Top 110 tools

Top Tools for Learning 2012 from Jane Hart

50 Top Sources of Free eLearning Courses

http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/2012/10/01/lead-motivate-and-inspire-3-top-tools-from-ted/

3 Top Tools from TEDTALKS

http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/2012/10/01/lead-motivate-and-inspire-3-top-tools-from-ted/

My Project - The Movie

It is the morning of the last two days of our project ...

I haven't had much success uploading my project to my.TAFE  (or here) so am trying a third strategy - I made a screencast-O-matic movie about the resource I have developed and am trying to upload it at the moment.  While I was waiting to see if it is successful I am going to see if I can upload the movie here!

Project Update

Time is running out!

This is the last week of the project ...

I have had to adjust my project a lot - was a bit ambitious ... 

I am trying to copy it here (can't work out how to insert it - there doesn't seem to be a command)  Tried to copy it in but it doesn't work ... anyone got any ideas? - it is an interactive PDF

PS these are some of the parts ...

 

Screencast-O-Matic: my first attempts

Yesterday I made two screen casts using http://screencast-o-matic.com/screen_recorder
 I wanted to try it out and see if I could use it for my project.
 I identified what I wanted and found some relevant 'bits' before practising what I was going to do. Then I wrote the script and 'went for it'!
... a bit anxious about it at first. I found that it was hard to stick to the script and to do the actual instructions at the same time - it would probably help if someone read the script and another person followed the instructions (the visuals).
I made a couple of stop starts and am wondering if I need to do some edits. I have Adobe Premier but am not sure how to edit the audio ... was thinking that I could copy the audio into Audacity do the edits and then paste it back into the MP4. Haven't tried it yet so don't know if it will work.
Then there is the problem of accessibility. One was 11 minutes long - I could upload it onto YouTube.

Wiggio

http://wiggio.http://wiggio.com

Jing

Free training for using Jing (screen capture):
http://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-jing.html

ScreenChomp for iPad

ScreenChomp is a free app for creating and sharing short tutorials or lessons on your iPad. ScreenChomp provides a whiteboard on which you can demonstrate things by drawing and talking people through your instructions. ScreenChomp records your voice as you go. When you finish your recording share it to ScreenChomp.com where a shortened URL will be provided for you to share with anyone you like. From ScreenChomp.com you have the option to download recordings as MPEG-4 files.

(from: www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/08/screenchomp-create-and-share-tutorials.html#.UC2HJURmjbE )

ebooks - a potted guide

Just read this blog post "eBooks - a potted guide to what I wanted to know" by Dan Roddy and wanted to record it somewhere!

http://www.learningrocks.co.uk/2012/08/ebooks-potted-guide-to-what-i-wanted-to.html

InDesign CS5 to EPUB, Kindle and iPad

These are my notes from watching the "InDesign CS5 to EPUB, Kindle and iPad" training from Lynda: 

What is an eBook – digital book (digital file eg can be a website)

types: epub (reflowable format – wraps depending on the size of the screen and size of type eg can open on mobile phone), pdf (type does not re-wrap ie layout ‘frozen’), mobi (kindle: similar to epub – reflowable format – wraps depending on the size of screen and type)

- can read on dedicated devices or on the computer: Adobe Digital Editions to read epub or pdf files – free to read epub files and can be used as proofer for epub files created in InDesign (Adobe reader for pdf files)

To read epub on external devices download ‘Stanza’ http://www.lexcycle.com (epub reader for lots of devices)

For android phones: aldiko – http://www.aldiko.com (e-reader)

To read epub in browser: ibis reader – http://ibisreader.com (go to this web address to open epub to read through browser – smartphone, computer, tablets or netbooks.

Amazon – http://www.amazon.com uses mobi format for ebooks – Adobe Digital Editions and Stanza cant open this format but Amazon offers free Kindle reading apps (don’t need a kindle to read books – can install the kindle app on iPhone, PC, Mac, iPad, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7) … or can access kindles directly in browser – Firefox has plugin that allows you to read directly in browser.

