Hello, buddies!
I took part in watching and online chatting of stream TV PD scholars presentations yesterday. It was really great experience! Did anybody from the group attend it too? If so, please, comment or post something here.
I'm also looking for the course participants who's planning to join ANVILL and want to try it next semester. If so and you are interested in cooperating and sharing this experience, please, post something to me here. Let's be in touch! I'm registered under blog name's 'inaviri' :-))
Have a good weekend,
Kind
Irina V
Aug 13, 2011
Aug 12, 2011
week8
At last I have got very exciting and important information - I mean ANVILL wiki. I always enjoy exploring new tools , especially most difficult for users- wikis and web 2.0. wigets - and to think about how they can enhance learning, activate and motivate both teacher abd students...
I won't repeat my previous post ( from nicenet). I'd like to add that ANVILL requires both from students and their teacher to be internet SAVVY, otherwise the try could lead to frustration and become a nightmare to all..
At least, broadcasts and vidcasts should require special training for students to join in. Writing threads, comments, forums and chats - even SKYPE-ing are easier and more casual for them. Communication and learning through broadcasting is a brand new W2.0 tool!
Anyway, I was very happy to find somebody who paid attention to this huge online wikis gap and tried to put a lid on. For me, this course was worth participating only because of that...
Kind
Irina
about ANVILL and other webtools nicenet
Dear Jeff, Donna and buddies
When it comes to web 1.0 and 2.0, I think everybody agree that online tools are useful for education enhancing. Especially when you can use special PC lab with free fast internet access available in class and proper hardware(mics,webcam, headset). Or at least you and your students should be lucky to have expensive modern! devices+soft+above accessories and very cheap fast internet at home(like we do enjoy in Moscow).
Then we can talk about planning and using internet and web tools for education.
From the sites proposed this week8 (EastTestmaker,Lanternfish,tools4educators,Smile and other) I would prefer only Hot Potatoes. Not because it's user friendly,free and more or less reliable, but also because you can download it and work offline too. Besides, you can create audio and video! quizzes with it too ( as it was shown at excellent french site (http://eolf.univ-fcomte.fr/index.php?page=technically-interesting-hot-potatoes-page).
On the other hand, they don't provide technical support. But it's competitive to Quia.com I always use, and Atanau also recommended it as a reliable tool. Thank you!
As for wikis,I have been using free(no ads) and premium PBWorks sites for several years already and VERY happy!
I also tried another very popular between educators wetpaint.com and google.docs(igoogle, google sites). I use my googledocs and Igoogle sites for several years too. One can use downloaded googledocs to work offline, creating tables, polls, and use it as MSOffice replacement.No ads,great.
I don't mention Nicenet and Blogger. I tried it several years ago, but my Wikis cover all educational needs in any languages(incl. embedded forums, threads, pages comments and chats).
BUT - online audio and video bloggings, podcasts- vidcasts, widgets, own radio and stream TV broadcasts - is a Real Problem with most wikis! You are completely right tryting to fill that huge gap! I'm sure all educators will benefit from ANVILL a lot!
I was really pleased and excited to discoverand explore ANVILL - wiki designed mainly for oral and video online education.
The idea is really great,Jeff, as all other wikis availabe have dramatic constraints on embedding such things, may be exept PbWorks...
I created my account there and posted in my blog and group blog (in Eng and Rus). It works OK.
But I still have some questions:
What is my access level(writer, editor?)
If it's a free tool,is it for 1 year only(support and hosting are VERY expensive!)
And what is the memory size available? For 100KB I even cannot find any picture to upload.
With PBWorks I have 2 GB of free memery available (with free 24h support and hosting).
The last question - if I upload my files, or create and save my audios and videos on your site - can I download'em or save backups as well?
Anyway, Jeff,I appreciate the possibility to join your wiki and would like to be in touch with you as admin for further course design and implementing...Have anybody from overseas already?
Kind
Irina
When it comes to web 1.0 and 2.0, I think everybody agree that online tools are useful for education enhancing. Especially when you can use special PC lab with free fast internet access available in class and proper hardware(mics,webcam, headset). Or at least you and your students should be lucky to have expensive modern! devices+soft+above accessories and very cheap fast internet at home(like we do enjoy in Moscow).
Then we can talk about planning and using internet and web tools for education.
From the sites proposed this week8 (EastTestmaker,Lanternfish,tools4educators,Smile and other) I would prefer only Hot Potatoes. Not because it's user friendly,free and more or less reliable, but also because you can download it and work offline too. Besides, you can create audio and video! quizzes with it too ( as it was shown at excellent french site (http://eolf.univ-fcomte.fr/index.php?page=technically-interesting-hot-potatoes-page).
On the other hand, they don't provide technical support. But it's competitive to Quia.com I always use, and Atanau also recommended it as a reliable tool. Thank you!
As for wikis,I have been using free(no ads) and premium PBWorks sites for several years already and VERY happy!
I also tried another very popular between educators wetpaint.com and google.docs(igoogle, google sites). I use my googledocs and Igoogle sites for several years too. One can use downloaded googledocs to work offline, creating tables, polls, and use it as MSOffice replacement.No ads,great.
I don't mention Nicenet and Blogger. I tried it several years ago, but my Wikis cover all educational needs in any languages(incl. embedded forums, threads, pages comments and chats).
BUT - online audio and video bloggings, podcasts- vidcasts, widgets, own radio and stream TV broadcasts - is a Real Problem with most wikis! You are completely right tryting to fill that huge gap! I'm sure all educators will benefit from ANVILL a lot!
I was really pleased and excited to discoverand explore ANVILL - wiki designed mainly for oral and video online education.
The idea is really great,Jeff, as all other wikis availabe have dramatic constraints on embedding such things, may be exept PbWorks...
I created my account there and posted in my blog and group blog (in Eng and Rus). It works OK.
But I still have some questions:
What is my access level(writer, editor?)
If it's a free tool,is it for 1 year only(support and hosting are VERY expensive!)
And what is the memory size available? For 100KB I even cannot find any picture to upload.
With PBWorks I have 2 GB of free memery available (with free 24h support and hosting).
The last question - if I upload my files, or create and save my audios and videos on your site - can I download'em or save backups as well?
Anyway, Jeff,I appreciate the possibility to join your wiki and would like to be in touch with you as admin for further course design and implementing...Have anybody from overseas already?
Kind
Irina
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