I have just learned a valuable lesson: don't pull up a favorites list in the middle of writing a blog and click on a saved link in order to copy it into your blog. When you go back to your blog entry, you will get to start over! You will never see exactly what I said the first time, as I'm sure I won't remember it perfectly. It went something like this.
I have spent a lot of time researching podcasting lately, among other things, and I have run across some resources that I thought I would share with you.
http://www.alice.org/
I haven't tried this out yet, but it is a free 3d environment created by Carnegie Mellon University.
showme.physics.drexel.edu/bradley/BradleyTeachingACSMarch07/BradleyTeachingACSMarch07.ppt
I ran across this PowerPoint presentation today while looking for podcasting resources. The subject matter isn't important; he is sharing his eLearning methodology and some definitions of different eLearning terms. For some reason the link isn't working here, but if you copy and paste it into your web browser, it should bring up a dialog box asking if you want to open the file.
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm
Also, another great web site but not training related, per se, is University of Michigan's American Sign Language Browser. It's an online dictionary that shows streaming video of someone signing the word you click on. It's awesome!
I have more but will need to share them later.
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I love the sign language website. I spent way more time than I probably should have reminding myself of ASL vocabulary! It's a great use of visual technology.
I've taken a quick go-through on the ppt presentation. I'm intrigued by the point of view/process developed by this professor and think I need to "noodle on it" and go back and take another look (I wasn't ready for something this thought-provoking on a Sunday afternoon!) I think there are likely ideas here that I can integrate into my own thinking/teaching.
I'm not sure what to think about Alice yet. I've only watched the intoductory video so far. I'm definitely on-board with the idea of an easy language to help students learn to program. In fact, I spent a chunk of my earlier career working with Logo, which is a computer language that was developed to help children learn the logic of program by providing "an object to think with." So I love/appreciate the intent of Alice. I'm just not yet sure if it has useful application (for us) as a development tool, or if it's usefulness is primarly limited to the *teaching* of computer programming. I'm hoping to get back to this site at the end of the semester (when I'll have a ittle time) and mess around with Alice (you know what I mean!)
I really look forward to reading your blog...there are always interesting things for me to reflect on and/or explore!
Hi Carol,
I'm not sure why, but my last comment did not post on your blog. Anyway, you are an inspiration, girl! I enjoy reading your blog and wish you lived next door so I could have you show me some of this stuff in person. Your enthusiasm is contagious, but I find I can get over this virus a little too easily! A lot of this stuff is daunting to me.
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