October 15, 2008
Are you looking for quality staff development via interactive videoconferencing? Join Amon Carter Museum via videoconference for training for your teachers at $10 per participant! Amon Carter Museum is a winner of the CILC Pinnacle Award for 2008.
Nancy Strickland generously shared her time with me this morning updating me on their latest offerings. Check out the education section of the Amon Carter website! They have many teaching resources online to accompany their programs. Nancy has so many great ideas and programs to share. One tip that I learned is that if you have access to a computer lab during the videoconference, they adapt the Bird’s Eye View program so that it is hands-on with computers.
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October 15, 2008
Denise Piece, Birdville ISD
Adobe Education Leader (one of 100 worldwide!)
NOTE: My motivation for attending this is to better create training materials to support our videoconferencing projects, programs, and collaborations. Also, to assist staff with increasing the quality of their staff development offerings.
Adobe Captivate 3.0 will enable you to develop it, practice it, deliver it, see it, and test it! Looks like it costs $699. Wonder how much the education discount is? (You know we use a LOT of open source stuff here!)
Develop It–capture and record screen activity and effortlessly synchronize audio and video.
Practice It and Test It–can require participants to interact with the content. Not like a quiz, but rather, click NEXT, click ADD, etc. Can also integrate with eLearning tools and learning management systems. Can build in a way to capture data from interactions of staff.
See It and Deliver It–create simulation and e-mail them, post items on a website, intranet, or online help system.
Types of quizzes:
Matching
Multiple choice
Fill-in-the-blank
Feedback from quizzes can be shown after each item or at end of quiz.
Training simulation will capture snapshots during this mode and it will become interactive so that whoever is watching it has to click where you tell them to. Awesomeness Deluxe! You have to record the screen first and then go back and add audio. Creates a storyboard that you can easily go back and edit.
Next I am going to look for excellent examples of online training videos. Here is my first attempt for Monster Match this year. Please share links to yours so that we can begin learning together.
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October 14, 2008
Yesterday, we had our October User Group meeting. In the past I have tried different things such as scheduling a content provider to tell us about their programs or creating a Powerpoint presentation of upcoming events.
I am switching this year to a true User Group format so that we can learn from each other and share along the way.
We got started yesterday with three questions–What have you already done this year? What are you planning to do? How can I help you?
Some tips for extending videoconference lessons from Christie.
Take pictures of the students and have them use the word processor during computer time to write what they learned during the videoconference. For K and 1st grade students, the 8th grade students interview them and write it for the younger students.
Jim shared that using Google Earth is a great way to show the distance between sites. You can also generate geography and math content related to maps and locations.
Project ideas to follow-up on
Ag students will connect with a school in New York state to compare/contrast communities and farming issues.
First grade classes will implement a project created this summer in JAZZ related to fall themes. (Not sure exactly, but am searching Google Docs.)
Last question from one of my sites is “What would you want to have in a dedicated videoconference room at an elementary campus?” If you have any ideas, post them in the comments for us!
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September 25, 2008
Just recieved an update on how to schedule those amazing lessons from CMA. Read the note from Dale.
The Cleveland Museum of Art Distance Learning program wanted to announce our new scheduling procedure. We are partnering with CILC, The Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration this year to provide a simpler way to sign up on line for our videoconferences. Just go to the Distance Learning website or visit CILC online. Select “Cleveland Museum of Art” from the drop down list, hit Search and select from our 40+ lesson topics.
First time users will need a PIN to request a connection. Find out how to get your free PIN or if you already have a CILC account get your information here. For additional assistance, phone 866-302-CILC (2452) toll free.
We are looking very much forward to working with you in the coming months.
Dale Hilton
Director, Distance Learning
The Cleveland Museum of Art
(216) 707-2491
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