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Posts Categorized: Video
NomadCast – Live your Life
NomadCast – the first ever mobile application to let you video stream LIVE to your Facebook Friends & Twitter followers Special thanks to John O’Keefe for sharing NomadCast with Circles of Innovation. According to John, “It is basically Periscope but better. The only drawback is that it requires an iPhone or iPad to stream. However, […]
Enhance Your Research With Google Scholar
Google Scholar is a powerful tool that can be set to search Valencia’s Research Databases. Google Scholar also has several useful features for faculty that are conducting literature reviews, pursuing publication, or working on an advanced degree. Students doing research papers can take advantage of Google Scholar as well. The video below will demonstrate how to […]
Embedding 101
Special thanks to the inaugural participants of the TED Talks Faculty Development Course. I made this video, in large part, due to their questions related to embedding content. I realize now, after creating the video and the title for this post, that I probably should have called this “Advanced Embedding” because I already made a basic […]
Screencastify
Screencasting is a Teacher Trick that should be in every teacher’s toolkit, but it is also something that students should know about. Simply put, screencasting is recording your computer screen while recording your voice to make a video that can be shared with others. You can make instructional videos, feedback videos, showcase videos, interactive videos and […]
Rocks, Pebbles and Sand
I saw a wonderful video today at the Academic Affairs & Planning Division Meeting (Thank you Kari Makepeace). It would make for a wonderful conversation starter/Circles Spark. Enjoy!
Socialnomics
Special Thanks to Jennifer Bacelice for sharing this great video on the power of socialnomics, which is also a book. Anyone interested in reading and chatting about this book? Let me know. The video really made me think. And what scared me most, is how much the data presented in the video has changed in just the […]
Library Adds 140,000-Plus E-books to Collection
If you missed the announcement of the new library E-book collection in The Juice, here is more information about how to put this powerful tool to use! Check out the Ebrary LibGuide for all the information you need to use, download, and share E-books. For those who would like to dive right in, the video […]
EDpuzzle: Make Any Video Your Lesson
As part of Destination 2015: Flipped Learning, the Circles team wanted to share a technology that would allow teachers to easily curate great videos and then flip those videos to create interactive out of class content.Of the many technologies we tested in preparation for Destination 2015, EDpuzzle was the most robust with the easiest interface. The […]
May the Fourth Be With You in 2015
Happy Star Wars Day everyone! I know I am revealing my inner geek a little bit here, but I think it is safe to assume that I am not the only Star Wars fan at the college or following Circles. For those of you who don’t know about Star Wars Day, it is a day where Star Wars […]
Video in the Classroom
If you have a smart device and a YouTube account, then you are a walking production studio and you may not know it. This summer in Destinations, we will be discussing digital tools you can use to easily and freely make videos with your students in your classroom. First things first, are you iOS or […]
Intel Compute Stick
Will new technologies like the Compute Stick change the way faculty and students use technology around the college? First there was a migration away from desktops to laptops; then many of us jumped to the tablet, in large part because tablets were cool but also because we didn’t want to lug around 4 lb laptops with heavy adapters. […]
Course Copy Assistance is Available to You
So you’ve taught a course using Blackboard, and are getting ready to copy it over for the next term. Have you ever had problems with this in the past? Or maybe you’ve never done this before and want some help? Remember, the Centers for Teaching / Learning Innovation are here to support your teaching. If […]
My Favorite No
While not originally intended as a quote for teachers, Donald Rumsfeld once said, “There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don’t know we […]
Jing for Video Feedback
Special Update: This is no longer the Circles Recommended tool for making screencasts. We would recommend you try Screencastify. Unfortunately, because Flash in no longer a recommended file format and Jing makes it easy to create Flash Files, it is simply better to use a different tool. Unless, of course, you want to try to convert […]