2. Contact Info:
CCCONLINE E-Mail: brian.steinberg@cccs.edu
Personal E-mail: briancsteinberg@gmail.com
Twitter: onlinefac
Webpage: http://www.briancraigsteinberg.com
Brian C. Steinberg
CCCOnline Instructor
Courses Taught:
GEO 105: World Regional Geography
GEO 106: Human Geography
3. PRESENTATION OUTLINE:
1. Presentation Description
2. Presentation Objectives
3. Presentation Rationale
4. Meet Amazon Echo (Hello Alexa!)
5. Amazon Echo and Star Trek?
6. What can you use Amazon Echo for (Online Classes and Better Organization)?
7. Summary and Conclusion
8. Resources
9. Questions and Comments?
4. PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION:
Have you heard of the Amazon Echo?
What about using Amazon Echo to help your online courses?
Come to this unique and innovative webinar to learn how you can use
voice technology like Amazon Echo to help improve and innovate your
online classes, as well as save time and increase productivity!
5. PRESENTATION OBJECTIVES:
The attendee will:
1. Learn how to use voice technology to increase student engagement.
2. Learn about Amazon Echo and how to use it to add something new
to your online classes.
3. Learn how to apply voice technology to their online classes.
6. Voice technology is increasing and being used more and
more in online education and classes. This technology
can make your life in general easier using voice
commands. This in reality saves you time directly and
indirectly to do more things like teach online.
PRESENTATION RATIONALE :
14. • Voice technology is increasing and being used more and more in online education and
classes.
• Makes your life in general easier using voice commands. This in reality saves you time
directly and indirectly to do more things like teach online.
• Connects to your Amazon Prime Account
• Connects to your Google Calendar
• Connects to Household Items (lights, appliances, any plug, etc.)
INTRODUCING AMAZON ECHO:
15. AMAZON ECHO AND STAR TREK?
"The Echo may be the closest thing we’ll have to a Star Trek computer at home."
– CNET
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA1hD3XRlh0
http://podcast-files.cnet.com/podcast/ud110614-edit.mp3
18. WHAT CAN YOU USE AMAZON ECHO FOR?
http://instructionaltechtalk.com/amazon-echo-classroom-assistant/
1. Online vs. F2F Classroom/Classes?
2. Live online class sessions / videos / podcasts / mini-video lectures?
20. WHAT CAN YOU USE AMAZON ECHO FOR?
http://elearningmind.com/
21. WHAT CAN YOU USE AMAZON ECHO FOR?
1. Time zones
2. Geography: State Capitals
3. To Do Lists
4. Read books/articles to you.
5. Use it in your online class videos/lectures.
6. Connect to Your Calendar (Google)
7. Current Events (Prime News and Flash Briefings from NPR)
8. Fun Facts and even Jokes!
9. Math for grading (Helping your rubrics with %).
10. Music (Prime Music and Pandora)
11. Misc. Facts (Challenges: Is it creditable)? Where is the source from? Your Amazon Echo Page keeps track of
everything: http://alexa.amazon.com/spa/index.html#cards
12. Remote (Has magnet that you can put on your close by treadmill to play your music or say commands from across
the room.
13. Set alarms to keep you on task or remind you about an online faculty meeting or live class session.
22. Summary / CONCLUSION:
1. Future of voice/video technology?
2. Online education and classes?
3. Voice/video feedback?
4. Other voice/video technology (Siri, Cortana, Dragon and Google Home)?
