If you are interested in exploring any of the software tools here, or any other tools, please feel free to contact Randy Thornton to come down to the Serious Sandbox area in the Instructional Technology office in Lib 032. If you would like help with Media specific tools such as video or audio editing, contact Stephen Philbrook.
InfoSessions
Summer InfoSessions are over, but you can view the video of them online at the itech-training Ustream.tv site. There are no Fall ‘08 sessions; Spring ‘09 sessions are being planned.
- InfoSession 1 - The World of Social Software
- InfoSession 2 - Tagging and Social Bookmarking
- InfoSession 3 - Using RSS Feeds and Readers
- Future InfoSession - Introduction to Moodle
Resources
Classroom
- PRS Clickers - Personal Response Systems for classroom polling
- SmartBoard - Interactive, digital whiteboard
- Mini Laptop - Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Laptops
Local Software
- Audio Recording - Audacity audio recorder and editor
- Content DM - Digital collections (password protected)
- PDF Files - Creating PDF files from MS Word and other applications
- PowerPoint - How to enhance and use PowerPoint better
- Real Player Alternative - using streaming Real Player media files
- WMV for Mac - Flip4Mac and playing wmv files on a Mac
Online Software
- Bibliographies - Online bibliography makers
- Ning - Personal social networks and communities
- RSS - How to use RSS feeds, readers and aggregators
- Slideshare - Online slide shows and presentations
- Tagging - All about tagging and social bookmarking
- Twitter - The microblogging social tool
- Video Chat - Video chat and simple webconferencing
- VoiceThread - Rich-media collaborative presentations
- Wikis - Intro to using wikis and using Wikispaces
- YouTube - Save and convert YouTube videos