation (e.g. through Prezi or MS powerpoint) or a poster / mindmap and use the the screencasting tool to provide narration supporting the presentation or poster.
Lecturers can provide assessment tips or guidance through a screencast in advance of the assessment. Furtermore lecturers can also provide feedback to thier students
Related articles
- Screencasting (enhancingteaching.com)
- A brief guide to ScreenR.com – the web based screencasting tool (enhancingteaching.com)
- A brief guide to screencast-o-matic – a free screencasting tool (enhancingteaching.com)
- A brief guide to Jing – the free screencasting tool (enhancingteaching.com)
- The Ease of Screencasting (mistermitchell3.wordpress.com)
Guide to screencasting tools
Please click on the logo of the screencasting tool to get more information
link post of camtasia to follow shortly
Samples of various screencasts using different screencasting tools
This post in use as part of the support materials for the screencasting workshop in EdTech 2012. The following videos are examples of screencasts created by a selection of different tools available
A second demo on Livescribe that also used Jing Pro and Camtasia
converting Powerpoint to youtube video
Related articles
- Screencasting (enhancingteaching.com)
- A brief guide to Jing – the free screencasting tool (enhancingteaching.com)
- A brief guide to ScreenR.com – the web based screencasting tool (enhancingteaching.com)
- A brief guide to screencast-o-matic – a free screencasting tool (enhancingteaching.com)
A brief guide to screencast-o-matic – a free screencasting tool
Another free screencast tool. Like its counterparts of ScreenR and Jing there are premium versions also available at a specific price, providing additional functionality.
Good points
- Its free
- it allows 15 minutes video as opposed to the 5 minutes on offer through Jing and ScreenR
Bad points
- It is not as intuitive to use at first but once you get used to it, you will have no problems
- There is a watermark in your video with the free account
There are a series of tutorials on the use of screen-o-matic on their YouTube channel
Related articles
- What is screencasting (enhancingteaching.com)
- 8 Free Screencasting Tools For Making Video Tutorials (smashingapps.com)
- Gregory Hill on storytelling, giving student feedback and improving writing with Jing (joedale.typepad.com)
- A brief guide to Jing – the free screencasting tool (enhancingteaching.com)
- A brief guide to ScreenR.com – the web based screencasting tool (enhancingteaching.com)
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