FREE ebooks:

http://www.epubbooks.com/books - find lots of free ebooks

http://www.feedbooks.com - free public domain and original books

http://ww.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page - over 33,000 free ebooks to read on your PC, iPad, Kindle, Sony Reader, iPone, Android or other portable device (lots are pdf but are being converted to epub)

http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-eBooks - download free or buy but must use mobi file to read (can get Kindle e-reader from the site – see above)

Buy ebooks:

http://ebookstore.sony.com - Sony reader store

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ebooks/index.asp - (nook apps available  free on site)

http://books.google.com/ebooks - just started ebook store – also has lot of free ones

http://www.takecontrolbooks.com - small business – help books for publishing

EPUB Production Basics

What is inside an epub is like a little website (convert InDesign to epub) … image and text – a compressed collection of files – like a zip file (… and can change extension to a zip and decompress the zip into its component parts - on Mac need expander to do this)

-       .xml files

-       .ncx

-       .opf

-       content folder with .xml files: each one of these files is a chapter

-       data folder with .png and .jpg files: the images inside the epub file

InDesign exports .xhtml files for every chapter in epub (images are put in separate images folder and exports them as .jpeg or as .giff)

EPUB readers are mini web browsers – to read the EPUB

InDesign to EBOOK Workflow:

Some edits are done in InDesign and some in EPUB editor.

1.  Export - To convert file to EPUB in InDesign: File – Export for – EPUB then click Export.

2. Preview and Rough Proof - Open in Adobe Digital Editions (default EPUB viewer) … download from http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions File then opens up in ePUB previewer eg Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) – can look different on different devices but use as checker that all images came in the text came in and they are in the correct order etc.

3.  Edit EPUB File – open the EPUB file and edit its component files(CSS, XHTML, XML files) as necessary

4.  Preview and Proof – view EPUB in a variety of eReaders and mobile devices (VALIDATE)

5. Final Validation – run ePubCheck on the EPUB file to ensure it validates after all edits – free service (links work etc)

6. Upload  - make the eBook available (if going to sell on Amazon – they will convert it to Kindle (mobi file) for you)

What can and can’t by converted from InDesign to EPUB

What is transferred

All text on ‘live’ page (including overset text and auto bullets/numbering) is exported except text from Master Page (because EPUB is constantly reflowed) including styles (paragraph and character) but not other formatting for same reason as Master Page info. … converted to CSS format for web.

All ‘live’ images are exported and will bring formatting of images (edge effects, crops etc)

The order that they appear may be different

Links are included

What does not get converted into the EPUB

… everything else eg pasteboard, page size, facing pages etc are ignored … Table of Contents Feature is ignored (can create yourself and it will be included)

Spacing between text frames is ignored as is multiple returns (they are collapsed) and space runs are also collapsed into one space, tabs are converted to a single space.

Tables are exported but not the formatting! (only info) so need to edit CSS code to edit

If Table Styles are used – make editing easier.

Text effects eg 90 degrees do not go over – only the text.

NB rollovers, interactivity, sound, animations, movies, diagrams – not included

Movies and sound can be added into EReader itself later but not all e-readers support embedded rich media and can convert artwork later as well.

Narrate a SlideShow with "Show Me"

Some links to stuff

The WallWisher I made last term:

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2011: http://c4lpt.co.uk/top-100-tools-for-learning-2011/

e-Learning Leadership Blog: http://info.alleninteractions.com/

iMindMap Basic: http://www.thinkbuzan.com/intl/products/imindmap/basic

Slideshare: http://animoto.com/

Tiny URL: http://tinyurl.com/

http://designing.flexiblelearning.net.au/gallery/activities/games.htm

Ed Ted: http://ed.ted.com/

iPads for learning: http://www.ipadsforeducation.vic.edu.au
iPad training: http://www.ipadwithwes.com

http://www.apple.com.education/apps

http://www.appsineducation.blogspot.com

http://www.usi.edu/distance/bdt.htm

http://elearnmag.acm.org

Calibre: 

http://calibre-ebook.com/demo

http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/ 

Music: 

http://groveshark.com/

... and wanted to see if I could work out how to embed stuff

Simon Sinek:


George Siemens: (from Digital Content site on my.TAFE - about connecting (esp with students)


... and older stuff (just so I don't loose it!)

http://present.knowledgevision.com/account/01462/link/Digital_Content_Leading_Practice_The_10_week_challenge

Pronunciation

I was lucky enough to go to an international TESOL conference held in Cairns - my first visit to the Great Barrier Reef!

