Week 4 Project: Future Report

REFERENCES:

Sclater, N. (2008). Web 2.0, personal learing environments, and the future of learning management systems. Educause, (Vol. 13, June 24, 2008). Retrieved from http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERB0813.pdf

Wilson, S, Liber, O, Johnson, M, Beauvoir, Sharples,P. (2007) Personal learning environments: challenging the dominant design of educational system. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1820/727

Images have been cited in the order they were used.

Moodle image retrieved from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wytze/3182118530/

UDUTU image retrieved from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosefirerising/4519236879/

Web 2.0 image retrieved from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bensheldon/212159782/

Create image retrieved from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/she-who-photographs/2493198675/

Control image retrieved from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/samidoodle/2920952673/

Confused student image retrieved from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/elinee/2377996703/

VLE image retrieved from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/balador/301810610/s

Group of students image retrieved from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlos_restrepo/3023524338/

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World image retrieved from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bass_nroll/4024895023/

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Dollar image retrieved from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bikeracer/14738944/

Teacher training image retrieved from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/communitycolleges/4566020034/

Week 4 Comment - John Harvey

This course is a good place to start in the development of a full-on Angels vs. Demons simulation game geared towards kids in late middle school/early high school. It is, of course, a very rough representation of the idea that I originally presented in this video for Game Strategies.

John,

You always have such a unique project! I am always impressed with you video creations and how professional everything looks. This was an awesome way to incorporate games and education!

Week 4 Comment - Erica Culbreath

I must admit, I have wanted to check out Udutu for at least a year. I remember stumbling upon it as I was googling open source applications. Of course, I sent the link to all of my instructional designer friends as I was so amped about this free tool. I figured we could work with Udutu during our free time. While no one I know seriously has free time, I was glad to come into month 10 to work with Udutu. Somehow I started with a very basic concept but ended with plenty of detail, as I continued to add more and more slides and ideas to the module.

Erica,

This is a very nice presentation. I will assume that the students will have some background knowledge on the topic before beginning the lesson. This brought back some memories of this information from my biology experience. I like that this is a specific lesson to teach. Many of us chose to do complete units or courses, but this is a great idea for how to use it for a single lesson.

Week 4 UDUTU Project

I have created a UDUTU course to upload all of my curriculum for my HOPE class. HOPE stands for Health Opportunities through Physical Education. I will be able to use this UDUTU course both for teaching in the classroom, and for students to complete their assignments at their own pace over the course of the week. All documents and information about the course are available for parents and students as well.

Because I have only two days in the classroom to teach my curriculum, this online course supplement will allow students to access the information at home. I have created tutorials on how to create an email address make posts on the class blog as well. These two steps will be necessary to complete future assignments. I have begun to create week 1 of my curriculum as well. This is a slight modification from what I planned in my original UDUTU plan, but pretty close. If anyone has figured out how to access the course without the watermark, please let me know. I was able to upload the course to my Edline page, but it is distorted. Also, please take into account that this is a work in progress! Please leave me some feedback on what could be improved.

(I know I need to figure out how to resize the images to get rid of the blur.)

The course is available on Facebook by searching HOPE: Health Opportunities Through Physical Education

or

Here is the link:

URL http://publish.myudutu.com/published/launcheval/22097/Course39887/Launch.html

Week 4 Comment - Sharon Jones

As we begin a new school year, it is my task train the new teachers on the use of our LMO, Edline and GradeQuickWeb. Due to some major cutbacks in staffing this year, everyone is covering more classes and extra curricular duties, making the scheduling of training very difficult.

Sharon,

I use Edline in my school as well. Luckily we have some really good technology trainings where they helped us learn to use the program. The gave us a condensed flip chart as well. Your UDUTU lesson would come in very hand though, if a teacher forgets something or just needs a refresher. I'm sure the new teachers in your school would find this very helpful. I thought your idea for assessment of the lesson was perfect. Great Job.

Week 4 Wimba

I really enjoyed the advice about just walking away when you get to THAT point! I have been there a hand full of times over the past months. I did not have too much trouble uploading documents and images, but the images did appear distorted. I will have to go back to review the tutorials on how to adjust them. I do wish I had been able to attend the live Wimba session, because I have followed the steps to get a live link to my UDUTU project, but have been unsuccessful. FSO support was not able to help either. Even with the problems, I have really enjoyed creating my UDUTU course, or I should say beginning work on my UDUTU course. This program was just what I have been waiting for.

Week 3 Comment 2: Dana Kohls

After reviewing new directions and trends in CMS's, that of cloud computing and Web 2.0 grabbed my attention. The Epsilen Environment combines a social collaborative environment with e-learning capabilities allowing users full advantage of moving between. It uses Web 2.0 social networking tools to engage students and create a familiar environment for learning. Marc Prensky stated that we need to meet digital natives on their terms and teach with the tools they use everyday. It appears that the Epsilen company is doing just that. It exhibits a similarity with e-Chalk another platform that combines social networking and e-learning in a collaborative environment for students, parents, and teachers. The trend is an all in one learning environment that is very appealing.

@ Dana

The idea of the cloud is an excellent idea for students. It goes along with what Shirky was talking about on how each contribution, even if it is a single one, is still a contribution. Plus the clouds are a simple, cost effective way to introduce technology to a hesitant crowd.