Have you ever wanted a customized map for a special trip or event? Give Google’s “My Map” feature a try. Here’s a quick video that explains how to create a customized map in Google Maps.
What applications do you see for customized maps in education? Post a comment with your ideas for how customized mapping can be utilized in education.
Here’s a video of my family enjoying the holidays…elf style!
I know this has nothing to do with our course…but, it was fun to make the video! You can make your own at elfyourself.com
For those looking for additional demos for KompoZer, here’s a quick demo I found that shows creating a simple 2-page site using KompoZer in under 10 minutes.
Josh Thomas, who made this video, has some additional videos available at http://www.kompozerhowto.com. Numerous other KompoZer videos are available on YouTube.
Have you found any other KompoZer demos, tutorials, documentation, or other resources? Please post a comment and share what you’ve found with the rest of us!
Here are a few videos that I’ve come across regarding gaming in education that I thought you might find of particular interest during this module as you explore educational games and implications of instructional design.
Clip from “Rise of the Videogame”
Educational Gaming for K12 Classrooms
No Gamer Left Behind: Excerpts from the George Lucas Foundation’s documentary on educational gaming. The original article is at: http://www.edutopia.org/1794
Consolarium on BBC News – Gaming in Education
Learning and Teaching Scotland’s Derek Robertson explains new gaming in education projects with the Nintendo DS which are motivating, engaging and improving the attainment of Scottish students.
During Module 3, we focus on the connection between learning theories and the practical design of instructional activities. Cognitive Load Theory is one of the learning theories to consider when designing effective learning activities. In this video clip, John Sweller discusses cognitive load and recommendations for reducing cognitive load.
As you proceed through this module, consider how one designing e-learning might reduce and/or manage the cognitive load for learners. What suggestions can you offer for managing cognitive load in an E-learning experience? What role can learning technology play in helping manage cognitive load?
This new video by CommonCraft explains how Twitter search creates new opportunities for business feedback, tracking news in real time and discovering trends. As a follow-up to Twitter in Plain English, it further illustrates the power of this microblogging technology in bringing people together in new ways.
How might Twitter search be useful for an educational activity? Leave a comment with your ideas!
ADDIE is a process that instructional designers use to Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate a learning situation and improve upon it. This movie demonstrates the ADDIE Model, by showing a nerd how to get a date.
David Merrill has become one of the most influential names in educational technology theory. Since receiving his PhD from the University of Illinois in 1964, he has developed an extensive body of research dedicated to instructional material, and more recently instructional design and technology, including developing and co-developing several instructional design theories. This video provides a brief introduction to his current thoughts on web-based instructional design.
Do you ever struggle to remember the link to that recent website, blog, our YouTube video clip is located? Then you need start storing your bookmarks online rather than simply in the favorites of your browser on your computer.
Watch this 3 minute video that explains what online bookmarking, also referred to as “social bookmarking” is and why you should sign-up for a free account today!
I personally have a delicious account, available at delicious.com/jrhode and have found the activity of bookmarking my favorites to have totally revolutionized how I use the Internet. I encourage you to give delicious a try. If you already have a social bookmarking account, leave a comment sharing what service you use and why.
On a side note, a secondary bookmarking service that I use specifically for bookmarking academic research articles that I find is CiteULike. My CiteULike library is at citeulike.org/user/jrhode
If you are using Google Reader like I am to read all our course blogs, you may want to create a folder for our class and add all your subscriptions our classmates’ blogs into the folder to keep them organized. Rather than create a video tutorial on how to do this, I found this great little video on YouTube that explains how to organize your feeds using Google Reader.
I personally have a folder for our class where I’ve added everyone’s blog subscriptions, so I can easily focus on just the new contributions from our class. If you are a Google Reader user, give folders a try!