There was a Pronunciation Symposium before the conference which I attended.  There also seemed to be a high degree of sessions on pronunciation during the conference as well so it was great - hearing the issues (it was quite academic) and strategies.  I have implemented a few of the ideas over the last 2 weeks that I came across.

I have devised an activity that the conference sparked and started to implement it:

• last week we went to the library and students borrowed a novel (reader) with a CD (to help them with their reading in English as well as pronunciation).
• this week I showed students how to use the Microsoft recorder and they recorded themselves reading the first chapter.
• then students uploaded their recording onto our blackboard discussion 
• next week students will listen to another student's recording and write down what they hear (dictation - great for listening practice and being aware of what they sound like to other people)

We will then discuss the experience and things/words they found difficult to understand/pronounce.  So far students are enjoying the activity.

Students have written introductions that they are going to put up on our wiki and I am going to get them to record their introductions and upload them onto our wiki as well.

My Adobe CS6 has arrived!!!

Yippie!

I got my Adobe CS6 a week ago.  Last weekend I spent time watching some more tutorials and playing with Adobe InDesign.  I am designing the "front page" ... not quite finished but I am happy with how it is going.  Not really sure about the settings and dimensions I should use (for an eventual eBook) so have provisionally made it 800 px x 600 px with a "web" setting.

... also have made it a book with facing pages - is this a good idea if it will be an eBook eventually?

I made an image with the title in the top main area with three smaller sections under it that I want to make into buttons - two states (roll over and original).  I have been trying to work out how to make the buttons with some strange results.  If anyone knows how to do this, would love to hear from you.

This is the image for the top part of the front 'page':

The three sections that are underneath this image in the inDesign program are: Finding, Applying and Interviews ... don't have an image for the interview part yet as I haven't made the interview - don't have the people.

... I think I will have to rethink my project.  It is definitely too big at the moment and not sure if I am going to get any time this term to work on it.

Digital Content Project Update

Two weeks since the 2 day workshop!

Just before the 2 day workshop I trailed the little movie that I had made about completing Accident Report Forms.  It was great that the students enjoyed the activity.  I identified amendments that I wanted to make so that it would better focus on the outcomes and  have been able to amend it.  

During the 2 day workshop I created an application form and have now used it with students - so have a good idea about how I need to change it as well as identify some learning activities I need to build around it.  (The challenge will be to remember how to do it!)

I had a meeting with Marie last Wednesday. It was really great to be able to discuss issues and be shown some things in Calibre.  So I now have Calibre on my computer.  I created a word document and we tried to insert a movie and then converted it to PDF.  It didn't work so we then tried to insert the movie into the PDF ... again no luck but I am continuing to explore different options.  If anyone knows how to do this, it would be great to hear from you.

I have also completed Part 1 of the little movie I'm making (using photos and audio) around employment in Australia for migrants and refugees learning English, and have planned some activities around it.

I have been able to get limited access to Lynda training so today I'm looking at some on Adobe InDesign as I have been told that the new Adobe CS6 version has the ability to publish interactive eBooks.  I'm really looking forward to getting these programs (still waiting for them to arrive - release date delayed)

Links to make 3D models

Blender: http://www.blender.org/
Poser: http://poser.smithmicro.com/poser.html

E-Books and Beyond

Presented by David Drinkall, QVDC (Client Services Advisor, QLD)

Can help you find resources - from toolboxes so that you don't have to recreate them!!!

