Web 2.0 Tools in Education

Web 2.0 Tools in Education:
A Quick Guide

MOHAMED AMIN EMBI

Centre of Academic Advancement
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

2011

Cetakan Pertama/First Printing 2011
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Diterbitkan di Malaysia oleh/Published in Malaysia by
PUSAT PEMBANGUNAN AKADEMIK
UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA
43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor D.E., MALAYSIA
http://www.ukm.my/ppa
e-mel: pghppa@ukm.my

Web 2.0 Tools in Education: A Quick Guide

Mohamed Amin Embi

ISBN 978-983-3168-16-3

iv Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page
CHAPTER 1 BLOG
What is a blog?. ..……………………………………………………………….1
Advantages of weblogs or blogs………………………………………………....1
Benefits of using a blog…………………………………………………………..2
Ways of using blogs……………………………………………………………...3
Get started with blogger………………………………………………………...4
References……………………………………………………………………....10
CHAPTER 2 DIIGO
What is DIIGO?...…………....…....…………………………………………….11
Advantages of using annotation tools in education………………………….....12
Usage in teaching and learning...…………………....…………………………..12
Ways of using DIIGO……...…………………………………………………....13
Get started with DIIGO………………………………………………………..14
References……………………………………………………………………....26
CHAPTER 3 ELLUMINATE
What is Elluminate?...……………………………………………....…………...27
Benefit of using Elluminate Live………………………………………….……..27
Ways of using Elluminate Live…………………………………………...............30
Get started with Elluminate…...………………………………………………..33
References……………………………………………………………………....46
CHAPTER 4 EVERNOTE
What is Evernote?.………………………………………………....…………...47
Benefits of using Evenote……..………………………………………….….......47
Ways of using Evernote……..…………………………………………...............49
Get started with Evernote……………………………………………………...52
References……………………………………………………………………....63

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CHAPTER 5 FACEBOOK
What is Facebook?………………………………………………....…………...64
Advantages of Facebook………………………………………………………..64
Ways of using Facebook in education………………………………………….65
Usage in teaching and learning…………………………………….......................66
Get started with Facebook……………………………………………………..67
References……………………………………………………………………....77
CHAPTER 6 FLICKR
What is Flickr?..…………………………………………………....…………...78
Ways of using Flickr………...…………………………………………...............78
Usage in teaching and learning…………………………………….......................79
Get started with Flickr……...…………………………………………………..80
References……………………………………………………………………....89
CHAPTER 7 GLOGSTER
What is Glogster?………………………………………………....……………90
Benefits of using Glogster……………………………………….……………...90
Ways of using Glogster…………………………………………..........................92
Get started with Glogster……………………………………………………...93
References…………………………………………………………………….104
CHAPTER 8 JING
What is Jing?………………………………………………....…………............105
Benefits of using Jing……………………………………….………………......105
Using Jing in education………………………………………..............................106
Get started with Jing…………………………………………………………..107
References…………………………………………………………………….112
CHAPTER 9 NING
What is Ning?...……………………………………………....…………...........113
Benefits of using Ning in education…………………………………………...113
Ways of using Ning…………………………………………...............................114
Usage in teaching and learning…………………………….…………………..114
Get started with Ning………………………………………………….............116
References…………………………………………………………………….127

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CHAPTER 10 PREZI
What is Prezi?………………………………………………....………….........128
Advantages of Prezi………………………………………….………………...128
Using Prezi…………………………………………...............................................128
Get started with Prezi………………………………………………………...130
References…………………………………………………………………….135
CHAPTER 11 SKYPE
What is Skype?………………………………………………....…………........136
Benefits of using Skype……………………………………….……………......136
Ways of using Skype in teaching and learning…….................................................137
Get started with Skype………………………………………………………..139
References…………………………………………………………………….145
CHAPTER 12 SLIDESHARE
What is Slideshare?………………………………………………....…………146
Benefits of using Slideshare……………………………………….…………...146
Ways of using Slideshare…………………………………………......................147
Get started with Slideshare…………………………………………………...148
References…………………………………………………………………….154
CHAPTER 13 TWITTER
What is Twitter?………………………………………………....………….....155
Advantages of Twitter ……………………………………….……………….156
Ways of using Twitter in education………………………………....................156
Get started with Twitter……………………………………………………...158
References…………………………………………………………………….161
CHAPTER 14 VOICETHREAD
What is Voicethread?………………………………………....…………..........162
Ways of using Voicetread…………………………………………....................162
Benefits of using Voicethread……………………………………….………...163
Get started with Voicethread………………………………………………....166
References…………………………………………………………………….170

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CHAPTER 15 WALLWISHER
What is Wallwisher?………………………………………....…………...........171
Benefits of using Wallwisher……………………………………….…………171
Ways of using Wallwisher…………………………………………...................172
Get started with Wallwisher…………………………………………………174
References…………………………………………………………………….179
CHAPTER 16 WIKIS
What are Wikis……………………………………....………….........................180
Wikis or Blog………………………………………………………………….180
Benefits of wikis……………………………………….………………………181
Usage of wikis in teaching and learning……………………………………….181
Get started with Wikispaces………………………………………………….183
References…………………………………………………………………….190
CHAPTER 17 YOUTUBE
What is Youtube?……………………………………………....………….......191
Benefits of Youtube……………………………………….…………………..191
Strategies for using Youtube in teaching and learning…………………….......192
Get started with Youtube…………………………………………………….194
References…………………………………………………………………….199
CHAPTER 18 WORDLE
What is Wordle?………………………………………………....…………....200
Ways of using Wordle………………………………………….........................200
Get started with Wordle……………………………………………………..201
References…………………………………………………………………….203
CHAPTER 19 WORDPRESS
What is Wordpress?…………………………………………....………….......204
Advantages of Wordpress………………………………………….…………204
Ways of using Wordpress…………………………………………...................205
Get started with Wordpress…………………………………………………206
References…………………………………………………………………….212

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CHAPTER 20 DEL.ICIO.US
What is del.icio.us?……...……………………………………………………..213
Advantages of using del.icio.us…....…………………………………………...213
Using del.icio.us in education……..…....……………………………………...214
Get started with del.icio.us..…………………………………………………..215
References…………………………………………………………………….222

Chapter 1: Blog 1

CHAPTER

1 BLOG

WHAT IS A BLOG?

Generally, a weblog or blog is a personal diary, collaborative space, breaking-news
outlet and a collection of links to your own private views memos to the world. In
short, your blog is whatever you want it to be. There are so many of them, in
various shapes and sizes, and there are no real rules. In simple terms, a blog is a
website, where you write stuff on an ongoing basis. New stuff shows up at the top,
so your visitors can read what is new. Then they comment on it or link to it or email
you. In the field of education, blog or weblogs are being used to satisfy a variety of
communication needs to favour e-learning practices (Susana & Sergio 2007).

ADVANTAGES OF WEBLOGS OR BLOGS

According to Susana and Sergio (2007), weblogs or blogs have several advantages:
1. They are easy to setup and administrate in contrast to other technologies.
2. They are easier to publish all types of resources (text, images, video, etc.) to
the Web when compared to traditional web publishing.
3. They allow instant publishing with just one click and are easy to create and
maintain, as opposed to traditional web pages that are labor-intensive and
require at least some web design knowledge (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
4. They can be updated easily, from anywhere without having to worry about
FTP connections, web authoring software, etc.
5. They have the ability to reach a large audience without losing information
quality and allowing for different levels of detail. They break the trade off
between reach and richness of information.
6. The access to information posted in weblogs is 24/7 (anytime/anywhere)

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7. No special blogging software is needed to create a weblog. Some bloggers use
plain HTML to create their weblogs. However, most blogging software allows
a person to create and maintain a weblog without knowing HTML. Instructor
does not need to periodically request the learning logs to the students.
8. Other technologies can be applied jointly into a weblog. For example, using of
Wikis as enablers for group writing and knowledge sharing (eg. building
glossaries).

BENEFITS OF USING A BLOG

The following are the benefits of using a blog listed by Anamaria (2010):
1. A blog allows web-savvy students to legitimately use their favorite source of
information, the Internet, and makes use of their skills for the purposes of the
program.
2. It increases the students’ motivation to take an active part in the learning
process, since blogging is fun and interesting.
3. It develops the communication skills of students that are less internet-savvy
through peer-to-peer learning.
4. It keeps students informed with the most up-to-date information about of
their object of study.
5. Through the use of comments and other forms of feedback, it develops
critical thinking (and the appropriate ways to put it into writing).
6. It is a portal for creativity and personal initiative where good ideas are
rewarded not only with good grades but also with direct responses from
readers across the web.
7. It increases the visibility of our programs on the web and has the effect of
giving it a more clearly defined positive image, which in turn may result in
higher commitment of the students to the program and a sense of pride in
their work.
8. It makes learning flat, not hierarchical, with the teacher as control point
rather than unique source of information and interpretation.

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WAYS OF USING BLOGS

According to Susana and Sergio (2007), weblogs can be used by instructors and
students as follows:
Instructor weblog: weblogs written by instructors are mainly used as an
additional communication channel to share information with students.
Instructor weblogs usually contain course content, course management
information, general commentary to all students about their learning progress,
etc.
Student weblog: weblogs written by students are basically learning weblogs
or project weblogs. A learning weblog (Lowe 2006) is a learning diary, created
concurrently with the learning experience, and reporting on the learning
content as wells as the process (including time taken, sources used, and so
forth). A project weblog, often authored by a team of students, documents the
project progress and findings.

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GET STARTED WITH BLOGGER

STEP 1 Go to: http://www.blogger.com/

STEP 2 Signup/Registeration

To start create your
blog, you need to
have Google
account. Click ‘Get
Started’ to create
your account.

To create a Google
account fills in the
online form.

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Select your
country.

Enter your mobile
Click ‘Send phone number.
verification code to Start with your
my mobile phone’ country code.
and the code number
will be sent directly
to your mobile phone.

Once you have
received the
verification code,
enter it here.
Then click
‘Verify’.

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STEP 3 Name your blog

Enter your blog
title. You can
change your blog
title later.

Click here to
check the
availability of
your blog title.

Then, click
‘CONTINUE’.

STEP 4 Choose your templete

Choose your
template or
(You can
choose it
later).

Then, click
‘CONTINUE’.

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Now your blog has
been created. You
can start posting and
coustomize your
blog.

Click here to
start blogging.

STEP 5 Posting

To start posting,
click ‘New Post’ on
the top right corner
of your blog page.

Insert your
page title.

Type your
text here.

Then, you can choose
‘SAVE NOW’ or
‘PREVIEW’. If you
are ready to publish,
click ‘PUBLISH
POST’.

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When editing your
text, you can insert
link, image or video.

You can upload your
videos from your own
folder or from
YouTube.

STEP 6 Comment a post

This page will appear and you
type your comment here.

To start commenting, open
the post you want to
comment, and click
‘Comment’. Then, click ‘Post Comment’. You
can ‘Preview’ the comment first
before you publish it.

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STEP 7 Customizing your blog

This page will open
and you can click
and drag the page To customize your
element of your blog, click ‘Design’
blog. at the top right hand
corner of your blog
page.

Then, you can
‘Preview’ and
‘Save’.

You can add a
gadget to your blog.
You can choose
from the various
gadgets available
here.

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REFERENCES

Anamaria Dutceac Segesten. 2010. Blogs in higher education – some ideas about
their benefits and downsides. http://uvenus.org/2010/06/07/blogs-in-higher-
education-%E2%80%93-some-ideas-about-their-benefits-and-downsides/html [4
May 2011]

http://gplsi.dlsi.ua.es/proyectos/webeso/pdf/inted07.pdf [4 April 2011]

Lowe, A.J. 2006. Blog use in teaching – Dragster activity. Internet:
http://www.webducate.net/dragster2/examples/bloguse/. [4 May 2011]

Susana de Juana-Espinosa & Sergio Lujan-Mora. 2007. The use of weblogs in higher
education: Benefits and barriers.

What’s a blog. http://www.blogger.com/tour_start.g [4 May 2011]

Chapter 2: Diigo 11

CHAPTER

2 DIIGO
WHAT IS DIIGO?

Collaborative annotation tools, such as Diigo and Google Sidewiki, expand the
concept of social bookmarking by allowing users not only to share bookmarks but
also to digitally annotate web pages. Collaborative annotation allows users to
highlight specific content on a web page and add a note explaining their thoughts or
pointing to related resources. Users can highlight text or images, add their own
comments, and share annotations with their friends. In addition, bookmarks and
comments can be grouped and tagged to provide organization. As a result, students
in a course (or members of research groups) can compile an annotated bibliography
of useful sites, with marked paragraphs they found important and notes about why a
site is significant. Students who use annotation tools for academic research can build
a collection of their own studies and observations in much the same way students
have saved texts with highlighted passages, scribbled comments, and sticky notes. For
students who plan to pursue academic work as a career or for researchers working
on long-term projects, the ability to collect these research components can be very
valuable. In the context of a University course, collaborative annotation tools involve
students in a more active investigation and evaluation of resources (Educause 2009).

In short, Diigo is a social bookmarking tool that helps you read, share and
organize the web pages you look at. In addition, it allows you to share your
bookmarks, as well as browse bookmarks created by others. Diigo has dual purpose
- it acts as a bookmarking tool, as well as a social networking tool.

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ADVANTAGES OF USING ANNOTATION TOOLS IN EDUCATION

Educause (2009) describes the following advantages of using annotation tools in
education:
1. The activity of adding reflections move students from being passive
consumers of information to active readers engaged in scholarly discussions.
2. Collaborative annotation tools offer new ways for students to work
collaboratively to find and evaluate information, share ideas, and create
knowledge.
3. Collaborative annotation tools facilitate the incremental growth of
information as users review others’ thoughts on a resource before adding
their own. By providing the ability to designate who is allowed access to
collections of resources, these tools reinforce the character of a cohesive
group.
4. Because they are web-based, collaborative annotation applications can be
made available to a global community, inviting experts in academic disciplines
to provide valuable insight on students’ efforts.
5. As students collectively annotate, organize, and add value to existing
resources, they learn how to sift, evaluate, and contribute. When instructors
use these tools over time, student efforts might constitute an archive or
library of remarks so that subsequent classes can benefit from the
observations of their predecessors.

USAGE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING

Collaborative annotation tools a social starting place for immersing students in the
scholarly practice of research and annotation, while encouraging them to share
information and build on the work of others in a dynamic community of thought.
With tools like Diigo, students might have the opportunity to collaborate on the
interpretation of resources in ways not possible inside a classroom or with printed
materials that should not be written in, such as library books. In addition, while
scholars have found in the web an unparalleled information resource, using it
effectively depends on tools that help organize the data and simplify the process of

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locating resources when they are needed. These tools empower users, giving them
the capability of commentary and reflection rather than restricting it to authors and
website creators. Finally, academics across disciplines and institutions value these
tools and the accumulated observations of instructors, experts, and peers that they
facilitate (Educause 2009).

WAYS OF USING DIIGO

Diigo can be used as follow:
1. Take personal notes
2. Highlights text information on web pages
3. Bookmark and save these notes for further use
4. Add tags to keep them organized
5. Share information with friends when using tags

(Source: http://www.slideshare.net/poutasi/what-is-diigo)

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GET STARTED WITH DIIGO

STEP 1 Go to http://www.diigo.com/

STEP 2 Creating an account

Start creating your account
by completing the form.
Click ‘Join Now’ to
create a Diigo account.

