Tool-focused presentations



Presenter Topic Approximate presentation date Tips/pointers/considerations
(from the instructor, but others can feel free to contribute as well)
Patricia Carroll iTunes...link to post-presentation blog discussion
Week 3 (10 Sep 07) Notes to Particia:
  • TCH: Be sure to let show us not just iTunes but also iTunesU. Also: see if you can show us how to add to the iTunes catalog. I''m hoping to get something going equivalent to the University of South Florida's iTunesU. (In fact, they probably have materials on iTunes/iTunesU to help you get started.)

Ali Shameem

 wikis...link to post-presentation blog discussion Week 3 (10 Sep 07) Notes to Ali:
  • TCH: Be sure to highlight your observations about the differences in navigation and organization. I think you're onto something about the effect of the tool's affordances, how it shapes users' actions.
Tim McCann audio editors...link to post-presentation blog discussion Week 3 (10 Sep 07) Notes to Tim:
  • TCH: Feel free to include platform-specific tools such as GarageBand, but also hit at least one open-source, multi-platform tool such as Audacity.
  • TCH: Also be sure to show how to export to an .mp3 format--that sometimes trips people up.
  • TCH: And show the difference between a project file and a finished, closed audio file (such an an .mp3) -- that will set us up nicely for iMovie and Movie Maker
Michael Cavallaro Adobe Captivate
blog discussion		 Week 4 (17 Sep 07) Notes to Michael:
  • If you have the opportunity, play around with Wink, an open-source screen capture utility. I'm not an expert on this type of tool (screen-capture), so I'll defer to your judgment as to whether Wink is worth a mention or not.
Lifang Chang del.icio.us
blog discussion
 Week 4 (17 Sep 07) Notes to Lifang:
Terri Miquel Inspiration / Kidspiration
blog discussion		 Week 4 (17 Sep 07) Notes to Terri:
  • TCH: There are a couple open-source concept-mappers: freemind and smartdraw (although I think the latter is a proprietary piece that's given away free). If you have the chance, take a look and introduce a little compare/contrast into your presentation. However, I'm pretty sure that Inspiration and Kidspiration are superior products.
Carol Reed SmartBoards / interactive whiteboard
blog discussion
 Week 4 (17 Sep 07) Notes to Carol:
Stacy Getz iMovie Week 5 (24 Sep 07) Notes to Stacy:
  • TCH: Be sure to show us the difference between a project file and a finished, closed video file.
Peicheng Chu Windows Movie Maker Week 5 (24 Sep 07) Notes to Peicheng:
  • TCH: Be sure to show us the difference between a project file and a finished, closed video file.
Matt Wolf Classroom response systems (aka "clickers")
Week 5 (24 Sep 07) Notes to Matt:
Demet Metan Skype   Week 6 (1 Oct 07) Notes to Demet:
Douglas Brace Google docs & spreadsheets Week 6 (1 Oct 07) Notes to Douglas:
Alex Rolón RSS Week 6 (1 Oct 07) Notes to Alex:
Jhumur Halder GIS Systems Week 7 (15 Oct 07) Notes to Jhumur:
Trish Wilson Scratch Week 7 (15 Oct 07) Notes to Trish:
  • TCH: Feel free to broaden this to include other light-weight programming situations, such as the other uses you mentioned (macros, VB in MSOff)
Abimbolu Odusola HTML editors Week 8 (22 Oct 07) Notes to Bolu:
  • TCH: Be sure to include an open-source editor (e.g., Kompozer) as well as proprietary products (e.g., Dreamweaver)
Rebecca Doersam Quia Week 9 (29 Oct 07) Notes to Rebecca:
  • TCH: Feel free to also incorporate anything that you think is relevant from SurveyMonkey -- perhaps talk to Trish, since she indicated an interest in the topic
       

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