In 5 years:

• almost every student will have a smart phone
• most students will ahve a tablet computer
• almost every students will have cheap 3G internet
• knowledge will be easy to access on phone
• access to world's information on phone
• can be connected to everyone using phone
• have camera and video camera on them (and on phone)
• games (on phone)
• take notes (on phone)

In the future will will need different skills and so will the students for their learning and their future careers.
Everything we create needs to be able to be accessible on mobile devices.
FLASH for development tool is still valid (swf files) and in the future will be able to export different file types.

eBooks

Convert to ePub using Calibre
Benefits: (epub format - next most used format other than PDF)

• works across many platforms
• flowing text (text wrapping)
• Text, images, links (ebook features can allow these things - ibooks app)
• notes, highlighting, bookmarks (as above - ibooks is an ebook reader)
• Searchable
• ebook readers can make white on black or vise versa
• can be viewed on small screen really clearly (biggest advantage)
• Apple uses HTML5 - can put video and audio in book - audio keeps playing as you flip through
• flip and reveal - steps in process
• labeling diagrams - hot spots
• uses same rendering engine as safari
• can have access to eBook assests when no access to wifi/internet/LMS 
• in LMS add PDF, Doc and ePub version

Create eBook using free tools (epub)

• Calibre - use to convert PDF to ePub includes cover art and hundreds of options
• Sigil - OPEN, EDIT and SAVE (can also create from scratch) includes cover art and hundreds of options
• ePub is a zip file - can unzip if you go into ePub - can then add video to your ePub

Making eBook (epub) on Apple Mac

• make it in Pages: Word Processor
• unzips the files to then add files
• simply format your eBook and then choose EXPORT
• Select EPUB as the format
• ... Sigil has just come out for Mac

Free guide to making eBooks: http://bit.ly/v2ebooks
Our Planet - app (buy)
Free software from mac: ibooks creator - only works on apple mobile iPads
Redline Trading: ebook that David made about Trading (only works on iPad)
Google Docs Presentations: https://docs.google.com/?pli=1#home (click "Create" - Document, presentation, form, spreadsheet, table (beta), collection

Apps for iPad and iPhone

iAnnotate - read annotate and share PDF (can record your voice/answer and send), select camera and can take photo and send as part of the PDF (cross platform app - also android as iAnnotate PDF for iPad - select different platform to suit)
showme -  app for ipad - draw and can use to explore parts of grammar

YouTube

mind craft' tutorials on YouTubee-Book - look on YouTube: eg search how to make an eBook using indesign: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+make+an+ebook+in+indesign+&oq=how+to+make+an+e-book&aq=1s&aqi=g-s4&aql=&gs_l=youtube-reduced.1.1.0i10l4.91641.97188.0.104203.21.15.0.3.3.0.360.1671.2-4j2.6.0...0.0.0a6q_kw4E64

NB Storyline is a free app to read Storyline files

Digital content resources - samples, ideas & possibilities

Digital content resources - samples, ideas and possibilities

Garry Hargraeves, Skills Tech

• MIL - multimedia interactive learning
• Asset externalisation
• 3D PDF
• Articulate studio - leverages off PowerPoint
• Storyline

Every 2 pages in online content you need to put a learning object.
Learning is moving from instruction to construction.

There are 5 levels:

0 - link
1 - picture and text
2 - click and reveal
3 - games, multiple paths
4 - interactive 3D environments

Limit the amount of text and use text that is reading age of grade 7.
We need to change the mechanisms for delivery of information: delivery methodology needs to be interesting (interactive)

Examples and things to consider:

• characters for learnign objects: poser 2012 (ed version costs around $200)
• make panorama - take photo every 8 degrees, put together in quick time (make quicktime movie) convert to flash and create hot spots so that when you click on an area it reveals more info etc
• photo - running across the screen - and can click any photo to reveal more (roll over to reveal) - made in flash
• games - click character to reveal game eg snakes and ladder - roll the dice - randomly selects questions and people answer the question (ie not for instructions as it is random) - can include situations included - use real examples (click on the correct answer)
• Example: customer service game: start with area ... consider the sequence (if appropriate) - game - character walks in and is on the first square (scenario comes up with questions - what do you do? eg acknowledge that person is there), move to the next square and another scenario appears and learner makes decision
• corporate elearning and induction programs: checklist (things that you need to do). Introduction (who what vision - voice over), then menu of what is available in the learnign object - voice over introducing the module.  CFO to grounds person - each has different parts they need to know (ie changes according to role).  Safety Procedure Training - identifies what you need to do in the induction training according to your role ... at the end produces a certificate with the date to be signed by the supervisor. 
• q-health: analyser to determine if someone is sick - demonstrates symptoms - put in general information and can then diagnose
• training management - scenarios - what decision would you make - need to find out situation through your decision making (photos, graphics, scenarios to write - 40 hrs development time)
• westpac - image (outline of people) with speech bubble movie - then discussing situation and need to make choices (level 2-3)
• Look at toolboxes (14) to adapt - can now pull them apart.

