27
Nov
2016

facebook live

categories: Bring Your Own Device BYOD, Digital literacy, digital storytelling, distributive learning, e-learning, ebook, educational technology, Facebook, gamification, information literacy, information technology, instructional technology, media literacy, mobile apps, mobile apps, mobile learning, online learning, social media, student-centered learning, teaching, technology, video editing

4 Ways to Broadcast on Facebook Live That Fit Any Budget

By October 10, 2016

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/4-ways-to-broadcast-on-facebook-live-that-fit-any-budget/

#1: Start With Your Smartphone Budget: Free!

If you go to the Facebook Live Map and browse the live feeds, you’ll often see people talking about nothing in particular, with unflattering close-up camera angles and scratchy audio. People often shift their phones from hand to hand when they tire of holding them, and brush the mic without realizing it.

#2: Invest in a Mobile Phone Setup Budget: $150-$300

iPhone Setup When choosing a mount for an iPhone, consider the iOgrapher ($60), shown below. Attach the 37mm wide angle lens ($40) if you want to get more people or surroundings in the video.
Android and Windows Phone Setup The Saramonic SmartMixer ($149) fits any phone (including the iPhone) and incorporates both audio and video stabilization in one piece of gear. The mics are stereo, and you can angle them however you want to capture multiple people talking.

#3: Broadcast From Your Desktop

Budget: Free-$600  Going live from your computer allows you to bring in guests to interview, add pre-recorded video, graphics, titles (so people know who the hosts are), and more.

You can use the built-in camera on your computer or a USB camera, like the Logitech C920 ($99).

OBS OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) is open-source software, which means it’s available for free.

OBS is a great option, but it doesn’t have all of the bells and whistles of paid software to make it intuitive or easy to use. You’ll need to do a bit of setup and testing before you go live.

Wirecast Wirecast ($495) has been around for years and has come a long way in the last few months as Facebook Live has exploded in popularity. The interface is a little more intuitive than OBS, but still requires some setup and experimentation.

#4: Build a Dedicated Studio Setup

Budget: $3,000-$30,000

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more on Facebook Live in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=facebook+live

26
Nov
2016

video for social media

categories: Bring Your Own Device BYOD, Digital literacy, digital storytelling, distance learning, distributive learning, e-learning, educational technology, hybrid learning, instructional technology, media literacy, mobile learning, online learning, social media, student-centered learning, video editing, visual basics, YouTube

these tools useful for hybrid and online learning

3 Video Storytelling Tools for Social Marketers

By October 19, 2016

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/3-video-storytelling-tools-for-social-marketers/

Adobe Spark

Adobe Spark Video is an elegant, easy-to-use tool for creating animated videos that tell a story. It’s available as a browser-based cloud app or as an iOS app. You can get it as a single app or install the 3-in-1 tool to access the Spark Post and Spark Page companion apps too.

What’s great about Spark Video is that it’s quick. You can create a compelling animated video story in just minutes without any design experience, and work on your project from anywhere. As a cloud-based tool, your progress is saved and synced automatically, so you can work on it on mobile or desktop whenever creative inspiration strikes.

Animoto

Now let’s look at a tool that’s similar to Adobe Spark, but gives you more flexibility over your content. Animoto is an affordable, cloud-based tool that offers an assortment of choices and customizations to create a one-of-a-kind video to tell your brand’s story.

This tool gives you a little more control than Adobe Spark Video. You can start with a blank canvas (choosing your own colors, styles, and frames to more closely match your brand) or adapt one of the tool’s wide variety of templates.

YouTube Director

YouTube Director is a revolutionary tool to create video ads for business. Geared toward small local businesses, it’s a foolproof way to tell a compelling story in a short format.

As you follow the prompts, you’re guided to capture images, video, and voiceovers. Then you can post the video and run a video ad campaign on YouTube.

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more on video and social media in this IMS blog:

https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=social+media+video

25
Nov
2016

technology courses for educators

categories: technology

курсове по технологии за преподаватели

Курс 1. Въведение в образователни технологии

Прогнози за образователни технологии: https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2016/01/27/4710/