After filling up
the required
information, click
‘Continue’.

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Diigo will send
you an email. You
need to click the
link given so that
you can activate
your Diigo
account.

After verifying, you
will be invited to install
the Diigo toolbar and
learn more about
Diigo’s capabilities.

STEP 3 Installing Diigo toolbar

3 steps to install Diigo
toolbar.

First, you need
to click ‘Allow’.

Now, you can start
installing your
Diigo toolbar by
clicking this button.

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This window will appear
and you need to click
‘Install Now’.

Now, your Diigo toolbar
is already installed on
your computer. Bookmark Read later
Highlight

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STEP 4 Diigo Toolbar

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STEP 5 Bookmarking

First, open the web
page or URL you want
to bookmark.

Click ‘Bookmark’
button to add a
bookmark.

This window will
appear
automatically.

Insert your tag.

Click ‘Save’ to save
your bookmark in Diigo
library.

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To view your
bookmark, go to
‘Diigo’ toolbar and
choose ‘My Library’.

Now, the web you
bookmarked will
appear in your
Diigo Library
together with the
relevant tags.

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STEP 6 Highlighting

Then, click the
‘Highlight’ button
toolbar.

First, you need to
select the text you
want to highlight from
the web page.

Now, the texts
you have selected
are already
highlighted.

This button will
appear
automatically.

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Choose ‘View in
my library’ to
view your
selected text in
your Diigo
library.

After you view it in your
Diigo library, only the
highlighted paragraph will
appear.

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STEP 7 Using Sticky Notes

First, click
the‘Comment’
button and choose
‘Add a floating
sticky note to this
page’.

Next, place your sticky
note everywhere you like
on the page.

Now, you can write a
comment on your sticky note.
You also can make your note
private or you can share it
with public or your group.

You also can add a sticky
note on the text you have
highlighted.

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STEP 8 Hiding Sticky Notes

 Sometimes you would prefer to see only your own notes, or specific group
annotation but not public sticky notes from all other users.
 With diigo toolbar installed, you can hide them

To start hiding your
sticky note, click
‘Hide public sticky
notes’.

This window will appear and
you need to choose ‘Do not
show me public sticky notes
on this page’. Then click
‘OK’.

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STEP 9 Capturing Image/Page

First, click the
‘Capture’ button and
choose either
‘Capture Selected
Area’ or ‘Capture
Entire Page’.

If you choose ‘Capture
Selected Area’, press hold
and select the area you want
to capture.

Before you save, you can edit
the image using these tools.
After clicking the ‘save’ icon,
the image you capture will
automatically appear in your
Diigo library.

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STEP 10 Creating Group

In your Diigo page, you can create your
own group. Click ‘My Group’ to open
your group page.

Click ‘Create a group’ to start
creating your Diigo group.

Fill up the form to
create a group.
After that you are
allowed to invite
your friends to join
your group.

Then, click ‘Create
my group’.

Once your group have been created, you can invite your friends to join your
group either through your Diigo friends or you can invite by inserting your
friends’ emails.

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Example of a Diigo
group.

All member can post Click ‘Invite people’
bookmarks and to invite friends to
topics for discussion. join your group.

REFERENCES

SlideShare. What is Diigo? http://www.slideshare.net/poutasi/what-is-diigo

Educause. 2009. 7 Things you should know about Collaborative annotation.
http://www.educause.edu/eli. retrieved on [8 March 2011]

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CHAPTER

3 ELLUMINATE
WHAT IS ELLUMINATE?

Elluminate provides web, audio, video, and social networking solutions optimized for
21st century education and training. From two-way audio, multipoint video, and
shared whiteboards to application sharing, interactive recording, and breakout
rooms, all Elluminate Live! components are tightly integrated to provide the ultimate
interactive learning environment. Whether we have two students — or two hundred
— Elluminate Live! enables world-class communication, collaboration, and education
that transforms teaching and learning (Elluminate Live. 2010a). Elluminate can be used
in conjunction with a telephone conference call or, when available, the Voice over IP
function (VoIP). If using VoIP, a headset with microphone must be used (Kevin Bane
2008).

BENEFITS OF USING ELLUMINATE LIVE! ®

The following are benefits of using Elluminate Live (Elluminate Live 2010c):
1. Increase Completion Rates and Retention: At many academic
institutions, the majority of distance courses use online asynchronous tools,
possibly in conjunction with synchronous text chat or streaming video.
However, with asynchronous technology, students can feel isolated and
unmotivated working on their own with little contact with teachers and other
students. Research in distance learning indicates that student/teacher and
student/student interaction greatly enhances student outcomes by improving
attitude and motivation and building a sense of community. The result:
increased coursework completion rates, higher test scores, and improved
retention.

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2. Eliminate Geographical Barriers: With live eLearning and web
collaboration technology, academic institutions can extend the boundaries of
the physical classroom, leveraging limited teaching resources, providing guest
lecturers and remote experts, expanding geographical reach to increase
enrollment, and providing access for all, regardless of location.

3. Build Online Communities: Today’s students can use synchronous
technology collaborate without limits—across campus, throughout a nation,
or across the globe—and build vibrant learning communities that encourage
participation and stimulate innovation. With Elluminate Live!, institutions and
instructors can even set up virtual student rooms for scheduled meetings or
ad hoc collaboration, with or without a teacher present.

4. Save Travel Costs: Today, academic institutions are required to balance
educational outcomes with the financial bottom line, including demonstrating
a rapid return on their technology investment. Doing more with less has
become a way of life for academia as it has in the business world. At the same
time, schools are operating in an increasingly competitive environment and
global marketplace. Synchronous online learning is a cost-effective solution
that provides universal access with lower total cost of ownership and strong
ROI.

5. Increase Staff Productivity: Elluminate Live! provides an enhanced meeting
environment with voice over the Internet that eliminates travel time and lost
hours at the office. With the proliferation of multi-campus institutions with
satellite campuses, the advantages of virtual live meeting technology becomes
more apparent, especially in tight state budget climates. Many institutions are
using web conferencing for executive council and committee meetings.

6. Accommodate Multiple Learning Styles: The Elluminate Live! virtual
classroom provides two-way voice over the Internet, instant messaging, and a
shared, interactive whiteboard to display educational content. All of these


features create a rich and engaging learning environment that allows users to
benefit fully from sessions regardless of their preferred learning styles.

7. Incorporate Technology in the Classroom: Students in traditional brick
and mortar classrooms are changing the way they learn and interact. Often
referred to as “digital natives,” today’s students have grown up in a digital
world and demand that schools keep in step with their learning styles. At the
same time, educators have realized that their teaching styles must change to
keep students engaged and actively learning.

8. Using Elluminate vRoom with application sharing and chat: The
strategist is now able to successfully share notes with the student from
anywhere in the classroom via their respective laptops. What’s more, it
doesn’t matter that one laptop is a PC and the other a Mac because users
interact in real time, regardless of computer platform. The result: more
independence for the student, and for the academic strategist, the ability to
provide support in a less obvious way.

9. Scale Information and Knowledge: Key functionality in any virtual
classroom should include the ability to record and playback sessions, creating
reusable learning objects to maximize access and leverage resources.
Recorded classes can be used for exam review, and information sessions can
be pre-recorded to provide before a course begins. In addition, pre-recorded
training for faculty, students, and staff on topics like commonly used
applications or online library resources can be developed. Creating an easily
accessible knowledge base of interactive, indexed recordings is easy with
Elluminate Live!

10. Leverage Limited Teaching Resources: Live eLearning and web
collaboration technology mirrors the interaction of the traditional classroom
session or face-to-face meeting, while eliminating the need for expensive
teleconferencing and travel. A single teacher can be leveraged to reduce the
need for additional hiring, a regularly scheduled faculty meeting can be


replaced with an Internet-based session, students from multiple campuses can
be combined to fill an online class, and a remote subject matter expert can
address a class in real time from across the globe without traveling a mile.

11. Provide Professional Development: Elluminate Live! enables mentoring
for center directors and the delivery of online courses that train teachers on
the technology they need to handle their official reporting responsibilities.
And because it doesn’t require a steep learning curve, the live online
environment became a useful and popular tool in just months, providing both
technological and emotional support for instructors.

WAYS OF USING ELLUMINATE LIVE!

According to Elluminate Live (2010b) the platform can be used in the following way:
1. Live Instruction: Traditional distance learning programs have low
completion rates as students are left to learn on their own with a feeling of
isolation. Today’s online teachers need a method to communicate to students
in an effective and pedagogically sound manner, one-on-one or one-to-many.
Studies show that the ideal solution is a blended learning model with
asynchronous and synchronous interaction.

2. Asynchronous Content Development: With Elluminate, you can create
asynchronous content using Elluminate’s interactive record and playback
functionality. For example, you can record student orientation sessions or
add a recorded welcome to your virtual classroom prior the first day of class.
In addition, students can view interactive recordings of your classes if they’ve
missed a session or just to reinforce learning and help retain knowledge.

3. Tutoring Programs: Whether provided by instructors or peers, tutoring
via Elluminate Live! offers students an opportunity to work one-on-one to get
questions answered or receive help with homework or other assignments.
Sessions can be scheduled, or students can drop into to an existing virtual
room to connect with the tutor.


4. Classroom Collaboration: Collaboration at a distance connects students
from different locations and cultures to enhance the learning experience.
Students at Dohto University in Japan collaborated with students at
Tennessee Tech University in a course about international architecture.

5. Meetings: With Elluminate, you can easily and effectively host effective
meetings, significantly reducing teleconferencing and travel costs and
decreasing time away from job.

6. Virtual Office Hours: Teachers can extend the hours they are available to
their students with Elluminate Live! virtual office hours. Meet one-on-one or
with groups of students.

7. Student/Parent Orientation: Want to expand your geographical reach
and attract more students? Showcase your programs for prospective students
and their parents online with Elluminate Live! You can also conduct
orientation for new students and even record the sessions for those who
couldn’t attend in person

8. Remote Guest Speakers/Virtual Field Trips: Online education is all
about creating engaging learning environments. Elluminate Live! enables you to
bring in remote experts to the classroom or send students on a virtual field
trip. For example, students at Union County Public Schools viewed a surgery
in real time and visited with the cast of the musical Rent.

9. Professional development: Attract and retain qualified instructors and
staff by providing cost-effective, ongoing professional development via
Elluminate Live! Connect teachers on a campus-wide level to share best
practices. Offer real-time or recorded training sessions for applications, tools,
and administrative systems.


10. Virtual Help Desk: Need additional methods to provide support and
immediate assistance to students, faculty, and staff? Elluminate Live! is great to
use a supplement you’re your physical help desk or learning center. Students
can get access to the experts on resources, such as the research library,
without coming to campus.


GET STARTED WITH ELLUMINATE

STEP 1 Go to: http://www.elluminate.com/

STEP 2 Sign up/ Registration

To start using
Elluminate, click
‘Get A Free
Trial’.

Insert your email
address and click
‘continue’.


Fill up the form.

Next, click ‘Try
Elluminate’.

To start accessing
your Elluminate,
check your email
inbox.

Elluminate
will send
you this
Click ‘Start Now’ or you email.
can copy the following link
into your browser.


STEP 3 Downloading Elluminate Live

Once you click
the link given,
you will be
directed go to this
page. Click this
icon to start your
Elluminate trial
room.

Then, this window
will open. You
cannot close this
window until you
are in the
Blackboard
Collaboration
online session.

At the same time,
you will need to
dowload ‘Java’
application. It will
download for you
automatically.


STEP 4 Connecting Blackboard Collaboratio
Online

After you have finished
downloading. Your
Blackboard Collaboration
will be opened automatically.
Next, you need to click ‘I
agree’ to accept the license
agreement.

After that, select the internet
connection you are currently
using. Then click ‘OK’.

Wait until your
Elluminate starts
connecting to your
computer.


Now you can start using your elluminate live – Blackboard Collaboration Online

STEP 5 Checking audio

At your
blackboard,
go to
‘Tools’.

Select
‘Audio’. Click ‘Audio
Setup Wizard’.


Click ‘Refresh’ to
add the audio
device.

Select your device.

Then click ‘OK’.

Adjust the volume
of your audio to set
it to your
comfortable
listening level.

Test you audio devise by
clicking the ‘Play’ button.
You will hear a sound
from your audio device.


If you are
satisfied with
your listening
level volume,
click ‘Yes’.

Same procedure
with other audio
device
(microphone).
Select your audio
device.

Click ‘OK’.


Select you
microphone setting.
You can increase or
decrease your
microphone volume
sound.
Test your microphone
by clicking the
‘Record’ button.

After you have
finished setting up
your audio, click
‘OK’.


STEP 6 Loading Presentation

To load your
presentation, click
this icon.

Select your
presentation
location.

Then, click ‘OK’.


Select your
presentation to
upload.

Then click ‘Open’

Now, your
presentation has
been uploaded.
You can use this
key to play your
presentation.


STEP 7 Adding Participants

At the top of your
blacboard, click this
icon.

This window will
open. You can
compose email or
copy the link given
and send it to the
person you want to
join the session.


STEP 8 Elluminate Live Tools

1) Participant Tools


2) Chatting Tools

3) Audio and recording tools

To view back your
conference recording.
Go to the link given in
your email and click
‘View Recording’ tab.


REFERENCES

Elluminate Live. 2010a. Unified Learning and Collaboration.
http://www.elluminate.com/downloads/sales/datasheets/LiveBrochure_FINAL.p
df [26 May 2011]

Elluminate Live. 2010b. Top Ten Ways of Using Elluminate Live!
http://www.elluminate.com/downloads/whitepapers/Top-Ten-Benefits-of-Using-
Elluminate-Live.pdf. [26 May 2011]

Elluminate Live. 2010c. Top Ten Benefits Of Using Elluminate Live!®.
http://www.elluminate.com/downloads/whitepapers/Top-Ten-Benefits-of-Using-
Elluminate-Live.pdf [26 May 2011]

Kevin Bane. 2008. Elluminate – What is it and where to find help.
https://techinfo.esc.edu/kb_article.php?s=1eba2d352205bde2f52bc05730111847
&ref=5455-YOZC-9085 [12 April 2011]

Chapter 4: Evernote 47

CHAPTER

4 EVERNOTE

WHAT IS EVERNOTE?

Evernote is a useful Web 2.0 tools for individuals in every situation. It allows
individuals to capture pictures of almost anything they wish to remember. In a few
quick short steps, pictures can be saved into Evernote, organized, and given a brief
short description making the picture easily accessible in the future. This application is
unique in a number of ways. Unlike any other web application, it is not linear. In
other words, when using this application you are able to add text or information,
pictures, videos and links just as you can with any other web application leaving
plenty of room for creativity in this area alone. Nonetheless, with Evernote there are
also many other things you can do. Evernote recognizes that we are given all kinds of
information on a daily basis and our brains cannot possibly store all of this
information and for this reason many things are lost and forgot. Hence, Evernote has
allowed us to begin to capture all of these ideas and experiences from our real lives
and from a digital standpoint and the memories or ideas will not slip away. In short,
the possibilities are endless because Evernote allows us to capture information in any
environment while using whatever platform or device you want (Benjamin 2008).