TOOLS TO USE AS A DEVELOPER

Can buy education copies - around $500
PDF - since version 7 can create full 3D
eg ESM devise - heat stress - a full 3D object of device - put controls - show side view etc show inside

Use Free Acrobat Reader - can also create line, illustrate mode, transparent
build presets - change lighting, colour effects
Need 3 volume package - blender, auto cad - blender (free), 3D studio etc to build the 3D object

How to build one using Adobe Acrobat Reader

• use word: put text on the document and 2 blank boxes (insert square and wrap around the object - where the 3D objects are going to go.
• Turn document into PDF document
• Acrobat 9 is better than Acrobat 10
• go to 'multimedia' and  'insert' ... 3D filen(can be 370k)... where put it ... where is file .... choose file
• use hand to activate 3D image - use root directory to turn off part you want to delete. 
• Use 3D files (search - u3d file - to find 3D files that are free to use) - this is the link to download the 3D builder: http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/u3d
• can set presets for what you want the 3D file to do (eg turn, zoom)
• can use as orientation to the campus

Example: 'Underwater' adventure game - learn together about words
Rapid elearning tool: free stuff

Storyline

Powerpoint presentation with video etc
Articulate turn on, preview, select slides - output to flash
puts in menu
can change look and feel

Rapid elearning tools are powerful

Our Group Presentation

We are presenting our group project process and outcomes today.  Tom is unable to be here so and we wanted to thank him soooo much for all his work of putting the content together. We were able to talk to him and hopefully he will join us through iconnect for the presentation.

Just talking to Tom - he uses images from dreamtime - a site taht you have to subscribe to - has amazing images and Tom says that it is an easy site to search for particular images.

Both Jan and Annette are iconnect moderators - I am going to contact Brad when I get back to the institute next week and ask if I can do the moderator training - what a great distance learning teaching tool!

Note to self: ... plan and publish??? ... ask more questions.

Adobe Suite 6

ADOBE SUITE PRESENTATION - POSSIBILITIES

Presented by Richard Turner-Jones - Solutions Consultant Adobe Systems Pty Ltd

Wow!

Really looking forward to getting Adobe CS6 Suite on my new mac at home!

Love Adobe Acrobat X Pro and Adobe LiveCycle Designer ... and during this session I created an application form for my course and uploaded it onto BlackBoard.  I will get students to compete it and bring it to the interview that they are doing for assessment ('completing formatted texts' is also another assessment that they are doing this term)

Help online to use Adobe Acrobat
http://acrobat.solutions.adobe.com/content/acrobatx_ipm3_en?trackingid=JQSBY
Don't forget this site (new upcoming adobe programs are able to be downloaded for testing):
http://labs.adobe.com/ 
eg the Edge - easy to use and creates flash like files (need to save files in a cloud like place)

Create JS - export with script from Flash to be able to put it into other things so that it can still work - does not need the program to replay it.

Shadow: helps to test content that you are developing - run shadow client to sync with other devices - allows 'mirroring' - what you see on your computer is able to be seen on other different types of mobile devices to see if it responds appropriately
HINT - use Chrome and http://www.alistapart.com/ 

APPS for mobile devices to check out:

• Ideas
• Photoshop touch - can send to other people
• Proto - storyboarding

Check this out:

1. http://theindustry.cc/2012/05/10/html9-responsive-boilerstrap-js-its-as-awesome-as-it-sounds/

Wall Wisher - the result

Earlier in my blog I identified Wall Wisher as something I wanted to use this term with students.  Well I created my wall and the students wrote on it earlier this term.  Then I embedded it into our wiki and this is the link:
http://youthatsouthbank.wikispaces.com/2Y+Term+2

Features of 21st Century learning design and resource development

Features of 21st Century learning design and resource developmnent: Rob Stowell

Focus on the learners as collaborators in the learning practice with individual accountability was a key message for me.

