A reflection on the online tools I have experimented with as part of the Pedagogy First! Online course
Who Am I? Sandra Dyke
Work in Nelson New Zealand
IT and Business tutor
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology
The Promise
This course promised:
Learning pedagogical techniques
Mastering online tools
Contributing to the online teaching community
The Pedagogy First Website
Introduction Video
The Syllabus
Setting up the Blog Welcome to My Blog
It has evolved over the course and I am keen to keep it up with other thoughts and comments.
It is mainly a reflective Blog
The biggest things I have learned from my blog journey are
tag things with multiple tags
add links to the articles and videos I have viewed
All these things make life easier when referring back to the blog!
Find out more at www.wordpress.com
Prezi This is an interesting presentation tool I'm still not comfortable with it but I want to use it more
I am finding it has a step learning curve as I need to think differently on how I use it
I am a 'list' type person so PowerPoint with bullet points has always been my method of presentation
My first Prezi made me dizzy with the movements in, out, round and about
I do like the idea of an infinite canvas to play around on
2 Prezis I have produced are: Business Concepts revision The Privacy Act 1988
Find out more at http://prezi.com/
Jing This is a neat tool for creating short videos
To embed into the free WordPress Blog caused some problems but it is possible if it is converted and uploaded to YouTube
Providing a link to the Screencast version does work as well but requires the user to click on another link
My first Jing uploaded to Screencast
uploaded to YouTube
Find out more at http://www.techsmith.com/
Symbaloo Easy to use and versatile
My new friend!!
My Symbaloos
Teaching Tools
NMIT IT Student Challenge Week
NMIT Website Access
Find out more at http://www.symbaloo.com/
Google Sites
A free way to provide links to a variety of created resources
My Courses and Tutorials Website
Find out more at https://sites.google.com/
Slidecast
The power of PowerPoint, Audio and the Internet
Example: Process Modelling
Find out more at http://www.slideshare.net/
Real life application to my teaching
ITC501: Information Technology in Context Course Moodle Page: ITC501
A new course design for 2012
A number of different tutors involved
Impact of learning from Pedagogy First course: Layout of page
WordPress Blogs used for assessment
Diigo introduced for bookmarking
Google Doc used for group work
Prezi used for Privacy Act Presentation
Assessment using Blooms Digital Taxonomy
INF550: Principles of Business Computing Course Moodle Page: INF550
A new course design for 2012
2 tutors involved at different locations
Impact of learning from Pedagogy First course:
Layout of page
Use of forum
Use of online quiz through Hot Potato Quizzes
Conclusion This is an extremely worthwhile course
Good mixture of theory and practical
It leads by example – it uses the tools described in a practical and interesting way
Would I recommend it to others – most definitely
Was the promise met? Most definitely
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