BENEFITS OF USING EVERNOTE

Students, teachers and lecturers greatly benefit from Evernote for a variety of
different reason specific for their different environments and situations
(https://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/Social/How+Evernote+Can+Be+Used+in+Educat
ional+and+Learning+Environments), as follows:

48 Chapter 4: Evernote

Students
Students in all different educational levels and backgrounds can use Evernote to
organize their educational priorites. Evernote can help students keep track of their
notes, research, homework, tests, quizzes, and anything else that is school related. It
would be great to never have to worry about losing those important assignments.
Evernote can take that worry away. It is as simple as students photographing all of
their important papers, documents, and projects. After that, all the student has to do
is upload the important pictures into Evernote in one quick step and organize his or
her pictures. He or she can organize the pictures by projects, classes, or anything for
that matter. Evernote has made the organizational hassel of being a student much
easier and accessible.

Teachers
Evernote can make the duties of teaching more organized, easy, and accesible by
being able to capture pictures of lessons on a white board, pictures of lessons and
activities, pictures of field trips, and much more. Also, elementary teachers typically
numerous gifts from their students such as drawings, paintings, and crafts. Over the
years the gifts recieved can add up. Evernote allows teachers to take pictures of all
your special gifts, store them, and orgainze them. Art teachers could also greatly
benefit from Evernote. Lugging a tons of art projects home can be a hassel. Evernote
allows them to take individual pictures of each art project, save the pictures, orgainze
them by class and projects, and access them at home for easy grading. There are
many other situations can help school teachers in the educational environments.

Teachers in all levels can benefit from Evernote. This section focuses on high
school teachers, college professors, and college teacher assistants. They can use
Evernote in a variety of different situations. Video clips are often used to portray a
lesson in the classroom setting. However, where do those video clips come from?
Teachers often just stumbled upon great examples that could be used to convey a
lesson or an idea to their class. Evernote allows them to take a picture of the video
itself, the title, or the link to the video. After they photograph the video they can
save, organize, and give a brief explanation about the video in Evernote. They can
then access and remember the educational video at anytime. Teachers can also use


Evernote to capture pictures of research, homework assignments, and projects.
Saving and organizing assignments to Evernote will allow teachers to access them
from home or another environment and easily grade them.

Evernote makes the stressful life of a student a bit easier by enabling the
student to not have to worry about losing important papers,other written
assignments, or class notes. It can organize them by class, which also makes it easy
for future reference when the student goes to study for an exam over the material.
Also, because Evernote is on the Internet, a student can easily access their
information when they are on the go from their cell phone or from anywhere on any
computer with an Internet connection. Teachers can enjoy the convenience of
Evernote as well. Instead of carrying mounds of papers home to be graded over a
break or long weekend, the teacher can take pictures of the assignments and upload
them into Evernote. Then, while away from school, the teacher can grade the papers
at his or her leisure without the worry of misplacing or completely losing any
papers.

WAYS OF USING EVERNOTE

Evernote is a valuable application for educators. It’s usefulness can range from
planning a course to delivering a lesson plan to capturing feedback after class. The
follows are some ways of using Evernote in education. As an educator, Evernote use
falls into three categories (Michael 2011):
1. Prior to class
2. During class
3. After class

Prior to class
1. Plan and organize your classes with tags: Using tags is a great way to
organize your classes on a week-to-week basis or on a class-by-class basis.
For example, if you know that there is certain content that has to be taught
during the second week of the school year, then for all related content you


can use the tag “week 2″. Once you’ve created this system you can keep
adding additional items throughout the year.
2. Standards database: Compile standards of achievements for your
particular grade or subject. You can even share them with teachers, parents,
administrators and students using Evernote’s sharing features.
3. Professional development: If you use the summer break or vacations to
improve your skills or continue your education, keep all your notes,
resources, lessons and new ideas learned in Evernote. This also works well
for teacher in-services, conferences, workshops and seminars that you attend.
4. Classroom templates: Templates are a great way to save time when
grading and assessing your students. If you use templates such as grade sheets
or student assessment forms, keep them in Evernote so you have them at
your fingertips throughout the year.
5. Prepare for your absence: Use Evernote’s shared notebooks as a way to
keep your class up and running even if you aren’t there. Evernote makes it
easy to share a notebook with the substitute teacher. Consider sharing lesson
plans, worksheets, answer keys and examples of completed work. This can
ensure your class keeps moving even if you aren’t there.

During Class
1. Share a notebook with your class: After you create a public notebook,
share the URL with your class. This way anything you add can be viewed by
your students (or their parents). Here’s an example of a public notebook that
I created for an entrepreneurship class.
2. Whiteboard photos: Taking snapshots of the whiteboard is a favorite use
of mine. Take photographs of the whiteboard before the start of the class,
and again at the end. This gives you an accurate time stamped snapshot of
what you were working on, on any given date. You can title or tag each
photo based on the lecture number to make searching for specific photos
easier. Also, you can share the photos with students that miss a class, so that
they have the day’s notes.


3. Keep handouts handy: Keep all of the handouts, worksheets, templates,
study guides and assignments that you frequently use in Evernote, where they
are easily searchable and accessible.

After Class
1. Simplify grading: Scan graded tests, including scantrons and add them to
Evernote. You can then enter them into your preferred grade-book or
spreadsheet when you have time. This is also great if you have a teacher’s
assistant. You can share the notebook with them and have them help with the
grading process.
2. Keep your extracurriculars in order: If you participate in any committees
or coach a team, you can use Evernote to keep track of all the different
research, notes and information associated with it. Again, shared notebooks
are a great way to keep your committee on the same page and makes for an
easy way to share collective knowledge about a project.


GET STARTED WITH EVERNOTE

STEP 1 Go to http://www.evernote.com/

STEP 2 Installing Evernote Application.

Click ‘Save File’.
Click here.


Open the Evernote file
which you have saved in
your program file location.
Then click ‘Run’.
Tick the box ‘I accept the
terms in the License
Agreement’ and start
installing by the clicking
the ‘Install’ button.

Click ‘Finish’ once you
have finished installing
your application. The
Evernote icon will appear
on your desktop.


STEP 3 Sign in/Register Evernote

Before you start using
Evernote, you need to
‘Sign in’ first or you need
to ‘Register’ if you have
not created Evernote
account.


STEP 4 Creating Notebook

Evernote stores your notes in separate containers called “Notebooks.” Your account
starts with one notebook, but you can make additional notebooks at any time.

Two ways in creating notebook

1. Go to File  New Notebook

‘Create Notebook’ page will appear.
Type your unique notebook name.

Choose local notebook (the notebook stored on your
computer and are never uploaded to the Evernote Web
service) or Synchronized notebook (the notebook are
uploaded to the Evernote Web service, and will be
available via other forms of the Evernote Service
(Evernote Web, Evernote for Mac, Evernote Mobile
Web, Evernote for iPhone, etc) by logging into your
Evernote account).


2. Click in the Left-Hand Notebook Pane and hit the “Insert” key, or Right-Click
in the Notebook Pane and select “New Notebook”.

Notebook Pane.

STEP 5 Exporting & Importing Notes

1. Exporting notes
With Evernote, you have the option to save your notes to an external file for backup
purposes, or for easy transfer amongst friends and colleagues. You can Export
individual notes or entire Notebooks at once.

Clik ‘File’.

Export: (Or Ctrl+Shift+X).
(This option can also be You can then choose what file type you
would like, .enex (Evernote Backup), html,
activated by Right-Clicking on
one or more selected notes). .mht. If exporting to .enex, you can choose
to export your note tags as well.


2. Importing Notes
You can import files exported from Evernote, databases from previous versions of
Evernote, notes from Microsoft OneNote 2007, and entire folders of supported
Files.

Clik ‘File’.

You can choose to export
Click ‘Import’.
the file/notes from evernote
export file or OneNote.

STEP 6 Creating a Note/Ink Note/Webcam Note

Click the “New Note”
button in the main
toolbar.


Or, Go to File  New Note/New Ink Note/New Webcam Note

New Note.

New Webcam
Note.
New Ink Note.


STEP 7 Creating Multimedia Note

Add image and other file content to your notes.
Note: Only files of type PDF, JPG, WAV, PNG, MP3, GIF, AMR are supported for
Free users. Premium members may attach files of any type, but Evernote can only
preview files of supported file types.

1. Drag and Drop
Take a file from anywhere on your Computer and drag it into a new or existing note.

STEP 8 Tagging

You can tag your notes for easier retrieval and memorizing. You can create your
own tags, at any time and drag and-drop them to tagged notes.

Creating a new tag

Right-Click on a Tag
Section or on a Tag. You
can create a tag or rename Insert the name of
and delete the existing tag. your tag.
Then, click ‘OK’.


STEP 9 Sharing

You can share your notes with friends, whether they have Evernote installed or not.

1. Emailing notes

Select one or multiple
notes in the list
(Ctrl+Click on notes'
toolbars to select
multiple notes).

Email application will
Click the Email
appear with a composed
message window. button.

Enter your recipients
address and message.

Number of your selected Click
notes. ‘Send’.


2. Sharing notebooks

Select a Notebook from the
Left-Hand Notebook pane and
right-click to select
‘Properties’.

Click the ‘Sharing and
Collaboration options’ link.
You will be taken to the Evernote Web
site, where you need to select Sharing
from the left-hand pane, then ‘Sharing
Setup’.

On the next page, click ‘Start Sharing,’
or ‘Stop/Modify Sharing’ for the
notebook you wish to Share.


You will then have the option to Publish your
notebook publicly, or to specific individuals.

If you choose ‘Share with the World’, If you choose ‘Share with Individuals’,
you will be able to create a custom you can select which individuals should
URL at which your notebook can be receive a link to your notebook.
accessed, as well as modify the sort Premium members also have the ability
order and give it a custom description. to allow other people to view, create,
edit and delete notes within the shared
notebook.

Once you click ‘Save’, your notebook
will be published at the listed Public
URL.

Once you select ‘Send Invitations’,
your guests will receive an email with
a private link to your notebook that
only they can access.


REFERENCES

Benjamin Michael Spivey. 2008. Unique Ways of Using this Application!.
https://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/Social/Unique+Ways+of+Using+this+Applic
ation%21. [8 March 2011]

Michael Cruz. 2011. 10 Tips for Teachers Using Evernote – Education Series.
http://blog.evernote.com/2011/01/13/10-tips-for-teachers-using-evernote-
education-series/. [8 March 2011]

64 Chapter 5: Facebook

CHAPTER

5 FACEBOOK

WHAT IS FACEBOOK?

The Facebook platform allows developers to create Web applications that integrate
with Facebook’s social network and are delivered via the Facebook Web site.
Applications run on the developer’s server, and any data unique to the application is
stored on the developer’s database. Although running on an independent server,
Facebook applications can query Facebook data in order to take advantage of
Facebook’s existing social network. Facebook users can browse available applications
and enable the ones they wish to use, granting them permission to access a subset of
their account data (PennState 2007).

ADVANTAGES OF FACEBOOK

According to Caroline and Terri (2009), there are a number of unique features that
make facebook amenable to educational pursuits. For example, Facebook is
equipped with:
1. Bulletin boards,
2. Instant messaging,
3. Email
4. Ability to post videos and pictures.
5. Post information and collaborate within the system.

In addition, beyond high usage rates and some technological advantages, social
networks, such as Facebook, can provide the following:
1. Numerous other pedagogical advantages to both teachers and students.
2. Connects students with other students, indirectly creating a learning
community – a vital component of student education (Baker 1999).

Chapter 5: Facebook 65

3. Provides instructors opportunities and structures by which students can help
and support one another by building their courses a top the community
already established by the students themselves.
4. Internet based learning modules actively engage students in a manner unique
from the traditional class lecture.
5. Increases both teacher-student and student-student interaction in the form of
web-based communication.
6. Helps instructors connect with their students about assignments, upcoming
events, useful links, and samples of work outside of the classroom.
7. Students can use Facebook to contact classmates about questions regarding
class assignments or examinations as well as collaborate on assignments and
group projects in an online environment.
8. Building on the face-to-face, teacher-student relationship, social networks
allow students to glimpse instructor profiles containing personal information,
interests, background, and “friends,” which can enhance student motivation,
affective learning, and classroom climate (Mazer et al. 2007).

WAYS OF USING FACEBOOK IN EDUCATION

It is important for teacher and lecturers to introduce students to social networks.
According to Caroline and Terri (2009), as an optional assignment, teachers can have
students:
1. Create their own Facebook account and “become friends” with at least one
other member of class.
2. Post appropriate, class-related images, messages about course assignments
and events, and course applications.
3. Persuade to experiment with different features.



By building tools into the Facebook social structure, you will encourage more
interaction among participants. With the library tool, for example, a student who
might be having trouble searching the electronic library catalog or figuring out how
to use the University library system might be more inclined to ask a “friend” in the
group for help or use the “Ask a Librarian” button instead of getting frustrated and
giving up. Librarians can use a library Facebook application as a way to establish a
personal connection with students, who we often only teach in “one-shot” library
sessions. The Facebook application already developed by the Libraries can and
already does provide another avenue for submitting reference questions.
Nonetheless, adding features may help to increase these types of services. Overall,
this type of platform can help to make the Libraries’ environment more open and
accessible, thereby inviting more interaction and teaching opportunities. If we
transfer the library scenario across to classroom teaching and learning, students
might start sharing study tips as they discover which of the module/notes are most
useful. They might recommend module/notes to each other based on needs
expressed during their social interactions. All of these activities would help students
improve their study skills, which will in turn enrich their academic experience and
satisfaction (PennState 2007).


GET STARTED WITH FACEBOOK

STEP 1 Go to: http://www.facebook.com/

STEP 2 Sign up/Register

To start using a
facebook, create a
facebook account by
filling up the
information needed.

Then, click ‘Sign
Up’.


After you have signed up, this page will open.
You can complete it or you can do it later.

To skip the page,
click ‘Skip this
step’.

The Facebook team will send
an email to approve your
registration.

Click ‘Get
Started’ and
start login.


STEP 3 Finding Friends

You can import
contact Go to ‘Find
from your Yahoo Select friends to invite (if friends’.
email or other your friends do not have
applications. Facebook account).

Select friends you want
to add as Facebook
friends.

STEP 4 Editing Profile

Go to ‘Profile’.

Click ‘Edit
Profile’.


Select the information
you like to edit.

Then, click ‘Save
Changes’.

STEP 5 Grouping Friends

Go to your
account.

Click ‘Edit
Friends’.

Click ‘Create
a List’.


Insert the name of
your grouping,
e.g: Students.

Now you can start
editing your list of
friends by clicking
the‘Edit Lists’.

Select your friends
grouping.

STEP 6 Privacy

Go to ‘Account’.

Click ‘Privacy
Settings’.


Choose the
privacy of your
facebook account.

Then, click
‘Apply These
Settings’.

STEP 7 Making Status (wall post) Private

Write your status
(wall post) here. Choose your
privacy, or you
can customize
your privacy.

Choose your
status visible to
‘these people’.

And you can hide
from selected
people.

Then, click ‘Save
Setting’.


STEP 8 Photo Album

Click ‘Photo’ at
your Facebook
homepage.

Select photos from
your document
files.

Click ‘Select Photos’.
Name your album.

Click ‘Create Album’.
Select the privacy
status you like to
share.


Select the privacy you
like to share.

Write the description
of your album.

Click ‘Save Changes’.

STEP 9 Creating Groups

At your Facebook
homepage, click
‘Create Group’.


Insert your
group name.

Select member to add
to this group.

Click ‘Create’.
Choose your privacy.

Post your topics to
start discussion.

Select your activities.


