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Using technology to enhance

student learning – Hands On

Jone Tiffany DNP, MA, RNC

Bethel University

www.teacherstechnology.com

Objectives

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1. Demonstrate the use of a variety

of technologies used in education

2. Discuss the pros and cons of

integrating emerging technologies

into nursing education programs.

Choose Your Own Adventure

Google Drive Twitter Wordle

Screencasting with Jing

Back-channel chats

Video - Youtube Vimeo

Aviary and Audacity Youtube Downloader Top 100 Learning Tools

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Choose Your Own Adventure

Google Drive Twitter Wordle

Screencasting with Jing

Back-channel chats

Video - Youtube Vimeo

Aviary and Audacity Youtube Downloader Top 100 Learning Tools

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Google Drive

• Uses: – Case Studies

– Spreadsheets – Live sign ups

– Backchannel chat

– Documents: make and share

– Embed directly into LMS

– Store and create in the cloud

• Cost: Free

• Tutorial: http://youtu.be/i125gM-UAoY

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Twitter

• Uses – Broadcast real time

– Gather information

– Solicit feedback

– Live chats via hashtag

– Follow breaking news and research in fields

www.twitter.com

Tutorial: http://youtu.be/J0xbjIE8cPM

Social Media University Global (SMUG)

http://social-media-universityglobal.org/curriculum/twitter/

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Wordle: Create Art with Data

• What is Wordle?

– Tag Cloud

– Data Visualization Tool

• Uses: Art for Powerpoints, displays student-generated data

• Cost: Free

• www.wordle.net

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List the words you learned this semester That were related to the MSK system

Jing: Screencasting

• What is Screencasting? – Record your computer screen and share on the

web

• Uses – Demonstrate a skill

– Share an experience or example

– Formative Feedback (grading papers with Jing)

– Publish directly to the web

• Cost: Free or $14.99/Year

• On the web: http://www.jingproject.com/ 9

Back-channel chat

• Uses: – Most students live at least two-screen lives (TV, internet,

smart phone etc…)

– Live, discussion during videos, lectures, discussions

– Ability for faculty to jump in and interact

– Use a shared Google document

– or software like Today’s Meet or Chatzy

• Free

• https://todaysmeet.com

• http://www.chatzy.com/advanced.htm

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Video

• Who has a video camera?

• How many students have a video camera in their pocket? – A Youtube account?

– A Vimeo account

– LMS video upload capabilities

– http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-12-sites-watch-videos-youtube/

– http://www.refseek.com/directory/educational_videos.html

– www.wimp.com

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VoiceThread

• What is VoiceThread? – A Multi-modal discussion space where you can post

comments on a piece of media, document or a URL by voice, webcam, written text or phone

• Uses: Any time you want student feedback on a case study, presentation, website, picture, article, etc.

• Cost: Free or Low

• On the web: http://voicethread.com/

• Example: https://voicethread.com/about/library/Higher_Ed_blogs_in_teaching_from_Kristen_Kozloski_PhD/

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Aviary: Create Graphics and Sound

• What is Aviary? – A suite of online applications for creating and

capturing images and audio files

• Uses: Powerful editing and media creation tools. Made for integrating into websites. – Creating screen shots and documentation

– Creating mp3 files

• Cost: Free

• On the web: http://aviary.com/

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Audacity: Create Sound

• What is Audacity? – Audacity is a free open source digital audio editor

and recording computer software application, available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux

– Creates WAV and mp3 files – Give feedback to students via audio files

• Cost: Free

• Tutorial: http://youtu.be/diEUFdQoyRA • http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

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Youtube Downloader

• Download videos from Youtube

• Save files so no need to be connected to internet

• http://youtubedownloader.com/

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Participoll • A service that you can use to add interactive polls

to your PowerPoint presentations. • Your polls are created and delivered within your

PowerPoint slides. • Once you've added ParticiPoll to your PowerPoint

you can create as many polls as you like. • Each poll can have up to six response options. The

best aspect of ParticiPoll is that you don't have to leave your slidedeck at all in order to administer the poll and see the results of your poll.

• http://www.participoll.com/

• http://tiffany.participoll.com

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What is your favorite color?

• Blue

• Pink

• Orange

• Purple

• Yellow

• http://tiffany.participoll.com

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Top 100 Learning Tools

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On the web: http://c4lpt.co.uk/top100tools/

Websites and Resources

• http://aviary.com/

• http://voicethread.com/

• http://www.wordle.net/

• http://www.slideshare.net/

• http://vimeo.com

• http://youtube.com/

• http://www.jingproject.com/

• http://youtubedownloader.com/

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