Daily Archives: Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Green Screen
During Destination Week 3 we discussed several ways to produce media. I ran a session on creating media with green screens. This technology leverages a computer’s ability to display pixels as totally opaque (full opacity) or totally invisible (full transparency). If you’ve ever created a photo slideshow with cross dissolves, you have seen how a […]
Storytelling vs Corporate Speak
When I saw this infographic, I immediately transferred the word ‘Lecture’ where the author put Corporate. This is an interesting and revealing way to evaluate our own communication style in presenting course content to our students. <iframe src=”http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/26716363?rel=0” width=”479″ height=”1766″ frameborder=”0″ marginwidth=”0″ marginheight=”0″ scrolling=”no” style=”border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px 1px 0; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;” allowfullscreen> […]
NISOD 2014: Digital Learning Strategies that Inform, Engage, and Inspire
In the fall of 2013, a new course was piloted on the East Campus of Valencia College. The one credit course was SLS2930 – Digital Learning Strategies, and the goal of the course was to help students identify learning technologies that would enhance their learning experiences in college. Sent out through email, Twitter, and Facebook, […]
YouTube or You Missing Out
I had the pleasure of presenting on YouTube at the Destinations 2014 Circles of Innovation Track at Valencia College. I was able to share some wonderful features and ways YouTube can be used in the classroom for engagement and connection. Here are some resources from the presentation: 1) YouTube Instructional Videos 2) YouTube or You […]