STEP 10 Creating Events

Then, click
‘Create an
At your Facebook Event’.
homepage, click
‘Events’.

Insert the information
of your event.

Then, click ‘Create
Event’.


REFERENCES

Baker, P. 1999. Creating learning communities: The unfinished agenda. In B. A.
Pescosolido & R. Aminzade (Eds.), The social works of higher education (pp. 95-
109). Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.

Caroline Lego Muñoz & Terri L Towner. 2009. Opening Facebook: How to Use
Facebook in the College Classroom.
http://www46.homepage.villanova.edu/john.immerwahr/TP101/Facebook.pdf [7
March 2011]

Mazer, J. P., Murphy, R.E., & Simonds, C. J. 2007. I’ll see you on ‘Facebook’: The
effects of computer-mediated teacher self-disclosure on student motivation,
affective learning, and classroom climate. Communication Education, 56, 1-17.

PennState. 2007. 7 Things You Need to Know about Facebook Applications.
http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/facebook_applications.pdf [7 March
2011]

78 Chapter 6: Flickr

CHAPTER

6 FLICKR
WHAT IS FLICKR?

Flickr is a photo-sharing site/service where anyone can upload and tag photos,
browse others’ photos, and add comments and annotations. Users can create photo
sets and collections to manage content, and participate in topical groups to cultivate
a sense of community. Launched in February 2004, Flickr embodies what has come to
be known as one of Web 2.0 popular tools. The site provides the tools, but the value
derives from the contributions of the user community—photos, comments, ratings,
and organization—and the connections that the site facilitates between individuals.
Flickr also provides a range of privacy settings, giving users considerable control over
how their photos can be used (http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7034.pdf).

WAYS OF USING FLICKR

Although Flickr is mainly for photos, nevertheless, the site might more aptly be
described as a venue for sharing experiences and creating relationships. User-
generated content is a hallmark of emerging technologies, and for most users, photos
represent an extremely low barrier to entry for sharing creative work. Students and
teacher/lecturers alike often have many photos that never find an audience. By
making photos easy to share, Flickr demonstrates that contribution can be easy and
that almost any shared object can find an audience. The ability to engage in a
conversation about a photo, and to update that photo based on comments received,
create a sense of community. In fact, Flickr users have been described as passionate
in their use of the site and their belief in its value. In addition, the ubiquity and
simplicity of digital cameras have made amateur photographers out of millions of
people, and sites like Flickr provide a place to share photos and meet people with
similar interests, even if photography is not their focus. Flickr’s support for Creative

Chapter 6: Flickr 79

Commons licenses adds another venue for discussion about the evolving nature of
copyright in the digital era (http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7034.pdf).


Flickr provide an opportunity for students studying photography or other art-related
subjects to receive feedback and engage with a community of experts and amateur
enthusiasts, exposing students to the reality of professional practice. This dynamic
can be extended to other fields, as evidenced by the success that digital storytelling
projects have had in using visual media to share personal experiences. Students who
are engaged with content demonstrate better learning outcomes, and the immediacy
of visual media facilitates that sense of connection to subject material. In a similar
fashion, Flickr exposes students to participatory learning by capitalizing on the
ubiquity of digital cameras and students’ desire to share their creative work. By
introducing users to social, collaborative technologies, Flickr provides an easy,
comfortable platform for students to engage with content and a community in the
process of collective knowledge creation
(http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7034.pdf).


GET STARTED WITH FLICKR

STEP 1 Go to: http://www.flickr.com/

STEP 2 Sign In/Creating Flickr Account

Click ‘Create Your
Account’ to start creating
Yahoo account or log in
using ‘Facebook’ or
‘Google’. Or, Sign in
using Yahoo.

Click ‘Create New
Account’ if you
don’t have Yahoo
ID.


After you have login,
insert your Flickr
screen name. You
can also change it
later.

Then, click
‘CREATES MY
ACCOUNT’.

You Flickr account is
created when you see
this greeting.

Now, you can
personalize your profile
or you can do it later.


STEP 3 Personalizing Profile

Click
‘Personalize your
profile’.

Upload image from your
computer to create your
buddy icon.

Customize your
Flickr URL.

Personalize your
profile. Then click
‘Save’.


STEP 4 Uploading PhotoS

Go to your Flickr
‘Home’ page.
Click ‘Upload
Photos &
Video’.

Click ‘Choose
Open your file photos &
picture from video’.
your computer.

Choose your
privacy setting.
Click ‘Upload
Photos &
Video’.


After your have
uploaded, insert ‘Title’,
‘Description’ and insert
‘Tags’ of your photos.

Then, click
‘SAVE’.

STEP 5 Organizing Photos

At your Flickr
Home page, click
‘Organize &
Create’.

To start organizing,
click ‘Sets’ tab. A Drag the photos
set is like a folder into this area to
that contains create the set.
photos.


Name the ‘Set’
and click
‘Save’.

To leave the
Now you have organized organizer, click your
one set of pictures. photostream.


Go to your flickr Home
page and click ‘Find your
friends on Flickr’.


Add contacts by searching
for your email contacts or
Facebook address or
search by a person’s
name.

STEP 7 Adding Note

Go to ‘Actions’ and
click ‘Add a note’.

Click on the picture
you want to add a
note.


Click at the area you
want to add note.

Write your note
Click ‘Save’. here.

STEP 8 Posting Comment

To post a comment,
go to the bottom of
the picture you want
to comment.

Write your
comment here.

‘Preview’ or STEP 9
‘Post
Comment’.


STEP 9 Adding Picture to Maps

Go to ‘Actions’
and click ‘Add to
your map’.

Insert the name of
the location.

You can drag-and-
drop at the location
you like.

Customize the
visibility options,
and then click
‘Save Location’.


REFERENCES

7 Things You Should Know About Flickr. 2010.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7034.pdf

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CHAPTER

7 GLOGSTER

WHAT IS GLOGSTER?

A Glog is created using a very easy to understand, drag and drop interface that is
relevant, enjoyable, and scalable for students of all ages and learning styles. A Glog is
an interactive visual platform in which users create a “poster or web page”
containing multimedia elements including: text, audio, video, images, graphics,
drawings, and data (http://edu.glogster.com/what-is-glogster-edu/).

Glogster EDU is the leading global education platform for the creative
expression of knowledge and skills in the classroom and beyond. It empowers
educators and students with the technology to create GLOGS - online multimedia
posters - with text, photos, videos, graphics, sounds, drawings, data attachments and
more.

BENEFITS OF USING GLOGSTER

The following are some benefits of using Glogster for teachers/lecturers and
students:

For Teachers/Lecturers:
1. A creative, dynamic, and innovative digital outlet that captures learner’s
excitement for online creations, keeps learners engaged in course content,
and makes teaching and learning more fun.
2. A private and safe platform, monitored directly by teachers. Teachers control
all the activities of their learners.
3. A valuable teaching tool that integrates diverse core subjects including math,
science, history, art, photography, music and more for individual learner

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portfolios, unique alternative assessments, and differentiated instructional
activities (http://edu.glogster.com/register/).

For Students:
1. A fun, imaginative, and powerful learning experience which fosters
independent creative self expression, positive learner-teacher relationships,
and teamwork on collaborative class projects.
2. A vibrant, multi-sensory learning experience which integrates learner’s
knowledge and skills into traditionally text-oriented subjects and motivates
learner’s desire to explore topics in which they may previously have been less
interested.

In additional, Glogster also provides the following benefits to teachers and learners:
1. A fun learning experience
2. A new way to express creativity
3. Private, secure, safe virtual classroom monitored by teachers
4. Drives new interest levels around subjects that may have been seen as
“boring” before
5. Adds audiovisual aspects to traditionally text-oriented subjects
6. Fosters teamwork and collaboration with classmates
7. Increases drive to be independently creative
8. Unlimited shelf life
9. Improves student-teacher relationships by allowing both to explore Web 2.0
& learning concepts together
10. Keeps teachers and students up-to-date with modern technology

(Source: http://edu.glogster.com/classroom-benefits/)


WAYS OF USING GLOGSTER

Glogster can be used in the following aducational context:
1. Glogster is a unique tool which teachers and students to create an online
poster using hyperlinks to other websites, video, images, photographs, and
sounds.
2. Glogster allows teachers to create thoughtful and creative assignments.
3. Teachers can assign students to research a country and make a traveling
brochure.
4. Students can upload youtube videos of people speaking in their native tongue,
upload popular/traditional music of the country, provide facts, travel
information and popular destinations.

(Source: http://flyylibrarian.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/using-glogster-in-education/)


GET STARTED WITH GLOGSTER

STEP 1 Go to: http://glogsteredu.edu.glogster.com/


STEP 2

Sign up/register with Glogster

Choose basic teacher
Choose a premium for free account
account for more (limited 50 students
features. account).


Fill in the
registration form.

Then, click
‘SIGN UP’.

You need to check your
email to start activating
your Glogster account by
clicking the link given.

STEP 3 Creating New Glogs

After you log in, you
have to go to ‘My
dashboard’ page.

To start creating
new Glog, click
here.


Then, you will see this
page. You can create your
Glog using ‘Magnet Tool
Box’.

You can use ‘Magnet
Tool Box’ to add or insert
graphic, text, image,
video, sound, data, draw
and wall of your poster.


STEP 4 Changing Wall

Click ‘WALL’
at your magnet
tool.

Select the Then click
’wall’ you like. ‘USE IT’.

Now, your wall
will become like
this.


STEP 5 Inserting/Adding Texts

You can
choose
bubbles,
stickers or
titles to insert
text.

Click ‘TEXT’
at your magnet
tool.

Select the text
Then, click
appearance you
‘USE IT’.
like.

Tools to edit
the image

Now, it is on your wall
and you can edit the
text and the appearance.


Tool to edit
the text.

You also can insert graphics
using the same procedures.

STEP 6 Inserting Image

Click the
‘Images’ tab.

You can insert image by
uploading from your
computer, or from the web
by inserting the web
address or you can grab
image from a webcam
snapshot.

Click ‘IMAGE’ to
insert the image.


To insert frame
for image, click
‘Frame’ tab.

Choose the
frame you like. Then, click
‘USE IT’.

You can insert audio using
the same procedures.

STEP 7 Inserting Video

Click the
Click ‘Video’ tab.
‘VIDEO’ to
insert a video.

You can insert a video by
uploading the video from
your computer, or from the
Uploaded web by inserting the web
You also can video. address or you can grab
insert video from a webcam.
from
‘SchoolTube’


To insert the player
for video, click
players tab.

Choose the
Then, click
player you like.
‘USE IT’.

You can save or
publish or preview
your Glog.

NOW YOU
HAVE CREATED
A GLOG


Here are examples of
Glogs created by
others.

STEP 8 Adding Students

At ‘My dashboard
page’ click ‘Add
new students’.


You can add
Or, you can add students by
students by using inserting the
an Excel number of
document (by students you want
clicking to add. Then click
‘Download File’). ‘Add Account’.

Click ‘Option’ to
enable the macro.

The imported file of the
Excel tool will
automatically open. Tick
‘Open with’ and click
‘OK’ to start
downloading the file.

Tick ‘Enable the
content’ and then click
‘OK’.


Click’ Login’
button.

Insert your ‘Nick’ and
‘Password’ of your
Then click ‘Import’ to Glogster account. Then
start uploading your click ‘Login’.
students to Glogster.

Start creating your student account by After clicking the import
inserting ‘Nick’, ‘Gender’ and ‘Password’. button, the ‘status’ and
‘First name’, ‘Last name’ and ‘Grade’ are ‘first login link’ will
optional. automatically appear.

Here is the
guide for
the ‘Status’.


You can Edit,
Change
Password and
Delete your
students
account.
Now you have 10
students imported in
You can add more your Glogster
new students. account.

REFERENCES

Classroom benefits. http://edu.glogster.com/classroom-benefits/ [6 April 2011]

http://flyylibrarian.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/using-glogster-in-education/ [27 May
2011]

http://edu.glogster.com/register/ [6 April 2011]

What is Glogster Edu. http://edu.glogster.com/what-is-glogster-edu/ [6 April 2011]

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CHAPTER

8 JING

WHAT IS JING?

Jing is a cross-platform application that can be downloaded from
www.jingproject.com. It enables you to take static screen captures of your computer
screen (called screenshots) as well as record short videos (less than 5 minutes) of
onscreen action (called screencasts). You can then share your screen captures and
screencasts instantly with others whether over the web, email, or even embedded in
your online course shell. Jing’s companion site, www.screencast.com, makes sharing
easy and fast. Once your screen capture or screencast is done, with a click of a
button you can easily upload it to Screencast.com. Once the upload is done,
Screencast.com then copies the URL to your uploaded screen capture or screencast
to the clipboard of your computer, enabling you to then easily paste the URL into an
email or your course management system to share with your students.
Screencast.com, also, generates HTML embed code which enables you to embed
your screencasts seamlessly into your online course management system. But if you
do not wish to use Screencast.com to share your screen captures and screencasts,
you can save your screen captures as PNG image files and your screencasts as SWF
Flash video files and distribute as you see fit (Margarita & Dave 2010).

BENEFITS OF USING JING

According to Patrick et al. (2009), Jing is useful because:
1. It is free.
2. It is available for Windows and Mac.
3. Ability to upload images and videos to screencast.com with a simple click of a
mouse is something that none of its competitors currently offer.

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USAGE JING IN EDUCATION

Elizabeth (2010) suggest, some quick ideas using Jing in education:
1. Create training videos for quick and easy access for students, or even yourself
for refreshers.
2. Have your students record themselves solving math problems and then post
on your classroom blog!
3. Have your students record their presentations
4. Have your students record themselves researching and presenting their
findings
5. Don’t stick to the norm! Have your students get creative – create a timeline
of an explorer’s life and then present it via Jing!

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GET STARTED WITH JING

STEP 1 Go to http://www.techsmith.com/jing/

STEP 2

Start installing ‘Jing’

STEP 2 Downloading Installing Jing

Click ‘download free
version’ of Jing.

Next, click ‘Download for
Windows’ if you are using
Windows program.

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At the end of
the installing
Jing_setup.exe will appear. Click process, you
‘Save File’ to save the setup file in need to sign
your computer. After you have up online.
completed save it, run the setup and
start installing.

STEP 3 Finding and Launching Jing

After the installation
and sign up is
completed, the Jing
sun will appear at on
your desktop screen.

When you move the
cursor over the
“sun”, three options
will emerge. The
most useful one is
‘Capture’.

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STEP 4 Taking a Capture

Click ‘Capture’.

You will see
that your screen
The
go darker as you
highlighted
move the cross
bright area
hairs around the
is the part
screen.
that will be
captured.
Let go
when Click and drag to
you’ve got select a portion of
the area your screen.
you want
selected.

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STEP 5 Capture an image

Click the
image button.

You can use the
image tools to
annotate your
capture. The image
will look
like this.

The Date/Time
stamp is the default
filename. Change it An example
if desired. of an
annotation
using the
image tools.
Click ‘save’ button to
save it manually.

If you click the ‘share via Screencast.com’
button, your image or video will be uploaded
to your Jing folder on Screencast.com. You
can paste the link into your email, document or
online conversation.

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STEP 6 Recording a Videos

Click ‘capture’ and
highlight the area you
want to record as a
video.

Click the video Make sure your
button. microphone is connected
and that it is not
muted.

A 3 second countdown will
appear, and your screen will be
recorded.
You can perform any actions
you would like to show while
narrating along.

