Engaging Internet Tools to Foster Creativity : Engaging Internet Tools to Foster Creativity Paula Ledesma
Learning Technology Consultant
pl@helpingnorth.com.ar
Agenda : Agenda Define “Creativity”
Web 2.0
“Social Software” – Blogs, Wikis and Social Networks.
What Can You Add To Your Social Software?
Your Students’ Creative Work.
What is Creativity? : What is Creativity? “The tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, communicating with others, and entertaining ourselves and others.” Franken, Robert (1987). Human Motivation, 3rd ed
Quoted at http://www.csun.edu/~vcpsy00h/creativity/define.htm
Slide 4 : Social Networking Broadcasting Blogs Slide shows Wikis Podcasting Online classrooms Web 2.0
SOCIAL SOFTWARE : SOCIAL SOFTWARE A type of software or Web service that allows people to communicate and collaborate while using the application. http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/social_software.html
Slide 6 : Blogs = weB LOG A Web page that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual. Typically updated daily.
http://www.webopedia.com/ http://www.blogger.com/
Wiki : Wiki A Collaborative Web site that comprises the perpetual collective work of many authors. A wiki allows anyone to edit, delete or modify content that has been placed on the Web site.
http://www.webopedia.com/
Slide 8 : Blog Builders
http://www.blogger.com
http://www.blog.com
http://www.livejournal.com
http://www.opendiary.com
http://wordpress.com
http://edublogs.org Wiki Builders
http://www.wetpaint.com
http://www.mediawiki.org
http://www.wikidot.com
http://pbwiki.com
http://www.wikispaces.com
SOCIALNETWORKS : SOCIALNETWORKS
Slide 10 : http://www.ning.com/
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Slide 12 : What
Can You Add
To Your
Social Software?
Slide 13 :
Slide 14 : Your Students’
Creative
Work
Slide 15 : Animations Videos Comic Strips Slide Shows Digital Stories Music Avatars Conversations Creative Writing Podcasts
“Embed” code : “Embed” code Just remember it looks like this:
Slide 17 : Just COPY the code
and PASTE it in your website
Slide Showsand Digital Albums : Slide Showsand Digital Albums
Slide 19 : http://www.slide.com/
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Slide 21 :
Slide 22 : http://www.mixbook.com/
Slide 23 : Embed Code
Slide 24 : http://www.onetruemedia.com
Slide 25 :
Slide 26 : Embed Code
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VideosandComic Strips : VideosandComic Strips
Slide 29 : http://animoto.com/
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Slide 31 :
Slide 32 : http://teach-with-internet.wikispaces.com/
Slide 33 : http://www.xtranormal.com
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Slide 35 :
Slide 36 : Embed Code
Slide 37 : http://www.dvolver.com
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Slide 39 : http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/
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Slide 42 : http://goanimate.com
Slide 43 : http://goanimate.com/
Slide 44 : AVATAR http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Avatar An electronic image
that represents and is manipulated
by a computer user
Slide 45 : http://www.reasonablyclever.com/mm2/mini2.swf
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Slide 48 : http://www.ugo.com/heromachine/reallife/
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Slide 50 :
Slide 51 : http://avatarmaker.abi-station.com
Slide 52 : http://www.voki.com/
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ORAL PRACTICE : ORAL PRACTICE Students Can Give
Their Avatar
a Voice
An audio broadcast that has been converted to an MP3 file or other audio file format for playback in a digital music player or computer. : An audio broadcast that has been converted to an MP3 file or other audio file format for playback in a digital music player or computer. http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia PODCAST
Slide 56 : http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Slide 57 : Conversation
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Slide 59 : http://www.clear.msu.edu/clear/store/products.php?product_category=online
Slide 60 :
Slide 61 : Tools
for
Writing
Slide 62 : https://penzu.com
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Slide 64 :
Slide 65 : http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp
Slide 66 : http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp
Slide 67 : http://sketchcast.com/ Embed code
Slide 68 : Tools
to Work
with Music
Slide 69 : http://p22.com/musicfont
Slide 70 : This is a very happy day.
War is over and we can go back home.
No more trenches, no more bombs.
I will see my beloved ones again. Thanks God.
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Slide 72 : http://www.buttonbeats.com/
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Very Important Issue : Very Important Issue Teach your students how to acknowledge sources.
Give them basic rules to quote and cite from the first day.
Slide 75 : http://citationmachine.net/index2.php
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References : References . What is Creativity? California State University, Northridge. Retrieved in January 2010 from http://www.csun.edu/~vcpsy00h/creativity/define.htm
. Levine, A. (2007) 50 Web2.0 Ways To Tell a Story. Story Tools. Retrieved in December 2009 from http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools
. Ledesma, P . (In Printer) www.teach: How ESL and EFL Teachers Can Apply Web 2.0 Tools to Foster Students’ Creative Use of the Language. In Tamishra Swain (ed) Smart Teaching: A Transformational Approach. India.
. Morris M. (2008). Web 2.0 Poetry Project. Retrieved in January 2010 from http://www.slideshare.net/pmorrisHHH/web-20-poetry
. Peachey, Nik. (2009). Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers. Retrieved in December 2009 from http://www.scribd.com/doc/19576895/Web-20-Tools-for-Teachers
Slide 78 : Keep In Touch Find all the MATERIAL at
www.teach-with-internet.wikispaces.com Join the FORUM OF DISCUSSION at
www.teach-with-internet.ning.com
THANK YOU!!! : THANK YOU!!! paulaledesma@hotmail.com
pl@helpingnorth.com.ar