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Week 3

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Presentation Tools, Blogs and Wikis

 

(Week 3: Jan 28- Feb 3, 2018)

 


 

 

  

 

 

 

Moderators: 

Sanja Bozinovic (Croatia),   Jose Antonio (Brazil) , Ayat Tawel (Egypt), Tiziana Angiolini ( Italy), Sneza Filipovic (Serbia)
 

 

Objectives:

 

 

By the end of this week you will have:

 
  • explored different multimedia tools introduced in week 3 
  • created a short photo slideshow presentation or a short video story presentation using some of these multimedia tools
  • created your blog or wiki  
  • embedded your presentation or short video  in your blog or wiki and shared it with the group
  • added a link of your  blog or wiki to  the Participants' Productions page 
  • commented on the readings in our G+Community

 

 

 

Activities

 

Task 1

  • Choose any multimedia tools from the list (tutorials can be found lower in this page):

PhotoPeach

Animoto

Flickr

Youtube

  • Explore one of the tools (either on your own or with a friend)
  • Test it! 

 

Task 2

  • If you chose photo tools create a short photo slideshow presentation 
  • If you chose video tools create a short video story presentation
  • Optional - if you want, you can also explore other tools from the table below

 

Task 3

  • Once you are done and your presentations ready to go, create a blog or a wiki of your own 
  • As for wikis, you can start your account in PBworks (seemingly unlimited in the free version) or Wikispaces (free for educators, they will check if it is used for education only)
  • As for blogs, you can create your account in Blogger, WordPress or Edublogs for teachers. We recommend Blogger as it offers the most uploading possibilities , yet you can experiment with other blogs too.
  • Check out this blog on blogger created by our moderators. We will post things there to showcase some possibilities a blog can offer you. Please leave a comment.  
  • Check out this blog for  a school created  on edublogs :  a teacher's blog  . It is used for guiding the students' activities when in class and also from home. The basic  account with edublogs doesn't enable you to embed  in the same way as  blogger.

 

Task 4

Tutorial  

Task 5

  • Read this week's readings (at the bottom of this page) and post comments on the readings in our Google+Community

 

 

Tools to explore

 

 

Picture Tools 
Flickr 
 		 This is an online photo management and sharing application.
 
Slideshare 
 Software enabling easy uploading of your presentations and documents online. Only the public version is free, to have private uploads you need to pay.
PhotoPeach An easy tool for creating video-like slideshows from photos.  You can create quizzes with photos here. More about quizzes in week 4.
Animoto Another tool for creating video-like slideshows from your photos. Teachers  - apply for a free Animoto plus account and get unlimited longer videos.
Video Tools 
Youtube You can record your own videos for free. Publish as "unlisted" if you want to keep them (relatively) private.
Presentation software
Capzles 
 You can create a simple presentation using all your media together - it can contain videos, photos, documents, etc. 
Sliderocket 
 Presentation software similar to PowerPoint, yet already online, no need to transfer your presentations online.  
Prezi A very modern presentation software, you can use template layout as a starting point. With more practice you can design your own templates. Videos can be embedded here.
Blogs and wikis
PBworks  Unlimited - you are asked if you have finished using it when it has been inactive for 11 months - and you can still keep it if you reply.
Wikispaces Offers a free 30-day trial, then you need to pay a one-off  1$ fee. 
Blogger You need to have a Google account to access blogger. 
WordPress A simple blog for all. very flexible, look for the WPwidget for embedding.
Edublogs A dedicated platform for teachers,

 

 

 

Tutorials

 

 

 

 

Self-Check

 

I have...

  • explored different multimedia tools 
  • created a short photo slideshow presentation or a short video story presentation using some of these multimedia tools
  • created my blog or wiki  
  • embedded my presentations in my blog or wiki and added a link to the  Participants' Production page
  • commented on the readings in our G+Community

 

 

Suggested readings 

Blogging basics

Blogging for ELT

Blogging with students

What are Wikis, and Why Should You Use Them

A wiki about wikis

What to do with wikis - an ELT perspective

The Teacher's Guide To Using YouTube in The Classroom 

Rules for using public YouTube videos in the classroom

 

 

 

To get a badge for this week, you need to:

 

  • explore at least one multimedia tool and create your presentation

  • create a blog or a wiki and share a link on the Participants' Production page

  • embed your presentation into your blog or wiki 

  • post your comment on at least one piece of reading

 

Please fill out this form so that we can send you your badge.

 

 

 

 

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