There is a five minutes
time limit.

Click stop
when you are
done.

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Click here to
play.

Your capture will show
up in preview window.
Preview it, then share it.

REFERENCES

Elizabeth. 2010. How to use Jing in your classroom.
http://blog.simplek12.com/education/how-to-use-jing-in-your-classroom/ [5
April 2011]

Margarita Bianco & Dave McCollom. 2010. Jazzed about Jing.
http://edublog.techsmith.com/2010/06/jazzed-about-jing.html [5 April 2011]

Patrick, R.L., David, T., Anna, T. & Brian,Y. 2009. The CU online Handbook. Teach
differently: Create and collaborate.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/52503228/19/Jing [5 April 2011]

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CHAPTER

9 NING
WHAT IS NING?

Ning is an internet-based service that allows users to create their own social
networks and participate in other networks. Ning allows creators of networks to
determine the site’s appearance and functionality, as well as whether the site is public
or private. Most networks include features such as photos or videos, lists of network
members and events, groups within the network, and communication tools such as
forums or blogs. No technical skill is required to set up a social network, and there
are no limits to the number of networks a user can join. Ning offers no-cost
networks, which are supported by advertisements, or users can pay for premium
services that eliminate ads and let users choose network URLs that are separate
from the Ning domain (Educause 2008).

BENEFITS OF USING NING IN EDUCATION

The following are some benefits of Ning in education:
1. Students can look for Ning sites on a particular subject when trying to
research information for an assignment/project or just for general interest.
For example, someone who wants to learn about ecotourism can search the
Ning site and access any relevant information that will help them.
2. Read other people’s posts, see their photos and videos and learn new bits of
information on your area of interest.
3. In addition, if you sign up and become a member of that NING page, you can
contribute to the discussion and upload your own content.

(Source: Ning and Its Educational Potential 2009)

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WAYS OF USING NING

Registered users can create new social networks quickly, with no technical skill
required. Once a name and a URL are selected, assembling the network is a simple
process of working through four screens. The user indicates whether the network is
private (only invited people can view or join) or public; writes a tag-line and
description of the network; assigns keywords; chooses from a selection of features
(such as photos or videos, a blog events, groups, or gadgets) and uses drag-and-drop
tools to place those features on the page; chooses a visual theme (colors, fonts,
sizes) and can customize these choices; and decides what information users will be
asked to provide to join the network. If membership is restricted, the creator can
invite individuals to join. The creator of the network has access to other options,
such as importing photos from Flickr, adding Ning features to Facebook pages,
requesting access to source code to further customize a network, and including
JavaScript that allows external tools to track network usage statistics. Various
features permit users to read news or learn about related events, join groups, read
and comment on blog entries, view photos and videos, and other activities as set up
by the network creator. RSS feeds let users subscribe to updates from specific parts
of the social network (Educause 2008).


Ning provides an avenue for instructors to take advantage of social networks in a
neutral setting, offering functionality and an experience that are familiar and
comfortable to students. By creating social networks around academic topics, or
even about specific projects for a course, an instructor can:
1. Facilitate a strong sense of community among the students,
2. Encouraging personal interactions that can lead to the creation of new
knowledge and collective intelligence.

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In addition, Ning provides an opportunity for:
1. Students to create their own social networks
2. Student to learn how to cultivate and sustain a community of users that might
resemble professional contacts and relationships.
3. Easy way for a cohort of students—from an entering class, for example, or
those who participated in a semester-abroad program—to stay connected
through the college years and beyond, even as they transfer to other
institutions, graduate, or relocate.

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GET STARTED WITH NING

STEP 1 Go to: http://www.ning.com/

STEP 2 Creating a Ning.com for Social Network

STEP 3

Sign up for Ning.com

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STEP 3 Describing your Network

Then, click
‘Next’.

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STEP 4 Adding Features

Click
‘Next’.

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STEP 5 Customizing Ning

a) Invite friends

b) Broadcast message

Write you
message
here.

Then, click
‘Send’.

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c) Latest Activities

Tick your
preferences.

Click
‘Save’.

d) Network Information

Fill up the
required
information.

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e) Features

Choose your Then, click
features and drag ‘Save’.
to your layout.

f) Appearance

Select your
appearance.

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h) Members

To add member,
click ‘Invite More
People’.

i) Network Privacy

Select ‘Public’ or
‘Private’.

Then, click ‘Save’.

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j) Feature control

Select your feature
control.

Then, click ‘Save’.

STEP 6 Using the master key

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STEP 7 Inviting people

Click ‘Send
Invitations’.

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STEP 8 Blogging

Click ‘Publish
Post’.

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STEP 9 Removing People from Ning

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REFERENCES

Educause. 2008. 7 things you should know about…. Ning. www.educause.edu/eli [16
March 2011]

Ning & Its Educational Potential. 2009. http://www.slideshare.net/pbowler/ning-
tutorial-2009 [16 March 2009]

128 Chapter 10: Prezi

CHAPTER

10 PREZI

WHAT IS PREZI?

Prezi serves a similar function to power Point, but with more powerful and
interesting features. In Prezi Presentation are created on a ‘canvas’ rather than on
slides. This encourages presenters to focus on combining text, image and multimedia.
Items on the canvas can be dragged, tilted and zoomed to create engaging look. A
‘path’ can be drawn between the different elements on the stage to create animation.

ADVANTAGES OF PREZI

According to Tarr (2009), Prezi has the following benefits:
1. It has the ‘wow’ factor which Power Point lost many years ago.
2. The ‘canvas’ layout deters presenters from using too much text.
3. It is easy to incorporate images, sounds and videos into one presentation.
4. It is very easy to use.

USING PREZI

According to Lydia (2010), Prezi can be used in the following manner:
1. Formatting: Prezi limits “glitz” options significantly. It has about 8
backgrounds to choose from, and each has pre-programmed fonts and colors
that can’t be changed. No more getting lost in the color picker or the font
window.
2. Text: It’s easy to put in small amounts of text and more difficult to enlarge
the boxes to add “too much” text. This encourages students to use bullets
rather than paragraphs.

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3. Images: Images can be added and users can use frames to zoom in to a
particular portion of a photo. For example, you can have the program zoom
to a portion of the photo- ask prediction questions- then have the program
zoom out to show the entire scene. You can also easily focus in on a detail
that might be lost when viewed as part of the whole photo.
4. Video: Embedding video doesn’t get much easier than Prezi, especially if you
are taking it from YouTube. Prezi also lets you upload a wide variety of file
formats for images and videos, but limits the file size to 50 MB for the free
version.
5. Sharing: This is a new feature in Prezi, and a pretty significant one. You can
share presentations with up to 10 viewers and allow them to edit-making
collaborative work a breeze. Users can sign up for accounts easily.
6. Prezis embed easily into most webpages and can be used as standalone
teaching aids with some creativity in the design of the presentation. Links to
public prezis can be posted or emailed- making student work easy to share
with family and the world.
7. Differentiation: The biggest difference between Prezi and traditional
slideshow programs is the layout. Picture a large, flat pallette upon which you
lay the different elements of your presentation. They can be in any
arrangement you choose, unlike the linear display of a PowerPoint. Creators
use a path to connect the elements, and this path allows users to move easily
from one element to another and back again. This layout is great for kids who
need to brainstorm, move things around, figure out the order, move it again,
and have flexibility in their design.
8. Wheel Reinvention: It just may be that the presentation you are wanting
to create for your class already exists, at least in a semi-useable form. Many
users post their prezis and allow others to copy them, edit them, and use
them for their own purposes.


GET STARTED WITH PREZI

STEP 1 Go to: www.prezi .com

STEP 2 Signing a Free Account

First, click ‘Sign
up now’.

Start the
registration by
filling in the
required
information.

Click ‘Register and
Continue’.


Once you have registered,
you can activate and use
your Prezi.

STEP 3 Using Prezi

1) Writing text

Double-click anywhere on the
canvas to add a text.


This text box will appear and
jot down your key ideas. You
can drag it around to create
more space.

2) Using Zebra

When you click on one
of the text boxes, you
will see the striped
transformation zebra.

When you click and drag
the inner ring of the zebra in
and out, you can resize the
scale of your text.


When you click and drag
the outer ring of the zebra,
you can rotate objects of
any kind.

3) Adding image and video

Click ‘Load File’ at
Insert tool to insert
an image or a video.

You also can insert
videos from YouTube
by pasting the link of
the video.

Click ‘Shape’ to
insert frame.


4) Creating Story Line

After you've
added and
arranged your
text and images,
it's time to add
the storyline or
path. Click ‘add’
to start inserting
the path.

You can add your
path like this based
on your storyline.

5) Show to ‘present’

Now, you can start
presenting your
Prezi by clicking
the ‘Show’ button
and ‘Full-screen’.

Click this arrow
You can click to zoom in button and your
and out of your ideas at any presentation will be
point and press the arrows presented based on
to get back to the path. your specified
storyline path.


STEP 4 Publishing Online

To publish your Prezi online,
click ‘Start online presentation’.

To publish your presentation,
check the box marked Publish. On
the Share tab, you can invite others
to view or edit your prezi, and
obtain an embed code to easily add
the prezi to your blog.

REFERENCES

Lydia Leimbach. 2010. Prezi. Just Plain Good for Content.
http://rsu2teachertech.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/prezi-just-plain-good-for-
content/ [14 March 2011]

Tarr, R.J. 2009. Prezi: A Quickstart Guide.
http://www.activehistory.co.uk/Miscellaneous/free_stuff/worksheets/Prezi.pdf
[14 March 2011]

136 Chapter 11: Skype

CHAPTER

11 SKYPE

WHAT IS SKYPE?

Skype is for doing things together, whenever you are located. Skype’s text, voice and
video make it simple to share experiences with the people that matter to you,
wherever they are. Skype, a free software program that allows anyone to talk to
anyone else in the world over the Internet for free, is easy to install and use. Folks
around the world are using Skype daily to keep in touch with friends and family with
sound that’s clearer than a cell phone or even a land line. Add a webcam and you can
send video back and forth as well. Up to 9 users can conference on a call (audio only)
at no cost (Lorrie Jackson 2007).

BENEFITS OF USING SKYPE

Skype is the innovative computer software that enables users to make free calls
online to other Skype users all over the globe. This software is obtained for free
from the Skype site and it can be utilized on almost all operating systems and
computers. The following are benefits of using Skype:

1. Easy to use: The creation of Skype has made communication more user
friendly in various fields like education, entertainment, travel and business. In
fact, Skype does not have any hassles and it is very simple to install. Any
person can set up this program without any difficulties. The main advantage of
making calls online is that users can effortlessly call other people whether
they are close to them or the other side of the world, either on computers
or mobile phones.

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2. Video calls: Another vital feature present in Skype is the capability of making
video calls. A caller can not only call someone else, but she or he also has the
opportunity of seeing the other person. This vital tool is very useful for
business people who are unable to make it in time for certain events like
meetings.

3. File transfers: Users of Skype can share files with each other. A user can
transfer files easily from their account to their friend’s account. It supports
different types of files including confidential data, office files and also photos.
The transfer is also done using relative security.

4. Low cost: The free calls between Skype users and less costly between Skype
to mobile phones provides users convenience and also saves lots of money.
Skype usage also removes time-restriction worries, as talking for extended
periods of time can lead to high charges when using normal phone calls.

(Source: http://benefitof.net/benefits-of-skype/):

WAYS OF USING SKYPE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING

According to Chris Clark (2011), Skype can be integrated into teaching and learning
as follows:
1. Remote class – when you have to be away at a conference, conduct class via
Skype from your hotel room.
2. Guest speaker – interview an expert alum or invite a poet to talk to the class.
3. Panel – ask multiple colleagues in different places to participate in a discussion
with your class.
4. Field trip – ask a docent in a museum or an archaeologist at a dig to show
your students what they are doing and seeing.
5. Language practice – match your students with volunteers from another
country for conversation.


6. Group work – students contact each other outside of class to work on
projects.
7. Office hours – conduct student meetings or help sessions from your office or
from home.
8. Collaboration – share a data gathering project with classes in other locations.
9. Performance – show a student presentation, skit, or speech to an expert
evaluator.
10. Absence – if a student has to miss a class due to illness, he can participate
through a Skype connection.


By providing an easy, inexpensive way to communicate with people around the
world, Skype offers a wide range of activities that can improve student engagement
and comprehension. Interacting with people from other parts of the world helps
students understand cultural differences, learn about history and social norms, and
fine-tune foreign language skills. Learning becomes increasingly authentic as it
expands beyond the walls of the classroom, and being able to have a phone call or a
video chat with someone on the other side of the world can make learning come
alive. An inexpensive, widely accessible tool like Skype also encourages faculty and
students to experiment with new techniques to facilitate engagement. For distance
education, Skype offers an easy way for disparate students and instructors to engage
in synchronous communication (Educause 2007).


GET STARTED WITH SKYPE

STEP 1 Go to: www.skype.com

STEP 2 Downloading Skype Application

To download the Skype application to your computer, at the Skype page go to Get
Skype and click Windows (if your computer is windows’ operate system)

Click your computer operating system.


Free Skype.

Click download Skype to
start downloading.

STEP 3 Running Skype Setup

A window will open asking what you want to do with a file called SkypeSetup.exe.
Click ‘Save File’.

When the download is done, open the SkypeSetup.exe file and start installing the
application. The Skype Setup Wizard will appear and guide you through the rest of
the installation.


STEP 4 Log in/Sign in

After the installation is done, Skype will open automatically in its own window

If you already have a Skype name this will be your log in page. If you do not have a
Skype name click on the link “Don’t have a Skype Name?” The following window will
appear.

After completed filling the Skype account, you are now ready to sign in and start
your first Skype call.


STEP 5 Skyping

Look under contacts and
you should see Sound
Test Service. That is an
automated testing service
that helps you make sure
your microphone and
speakers (internal or
external) or headset are
Click Skype Sound Test working.
Service once. You’ll see
a green phone icon (to
call out) and a white
balloon in a blue circle A recording will prompt you to say a word or two.
(to instant message/chat). Your message then will be played back to you. If
Make sure your you hear your voice played back, everything is
microphone is plugged working.
in, and then press the
green phone button.

STEP 6 Searching Others

This screen will appear.

To find another Skype user,
click on ‘Contacts’. In the
‘Contacts’ menu click on
‘Search for Skype Users’.


Fill out the appropriate
boxes and click ‘Find’.
Skype will search for
the contact and provide
a list of people in the
box.

Highlight the person
you are looking for and
click ‘Add contact’.

STEP 7 Chatting & Sending Files

Click on the contact
you wish to chat with.
You will notice that the In the column on the
name is highlighted in right below the picture
the contact list. you will see a few
buttons and then text.
This text is what remains
of the chat.

Inside the box it says ‘Type a
message here’. That is where to type
your text. Once you have added text,
click on the blue button that looks
like a conversation bubble located at
To send file during a chat, go to
‘Share’ and click ‘Send File’. the right of the box. This will send
your text to your contact.
Then, choose the file you want to
send.


STEP 8 Making a call

To make a call, click When the contact appears you
on the contact you will have two green buttons to
wish to call. choose from. You can click on
either the green ‘Call’ button or
the green ‘Video call’ button.
This will allow you to call your
contact and talk to them either
with or without video.

Skype allows you to chat and
call at the same time. This is
useful for sharing links while
calling.


