Just a test to see how easy it is to post from Word. I’ve entered my page details and log-in details. Let’s try to add a picture –
Add I’ll review how this looks. If this works the main benefits would be to input Smart Art and Shapes to blog posts.
Filed by Paul at 11:57 am under blogging, free stuff
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Sometime last week I came across Mediamaster. I was looking for a way of embedding mp3s in my portal page and had a search through Google. I came across Imeem first - this allowed me to embed a widget that would play back an mp3. This would have been fine except the file I loaded wouldn’t play when embedded. With so many free tools out there, if it doesn’t work first time I frequently move on to the next thing.
Mediamaster worked first time - always a bonus. What I liked was the simple way I could upload mp3s and embed a widget. I was using Studywiz a lot last week and found this to be very simple in a multi-content resource. It also worked in RM’s Portal+ and PBWiki. In fact this page is the only place I’ve found it difficult to embed the widget - hence it’s not here.
Mediamaster saves the need for students to download mp3s and then play them - simply clicking on track in the widget will play it. This could be a useful tool for adding MFL content to learning platforms or portal pages. I could record myself or students talking in the target language. I could pose questions relating to the files. My iPod or memory stick with a mic could record students or myself. It becomes easy to share these files.
It would also be an effective way of sharing student performances in school.
Below is a quick tutorial on using Mediamaster with Studywiz.
Filed by Paul at 5:33 am under embed, free stuff, internet, mp3, online storage, web tools
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Came across this on a blog and thought I’d see if I could embed my google map in my blog.
Filed by Paul at 10:16 am under collaborative, free stuff, internet, web tools
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I spent a couple of hours playing with PBWiki.
It promised to be simple to use, and I have to agree - it took very little effort to become familiar with the set up.
Click on the image below to link to the pages I created while exploring PBWiki.
First impressions, without having yet used it with students, is that it has a lot of potential in its use.
One of the key considerations before using a Wiki with students is introducing the culture of collaboration and the purposes behind using the Wiki. Simply providing the tools for students to collaborate doesn’t ensure that the collaboration is fruitful.
In class exercises on collaborative writing could be supportive in using an online collaboration tool. As with all of the tools and ideas with Web 2.0 they need to be introduced in a way that support realising their benefits. Lack of planning and support will quickly highlight that simply using web 2.0 tools does not in itself produce exciting learning activities.
Tecahers in using wikis need to emphasis the product and outcomes of using the technology, not the technology in itself. Wikis are not used to collaborate, they are used to collaborate to produce something - and it is the something that is of value, not that it is a wiki.
Filed by Paul at 7:32 pm under collaborative, free stuff, web tools
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