описание на курса

Този онлай асинхронен курс цели въвеждането на преподаватели и администратори в огромното и сложно разнообразие на технологични теми в образованието. Чрез дискусии и групови упражнения, ще се фокусираме върху изграждането на знания и умения, както и на успешни прфесионални практити в образованието. Целта на курса е да изгради разбиране относно основни понятия и концепции, както и разбиране относно успешното прилагане на различни технически средства в учебния процес и тяхната организация в различни учебни програми.
Курсът е също така включва преглед на най-новите тенденции в технологиите и дискусии относно възможно и целесъобразно използване в образованието. Цел на курса е да предостави възможност на участниците да търсят рабиране и използване на Уеб 2.0 и Уеб 3.0 от степен на фамилиарност до експертно ползване, както и използване на социални медии, мултимедии и интерактвност Едновременно, паралелно с обучението за използване на тези технологии ще се водят дискуссии за  тяхното въздейстие върху училищния живот и ролята на учителите и администрацията.
Особено внимание ще се отдели на значението и способността да се развият и поддържат учбни планове и административни документи, които да отговарят на постоянно променящия се технологичен свят. Спомагателни, но не по малко важни теми като правни въпроси, авторски права, етични въпроси и подобни въпроси относно цифрово гражданство (digital citizenship) ще бъдат обсъдени

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more on technology courses for educators in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2016/01/29/digital-literacy-for-edad/

25
Nov
2016

quiz platforms

categories: Bring Your Own Device BYOD, Digital literacy, e-learning, educational technology, gamification, gaming, instructional technology, mobile learning, open learning, student-centered learning

Six Tools for Creating Classroom Quiz Games – A Comparison Chart

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/11/six-tools-for-creating-classroom-quiz.html#.WDiL73qZCzA

Kahoot
getkahoot.com

Triventy
triventy.com

Quizalize
quizalize.com

Quizizz
quizizz.com

Socrative
socrative.com

Quizlet Live
live.quizlet.com

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more on quizzes and learning and memory in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2016/03/30/quizzes-for-practice-and-training/
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=quiz

25
Nov
2016

quizzes and learning

categories: e-learning, educational technology, online learning, quizzes, student-centered learning

Studying With Quizzes Helps Make Sure the Material Sticks

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/10/16/studying-with-quizzes-helps-make-sure-the-material-sticks/
Roddy Roediger is a psychology professor at Washington University in St. Louis and runs the school’s Memory Lab.
This phenomenon — testing yourself on an idea or concept to help you remember it — is called the “testing effect” or “retrieval practice.” People have known about the idea for centuries. Sir Francis Bacon mentioned it, as did the psychologist William James. In 350 BCE, Aristotle wrote that “exercise in repeatedly recalling a thing strengthens the memory.”
Another theory is that information goes into our brains attached to context.

Sobel realized that his students were studying in exactly the wrong way, by rereading their notes the night before his two exams.

A vastly better model, Sobel thought, would be one where he essentially forced his students to retrieve knowledge over and over again throughout the course.
So, every semester, instead of two exams, he started giving his students nine quizzes.

Sobel has tried to talk to his colleagues about the results he was seeing with quizzing, but he says most of them aren’t interested in switching from a few exams to multiple quizzes. “University faculty are considered very smart, but are also very conservative,” Sobel said. “We don’t like to change our ways.”

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more on quizzes and learning and memory in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2016/03/30/quizzes-for-practice-and-training/
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=quiz

23
Nov
2016

fake news

categories: Digital literacy, information literacy, media literacy, social media

#FakeNews

The Library Information Technology Association (LITA) (http://www.ala.org/lita/) listserv has great exchange of information on the phenomenon “fake news”. Excellent ideas and suggestions were shared:
http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/11/heres-a-browser-extension-that-will-flag-fake-news-sites.html

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OPghC4ra6QLhaHhW8QvPJRMKGEXT7KaZtG_7s5-UQrw/edit
Here is a link to the Twitter hashtag application: https://twitter.com/hashtag/fakenews?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Ehashtag

 We discussed the implication of social media on #FakeNews in this Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LitaSocialMediaWebinar/ (please request access)
here is another analysis, which might be of interest:
https://points.datasociety.net/fake-news-is-not-the-problem-f00ec8cdfcb#.g884o6onh

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More on activism, civil disobedience in this IMS blog:
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=civil+disobedience

23
Nov
2016

first snow in 360

categories: Bring Your Own Device BYOD, digital storytelling, educational technology, gamification, image editing, instructional technology, media literacy, media management, mobile learning, social media, video editing, visual basics

Well, technically not the first for 2016, but certainly beautiful:

https://app.viar360.com/media?leaf=2LlIRQqu1Wto

Best experience with VR goggles: Google Cardbox, HTC Vive etc. (please ask for more info if needed). If you have goggles, choose “VR Mode” (1), if viewing on your computing device (desktop, laptop, smart phone, tablet) and/or don’t have goggles, choose “Panorama Mode” (2)

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