REFERENCES

Benefits of Skype. http://benefitof.net/benefits-of-skype/

Chris Clark. 2011. Ten ways to use skype in a course.
http://ltlatnd.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/ten-ways-to-use-skype-in-a-course/

Educause. 2007. 7 things you should know about Skype. www.educause.edu/eli.
Retrieved on [8 March 2011]

Lorrie Jackson. 2007. Skype: Talk to Anyone, Anywhere for Free.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial107.pdf [8 March
2011]

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CHAPTER

12 SLIDESHARE
WHAT IS SLIDESHARE?

SlideShare is a media site for sharing presentations, documents and pdfs. SlideShare
features a vibrant professional community that regularly comments, favorites and
downloads content. Content also spreads virally through blogs and social networks
such as LinkedIn, Facebook and twitter. Individuals and organizations upload
documents to SlideShare to share ideas, connect with others, and generate leads for
their businesses. Anyone can view presentations and documents on topics that
interest them.

(Source:
http://www.slideshare.net/about?PHPSESSID=cdcd1c967d45a922f503f2147b6d390)

BENEFITS OF USING SLIDESHARE

Patrick Powers (2010), suggest the following benefits of using Slideshare:
1. SlideShare as a marketing tool. For example, the presentations are well put
together and capitalize on a great opportunity to let people know more about
the institution.
2. SlideShare can act as an internal organizer for uploading a handful of
presentations a while back focused around information pertinent to an
internal audience.
3. Slideshare as an alumni resource. For example, uploads presentations
targeted for a specific audience. The presentations are geared toward job
seekers and alums in the workplace

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WAYS OF USING SLIDESHARE

According to Daniel (2010), following are some of the things you can do on
SlideShare:
1. Embed slideshows into your own blog or website.
2. Share slideshows publicly or privately. There are several ways to share
privately.
3. Synch audio to your slides.
4. Market your own event on slideshare.
5. Join groups to connect with SlideShare members who share your interests.
6. Download the original file.


GET STARTED WITH SLIDESHARE

STEP 1 Go to: http://www.slideshare.net/

STEP 2 Sign in/Sign up

If you already have
Slideshare account, you
can start login. You
also can login using
your Facebook account.
Insert your
username or email Click ‘LOGIN’.
and password.

Insert your details
here.

Click ‘SIGN UP’


STEP 3 Searching Presentations

Insert the keyword Click
of the slide you ‘Search’.
want to search.

Select the
slide you
like to open.

This is the
example of the
presentation
view and tools.


STEP 4 Uploading Presentation

At the bottom of the
Slidashare page, click
‘UPLOAD’.

Click ‘UPLOAD If you have “Slideshare
publicly’ (all can view Pro” account, you can
your file). ‘UPLOAD privately’.

Select the presentation from your
file. If you want to upload more
than one file using Ctrl key (you
also can upload documents PDF).

Now your presentation will
appear in the Slideshare
and everyone can view it.


STEP 5 Adding Youtube Videos

To start editing your
presentation, click
‘My Uploads’.

Choose the presentation
you want to add the
video and click ‘Edit’.

Go to the ‘Insert
YouTube videos’
tab.


At the ‘YouTube’ web,
find the video you want
to insert in your
presentation and copy
the URL.

To add another
Paste the video, you can
‘YouTube video click here.
URL’ here.

Next, click ‘Insert &
Publish’ and you are
done. Select the position to insert
your video in the
presentation.

If you want to remove
the video you’ve
inserted, tick at remove
box and click ‘Remove
Selected’.


STEP 6 Posting a Comment

To start commenting,
at the presentation
slide view, go to the
bottom of the page.

Write your
comments here.
Then, click ‘Post
Comment’.


REFERENCES

Daniel St. Pierre. 2010. What is SlideShare and How can it Benefit You?
http://www.cybergenica.com/blog/business-post/what-is-slideshare-and-how-
can-it-benefit-you/ [6 April 2011]

Patrick Powers. 2010. Three ways universities could better use SlideShare.
http://patrickpowers.net/2010/11/three-ways-universities-could-better-use-
slideshare/ [6 April 2011]

Why you should use SlideShare?
http://www.slideshare.net/about?PHPSESSID=cdcd1c967d45a922f503f2147b6d3
902 [6 April 2011]

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CHAPTER

13 TWITTER

WHAT IS TWITTER?

Microblogging is a Web 2.0 technology and a new form of blogging, that allow users
to publish online brief text updates, usually less than 140-200 characters, sometimes
images too. The posts can be edited and accessed online, or sent as SMS, e-mail or
via instant messaging clients. Usually, the microblogs authors embed their posts as a
widget on blogs or sites. Microblogging enables a real-time interaction between
users, using different devices, technologies and applications. The best known
microblogging services are Twitter (Carmen & Gabriela 2008).

Twitter is a website, owned and operated by Twitter Inc., which offers a
social networking and microblogging service, enabling its users to send and read
messages called tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters
displayed on the user's profile page. The short format of the tweet is a defining
characteristic of the service, allowing informal collaboration and quick information
sharing that provides relief from rising email and IM fatigue. Twittering is also a less
gated method of communication: you can share information with people that you
wouldn't normally exchange email or IM messages with, opening up your circle of
contacts to an ever-growing community of like-minded people
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter).

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ADVANTAGES OF TWITTER

Advantages of Twitter include the following:

1. Twitter is easy to use. In registration, it will only take you less than a minute
to join, and no confirmation e-mail needed.
2. You can create as many accounts as you want. Followers are considered
friends. Once they follow you through your tweets, you can follow them back
and immediately considered you as a friend.
3. Message boards or “tweets” itself can be viewable in public whether you’re
friends or not, and you may include your URL as well which is clickable.
4. Twitter also has unique profile templates, which can be created through
HTML mode or purchase it through legitimate dealers in different auction
sites related to templates.

(Source: http://unblocked.me/twitter_faq/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-
twitter.php)

WAYS OF USING TWITTER IN EDUCATION

The following are some ways of using Twitter in education:
1. Twit Board: Notify students of changes to course content, schedules,
venues or other important information.
2. Summing Up: Ask students to read an article or chapter and then post
their brief summary or précis of the key point(s). A limit of 140 characters
demands a lot of academic discipline.
3. Twit Links: Share a hyperlink – a directed task for students – each is
required to regularly share one new hyperlink to a useful site they have
found.
4. Twitter Stalking: Follow a famous person and document their progress.
Better still if this can be linked to an event (During the recent U.S.
Presidential elections, many people followed @ BarackObama and kept up to
date with his speeches, etc).


5. Time Tweet: Choose a famous person from the past and create a twitter
account for them – choose an image which represents the historical figure
and over a period of time write regular tweets in the role of that character, in
a style and using the vocabulary you think they would have used (e.g. William
Shakespeare, Julius Caesar).
6. Micro Meet: Hold discussions involving all the subscribing students. As long
as everyone is following the whole group, no-one should miss out on the
Twitter stream. All students participate because a sequence of contributors is
agreed beforehand.
7. Micro Write: Progressive collaborative writing on Twitter. Students agree
to take it in turns to contribute to an account or ‘story’ over a period of
time.
8. Lingua Tweeta: Good for modern language learning. Send tweets in foreign
languages and ask students to respond in the same language or to translate
the tweet into their native language.
9. Tweming: Start off a meme – agree on a common hash-tag so that all the
created content is automatically captured by Twemes or another aggregator.
10. Twitter Pals: Encourage students to find a Twitter ‘penpal’ and regularly
converse with them over a period of time to find out about their culture,
hobbies, friends, family etc. Ideal for learning about people from other
cultures.


GET STARTED WITH TWITTER

STEP 1 Go to: http://www.twitter.com.

STEP 2 Sign Up/Register

To create a twitter
account, click
‘Sign Up’.

Fill up the
appropriate
information:
Full name,
username,
password and
valid email
address.
Next, you need to
access the email
account you entered.
Then, click Twitter will have sent
‘Create my you a conﬁrmation
account’ email. Click on the
link in that message to
conﬁrm your email
address.


You will be taken to the
twitter page and you need
to sign in first to use your
registration username and
password.


Click ‘Find
Friends’.

Find friends on Twitter
through your email
accounts, such as Gmail,
Yahoo!, AOL, Hotmail
and MSN accounts.
Also, Twitter will give
you a list of people
among your email
friends who have
Twitter accounts.


STEP 4 Becoming a Tweeter

foll

Click ‘Tweet’ to
update and let
Write here to start a people know and
conversation on retweet what
Twitter. you are up to.

STEP 5 Following

To start follow (know the
latest post and update), open
the page you want to follow
then click the icon
‘Twitter’.

Or, you can click ‘Who To
Then, key in the Follow’ at a your twitter
keyword to start search page.
the page you want to
follow.


The screen will be
like this.

Click here to start
follow.

Click ‘Reply’ to write a
Click ‘Retweet’ to reply/tweet the post.
the post you like.

REFERENCES

Advantages and disadvantages of Twitter.
http://unblocked.me/twitter_faq/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-twitter.php
[27 May 2011]

Carmen Holotescu & Gabriela Grosseck. 2008. Using microblogging in education.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2286799/Can-we-use-Twitter-for-educational-
activities [27 May 2011]

Wikipedia: Twitter. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter [27 May 2011]

162 Chapter 14: Voicethread

CHAPTER

14 VOICETHREAD

WHAT IS VOICETHREAD?

VoiceThread is an Internet-based application that allows users to create a shared
presentation as a media album that visitors can asynchronously comment on either
by text, voice, or video. The presentation can include any form of digital media,
including images, audio, video, and text. The resulting output of this combination of
the digital presentation and accumulated viewer comments is called a “VoiceThread.”
Completed VoiceThreads can then be shared on the VoiceThread site or embedded
into Web pages or blogs. They can also be exported for offline consumption running
from a computer hard drive, a DVD, a video-enabled MP3 player, or a mobile phone.
In short, VoiceThread allows an entire group conversation to be collected from
anywhere in the world and then shared for playback in one place. VoiceThread has
been referred to as a “group audio blog” because, like a blog, it fosters comments on
a topic but goes further by allowing these comments to be offered in audio format.
(Penn State 2009).

BENEFITS OF USING VOICETHREAD

InfoTech4Lrng (2008) suggest the following benefits of using Voicethread:
1. Simple and easy.
2. Focus on the content instead of the tool; can serve as a form of free writing.
3. Requires simple hardware and minimal memory requirements, minimal tech-
barrier.
4. Encourages collaborative storytelling.
5. Ability to use powerful images - one or many.
6. Users can zoom in to see detail and out to see big picture.
7. Ability to add text.

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8. Easy to capture voices.
9. Inspires ongoing conversation about each image.
10. Build fluency, precision and voice in second language.
11. New dimension for creative analysis of historical photographs, maps and
artifacts.
12. Ability to give and receive feedback from peers, teachers [formative and
summative assessment], parents and other relatives, local and global
community.
13. Can be used “as a storytelling tool, a deep thinking tool, a research tool, an
expository communication tool, and even an assessment tool”.
14. Allows for differentiation to accomodate different learning needs and styles,
another option for struggling or reluctant writers.
15. Allows the teachers to seamlessly integrate digital collaboration into the
curriculum.

WAYS OF USING VOICETHREAD?

A VoiceThread allows every student in a class to easily record audio commentary
about the ideas and experiences that are important to them. Whether it’s an event, a
project, or a milestone, students can tell their story in their own voice,and then
share it with the world. For educators, a VoiceThread offers a way to teach the
principles of good digital citizenship as well as providing a single vessel to capture and
then share all the diverse personalities of an entire class. A VoiceThread can be
managed with little effort, creating digital heirlooms that can be shared by students,
parents, and educators alike. Pride and excitement is clearly evident in student
voices as they “publish” and archive their work.
(http://voicethread.com/image/voicethreads_in_the_classroom.pdf)


VoiceThread is an application that makes it easy to assemble visual media in a
presentation. In providing a simple venue for sharing, creating, and assessing media
projects, such applications may promote greater digital literacy and greater


enthusiasm for multimedia creation. What sets VoiceThread apart from these other
applications is its easy integration of voice and other types of media for commenting
on an original artifact. VoiceThread offers a natural online interaction that lends itself
to students presenting and defending their work before experts and peers. It seems
reasonable that an environment that provides an easy way for students to listen to
and add to the work of their peers may encourage more authentic peer assessment.
Evaluations that include verbal and visual cues in each student’s own voice may be
easier for students to interpret. In disciplines where students create a portfolio of
their work, VoiceThread provides the opportunity to build annotated presentations
that include voice, video, and text explanations of what they have done. Group and
personal reflections can also be collected and preserved. By far the greatest potential
of VoiceThread lies in the creative oppor tunity it provides for students to tell their
own stories and to contribute to or directly critique the narratives of their peers
(Educause 2009).

The following are the uses of Voicethread in teaching and learning (InfoTech4Lrng
2008):
1. Create or select images to accompany original poetry, poetic devices or
research.
2. Record personal, family or community history, historic events or an oral
history project, documentaries or essays.
3. Create an photo album of your school or library narrated by students.
4. Share oral reports about research through digital story.
5. Opportunity for students to develop interview skills.
6. Interview techniques.
7. Build confidence with peers.
8. Asking open ended questions.
9. Providing interviewee time to elaborate.
10. Follow up questions.
11. Develop editing skills – eliminate errors and pauses.
12. Collaborate with a school in another location.
13. Illustrated booktalks.
14. Students record thoughts while previewing document or draft comments.


15. Exploring science material to demonstrate their use in labs, innovation and
space exploration.


GET STARTED WITH VOICETHREAD

STEP 1 Go to: http://www.voicethread.com

STEP 2 Signing/Registering with VoiceThread

Click here
to sign in
or register.

STEP 3

Start uploading image/video

You will see this
basic account
navigation page once
you are signed in.


STEP 3 Creating VoiceThread

a) Uploading images and videos

Click ‘Create’
tab.

Click ‘Upload’ to
start uploading your
images, documents or
videos.

Upload files from
your computer.

Upload a file hosted
online at a specific
URL.

Upload image and
video using
webcam.


a) Comment

After you have uploaded
your images or videos,
you can start
commenting it. You also
can delete your own
comments anytime.

Now, you can start giving comments to your own or others VoiceThread. You
can choose either to give text, audio or video comments.


c) Share VoiceThread

Click ‘Share’ to
share your
VoiceThread with
others.

Click here and
copy your URL
link.

Invite your
friends through
email.

You can add friend
by creating group.
But you need
pro-VoiceThread.

Publishing option is a very important
to ensure your VoiceThread is
viewable to other users.

Everyone can view your Voice Thread.

Comments are accepted.

After each comment is made,
you must approve it before it is
visible to others.

Viewable in the "Browse" section on
VoiceThread's homepage.

Then click ‘save’.


STEP 4 Viewing VoiceThread

Click ‘MyVoice’ tab to view
the VoiceThread you
created.

Click ‘Menu’ to edit the
VoiceThread you have
created.

