Thursday, February 28, 2008

Podcast #3--are you ready?

I hope you all didn't hold your breath!

Whew...finally...got the podcast posted (in both places). Sorry, I was really working with that transcription thing. And although MS Word didn't do a GREAT job transcribing, it was definitely a solid draft that makes it easier to just go in and clean up instead of transcribing from scratch.

Image posted by Sister72 @ Flickr.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

I'm working on that podcast folks. Sorry, I'm trying to figure out a way to record it and have software make a draft of the transcript simultaneously. Did you know MS Office has a voice transcription tool? I'll get back to you on how useful it is. I promise, podcast by the end of today!

Also, don't forget as you post pictures and videos and other content you find online, you'll want to give credit by somehow citing where/how/when you found the resource. Notice I'm not asking for a full bibliographic citation here (and realistically, most of the citation style guidelines are not prepared for Internet based resources, I know, I've been trying to work with MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE...ugh!). Notice I've just included a little line of who made/posted the resource and a link to where I found it. I've also been careful (notice I didn't say "very") to make sure it is stuff labeled as CC (creative commons). So...what do you do with this image when the person has posted under a CC license; however, clearly from another source?

So if I can't get the podcast to you, you can learn about podcasting by asking a ninja (And notice how he is explaining RSS without ever using the word!)
Image posted by penmachine @ Flickr

Monday, February 25, 2008

week/deadline #3

Whew...hopefully you all are starting to get into the swing of some of these crazy technologies. Of course, feel free to ask me questions. I'll be getting the podcast up by the end of today and hopefully grading done over the next couple of days. :-)
  • listen to weekly podcast: you now have options, it is posted at Gabcast or on MCC's iTunes U (it does take a few extra days to get the iTunesU posted, I have to send it to Andrew in IT.)
  • course build: Share document with entire class (Google Docs) of a complete draft of your course outline/schedule, comment on a least a couple classmates. Do try to be as detailed as possible. I shared with you all my draft of the course schedule. If you got into your Google Docs and check it, you'll notice that I've just continued to add detail as the course progresses (ie, as I build it just ahead of you!)
  • blog entry: reflection on learning from week ("ahhs" "oohs" and "wows") and briefly discuss course content (a "scholarly" blog) you found
  • wiki entry: add a new article about copyright and online learning (notice the new copyright page in the wiki)
  • find course content: Find some "scholarly" blogs related to your course content. If you want to search for specific blogs about a topic, use these blog search tools:
iGoogle: Use iGoogle as an RSS aggregator, subscribe to the course podcast, the course blog, subscribe other blogs about distance learning, etc... Bad news :-( I have learned after the fact that I do not see your changes to your iGoogle pages. So, every week after you change your iGoogle page, you'll need to re-share it with me @ shelley.rodrigo@gmail.com. I'm sorry!

Check out this visual representation of a course curriculum! You could always make yours visual instead of outline; however, it might not allow for the level of detail that is helpful while you are building.
Posted by CowGummy @ Flickr.