Week 2 Feb 23rd (ITEC 814 Spring 2009)

Week 2 - February 23rd - Visual Literacy & Learning Networks

4:00pm - 7:00pm

Digital storytelling & social networking in education

Learning objectives:

Examine the concepts of 'voice' and 'identity' through storytelling using digital media online
Learn more about how to utilize web-based social networking tools in educational settings
Explore the uses of small hand-held digital devices such as cell phones in education
Apply principles of visual literacy while learning to use web based photo repositories and web enabled digital storytelling websites - Picasa, Flickr, Animoto, Voicethread

Review last class...

Warm Up Activity

Activity #1 Creative Commons & Picasaweb

Create slideshow to embed in your blog

Activity #2 Animoto

Learn to make web based slide shows

Activity #3 Voicethread

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Learn to make web based comments on an image