REFERENCES

Educause .2009. 7 things you should know about voicethread.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7050.pdf [6 April 2011]

Penn State. 2009. 7 Things You Need to Know about VoiceThread.
http://www.personal.psu.edu/mnm14/blogs/meyerviews/VoiceThread_whitepap
er.pdf [6 April 2011]

InfoTech4Lrng. 2008. Voicethread in Teaching and Learning.
http://arllennium.wordpress.com/2008/03/20/voicethread-in-teaching-and-
learning/ [6 April 2011]

VoiceThread in The Classroom.
http://voicethread.com/image/voicethreads_in_the_classroom.pdf [6 April
2011]

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CHAPTER

15 WALLWISHER
WHAT IS WALLWISHER?

Today’s generation of learners are social beings who communicate, collaborate,
create, co-create and connect using online technologies. This Net Generation, or
Net Gens as Tapscott (2008) defines them, are a generation whose modus operandi
is networking where they can let their voices be heard in the crowd. They want to
be active learners rather than consumers of information. Wallwisher is a
collaborative tool that lets students be prosumers rather consumers (Sharon Tonner
2011). Wallwisher is an Internet application that allows students to post their
thoughts on a common topic using electronic sticky notes on a shared digital wall.
Students can type a maximum of 160 characters per electronic sticky note that can
incorporate an image, audio or video using the appropriate web address link (Sharon
Tonner 2011). Wallwisher can be also used for personal note taking, to-do lists,
feedback collection, etc. Best of all there is no signup needed- simply create a wall
and start posting (Anon. 2011).

BENEFITS OF USING WALLWISHER

The following are some benefits of using Wallwisher:
1. To allow students to participate in a collaborative conversation.
2. To brainstorm an idea.
3. To allow students to access discussions and ideas after lectures.
4. To provide an interactive area that incorporates text, audio and visual
materials.
5. To assess students’ understandings of a concept formatively.
6. To enable students’ to summarise their understanding of learning in a limited
number of characters.

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7. To make lectures/ workshops interactive through students responding using
mobile devices that have internet accessibility.
8. To allow lecturers to adapt their inputs in response to student feedback.
9. To make inputs participatory rather than passive.
10. To allow students to contribute synchronously or asynchronously to the
learning conversation (Sharon Tonner 2011).
11. A wall that allows students to jot down notes for the project as they collect
information (allowing others in the group in use the information).
12. A wall that offers individual feedback when determining a decision that needs
a group vote.
13. A wall that tracks the completion status for each group member's task (Anon.
2011).

WAYS OF USING WALLWISHER

Elizabeth (2010) suggests the following uses of Wallwisher:
1. Writing Activities: Wallwisher has a 160 character limit for each
comment/post that you leave on the wall. This is in a way a good thing. It
allows for short story/collaborative projects, essay plans, note-taking, memos,
poems, etc.
2. Brainstorming Activities: This is a great ice breaker for the beginning of class.
It is also a great way to post a homework assignment/food for thought for
that evening and then discuss it the next day.
3. Vocabulary/Grammar Activities: You could easily use Wallwisher for
practicing tenses, definitions, vocabulary matching, or even find a theme and
have the students fill the sticky notes with their ideas for the vocabulary
theme.
4. Speaking Activities: Wallwisher is a great way to create short speaking
activities to help students feel more comfortable in front of a group of
people. These activities could be to talk about a photo or video for a few
minutes, create a story based upon a number of photos, or even put debate
topics on a sticky note for the student to create.


5. Notifications: You could use Wallwisher for orientation information,
classroom rules, student profiles, daily/weekly plan, or even fun messages to
other students who might be out sick or on trips with their families.


GET STARTED WITH WALLWISHER

STEP 1 Go to:http://www.wallwisher.com/

STEP 2 Log in/Register

To start using the Wallwisher, first you need to login (if you already have an account)
or register (if this is your first time).

Click login/register
button a thet top
right hand corner.

Click ‘Build a wall’
if you don’t want to
go at login/register
page.

For the first
time user.

Free

Fill up the the If you already have an
Wallwisher account, then account, just sign in
click ‘create my and click ‘Let me in’.
account’.


STEP 3 Building & Customizing Walls.

At the ‘Click to select Click here to change
image’, you can choose your wall title and Choose your
the existing image you description. theme of your
want or you can browse wall.
the image you like from
your computer.
STEP 5

STEP 6

At preferences area ‘you can
choose your wall URL’ and Click ‘done’
select the preferences of your once you
If you click ‘Build a wall’ at step 3, have finished
viewers and sticky notes post.
this box will appear and you need customizing
to fill in your name and email. your wall.
Then, your Wallwishers’ password
account will be sent to your email.


STEP 4 Typing Sticky Notes

Double click the wall
to add sticky notes.

Enter your name.

Add image, audio or
Write your message video from web link
not more than 160 by paste the URL
characters. location here.


STEP 5 Inserting Image

An example of
image URL
location from
Google image
search engine.
Click ‘VIEW’ to
view the image.


STEP 6 Inserting Videos

Click ‘PLAY’ to
view the video.

An example of URL
location of video link
from YouTube source.

STEP 7 Inserting Document

Click ‘View’ to
view the file.

9

An example of URL location of
PDF files from Google search.


STEP 8 Sharing Wallwisher

Now, you can enjoy using your Wallwisher and share with others by send publish
Wallwisher URL location to the public or person and group you want

REFERENCES

Sharon Tonner. 2011. Wallwisher. http://i-c-t.wikispaces.com/WALLWISHER [14
March 2011]

Elizabeth. 2010. 5 Fantastic Ways to Use Wallwisher in the Classroom.
http://blog.simplek12.com/education/5-fantastic-ways-to-use-wallwisher-in-the-
classroom/ [14 March 2011]

Anon. 2011. Wallwisher: A new way to promote student collaboration for online
colleges. http://blog.ecollegefinder.org/post/Wallwisher-A-New-Way-to-
Promote-Student-Collaboration-for-Online-Colleges.aspx [14 March 2011]

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180 Chapter 16: Wikis

CHAPTER

16 WIKIS
WHAT ARE WIKIS?

Wikis allow asynchronous communication and group collaboration across the
Internet. Variously described as a composition system, a discussion medium, a
repository, a mail system, and a tool for collaboration, wikis provide users with both
author and editor privileges; the overall organization of contributions can be edited
as well as the content itself. Wikis are able to incorporate sounds, movies, and
pictures; they may prove to be a simple tool to create multimedia presentations and
simple digital stories.

WIKIS OR BLOG?

Wikis are often compared to blogs because they are both characterized by easy
publishing capabilities. They both started about the same time, about a decade ago,
and both offer an easy publishing tool for disseminating information as well as getting
feedback to and from the public. Early wikis were intended for multiple users to
create knowledge repositories, while blogs were intended for writing personal
diaries. Although they are different in several ways, the distinctions between them
are subtle because they are converging in functionality. There are a number of main
differences between wikis and blogs, among them being the way they organize their
information, and the number of contributors and what the contributors intend to
achieve (Doyle, 2006).

Wikis are designed for collaborative authoring by everyone while blogs are
more personal and generally written by a single author. If a wiki has only one author,
the differences are not as obvious though still significant and important, as can be
seen from the following points. Further, there are valid uses for single-author wikis,

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such as posting explicit operational instructions from a user. Wikis typically organize
information into topics while blogs organize information in reverse chronological
order. Since they are reverse chronologically ordered, information in blogs is more
of a historical record and rarely changes. On the other hand, topics in wikis are
expected to evolve and often expand into something of a permanent knowledge
base. The reverse chronological order of blogs makes it difficult to find all postings
on a particular topic, and to browse through all postings on that topic. On the other
hand, wikis do not show as easily when information was documented or in what
order, but it does show what information is related and make it easy to browse
(Kevin & Joseph 2007).

BENEFITS OF WIKIS

According to David Jakes (2006), wikis are extremely flexible tools that have many
classroom, professional development, and administrative uses including the following:
1. Classroom: Students can use wikis as platforms for collaborative problem
solving; group laboratory reports; classroom writing projects; and the
creation of a class "textbook." The short, wikis can be used to support any
type of collaborative student project.
2. Professional Development: Wikis are handy tools for planning workshops or
conferences. Trainers can post documents and other resources at the wiki
prior to the workshop and have participants create and post their own notes
during the event. Later, participants can return to the wiki to further reflect
on what they have learned.
3. Administrative Uses: Administrators can leverage wikis to allow teachers,
technology staff, and others help create and edit policy documents.


Wikis are one of many Web 2.0 components that can be used to enhance the
learning process. A wiki is a web communication and collaboration tool that can be
used to engage students in learning with others within a collaborative environment
(Kevin & Joseph, 2007). Collaboration using a wiki is not limited to students. Faculty


can use wikis to collaborate on projects, whether editing a textbook, preparing a
journal article, or assembling a syllabus or reading list. Wikis might also prove to be
an ideal vehicle for soliciting ongoing input for research or projects where
community input can help inform and direct subsequent investigation. The
possibilities for using wikis as the platform for collaborative projects are limited only
by one’s imagination and time. Wiki-enabled projects can provide various levels of
site access and control to team members, offering a fine-tuning element that
enhances the teaching and learning experience (Educause 2009).

Duffy and Bruns (2006) list several possible educational uses of wikis:
1. Students can use a wiki to develop research projects, with the wiki serving as
ongoing documentation of their work.
2. Students can add summaries of their thoughts from the prescribed readings,
building a collaborative annotated bibliography on a wiki.
3. A wiki can be used for publishing course resources like syllabi and handouts,
and stu-dents can edit and comment on these directly for all to see.
4. Teachers can use wikis as a knowledge base, enabling them to share
reflections and thoughts regarding teaching practices, and allowing for
versioning and documentation.
5. Wikis can be used to map concepts. They are useful for brainstorming, and
editing a given wiki topic can produce a linked network of resources.
6. A wiki can be used as a presentation tool in place of conventional software,
and students are able to directly comment on and revise the presentation
content.
7. Wikis are tools for group authoring. Often group members collaborate on a
document by emailing to each member of the group a file that each person
edits on their computer, and some attempt is then made to coordinate the
edits so that everyone’s work is equally represented; using a wiki pulls the
group members together and enables them to build and edit the document
on a single, central wiki page.


GET STARTED WITH WIKISPACES

Go to:
STEP 1
http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers


Insert
‘Username’,
‘Password’ and
key in a valid
‘Email
Address’ to
which you have Click YES
access to at this
summit.
Select a ‘Wiki Name’ for
your wiki. This will also
determine the web address of
your wiki so choose
Under Wiki
carefully!
Permissions, select
‘Private’
(free for educators).
Then, click ‘Join’.

Next, you need to access the email account you have
entered above. Wikispaces will have sent you a
conﬁrmation email. Click on the link in that message to
conﬁrm your email address.


STEP 3 Editing Wikispaces

You will then be taken to your wikispace. The ﬁrst page you
see with be a ‘getting started' guide. Take some time to
explore the links on this guide.

Once you exit the ‘getting
started' guide, you can begin
editing the wiki. To work on
your ﬁrst page, click ‘EDIT’ at
the top right corner of the
page.

Use the ‘EDITOR’ tool bar to
change the font (bold, italics,
underline) type or color, add
bullets, hyperlinks or images.


a) Adding hyperlink

Select the text you want to
hyperlink. Then click on
‘Link’.

‘External Link’- This option will allow you to link
the selected text to a website outside your wiki.
You will need to type in the url to the website you
are linking to.

An ‘Insert Link' You can either link the
pop up box will selected text to a page on
appear. your wiki. To do this,
you must ﬁrst create
another page. Every
page you create will
appear under ‘Page
Name'.

Then, ‘Add
Link’.


a) Adding file

Click ‘File’ at
your editor
toolbar.

Go to ‘Insert Click on ‘Upload
Files’ tab. File’.
Then, choose a ﬁle
located on your
computer and click
open.

b) Adding new page

Select ‘New Page'
from the top left
hand corner of
your wiki.

Insert a name for
Then, click ‘Create’. You will
your new page.
then be taken to the new page.
Once you click SAVE the
name of the new page will be
added to the navigation bar on
the left.


c) Embedding a Widget

On the new page you have just
added, click ‘Edit’ and click
on the embed a widget icon.

Choose the video
sources you like.


STEP 4 Discussion Board

To create a new
topic, select the
‘DISCUSSION’
tab.

Then click on ‘New
Post’.

Write down your
subject and the
topic you want to
discuss.

Then, click ‘Post’ to
start the discussion.


STEP 5 Adding & Managing Members

First, click
‘Manage
Wiki’.

To update or add your
wiki Member, go to
‘People’.

At ‘Wiki
Permissions’,
choose either
‘Protected’ or
‘Private’.


REFERENCES

David Jakes. 2006. Wild about wikis. Retrived from
http://www.techlearning.com/article/6164 [25 March 2011]

Duffy, P. & Bruns, A. (2006). The use of blogs, wikis and RSS in education: A
conversation of possibilities. Proceedings of the Online Learning and Teaching
Conference 2006, Brisbane: September 26.
http://eprints.qut.edu.au/5398/1/5398.pdf [25 March 2011]

Doyle, B. 2006. When to Wiki, When to Blog.
http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticlePrint.aspx?ArticleID=16900 [25
March 2011]

Educause. 2009. 7 things you should know about wikis.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7004.pdf [25 March 2011]

Kevin R.P. & Joseph T.C. 2007. Wiki as a Teaching Tool. Interdisciplinary Journal of
Knowledge and Learning Objects. 3(2007):57-71

Chapter 17: Youtube 191

CHAPTER

17 YOUTUBE
WHAT IS YOUTUBE

YouTube is a popular video sharing website where users can upload, view, and share
video clips. YouTube has become a popular form of Web 2.0 new media. A recent
article in Wired cites an average of 65,000 uploads and 100 million videos viewed per
day on YouTube (Godwin-Jones 2007). With the exception of content that is
offensive or illegal, videos can be animations, footage of public events, personal
recordings of friends-virtually anything a user wants to post. Videos can be
informational, entertaining, persuasive, or purely personal. One of an emerging class
of social applications, YouTube allows users to post and tag videos, watch those
posted by others, post comments in a threaded discussion format, search for content
by keyword or category, and create and participate in topical groups. YouTube ties
into several blogging applications, giving users a quick way to blog about a particular
video and include a link to it. Users can view profiles of individuals who have posted
or commented on videos, see their favorite videos, and contact them.

BENEFITS OF YOUTUBE

Video can be a powerful educational and motivational tool. However, a great deal of
the medium's power lies not in itself but in how it is used. Video is not an end in
itself but a means toward achieving learning goals and objectives. Effective
instructional video is not television-to-student instruction but rather teacher-to
student instruction, with video as a vehicle for discovery (Duffy 2008). YouTube is
increasingly being used by educators as a pedagogic resource for everything from
newsworthy events from around the world to “slice-of-life” videos used to teach
students within an ESL course. From instructional videos to an online space to share
student authored content. Some general guidelines recommended by Clark and

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Mayer (2002) in relation to considering the appropriate use of any media to improve
learning suggest that media must;
1. Be aligned with expected learning or performance outcome;
2. Reduce cognitive load;
3. Exclude superficial text or graphics;
4. Be appropriate for target learner’s learning literacy's
5. Educators (and students alike), will find that video is an effective catalyst and
facilitator for classroom discourse and analysis.


YouTube draws user into the experience of viewing videos and engaging with the
content as commentators and creators, activities that heighten students’ visual
literacy which is an important skill in today’s electronic culture. Even if most of the
content on YouTube lacks an educational goal, the application encourages
experimentation with new media. Many educators believe that the act of creating
content is a valuable learning exercise, helping develop a deeper understanding of the
subject matter and the tools used to create that content. To the extent that
YouTube facilitates such creation, it has the potential to expose students to new
insights and skills, as well as link them to various online communities. As a social-
software application, YouTube is part of a trend among Net Generation students to
replace passive learning with active participation, where everyone has a voice, anyone
can contribute, and the value lies less in the content itself than in the networks of
learners that form around content and support one another in learning goals.