I loved the use of "Cooperative Shapes" activity as a way to activate learners to see each other as resources in the learning process.

Why personalise learning? Social justice and environmental changes - technolgoy

• The attainment gap
• Over-representation of disadvantaged groups amonst lowest attainers
• Higher skills demands with complex pathways through ted and training
• Socially and ethnically diverse society
• Increased power of technology

Features of personalised learning

• Highly structured
• Responsive
• Strengthened link between learning and teaching
• Learner-focused, knowledge-focused, assessment focused

Scaffold – use assessment to plan learning

5 Key Strategeies to increase student performance

1. Sharing learning expectations: clarifying and sharing learining interactions and criteria for success
2. Questioning: discussion, questions and learning tasks
3. Feedback: moving learners forward with feedback
4. Self Assessment: students reflect on their learning
5. Peer assessment: students help each other to improve

Need clear picture of what is required – visualise competence

“Inside the Black Box” – Paul Black and Dylan William

Interventions that impact on student learning

Formative assessment techniques showed greater outcomes for students learning

• Overall student performance improves
• Gap between highest and lowest narrows
• Lowest level students have highest learning gain(advantages the most disadvantaged

Idea to use: students write reports – teacher gathers common mistakes and gives to groups to correct and make suggestions for improvement

Reflective notes from Mark Jones:

Rob Stowell -21st Century Learning Design and Resource Development

Content is no longer relatively static, and curriculum likewise.

Teaching does not always equal learning.

School learning does not always apply lifelong.

Teaching need to be agile (and creative)

"Learning needs to be fluid, constant and in your pocket" David Martin

Educational imagination cab be commonplace.

Should we be trying to personalizing rather than contextualising?

Are we making things too difficult for ourselves re assessment? Why?

Tap into global resources and communities.

Key features of 21st learning: applied, personalized, collaborative, reflective, technology-enabled, assessment-focused.

There are different styles of individualized to collaborative learning. Cf creative shapes activity.

Auditors don't always respect creativity.

3 approaches to learning: individualistic, competitive, collaborative - collaborative most effective.

5 features of collaborative learning: individual accountability, group goals, team skills, - doubles learning, other consequences (such as group skills and recognition of individual differences, blurring and teacher and learner roles, challenges learners to try new approaches).

Personalized learning can help overcome attainment gap, allows diversity, and allows technology to do it thing.

Personalised learning is quite structured, responsive, strengthened between teaching and learning, learner&knowledge&assessment-focused.

Can personalize content and learning experience.

Assessment is the greatest way of improving learning individually and as a group - assuming we use assessment for learning.

Assessment for learning occurs during learning, done with learners, improves learning, promotes learning, looks forward to the next stage of learning.

Need clear picture of what success in learning is.

Key strategies: shares expectations, questioning, feedback, self-assessment, peer assessment.

Use evidence about learning to adapt instruction to meet learner needs.

Technology can improve such assessment.

The teacher needs to be an integral part of process - engaged as much as students.

Group Project Progress

We had an iconnect session today to discuss our project.  Tom has done a lot of work to create an interactive flash file with key information.

Annette, Tom and I discussed who the target group is.   We also discussed the possibility of including information about copyright.

Unfortunately it doesn't look like Tom will be able to make the 2 day workshop this Thursday and Friday so Annette and I will look at our project again next Thursday.  In the meantime Tom is going to see if he can make links to other information.  However we thought that the messages are currently strong as they are not too wordy - they get to the point quickly.  This information supports this approach: http://info.alleninteractions.com/bid/86769/no-one-reads-online?source=Blog_Email_%5bNo%20One%20Reads%20Online

For my own project: have identified a number of great youTube sites to support the understanding and skill development in job interviews for students from NESBF:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5oC06Kz1X8&feature=related (general interview - with vocal and example interview)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhbULttQ0G0&feature=related (answering questions about strengths and weaknesses)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmdbgv2aX2A&feature=relmfu (general tips about the interview)

May already!

Wow.  It's May already ... and three weeks into term 2.

