I've added two new teaching tools to my regime this semester.
1. Skitch. Skitch is both a desktop application that lets you capture images easily, and a website that allows for easy image sharing. I'll use it this semester to capture images that we can discuss in class, and to take pictures of the blackboard at the end of class (to capture interesting brainstorming sessions). I can upload the pic via email, straight from my phone, and the students will have access right away. I can use the image capture software to circle parts of the reading, charts, graphs, etc. and bring those to the surface for discussion.
2. Slideshare. This program allows you to upload PowerPoint presentations to the Web. I uploaded all of my slides for the semester to one page where they can be accessed from any computer. It allows me to worry less about carrying the slides on a USB drive or having to upload them to the course Blackboard page, which sometimes doesn't open. It also makes for easier transitions from one semester to the next.
1. Skitch. Skitch is both a desktop application that lets you capture images easily, and a website that allows for easy image sharing. I'll use it this semester to capture images that we can discuss in class, and to take pictures of the blackboard at the end of class (to capture interesting brainstorming sessions). I can upload the pic via email, straight from my phone, and the students will have access right away. I can use the image capture software to circle parts of the reading, charts, graphs, etc. and bring those to the surface for discussion.
2. Slideshare. This program allows you to upload PowerPoint presentations to the Web. I uploaded all of my slides for the semester to one page where they can be accessed from any computer. It allows me to worry less about carrying the slides on a USB drive or having to upload them to the course Blackboard page, which sometimes doesn't open. It also makes for easier transitions from one semester to the next.
thanks for sharing these!
ReplyDeleteThose are good tools ,but sometimes they just allow you to be on the same page with others. I recommend you try http://www.showdocument.com -
ReplyDeleteIt lets you upload a document, view it in real-time with others and work on it together. Plus its all done online so you don't need any form of installation.
Josh
Josh,
ReplyDeleteThat's not the sort of tool I would use in the classroom setting, since we're not collaborating on the lecture slides. But when I collaborate with my research assistant, I use dropbox.
http://www.getdropbox.com/
Those are good tools ,but sometimes they just allow you to be on the same page with others. I recommend you try http://www.showdocument.com -
ReplyDeleteIt lets you upload a document, view it in real-time with others and work on it together. Plus its all done online so you don't need any form of installation.
Josh