STRATEGIES FOR USING YOUTUBE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING

The following are some guidelines relating to the specific use of video to promote
active viewing and maximize learning:
1. SEGEMENT - allow your students to watch the video in short segments
2. NOTES - videos are ideal for developing note-taking skills. Take notes on the
first viewing, then rewind, replay and check them. This can be done
individually or collectively as a class discussion / brainstorming session.


3. PAUSE - Use the "pause" feature to temporarily stop the tape and allow your
students to try to predict/recall what will happen next.
4. SOUND OFF - for video sequences that rely on visuals, turn the sound off
and narrate. This technique works especially well for listing the steps of a
process.
5. PICTURE OFF - use the audio clues to describe what is on screen. Compare
and contrast the predictions with the actual video.
6. PREVIEW each video carefully to determine its suitability for the lesson's
objectives and student'slearning outcomes.
7. INTEGRATE the video into the overall learning experience by adding an
experimental component to the lesson. Activities can be done prior to
viewing; to set the stage, review, provide background information, identify
new vocabulary words, or to introduce the topic. The activity can be done
after viewing to reinforce, apply, or extend the information conveyed by the
program. Often the video can serve as an introduction or motivator for the
hands-on activity to come.
8. CUT – use online video editors like www.cuts.com or www.eyespot.com to
capture the concepts that are most relevant for your lesson topic. It is often
unnecessary and time-consuming to screen a program in its entirety. When
previewing a program, look for segments particularly relevant or useful to the
lesson or activity planned.
9. FOCUS - give students a specific responsibility while viewing. Introduce the
video with a question, things to look for, unfamiliar vocabulary, or an activity
that will make the program's content more clear or meaningful. By charging
students with specific viewing responsibilities, teachers can keep students "on
task" and direct the learning experience to the lesson's objectives. Be sure
and follow-up during and after viewing the tape.
10. AFTER - when students have viewed the video consider; what interested
them? What didn't they understand? How can you relate the program to their
experiences and feelings? Ask the students to add comments / blog on the
video. How can you validate and appreciate diverse reactions to the material?

(Source: http://www.idahoptv.org/ntti/strategies.html)


GET STARTED WITH YOUTUBE

STEP 1 Go to http://www.youtube.com/

STEP 2 Creating an Account

Select the “Create Account” link at the top of the page on YouTube.com

Select a username that
aligns with your personal
identity or company
name. Indicate your
location, postal code and
date of birth.


From here you will be able to
assign this YouTube account to an
existing account or create a new
Google account.

Now you has successfully created
your YouTube account. At this point,
you can customize a YouTube
channel, upload new videos and
refresh account settings.


STEP 3 Recording

You can record from sophisticated, high definition digital video recorders to
inexpensive tools. You can even record video from an enabled mobile phone or your
computer’s webcam.

Accepted file formats include:

Windows Media Video (.WMV)
.3GP (cell phones)
.AVI (windows)
.MOV (mac)
.MP4 (ipod/psp)
.MKV (h.264)

STEP 4 Uploading

Click the ‘Upload’ button.

Select a movie from your
computer or record a video
from your webcam.


Name the video – use a descriptive
title and helpful description.

Use tags - these are keywords that
indicate what the video contains.

Select a video category.

Decide to make the video public or
private.

Save your video settings and wait for processing (usually a
few minutes but can depend upon the size of the video).

Share it on Facebook, Twitter,
Google Reader, Orkut and
Myspace using AutoShare options.

Once the video has been processed
and live on YouTube in public or
private setting, you may also
choose to embed the video onto a
website or blog by copying and
pasting the embed code wherever
you want to show it.


STEP 5 Video Attributes

1. Video Title – Use the simple titles includes keywords if possible.
2. Videos by creator – A link to other videos from this account holder’s
channel.
3. Subscribe – An option to subscribe to this person’s videos. New videos will
appear in your YouTube account inbox when they are created.
4. Video Play Option – Play and pause the video and adjust volume controls.
5. Video Time/Length – Numeric and visual display or where you are in the
video.
6. View Controls – Expand or contract your view of the video on your screen.
7. Video Creator – The account name of the person who created this video.
8. Video Description – Provide descriptive text to explain the video content.
9. Views – The number of times this video has been viewed on YouTube.


10. Review – Give feedback for the video with a “thumbs up” or “thums down”
rating.
11. Share & Save – Share or send the video to friends and colleagues. Save the
video to your favorites, or include it in a playlist of videos you enjoy.
12. Embed Option – Access code to copy and paste on website or blog so that
video can be shared outside of YouTube.

REFERENCES

Clark, R.C. & Mayer, R.E. 2002. E-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven
Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning. San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass Pfeiffer.

Duffy, P. 2008. Engaging the YouTube Google-Eyed Generation: Strategies for Using
Web 2.0 in Teaching and Learning. The Electronic Journal of e-Learning 6(2):119 –
130.

Godwin-Jones, R. 2007. Digital Video Update: YouTube, flash, high-definition.
http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/4051526-1.html

Ntti utilization strategies. http://www.idahoptv.org/ntti/strategies.html

200 Chapter 18: Wordle

CHAPTER

18 WORDLE
WHAT IS WORDLE?

Wordle is a tool that looks at the text provided (students can type in words that
describe themselves; words that describe what they want to learn; words that
describe a time in history they are learning about; their vocabulary words they are
having a difficult time with; words that describe a country they are learning about)
and generates a “word cloud” summary from those words. The word cloud gives
greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You
can change the font, change the layout, and change the color scheme. Once you
have created your “word cloud” the students can take a screenshot to save and
paste into an application or save to Paint/Photoshop to then save as a jpg image to
use in a project — PowerPoint, Slideshare, PhotoStory, Blog, Wiki, etc. Or, they can
choose to print it out and make a bulletin board in the classroom of the words.

WAYS OF USING WORDLE

The following are some possible ways of using Wordle:
1. Summarizing the content of an essay or any piece of work. Useful way of
telling people what the essay is about.
2. Wordle can be used by the teacher as a means of assessment. Student creates
a Wordle of their presentation and uses that as the basis for a discussion.
3. Self Reflection.
4. Summarizing survey results from text fields.
5. Illustrate a student’s writing with a picture (Julia 2009).
6. Improve vocabulary and develop knowledge by taking the text from
documents or webpages and makes them into word clouds to help remember
the texts you read (Nik Peachey 2008).

Chapter 18: Wordle 201

GET STARTED WITH WORDLE

STEP 1 Go to: http://www.wordle.net/

STEP 2 Starting Wordle

Click here.

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STEP 3 Start Creating your Wordle

Paste the text in
this box.

Click ‘Go’.

An example of
texts, pasted in
Wordle.

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STEP 4 Generating Word Cloud

You can customize your Wordle using this tools.

You can click on Save the Wordle in
‘Randomize’ to the public gallery
generate a different and use the embed
“look” to your Wordle. code to show in your
blog, wiki, or web
page.

REFERENCES

Julia Zangl Colby . 2009. Wordle — An Easy Tool to Use for Teachers and Students
http://jzcolby.edublogs.org/2009/05/19/wordle-an-easy-tool-to-use-for-
teachers-and-students/ [24 March 2011]

Nil Peachey. 2008. Using a Word Cloud to Remember Words and Texts. http://daily-
english-activities.blogspot.com/2008/09/using-word-cloud-to-remember-words-
and.html [24 March 2011]

Wordle. http://www.wordle.net/ [24 March 2011]

204 Chapter 19: Wordpress

CHAPTER

19 WORDPRESS

WHAT IS WORDPRESS??

WordPress is a free online publishing. It is a web-based software program that allows
anyone to build and maintain in term of creating and editing a website or blog. It was
originally intended as an easy way to set up a blog
(http://www.mcbuzz.com/wordpress/what-is-wordpress/).

ADVANTAGES OF WORDPRESS

Wordpress is the most common choice for blog users because of the following
features:

1. Ease of use and versatility - WordPress is suitable for just about anybody -
from the absolute novice to the advanced programmer.
2. Feature-rich interface - WordPress has a rich text editor with advanced
multimedia support;
3. Expandable - WordPress's community distributes a large number of modules
for almost any popular website feature;
4. It is Open Source - Free to install and use Wordpress for your site

(Source: http://kb.siteground.com/article/What_is_WordPress.html)

Chapter 19: Wordpress 205

WAYS OF USING WORDPRESS

The following are some ways of using Wordpress:
1. WordPress is an easy-to-use platform, it can be used as as a platform to build
just any kind of website and including portfolio website (Cameron 2009)
2. WordPress as the engine behind our school website and classroom blogs.
You can log in to the class website online and use the web interface to add
contest to your website (Kuroneko 2008).
3. WordPress allows you to set up various levels of access to your site by
changing the user role. That way, you can get students (and teachers) to write
articles for your website, but you can control what actually gets published
online (Kuroneko 2008).


GET STARTED WITH WORDPRESS

STEP 1 Go to: http://wordpress.com/

STEP 2 Signup/registeration

To start
registration, click
the ‘Sign up now’
button.

Fill in the form to
create your WordPress
account and your blog
address.

Next, click ‘Sign up’.


After you have clicked ‘sign
up’, this page will appear. You
need to check your e-mail
inbox to active you account.

You will received
this email, and you
need to click this link
to start activating
your account.

Fill in your profile
form.

Save your profile by
clicking the ‘Save
Profile’ button.

After you finished
activating your
account, you can login
and start using
WordPress.


STEP 3 Editing Blogs

On your blog
homepage, click
‘About’.

Click ‘Edit’ to start
editing the page.
Click ‘preview changes’ before
you click the ‘update’.

Delete text, and start write up
your homepage about. Click ‘update’.

To return back to your
homepage, click this button.


STEP 4 Adding Links

Go to ‘My Blog’.

Click ‘Dashboard’.

Click ‘Add New’.

Insert the required
information and ‘Add
Link’.


STEP 5 Customizing appearance

Click ‘Appearance’ at the
dashboard page.

This page will appear and
you can choose your
favorites themes and
appearance.

Select a theme and
click ‘Activate’.


STEP 6 Commenting Post

At your blog page, you can see the
text ‘comment’ here. To start
comment the post you need to
click this ‘comment’ text.

This page will
appear.

Write your
comment here.

Click ‘post comment’
to submit/reply your
comments.


REFERENCES

Cameron Chapman. 2009. Ultimate Guide To Using WordPress For A Portfolio.
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/29/ultimate-guide-to-using-
wordpress-for-a-portfolio/ [8 March 2011].

Koruneko. 2008. WordPress Roles and Capabilities: How to get Students and
Teachers to Put Content on Your School or Class Website.
http://blog.classroomteacher.ca/68/wordpress-roles-and-capabilities-how-to-
get-students-and-teachers-to-put-content-on-your-school-or-class-website/ [8
March 2011]

What is Wordpress. http://kb.siteground.com/article/What_is_WordPress.html [8
March 2011]

What is wordpress. http://www.mcbuzz.com/wordpress/what-is-wordpress/ [8
March 2011]

Chapter 20: Del.icio.us 213

CHAPTER

20 DEL.ICIO.US

WHAT IS DEL.ICIO.US?

In brief, Delicious (formerly del.icio.us, pronounced "delicious") is a social
bookmarking web service for storing, sharing, and discovering web bookmarks
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delicious_%28website%29). It is allows users to tag,
save, manage and share web pages from a centralized source. With emphasis on the
power of the community, Delicious greatly improves how people discover,
remember and share on the Internet (http://www.delicious.com/help/about).

ADVANTAGES OF USING DEL.ICIO.US

Several advantages of using delicious include:
1. Saving and accessing bookmarks online.
2. Promoting our own sites.
3. Finding bookmarks from other users on your network.
4. Networking with other users who are in your network.
5. Reading your network’s bookmarks, since Del.icio.us provides convenient
RSS feeds.
6. Using a “profile” tag, such as users’ bookmarks tagged with “profile” on
del.icio.us to feature sites, best posts and articles and important sites linking
to you.

(Source:http://onlinesapiens.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/using-delicious-in education/)

214 Chapter 20: Del.icio.us

USING DEL.ICIO.US IN EDUCATION

The following are several of usage of delicious in education suggested by Gabriela
(2007):
1. It is useful for its flexibility as students may work on a variety of computers at
a variety of setting.
2. It can support lectures as an additional bibliography.
3. It is a mechanism for building learning communities if a tag is identified with
the students who can then contribute to this link archive. It could promote
group cohesion and belonging although the risk is that students would not
contribute equally.
4. It increases network of learning outside the initial group by tagging resources
with quality notes and links shared to a wider audience.
5. It provides informal and formative feedback to the teacher as they can see
students’ preferences and interests which could then inform their planning.
6. It promotes the students to manage and analyse their resource collection as
they would be encouraged to firstly weigh up the value of the resource, and
then analyse and create a synopsis of its worth through tagging. The number
of times a site is saved would also alert them to the issues of credibility, value
and utility. This would engage the students further in the learning process.


GET STARTED WITH DEL.ICIO.US.

STEP 1 Go to: http://www.delicious.com/

STEP 2 Join Now/Sign In

To start using
“delicious”, click ‘Join
Now’ or ‘Sign In’.

You can join or sign in
using your Yahoo
account.

If you do not have a
Yahoo account, you can
sign in using your
‘Facebook’ or ‘Google’
account.


STEP 3 Bookmarking

Copy the URL of the web
you like to bookmark.

At your “delicious”
page, go to
‘Bookmarks’ and
click ‘My
Bookmarks’.

Click ‘Save a new
bookmark’.

Paste the URL of
the web here.
Then click ‘Next’.


The ‘Title’ and ‘URL’
will be inserted
automatically.

Insert tags and notes
(optional).

If you want to make your Then click
bookmark private, check ‘Save’.
‘Make private’.

This indicates the
number of people
who here
bookmarked this
URL.

Your bookmark
will look like Your tags.
this.


STEP 4 Private and public view

You can share your
bookmark using
‘twitter’, ‘email’ and
‘delicious’. To view your
public bookmark.
Click ‘Public’.

Now, in your
bookmark, you
can view your
public bookmark.


STEP 5 Search bookmark

Insert the keyword of the
bookmark you want to search.
Then, click ‘Search’.

You also can by
‘Filter by Tags’.

Or, you can filter your
This is an example of a search by clicking any of
bookmark ‘Filtered by the tags here.
tags’.

Bookmark
date.

Filter by
tag.


STEP 6 Del.icio.us bookmark network

Use of Network:
 Alternative way for content delivery.
Go to your del.icio.us  See friends’ bookmarks.
homapege.

You can add other users by
clicking on their names
here from your bookmark
search page.


Then, click ‘Add a
user to Network’.

Or, insert the username of
the user and click ‘Add’ to
add in your network.

Now, “Kafarlee” is your
network. You can see
Kafarlee bookmarks and
share them.

To view your Network, go
to ‘People’ and click ‘My
Network’.

Here you can see the
number of your network.
Click on any name to view
other peoples’ bookmarks.


REFERENCES

Gabriela Grosseck. 2007. Using delicious in education.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/212002/Using-delicious-In-Education [25 March 2011]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delicious_%28website%29 [25 March 2011]

http://onlinesapiens.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/using-delicious-in-education/
[25 March 2011]

http://www.delicious.com/help/about [25 March 2011]

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