Update on my project:

• Over Easter I was able to start planning and developing the content for my project
• talked people into 'staring' in the little movies I am making
• started to take photos, write scripts
• completed a short powerpoint type of thing (used imovie)
• started to identify and develop activities around the digital media stuff
• Set up a "Wall Wisher" and students have added their comments on ... "What I want to learn and do this term".
• I have added it to our wiki: http://youthatsouthbank.wikispaces.com/2Y+Term+2 (click if you want to see it) 
• I would like to add a wall wisher to the ebook - not sure how I will do this yet but ...
• I have just had a meeting with my sponsor at Southbank about the project and outcomes that I hope to achieve ... and what I need to be able to achieve them
• Hope to have my ongoing internet access issues addressed before Friday's web conference (very frustrating - spent over 4 1/2 hours last Friday trying to get it fixed - am now waiting for a package to arrive from my provider so hope it arrives before Friday)
• Accessed my group's wiki page and created a page for on the topic I am working on - "Copyright standards and legal issues.
• Discussed the topic with the library and identified some issues
• Was given some resources from the library
• Librarian to email me answers to some of my questions re copyright

Lots to do and so little time ...

Zondle Games

NB Remember to make a game for students: https://www.zondle.com/memberPages/Default.aspx

Wall wisher

Just created a "Wall Wisher" for students to use at the beginning of next term - to identify what they want to learn and what they want to do in term 2: http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/youthatsouthbank

... and my delicious site is:
http://www.delicious.com/mairy
http://www.wallwisher.com/build

Collaboration

http://www.delicious.com/stacks/view/IIbgF6?editMode=true

Co-working with Noddlepod

Noddlepod is a tool for enabling collaboration and mutual support between members of a community.
Noddlepod works by allowing members of a group to see their own work in the context of the group.

EduApps

just use it, give it, share it - all for free  

(the web site's motto)
http://eduapps.org/

The EduApps Family covers a range of user requirements to support teaching and learning, so just choose the one that’s right for you.

• AccessApps, provides a range of solutions to support writing, reading and planning, as well as sensory, cognitive and physical difficulties.
• TeachApps, is a collection of software specifically designed for teachers or lecturers.
• LearnApps, as its name implies, is specifically designed for learners. All learners or students can benefit from LearnApps.
• MyStudyBar, is our most popular program, providing a suite of apps to support literacy.
• MyVisBar, a high contrast floating toolbar, designed to support learners with visual difficulties.
• MyAccess, a portal to all your favourite and accessible applications providing inclusive e-learning options for all.
• Create&Convert, is our new kid on the block, designed to help publish accessible information for all. Version 1.5 now available to download!
• Accessible Formatting WordBar, create accessible Word documents with ease using our innovative WordBar.

All EduApps collections can run from a USB pendrive plugged into a Windows computer.

Adding video content to an ePub ebook

Doing some more reading of the "ebooks" paper and thought I would record the following information about adding video content to an ePub ebook:
 STEPS:
1. Convert video to MP4 ...eg
2. Rename ePub file to .zip and unzip it
3. Find the xhtml main file
4. Make a folder there called video and copy the testvideo.mp4 file in there
5. now add <video src="video/testvideo.mp4" controls="true" width="320" height="240" autoplay="false">This is an introductory video</video>
6. now open the content.opd file and add <item id="video1" href="video/testvideo.mp4" media-type="video/mpeg4" />
7. Now zip the whole thing back up
8. Rename the file as .epub
9. Copy to iTunes and sync to device

Not sure how it will work at the moment but wanted it easily accessible.testvideo.mp4

... and perhaps I need to consider guarding the eBook I am creating against unauthorized access and illegal file sharing:
"it can be done manually through sites like http://www.electronicdeadbolt.com/ and Virtual Vault "

... another aspect to be considered - ereading devices! Strategies to consider:

• Test on real devices - difficult getting access to the broad range of devices
• ebook Emulators - free through web browsers (incl Mobile Device and OS Emulators) - but usually require developer kit and knowledge of use
• Peer Editing - fresh eyes

... and standards: http://e-standards.flexiblelearning.net.au/index.php