11091

11091

General Session - Conference Presentation Only (no formal paper)

Dazzling Technologies for Communicating, Collaborating, and Creating
Erica Ellsworth, Kaplan University, Online, El Paso, Texas, USA, eellsworth@kaplan.edu

A number of technologies are on the market today that allow us to communicate, collaborate, and create in online environments. Trying every technology is quite honestly not possible. How do we choose effective technologies and how do we implement these technologies in our classrooms? The goal of this presentation is to show five types of technologies that can be used in online classrooms to communicate, collaborate, and create. Picking five technologies is a great start to experimenting with technologies and seeing what works best in your classroom. The purpose of this presentation is to show how utilizing technologies can enhance instructor presence in online classrooms.

In this presentation, I will overview: 1. Wordle 2. Twitter 3. Videos (simple steps to making your own as well as exploring YouTube and TED videos) 4. Blogging, wikis and individual web pages 5. Screen casting (Jing, Vimeo)

The outcome of the presentation is to show attendees how to use the technology presented. I will also help attendees create take aways in one of the technologies during the session. This session will be designed to be hands on.

All Audiences online, technology, web 2.0, tools