Archive: Animoto for Creating Engaging Videos!

Last week's free "Learn with Michelle" webinar, Animoto for Creating Engaging Videos, was fun and energetic! Thanks to all who participated. A special thanks to +Michael Kieley for the great ideas he contributed during the webinar and the fabulous course promotion video he added to the "bag" and to +Ludmila Smirnova for also sharing a link to her course promo video in the webinar resource "bag." 

The full archive (video, "bag" of resources, and slides) is now available here:

Animoto for Creating Engaging Videos
http://facultyecommons.org/learn-with-michelle-webinar-animoto-for-creating-engaging-videos/
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Free Webinar: Creating Engaging Videos with Animoto

Join me for a free, fun, high energy 30-minute online learning experience!

Friday, June 11th

9am PST/ 11am CST/ 12pm EST

Follow these steps:

1. Register here: http://facultyecommons.org/event/animoto/
2. All registrants will receive the webinar link 24 hours prior to the event via email.

You will learn how to use Animoto.com to create brief, engaging videos using still images and 10-second video clips.  Animoto is great for creating a warm introduction video for your online class, introducing a new module with pizzazz, or to recognize outstanding student achievements.  What other ideas do you have for using Animoto to support student engagement and learning? Share them with us. You will also learn how to get your free Animoto educator account!

Not sure? Click here to learn more about Animoto.

Archive: Twitter for Increasing Student-Student Interactions

The 30-minute video archive, "bag" of resources, and presentation slides from my Learn with Michelle webinar, Twitter for Increasing Student-Student Interactions are available at:

http://facultyecommons.org/twitter-for-increasing-student-to-student-interactions/

By the end of this webinar, you will be able to:

• Consider an online learning case study suggesting the efficacy of Twitter in improving student-student interactions.
• Identify how and why hashtags are helpful when teaching with Twitter.
• Identify suggested guidelines for integrating Twitter in online courses.
• Evaluate a collection of useful tools for teaching with Twitter.

Learn with me! Twitter for Increasing Student-Student Interactions

Ready to learn more about what Twitter is or how it can be used to improve your students' social presence in your online class?  Join me for a free 30-minute webinar this Friday, June 7th at 9am Pacific/11am Central/12pm Eastern.

Increasing student-student interaction in an online class makes learning more social, interactive, and relevant.  While there are many ways to foster interaction within a learning management system, today’s social media tools provide new ways to engage students from anywhere at any time with mobile devices.  This 30-minute webinar will examine how social media opens new opportunities for reflection and inquiry and present options to get started with using Twitter in your class to increase participation.

Click here to register!

Yes, it will be archived and viewable on the Faculty eCommons.

http://facultyecommons.org/professional-development-registration-form

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Archive: Can Gameful Learning with Social Media Change the World?

The archive of yesterday's fabulous Hangout with Jason Rosenblum and Dr. Bob Strong from St. Edward's University is available.  If you need a little inspiration or are intrigued about learning more about gameful learning, it will be an excellent way to spend 35 minutes!

Click here to go to the Faculty eCommons post containing the video archive:
http://facultyecommons.org/can-gameful-learning-with-social-media-change-the-world/

Can Gameful Learning with Social Media Change the World?

Can Gameful Learning with Social Media Change the World?

Today, May 21 at 11:30am Pacific/2:30pm Eastern!

https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/chu0boai9td61aiv7mib0ujkiag?authkey=CI_i-_SC2Mr8ggE

Once upon a time, making change in the world was a lofty goal that, to a student, seemed achievable only to those with great power.  Today, anyone can use social media to sculpt their own network of influencers -- friends, celebrities, politicians, thought leaders, non-profit organizations -- without ever meeting any of these people face-to-face.  How are these new social realities affecting the way we teach our college classes?  What would a class look like that embraces social media at its core as a tool to empower students to change the world?

Join me, Michelle Pacansky-Brock, author of Best Practices for Teaching with Emerging Technologies, for a Google+ Hangout on Air with Jason Rosenblum  and Robert W Strong from St. Edward's University as they share their innovative approach to teaching their Global Social Problems course.  The course design uses a gameful approach, influenced by Jane McGonigal. In Fall 2011, professors Rosenblum and Strong challenged students to complete a series of missions to tackle global social problems: Research problems, take Action to deal with those problems, and Imagine potential solutions with those problems.

