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PRE-CONFERENCE SEMINAR & WORKSHOPSMonday, March 2, Afternoon, 1:30 PM - 5:00 PMW5: EASY AND CHEAP Audio and Video Tools for Sustaining Active Learning Communitiesfor Teaching and LearningLeaunda Hemphill, Western Illinois University, USADonna McCaw, Western Illinois University, USAHoyet Hemphill, Western Illinois University, USAYanrong Deng, Western Illinois University, USAAbstract: This workshop will use a combination of lecture, guided instruction,and hands-on practice. Discover how you can use and integrate freeaudio and video tools to support on-line professional development and/orteaching within your school, district, and university. Participants will leavehaving completed the framework for an electronic professional learningcommunity. Tools such as Audacity©, Slideshare©, Blogger©, Skype©,and Elluminate© will be used in combination to create a rich learning environment.Objectives:• Participants will have an understanding of how educational leadersand teachers can use audio and video tools to build learning communities.• Participants will experience creating and using audio and video foreducational related purposes.• Participants will acquire e-organizational methods for effectively andefficiently communicating and leading.• Participants will create a central online location from where the projectsthey create during the workshop can be accessed.Outline:OVERVIEW: (15-minute talk and discussion) Introduction to audio and videotools, including online conferencing, podcasting, scheduling, and communicationtools that limit access to invited participants only OR open yourwork up to the world. Discussion of how to build community online will beincluded.DEMO AND HANDS-ON(45 minutes: 10-minute demonstration; 35-minute exploration) The use ofe-organizational methods will be demonstrated. Participants will create ablog as a central area where they will place links to their projects. They willadd a link on their blogs to related online resources.(120 minutes: 20-minute demonstration; 100-minute exploration)Educational uses of podcasts (including vodcasts) will be demonstrated, aswell as practical tips for developing podcasts. Participants will create andrecord a simple audio script using Audacity©. Participants will make podcastsand upload them to the Internet. (Participants with advanced technologyskills can create vodcasts instead). Participants will add a link to thepodcast on their blogs.(90 minutes: 15-minute demonstration; 75-minute exploration) After ademonstration of online presentation hosting sites and their educationalapplications, participants will combine graphics with their audio to createan online slidecast that others can access. Participants will add a link to theslidecast on their blogs.(90 minutes: 15-minute instruction/demonstration; 75-minute exploration)Educational applications for using conferencing software (e.g., Skype©and Elluminate©) will be demonstrated. Participants will practice sharingonline through audio and video tools.WRAP UP(30 minutes presenting and discussion) Participants will use an interactivewhiteboard to share what they have created and discuss applications forteaching and learning.(30 minutes continued) The last half hour will allow participants time toreturn to an unfinished project and to receive technical support.Prerequisites: Educators who have a desire to learn the use of FREE audioand video tools to build learning communities are encouraged to attend.Basic familiarity with the computer and web browsers is necessary. Theresearch on professional learning communities (DuFour 2006, Hord 1997,Sergiovanni 1994) supports the need for faculty to have time to shareideas, issues, and celebrations.Intended Experience Level: BeginnerInstructor Qualifications:Dr. Leaunda Hemphill has been helping educators develop technology integrationskills since 1990. For the past six years, she has been teachingtechnology-integration courses to pre-service teachers, in-service teachers,and administrators. She also conducts technology-integration andtechnology skills seminars for higher education institutes and businesses.Dr. Donna McCaw has been working with administrators and district boardsfor over a decade in the development of effective professional developmentplans. She is comfortable with technology and understands the educationalleadership and instructional power of these FREE and easy to use tools.Dr. Hoyet Hemphill has worked for over 25 years in higher education teachingand administration, science education outreach, public education evaluationand assessment, educational technology research labs, and corporateresearch and development. He teaches instructional design and technology,instructional project management, grant writing, 3D modeling andanimation, and instructional video.Yanrong Deng has a secondary math teacher and computer science background.She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in instructionaldesign, technology integration, assistive technology, and project management.She has conducted professional development workshops on the useof audio and video tools in the classroom.6
PRE-CONFERENCE SEMINAR & WORKSHOPSMonday, March 2, Afternoon, 1:30 PM - 5:00 PMW6: The Missing Manual: Integrating Web 2.0 Technologies into the CurriculumBring Your Own Laptop (BYOL)Jeanne Samuel, Tulane University School of Medicine, USAAnnie Daniel, Tulane University School of Medicine, USAAbstract: Many of us have heard about Web 2.0, RSS, wikis, podcasts, andblogs. These technologies are now core components in many popular coursemanagement systems. This workshop will provide an opportunity for you tolearn what these technologies are and the pedagogical benefits of integratingthem into your curriculum. You will have an opportunity to discover Web2.0 resources and draft a lesson using them. The session will conclude witha short presentation about emerging web technologies and trends.Objectives: The goals for the 3.5 hour workshop include introducing you towhat Web 2.0 is, how it can be used in the classroom to engage students,and how to use these tools. After this workshop you should be able to:• articulate in basic terminology to others what Web 2.0 technology is• incorporate Web 2.0 technologies into your curriculum• create interactive lessons using Web 2.0 resources• create and tag podcastsOutline:• Introduction (5 minutes)• Activity 1: Introduction to Web 2.0 educational technologies(20 minutes)• Activity 2: Creating interactive lessons using Web 2.0 resources(50 minutes)• Activity 3: Discussing lesson-specific application of Web 2.0 technologies(50 minutes)• Activity 4: Creating and tagging podcasts (50 minutes)• Emerging Technology and Trends (15 minutes)• Conclusion (5 minutes)• Break as needed (15 minutes)Prerequisites: This workshop is intended for anyone with an interest orneed to produce Web 2.0 content. Teachers will find it particularly helpfulsince the focus is on integrating Web 2.0 technology into your curriculum.Teachers and facilitators of teacher development may find the workshopuseful as a model for in-house trainings.Intended Experience Level: BeginnerInstructor Qualifications: Jeanne Samuel is an instructional technologistfor the Office of Medical Education at the Tulane University School ofMedicine in New Orleans, LA. Her current responsibilities include exploringways to make faculty, student, and staff tasks easier through technology,transitioning course and professional development resources to the web,and posting web content. During her twenty plus years as a computer analyst/consultant,certified technical trainer, and educator, she has been anadvocate of innovation in education. Jeanne now is shifting gears to focuson publishing, collaborative learning, and innovation diffusion. To that end,she is working toward a doctorate in Educational Technology at LouisianaState University. Jeanne has been using Web 2.0 technologies since 2005.Jeanne is first author of the chapter Technically Speaking: Supporting 1.0Teachers in a 2.0 World in the book Wired for Learning: An Educators Guideto Web 2.0 due out summer 2009. Jeanne and Annie presented a similarworkshop at the SGEA Regional Conference in April 2008. Dr. Annie J.Daniel is the Director of the Office of Medical Education and AssistantProfessor of Clinical Medicine in the School of Medicine at TulaneUniversity. Previously, Dr. Daniel served as Assistant Director of theTeaching, Technology, Learning and Culture Center and Assistant Professorof Education at Dillard University in New Orleans, LA. Currently, Annie isworking with the faculty and students at Tulane University School ofMedicine to promote and increase the use of interactive technology thatwill address the new generation of students that have been engaged inusing technology since pre-school. Web 2.0 technology will advance themedical education curriculum to address the needs of these students toremain tech savvy and socially interactive with their peers.7
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