Materials used and mentioned in my visit to Florida International University
(Please note that many of these are large files that will require broadband and a bit of time.)
Downloads
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- Presentation 1: Tools for the Tech-Savvy Teacher
- Sample training assignment for Audacity and Soundslides (to further practice what you learned in lab)
- darn near everything I mention that lives online is bookmarked to a tag in my delish
5 Things you can do to fill your teaching brain:
- subscribe to the daily newsletter from Mashable, the Social Media Guide
- subscribe to Al's Morning Meeting
- subscribe to the On The Media weekly podcast
- set up a Twitter account and follow media accounts (e.g., @poynter, @wsj, @nytimes), social media accounts (e.g., @mashable, @guykawasaki) and others of interest
- populate the blog you created on Wordpress
My course pages
- J202, Mass Media Practices
- the Individual Story assignment sheet we discussed is here in Week 2
- J676, Media Without Borders: Law, Ethics and Digital Communication
Tutorials
These are some good references for you to learn more about the software we've covered:
- searchable pdf for my intro course (do not use this for Dreamweaver yet because it still covers tables - look for an update in fall 2009)
- narrated video tutorials
- here's the specific tutorial on dealing with Soundslides on a server