This presentation was used at a faculty/staff workshop designed to introduce 5 "cool tools" to: increase awareness of new technology tools, locate resources to learn/do more, and open a dialogue with colleagues about emerging technologies and their implications for teaching, learning, and collaborating. The five tools introduced were Slideshare, Creative Commons, Google Docs, Flickr, and VoiceThread.

1. V Cool Tools 2 Carol McQuiggan & Kristin Bittner Faculty Center for Teaching & Instructional Technology Penn State Harrisburg Faculty/Staff Workshop, November 12, 2009

2. Objectives Increase awareness of new technology tools Locate resources to learn/do more Open a dialogue with colleagues about emerging technologies and their implications

3. Agenda What is it? How does it work? How is it being used? Show me! Learn more

4. Go to www.slideshare.net In the Search field type Cool Tools 2 and then click the Search button Select Cool Tools 2 Click the Download button located at the top of the Cool Tools 2 presentation Open it and start the slideshow to follow along

5. Slideshare – What is it? A presentation sharing website where users can upload, view, and share presentation files PowerPoint Word Adobe PDF OpenOffice Share publicly or privately Create slidecasts by syncing audio with your slides

6. Slideshare – How does it work?

7. Slideshare – How is it being used? To share presentations To store presentations online To aggregate presentations (tagged by conference, etc.) Search sloancaln Search educause09 To embed slideshows into your blog/website To eliminate the need for paper handouts

8. Slideshare – Show me! www.slideshare.net

9. Slideshare – Learn more Take a Slideshare tour http://www.slideshare.net/tour

10. Go to creativecommons.org

11. Creative Commons – What is it? An alternative to traditional copyright Allows copyright owners to determine which rights they want to retain and which they want to release – not all-or-nothing All licenses require attribution Goal is to increase access to and share intellectual property

12. Creative Commons – How does it work? Website explains license choices and provides tool HTML code provided to add to web page, includes CC logo License options: Attribution No Derivatives NonCommercial-NoDerivatives Share Alike

13. Creative Commons – How is it being used? To promote climate of openness and sharing To increase opportunities for collaborative work Learning material repositories MIT’s OpenCourseWare Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 license May copy and distribute work and make derivative works as long as it includes attribution, is not for commercial purposes, and assigns same license Connexions – only requires proper attribution Other content directories for photos, music, art, videos, etc.

14. Creative Commons – Show me! To choose a license Go to creativecommons.org Select “License” Walk through selection tool To find licensed works you can share, remix, or reuse Go tosearch.creativecommons.org/ Using Mozilla Firefox, use dropdown to search for CC Using Google’s Advanced Search -> Usage rights

15. Creative Commons – Learn more Creative Commons Wiki - wiki.creativecommons.org/ Educause’s 7 Things You Should Know About Creative Commons http://www.educause.edu/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutCreat/156826 Additional Educause resources on Creative Commons (publications, podcasts, blogs) http://www.educause.edu/Resources/Browse/CreativeCommons/30636

16. Go to docs.google.com

17. Google Docs – What is it? A free, Web-based word processor, presentation,spreadsheet, and form application Document changes are saved automatically Access from anywhere you have an Internet connection Collaborate with multiple people on the same document – no need to email revisions back and forth

18. Google Docs – How does it work? - Google Docs Dashboard

19. Google Docs – How is it being used? Work collaboratively online on team projects, papers, presentations (manage revisions) Peer review Create surveys or polls Import PowerPoint presentations or create new ones Publish to an online audience or directly to your blog

20. Google Docs – Show me! docs.google.com

21. Google Docs – Learn more Educause’s 7 Things You Should Know About Google Apps http://www.educause.edu/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutGoogl/162758 Google Docs in Plain English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqUE6IHTEA Google Docs for Educators http://www.google.com/educators/p_docs.html

22. Review Slideshare Creative Commons Google Docs

23. Go to www.flickr.com

24. Flickr – What is it? Photo-sharing website where you can upload and tag photos Browse/find photos Add comments and annotations to photos Create photo sets and collections Create groups

25. Flickr – How does it work? Free accounts – can upload 2 videos and 100MB of photos each calendar month; displays 200 most recents photos Pro accounts – Unlimited photo and video uploads Registered accounts - Upload photos, assign tags, make photos public or private, select copyright, and more Create groups Constantly changing collection of photos

26. Flickr – How is it being used? In Penn State Harrisburg’s AM ST 105 online course, students share photos of a commercial version of a formerly hand-made object and add a commentary They also post aphoto and/or recipe of traditional food they would contribute to a virtual “pot luck” supper, with explanations of its significance in their traditional experience

27. Flickr Group

28. Annotation & Comments

29. Flickr – Show me! www.flickr.com

30. Flickr – Learn more Educause’s 7 Things You Should Know About Flickrhttp://www.educause.edu/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutFlick/162592 FAQ on Free account vs. Pro account http://www.flickr.com/help/limits/#65

31. Go to voicethread.com

32. VoiceThread – What is it? A collaborative multimedia slideshow that holds images, documents, and videos Allows people to leave comments using voice, text, audio, or video

33. VoiceThread – How does it work? Create account Create: 1. Upload 2. Comment 3. Share

34. VoiceThread – How is it being used? 6thgrade Language Arts Digital Storytelling http://voicethread.com/share/46225/ and http://voicethread.com/share/124281/ Hear and practice foreign language pronunciation Provide critiques in creative arts classes PSU Roman Archaeology Course

36. VoiceThread – Show me! voicethread.com

37. VoiceThread – Learn more Educause’s 7 Things You Should Know About VoiceThreadhttp://www.educause.edu/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutVoice/173329 Voicethread 4 Education wikihttp://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/ VoiceThread Tutorials http://voicethread.com/#c28 Ideas for using VoiceThreadhttp://voicethread.com/library/

38. That’s all 5 Cool Tools! Slideshare Creative Commons Google Docs Flickr Voicethread V

39. Questions? Thanks for your time!! Upcoming Faculty Center event : Talking about Teaching, Friday, December 4th, 2:00-3:00, W205 Olmsted Remember lynda.com technology training available at its.psu.edu/training/lynda