Fourth week activities, October 22 to

November 1, 2009

Purpose
This week we will learn lessons derived from the exploration of video-lecture based
interaction tools studied last week and we will build knowledge concerning
technologies for oral annotation of digital documents.

Week facilitator
Dr. Alvaro Galvis, x 8693, galvisal (PRONTO), ahgalvis (SKYPE)

Check List- Fourth week.

Point Description Criteria Comments Point

s s
Up to 1. Contributed to a See TIPCS rubric (Title,
25 collaborative meta- Ideas, Presentation,
reflection in a wiki Collaboration, Sentence
space quality)
Up to 2. Posted findings See TIPS rubric (Title,
20 from exploration of Ideas, Presentation,
an ICTE of interest in Sentence quality)
the Exhibit blog
Up to 3. Contributed to a There is at least one
5 voice thread to posting using video,
increase knowledge voice or text and the
about group corresponding identity.
members The posting shares
personal information
about the author.
Up to 4. Contributed to a There is at least one
10 collective discussion posting using video,
of a voice-enhanced voice or text and the
Powerpoint corresponding identity.
presentation The posting shares
ideas concerning one of
four discussion seeds.
Up to 5. Contributed to a There is at least one
5 collective discussion posting using video,
of a voice-enhanced voice or text and the
video episode corresponding identity.
The posting shares

ICTE – Week 4 Page 1

 ideas concerning the
video observed.
Up to 6. Created and The URL or the
15 shared a voicethread embedded code is
document, shared in the Gallery of
presentation or Voicethreads
video.
Up to 7. Posted lessons See TIPS rubric (Title,
20 learned from week 4 Ideas, Presentation,
activities in the Sentence quality)
reflection blog
Total Overall comment
up to
100

Activities
The following set of activities can be implemented in the order suggested or in
other order, at your convenience. What matters is to complete all of them before
the week ends.

Part 1. Weekly meta-reflection (25 points)

A meta-reflection is an illation of ideas that threads prior reflections. In ICTE this
exercise implies to review lessons learned by all participants from last week
activities and to generate new ideas as educators who want to develop experience-
based knowledge.

1.1 Collecting gems from Week 3/Topic 3 lessons learned

Use the button to find and press the VIEW link in

. You can review prior postings in several ways, these are

two very useful:

1. If you want to see what was posted per day, use Calendar hyperlinks to
have access to interventions posted on specific dates. Third week/topic of the
ICTE course went from October 5 to 23, 2009.

2. Use FILTERS to select authors (all, one by one).

Read each of the postings from week/topic 3, copy and paste to your text processor
those ideas that call your attention. At the end of the review process you’ll have a
collection of gems that will help in your meta-reflection.

ICTE – Week 4 Page 2

1.2 Contributing to , a collective meta-
reflection
Use the gems you collected reviewing week/topic 3 lessons learned to add value to
a collaborative creation in [Course blogs  View Meta-reflection wiki Week 3
meta-reflection]

Press the Meta-reflection wiki View link. It will take you to the wiki HOME
page. Press the Week 3 meta-reflection link under the Site Navigation section at
the right column.

• If you are the first person contributing, use your gems to support your ideas
on how to improve teaching with the use of forums, blogs, and wikis, as well
as with other ICTEs explored in week 3.

• If you are not the first contributor, read what others have said, edit what can
be necessary with the idea of adding value to this collective creation. Include
new thoughts, thread old postings, bring new opportunities or challenges in
regard to ICTEs studied.

Include icons, pictures, links, use colors or indentations, to promote good form.

Use the TIPCS rubric to self-assess quality of this collaborative creation.

Part 2. Exploring an ICTE of your interest (20 points)

2.1 Choose an ICTE to explore on week/topic 4, individually or
in group
This week you have two alternative ICTEs to explore. See which one is of your
interest.

Option 1: Explore an ICTE of your interest

Review your exploration plan posted in  Exhibition blog, first

week posting. If you have not decided what ICTEs to explore through the course,

please do it right away; press to investigate ICTEs in each of the

five categories and post or edit your plan in the Exhibition blog.

Option 2: Explore with a friend an ICTE of mutual interest

Press on the Who knows what spreadsheet link at the beginning of

area to find out what ICTEs will be explored by your small group
partners; talk with them, and make a choice.

ICTE – Week 4 Page 3

Use
https://blackboard.wssu.edu/@@7BF7E77FC1D05627BFF8D350F52ADF2D/courses/1
/CETL-ICTE/content/_829607_1/WhoKnowsWhat.xls to open the Who knows what
spreadsheet from here.

2.2 Scavenger hunt of the week

The goal of the hunt is to find out educational uses and strategies to make the best
from an ICTE tool you have selected.

