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#[http://www.google.com/moderator/ Google Moderator] where a teacher can post questions and have students vote for the ones they would most like answered
#[http://www.google.com/moderator/ Google Moderator] where a teacher can post questions and have students vote for the ones they would most like answered
#[http://todaysmeet.com/ Today’s Meet] where teachers can set up virtual classrooms. The alternative to this is [http://campfirenow.com Campfire] that enables you to catch up with what you missed while you weren't logged in. Disadvantage to Campfire: expensive, separate platform. [[Uvle|UVLe]] already has group chat, which is free.
#[http://todaysmeet.com/ Today’s Meet] where teachers can set up virtual classrooms. The alternative to this is [http://campfirenow.com Campfire] that enables you to catch up with what you missed while you weren't logged in. Disadvantage to Campfire: expensive, separate platform. [[Uvle|UVLe]] already has group chat, which is free.
#[http://dilc.upd.edu.ph/index.php/chat DILC Web Chat] is a publicly accessible backchannel platform as well.
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Revision as of 09:43, 13 May 2011

These tools can help good teachers become even better. They facilitate communication beyond the classroom setting and ease instructional routines.

Learning Management System

  1. UVLe (uvle.up.edu.ph) is an online course management system that helps teachers run courses from a single site. It's also a platform for sharing multimedia materials.[1] More UVLe's advantages || Why UVLe is a superior platform


Collaborative Writing

  1. GoogleDocs enables groups to collaborate online on documents (including docs, spreadsheets, presentation slides, forms). Strength: simultaneous (online) editing. Weakness: relatively simple formatting options. It should, however, be sufficient for most word processing requirements. (See also "GoogleDocs in Plain English" video)

  2. Dropbox is an alternative to GoogleDocs. Strength: you can use your favorite word processor. Weaknesses: serial operation; does not allow simultaneous editing without causing conflicts of versions; requires your own word processor (offline) compatible with the ones used by other collaborators.

    Tips: When using Dropbox, use older, more common document format to help avoid incompatibility. For instance, use Word 97-2004 Document rather than the more recent Docx. When Dropbox is used in tandem with an RSS Reader (see below), one is able to monitor who did what on the documents.

  3. iskWiki! is a wiki partly for collaborative documentation of projects and for quickly publishing documents online. On the other hand, UVLe already has a wiki that students and teachers can use. By default, iskWiki is publicly accessible; UVLe's wiki is for class consumption only.


Online Chat[2]
UVLe already has an online chat that can be archived for later retrieval. The alternatives include backchannel platforms like

  1. Google Moderator where a teacher can post questions and have students vote for the ones they would most like answered
  2. Today’s Meet where teachers can set up virtual classrooms. The alternative to this is Campfire that enables you to catch up with what you missed while you weren't logged in. Disadvantage to Campfire: expensive, separate platform. UVLe already has group chat, which is free.
  3. DILC Web Chat is a publicly accessible backchannel platform as well.


Shared Desktop
Shared desktop applications enable you to show people certain things remotely. Writing words about something is sometimes less effective than just showing it to people. (More info here, here)


Project Management
Project management applications can help track and manage complex projects.

  1. Fogbugz


an RSS feed icon - whenever you see this on a webpage, chances are its update can be collected automatically

RSS Reader
An RSS (Really Simply Syndication) Reader enables you to collect highly-specialized updates from various sources. An RSS feed can also be incorporated into UVLe, so the latest updates from your field can be shared with students.

  1. Google Reader

Blogs
Journal writing can be an effective tool in teaching and learning.[3] In UVLe, this can be in a form of a blog that the student can publish at the UVLe site or something that the student can keep between himself and his teacher. The alternative is to have a totally public blog in places like Blogspot and Wordpress. However, blogging for a course in full view of an online public may not be appropriate for everyone.

See Also



Notes

  1. ↑ Videos can be embedded or incorporated into an UVLe page. Good sources of academic videos: Academic Earth, Ted Talks, Khan Academy, Video Lectures, DILC website (local contents).
  2. ↑ T Gabriel, "Speaking Up in Class, Silently, Using the Tools of Social Media", NYT, 12 May 2011
  3. ↑ Smith, Mark (1999, 2006), 'Keeping a learning journal', the encyclopaedia of informal education, www.infed.org/research/keeping_a_journal.htm.
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