In our Hangout on Air, we will discuss this course design, their plans to revise the design, the tools the students used, and the students’ responses and learning outcomes to this creative teaching approach. Click the link above for access to the live video stream of the Hangout on Air in Google+.

Learn with Michelle: GLEAN - A Campus-Supported Suite of Emerging Tools for Students & Faculty

Next week marks the start of my "Learn with Michelle" event series, brought to you by Academic Partnerships.  I'll be hosting a series of Google+ Hangouts that will showcase conversations with higher ed leaders who are using emerging technologies to transition the college paradigm from teaching to learning.

GLEAN: A Campus-Supported Suit of Emerging Tools for Students & Faculty 

Google+ Event:  https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cto7utn86mvh4b982sdvk20n3fk

On Wednesday, May 15th at 11:30am Pacific/ 2:30pm Eastern, I will meet with Susan Gautsch and Dr. Charla Griffy-Brown of Pepperdine University's Graziadio School of Business in a Hangout on Air to explore how and why they have developed GLEAN, a collection of emerging technologies that are provided to students and faculty to use for content creation and collaboration.  What opportunities come from placing campus supported emerging tools into the hands of students and faculty? What are the challenges? 

The Hangout on Air will be streamed live through the Google Event.  This is a public event. Anyone is welcome to view the live conversation and post questions to the event's comments field.  The questions will be moderated during the conversation.  If you miss the live event, the video archive will be made available shortly thereafter on the Faculty eCommons. 

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If you have a practice using emerging technologies from your campus that you'd like to share in a Google+ Hangout on Air with Michelle, please submit your proposal here: http://facultyecommons.org/hangout-with-michelle-from-teaching-to-learning-series/

Join Me! VoiceThread Mobile, a Free Webinar

 

Want to learn more about how teaching with VoiceThread mobile supports your students’ learning? Join me for a free interactive webinar, VoiceThread for Mobile, Multisensory Learning On-The-Go:

• May 9th at 12:00pm PDT/2:00 CDT/3:00pm EDT
• Register on the Faculty eCommons

I will share how the VoiceThread Mobile app (available for iPhones and iPads only, Android support is in development) has increased my students' access to voice and video participation and why this is important in online learning.  A demo of the VoiceThread Mobile App will also be included.  The webinar will engage Twitter as a backchannel and provide participants an opportunity to ask questions.

I hope you can join me!

Book Review: Best Practices for Teaching with Emerging Technologies

Here is a new review of my book, Best Practices for Teaching with Emerging Technologies, by Kelly Walsh (@EmergingEdTech) author of EmergingEdTech.com & CIO at The College of Westchester. 

Click here to read Kelly's review of Best Practices for Teaching with Emerging Technologies by Michelle Pacansky-Brock.

  Thanks for the review, Kelly!  I appreciate how you've integrated the video summary too -- great integration of Universal Design for Learning principles! :)

Gamify Your Class With VoiceThread Mobile & A Free Webinar!

I would like to invite you to engage in my most recent blog post at the Faculty eCommons, a free online social learning ecosystem for faculty across the globe to learn, collaborate and share research about effective online teaching and learning, brought to you by Academic Partnerships.

My post is titled "How to Gamify Your Class with VoiceThread Mobile" and explores a specific pedagogical approach for integrating the VoiceThread Mobile app into your students' learning.  The best part, however, is the VoiceThread shared within the post that invites you to listen to some very creative teaching ideas shared by educators about how you could use the app to gamify your class.  Don't forget to share your own idea after you're done listening! I am hooked on this great conversation!

Click here to go to the post, How to Gamify Your Class with VoiceThread Mobile.

 

Free Webinar: VoiceThread Mobile

Also, you are invited to join me for a free webinar, VoiceThread Mobile: Multisensory Learning On-The-Go on May 9th at 12pm PDT/3pm EDT. Register on the Faculty eCommons.