2.2.1 Basis steps

Use the information and links provided in about the tool you
selected for this week.

• Install the program (if needed).

• View corresponding video tutorials, or surf the help system, to get acquainted
with the tool.

• Capture with Jing elements worth sharing with your colleagues

• Take note of questions or problems that you cannot solve.

2.2.2 Educational uses of this tool

Use  A tools to find out what others have said concerning

educational uses of the tool you are exploring.

• Google Scholar will help finding scholarly literature.

• Kartoo will help finding published documents concerning the tool.

• Merlot will help finding educational materials where the tool is learning
object or resource.

2.2.3 Share your findings in the Exhibit blog

Press the View link in the (Course blog  View in Exhibit

blog) to share your findings concerning educational uses and strategies to make the
best from an ICTE tool you have selected. If this was a join venture with a colleague,
this will not excuse each of the partners to share his/her findings.

ICTE – Week 4 Page 4

 • Use JING to explain verbally and capture visually, and in no more than 3
minutes, what you did and what you got from the tool you explored. (5
points)

• Press New Entry link to start a new blog post. Name it with “Week 4:
name of the tool you explored”

• Your work: Paste the URL of the video capture you prepared with JING

• Your educational reflections: What insights did you get concerning how to
improve your professional practice with tool explored.

• Your technical insights: What tricks or rules of thumb did you uncover

Uses the TIPS rubric to self assess quality of your blog posting. (20 points)

Part 3. Explore and master VOICETHREAD

3.1 Motivation and basic references

Voice-based online interaction is a trend, and there is a growing effort to properly support this
initiative. You can use Wimba Voice if you want students to participate in voice-based online
forums within Blackboard; both the discussion seeds and interventions are oral; WSSU has
campus license for this tool. In addition, you can use VoiceThread if you want your students to
orally discuss digital learning objects such as pictures, documents, presentations, movies. You
will have open access to create you first three voicethreads, and can subscribe for expanded
services at a reasonable price.

Use the following links to get acquainted with VOICETHREAD software. Explore the tool,
create your account, and solve technical questions you may have.

Main page http://voicethread.com/#home

Help http://voicethread.com/help/faq/

ICTE – Week 4 Page 5

3.2 Let’s know about each other (5 points)

The purpose of this short activity is to warm up in the use of

VoiceThread. Alvaro created a mosaic with all our pictures; it
will serve as an excuse to expand our common ground, using
voice or text to share about ourselves.

To facilitate the process we will use only one Voicethread

account and multiple identities (one for each of you). Use this
link
http://www.screencast.com/users/algalvis50/folders/Jing/media
/7a8152db-cc46-4799-92b4-4cf0ecf5470c to understand the
mechanics of changing the identity before posting.

When ready to change the identity, use the "Let's know about
each other" link to share about yourself in the roundtable
around ICTE participant's mosaic. If the machine asks you to
sign in use "algalvis50@yahoo.es" with password "ICTE2009".

3.3 Technology integration and adult learning - slides and

discussion (10 points)

ICTE – Week 4 Page 6

In this activity you are invited to comment on a Powerpoint presentation prepared
by Alvaro Galvis. Each of the slides has a short oral reflection. The last two slides
include discussion seeds.

Once the PPT presentation was uploaded to Voicethread, Alvaro included

explanations for each of the slides, in some cases via video and voice, in others just
voice, or text.

By pressing the icon with Alvaro's picture, at the bottom of the screen, you will be
able to change the identify of the recorder. Please do so before entering your
comments.

The goal of this activity is to let you explore another way of using VoiceThread. Feel
free to comment on any of the slides, and to contribute to the final discussion (there
are four discussion seeds).

Enjoy!

3.4 Comment on a video segment (5 points)

This short activity makes use of a 10 seconds open access video segment that
shows a flying butterfly next to a red flower. In order to participate you should
select your identify and record your comment. I already included an opening
commentary. Please add yours by stopping the video where you want to insert your
message and by using the tool that you prefer (video, voice, text).

Enjoy!

ICTE – Week 4 Page 7

3.5 Gallery of voicethreads (15 points)
Now it is your turn to explore and use Voicethread. You can create up to three free
voice threads, use them at your own benefit. When done, use this discussion board
to share one of your works.

When ready, press the “Week 4: Gallery of Voicethreads” forum link and create a
new discussion thread to share what you have created.

Part 4. Lessons learned from Week/Topic 4 activities (20

points)
Use your word processor to prepare a reflection on Week/Topic 4 session activities.
What did you learn from the experience? What was worth doing and what not?
Why? What could you use in your our teaching? What needs to be expanded,
reviewed, or reconsidered in the future?

“Reflection blog”. Use the TIPS rubric to self

Post it in the
assess quality of your blog intervention.

ICTE – Week 4 Page 8