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=Technology Learning - March 2009=

This page supports the technology activities we'll be doing during our March meeting.
 * Creating Virtual Maps with Google Maps
 * Creating ANGEL Quizzes
 * Using Wikis with WikiSpaces.com
 * Audio Podcasting with Broadcasts from CLEAR
 * Making Polls with Polleverywhere.com (cell-phone based clickers)


 * Still looking for more ideas for your blended course? Check out the** [|MSU ATT Awards website]

=Things for us to cover during March 27th Session=
 * Where to find icons to use in your course?
 * What might I use to edit videos?

Creating Screencasts with Camtasia

 * Learning to Record Screen with Camtasia Lab Activity (60 minutes)

Creating Virtual Maps with Google Maps
We've already created this activity on another wiki site. Please click on the link below to access it:


 * Map Mashing Lab Activity

Creating ANGEL Quizzes
We'll start by creating our quiz, then we'll add questions to it later.

To create your quiz follow these instructions:
 * [|How to Create a Quiz]

Now that you've created a quiz, you'll need to add questions to it. First we'll add questions individually. If you need help deciding what type of question to use, see the [|ANGEL Overview of Quiz Question Types] document. There are seperate instructions for how to add each type of quiz question below, pick 2 or 3 types and add questions to your quiz.
 * [|Add a Multiple Choice Question]
 * [|Add a Drop-down List Question]
 * [|Add a Multiple Select Question]
 * [|Add a True False Question]
 * [|Add a Matching Question]
 * [|Add an Ordering Question]
 * [|Add a Fill-in-the-blank Question]
 * [|Add a Fill-in-multiple-blanks Question]
 * [|Add a Short Answer Question]
 * [|Add an Essay Question>>]

If you have your entire quiz already created in a word document or similar format, you can use ANGEL's Import Questions feature.
 * [|Learn to use ANGEL's Import Questions feature]
 * Below is an example of the format you'll need each question to be in.

//Replace this sample text with your questions.// Q: Each question should start with 'Q:' or be successively numbered. A. If there are choices, the first choice should start with 'A.'. B. Each successive choice should start with the next letter and a period. C. Each choice should be on a single line. ANSWER: B POINTS: 2

Now that you've created an ANGEL Quiz, take a few minutes to look over some of the more advanced features:
 * [|Using Section Headings to Create Random Versions of a Quiz]
 * [|Add an Off-line Item]
 * [|Add a Pool Item]
 * [|Pool Item Advanced Settings]
 * [|Calculated Questions Wizard]

Using Wikis with WikiSpaces.com
Step 1 - What's a Wiki?
 * [|Wikis in Plain English] (3:52)

1. Create a wikispaces account

2. Set up your first wiki site

3. Editing pages on your wiki site

4. Creating new pages on your wiki site

5. Adding others to your wiki site

German version:
 * [|Wikispaces Tutorial - Basics and Working with Pages] (4:57)
 * [|Wikispaces Tutorial - Links, Pictures and Files] (4:50)
 * [|Wikispaces Tutorial - Menus and Managing Space] (3:44)
 * [|Wikispaces Tutorial - Notify Me] (3:05) *Note: this also goes into Google Reader

Audio Podcasting with Broadcasts from CLEAR
We'll use one of CLEAR's Rich Internet Applications to create a podcast for your class.

1. Let's first watch a short video to make sure we are all thinking about the same thing when we say "podcast":
 * [|Podcasting in Plain English] (3:00)

2. Now that we have the same language for talking about a podcast, let's set up an account on the CLEAR RIA site:
 * Go to http://ria.clear.msu.edu/

3. Create your course channel
 * [|Create a Broadcasts Channel] (1:16)

4. Create your first podcast episode & publish your podcast and share it with students
 * [|Record an Episode and Share the Link] (3:41)

Making Polls with Polleverywhere.com

 * [|Discovery Educators Network's (DEN) Steve Dembo Gives an Overview of Polleverywhere]
 * [|An Educator's Introduction to Poll Everywhere]

Looking for exposure to other technologies?

 * [|Visit the Common Craft Show to learn about things in "plain english"]
 * [|Check out Leslie Fisher's presentation on Web 2.0]
 * [|View Steve Dembo's presentation on Top 10 Web 2.0 sites]