Terry B's Website

Worked in WeToKu and used video and sound to create a presentation. Rebecca was a wonderful, patient partner. Here is the url: http://wetoku.com/Rebecca/2b6
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·         Confusing instructions this week

·         Continued to work on WIKI exercise with the webcam

·         Used voice thread to create a presentation. I combined voice and a picture. URL is http://voicethread.com/share/1260946/

·         Created a short video on go animate. I could not get the sound to work. URL is: http://goanimate.com/go/movie/0d7sty83DWiM?utm_source=emailshare&uid=0YjebwT3jhlc

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·         This week we completed a UDUTU activity to become more familiar with the Web 2.0 tool. To complete the assignment, a tutorial was provided. My URL is: http://publish.myudutu.com/published/launcheval/20364/Course38579/Launch.html

·         For the WIKI assignment, we were to pair up and conduct an interview using a webcam. We are given 2 weeks to complete the assignment. Rebecca and I are working together with the topic of how Web 2.0 technology is used in the classroom.

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Week 7

·         Worked on Technology Expert Interview in which I was to identify and interview a knowledgeable school or district-level person about the use of, and guidelines for using, the internet and Web 2.0 tools for instruction. The purpose of the interview is to get an authentic perspective on the subject and then evaluate that information in a post interview essay. The post—interview essay should thoughtfully evaluate the information gleaned in the interview in light of course ...

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This week I recorded a short video on how to use a dictionary and posted it to YouTube. The viewing quality is poor. I recorded it using a camera. Here is the URL: vhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaeoyydWIGQ

Previewed a UDUTU application intended for public use. http://publish.myudutu.com/published/launch/444/Course1860/launch.html The program showed a lot of the features that UDUTU has to offer.

I created a concept map using Webspiration. Webspiration is an online visual thinking, learnin...

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Busy week.

• Created a tutorial in Jing and posted it to screencast. The tutorial was of creating a bulleted list in Microsoft PowerPoint. The URL is http://www.screencast.com/t/NmYwZTcwO

• Started to create website in UDUTU. URL is http://publish.myudutu.com/published/launcheval/20364/Course36098/Launch.html

• Worked on ID plan and exchanged comments with Wiki group members.

• Created crossword in Eclipse. It was of the key words Chapter 1  in the text, Microsoft PowerPoint .

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Week 4

Read the article, Use of Audio Podcast in K-12 and Higher Education. A Review of Research Topics and Methodologies, by K.F. Hew. After reading the article, I created a  podcast using Audacity in which I discussed  the educational uses of podcasts . I placed the podcast into Podbean .

URL is: http://terrybeachy.podbean.com/mf/web/nsq37z/discussingpodcastarticle.mp3

Also continued to work on Wiki group discussion.

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This week we did an audio activity using Audacity and Aviary's Myna.

Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds and comes in quite handy for presenting Podcasts.

Avery's Myna is another audio editor used to remix tracks and audio clips. You can record sound effects and even record your own voice or instruments.

We also worked with Voki, which is a free service that allows you to create personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog, profile, and in email ...
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The major focus this week centered on the creation and use of two Web 2.0 tools, specifically wikis and Skype.

Wikis

A wiki is considered open source software where the user is free to create and edit articles similar to an encyclopedia. One wiki in particular, Wikipedia, includes hundreds of thousands of articles, many on popular culture topics, in a number of languages. The philosophy behind Wikipedia is a community of volunteers can pool their knowledge and crosscheck their work t...

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