{"id":795,"date":"2014-05-20T09:55:17","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T14:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hag\/?p=795"},"modified":"2014-05-20T11:08:32","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T16:08:32","slug":"tech-dim-sum-spring-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hag\/2014\/05\/20\/tech-dim-sum-spring-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Dim Sum, Spring 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"moz-text-html\" lang=\"x-western\">\n<div class=\"moz-cite-prefix\">A round-up of favorite new apps, trends, and oldies but goodies in the world of technology for instruction and scholarship.<\/div>\n<div class=\"moz-cite-prefix\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"moz-cite-prefix\">\n<p><strong>PDF Annotation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Preview<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; if you&#8217;ve only used it to read PDFs, check again. Look under the Tools menu for options to annotate your PDFs.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Adobe<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; the free Reader has some annotation features, the not-free Adobe Pro has even more. Just remember that if you annotate your PDF with a video file, tell your students to read it in Adobe Reader. Preview will not be able to show the video.<\/li>\n<li>Resource doc &#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~hag\/presentations\/annotating-pdfs\/handout.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Guiding Student Readings with Annotated PDFs<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Annotations beyond PDF: <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"moz-cite-prefix\">\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>ThingLink<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; annotate images online (example: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/scene\/520653660015820800\">https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/scene\/520653660015820800<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Augmented Reality<\/strong><\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aurasma.com\">Aurasma<\/a>, an <a href=\"http:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/how-to-create-your-own-aurasma-auras\/\">example at UVM<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"moz-cite-prefix\">\n<p><strong>Mapping<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Galileo<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; display your route by walking it<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Fieldnotes<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; mark your location, make notes, attach pictures\/videos,<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Open Street Map<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; a project to add crowdsourced information to maps (What is <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crowdsourcing\" target=\"_blank\">crowdsourcing<\/a>?) <a class=\"moz-txt-link-freetext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.openstreetmap.org\/#map=4\/38.01\/-95.84\">http:\/\/www.openstreetmap.org\/#map=4\/38.01\/-95.84<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Screencasting<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Screencast-o-matic<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; free or really cheap but full-featured screencasting tool. Limitations: records well from microhone but needs plug-in to capture system audio. Cannot import .mp4 files to edit. But for everything else it is easy, works well, and is well-documented.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Camtasia<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; more tools, good integration with PowerPoint (Windows only), imports .mp4, records system audio, Windows version can create embedded quizzes.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Explain Everything<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; iPad\/Android app to build presentations with hand-drawing, typed text, pictures, and video, and record them as a screencast.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Digital Collection Building\/Publishing at UVM<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>WordPress<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; the UVM hosted blog. You can create multiple sub-blogs as well.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>dSpace<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; for building collections of images, documents, etc. (<a href=\"http:\/\/badger.uvm.edu\/dspace\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/badger.uvm.edu\/dspace<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Omeka<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; student-built exhibits (<a href=\"http:\/\/badger.uvm.edu\/omeka\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/badger.uvm.edu\/omeka<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em><strong> ScholarWorks<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; UVM&#8217;s Institutional Repository (<a href=\"http:\/\/scholarworks.uvm.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/scholarworks.uvm.edu\/<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Instapaper<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; save it now while you are online, read it later when you are offline<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Overdrive<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; sign in to your local library and borrow ebooks (how to connect: <a href=\"http:\/\/help.overdrive.com\/customer\/portal\/articles\/1481620\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/help.overdrive.com\/customer\/portal\/articles\/1481620<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Writing<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Hemingway<\/strong><\/em> <a class=\"moz-txt-link-freetext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hemingwayapp.com\/\">http:\/\/www.hemingwayapp.com\/<\/a> to suggest ways to tighten up your writing<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Write or Die<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>Selfcontrol<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; keep writing, don&#8217;t get distracted<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>iBook Author<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>Calibre<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; when you are ready to create your own ebooks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Continuing Trends to Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>MOOCs<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; now that the &#8220;hype&#8221; phase is over (&#8220;MOOCs will save\/destroy education as we know it!) how will MOOCs really impact traditional education. (lots of articles at\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/delicious.com\/hopegreenberg\/mooc\">https:\/\/delicious.com\/hopegreenberg\/mooc<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Flipped Classroom\/Hybrid Courses<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; creatively rethinking how online can work with offline to improve learning (lots of articles at <a href=\"https:\/\/delicious.com\/hopegreenberg\/flipped\">https:\/\/delicious.com\/hopegreenberg\/flipped<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Curating<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; aggregate, notate, and share your finds (see <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\" target=\"_blank\">Delicious<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\" target=\"_blank\">Diigo<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoopit.com\" target=\"_blank\">Scoop.It<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Learning Analytics<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; What can we learn from student assessment data that can help us tailor our teaching to those students? Should we? What about privacy (FERPA)?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A round-up of favorite new apps, trends, and oldies but goodies in the world of technology for instruction and scholarship. PDF Annotation Preview &#8211; if you&#8217;ve only used it to read PDFs, check again. 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