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Wimba ProntoHave you ever used Skype or MSN? Wimba Pronto is an instant messaging system aimed at educational institutions, non-archival. It is installed on all PCs on the King Alfred campus (please contact ITS if your PC doesn’t appear to have it installed). The more people who are using this software, the more functional it becomes.
By the end of the session participants will know about:
· How to create a Pronto account
· How to install Pronto at home
· Password Recovery
· Customisation (e.g. appearance, status update)
· Etiquette for Wimba Pronto
· Holding an ‘office hour’
This interactive session, aimed at all staff within the university, will focus on both the practical requirements of Pronto, but also offer opportunities to discuss innovative and appropriate situations for use.
Participants are requested to possess a USB audio-microphone headset, available from the Media Counter. A webcam will enhance future conversations.
Thursday, 01/07/10, 10.00-11.30 Date to be re-allocated
Monday, 09/08/10, 10.30-12.00 FWB 204
Thursday, 11/11/10, 14.00-15.30
Thursday, 24/02/11, 10.30-12.00
Wimba Classroom
Wimba Classroom offers a virtual classroom environment, including audio, video, application sharing, content display and archiving facilities.
By the end of the session participants will know about:
· Understand the basic functionality offered by Classroom (hand-raise, emoticons, chat)
· Have experienced time as both a participant and a tutor in the Classroom
· Uploaded a PowerPoint presentation to the eBoard, experienced ‘app-sharing’
· Tweaking ‘settings’, including providing a URL to allow external participants to enter the conversation
· Archiving a session, and accessing that archive
This session will also provide space for a discussion of classroom etiquette, and potential uses for the software for both academic and professional services staff within the University of Winchester.
Participants are requested to possess a USB audio-microphone headset, available from the Media Counter. As a tutor, you are likely to want to purchase a webcam, also available from the media counter.
Thursday, 01/07/10, 14.00-17.00 Date to be re-allocated
Thursday, 05/08/10, 14.00-17.00 FWB 204
Thursday, 05/08/10, 14.00-17.00 FWB 204
Thursday, 02/09/10, 14.00-17.00
Tuesday, 30/11/10, 14.00-17.00 APOLOGIES - DATE NEEDS TO BE REALLOCATED
Thursday, 03/02/11, 09.30-12.30
Advanced sessions can be held afterwards via the software.
Wimba Voice
Use that most natural tool to interact with your students; voice. Wimba Voice is a web-based voice option that allows vocal instruction, collaboration, coaching, and assessment (feedback).
By the end of the session participants will know about:
· The possibilities for synchronous and asynchronous discussion.
· The basics of using the tool to annotate other material & create podcasts
· Personalise your Learning Network page with a welcome message
· The opportunity to provide auditory student feedback
Participants are requested to possess a USB audio-microphone headset, available from the Media Counter
Thursday, 29/07/10, 14-00-16.00 FWB 204
Monday, 25/10/10, 10.00-12.00
Thursday, 31/03/11, 09.30-12.30
“Who Wants to Be A Tutor?” Using Clickers in the Classroom
An interactive session, offering an insight into the use of Personal Response Systems (PRS), more commonly known as ‘Clickers’. Clickers are most well known for their use on ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’, but within a classroom, offer opportunities for in-class surveys, revision of previous topics, and for triggering discussion between students. This session will demonstrate the use of Clickers, the potential they offer for learning and teaching, and what you need to know in order to use them within your classroom.
Thursday, 09/09/10, 13.00-14.00 APOLOGIES - DATE NEEDS TO BE REALLOCATED
Thursday, 20/01/11, 13.00-14.00
Introduction to Twitter
Twitter? So many think that it’s just about “what you had for breakfast”, or “like a Facebook status update, but without Facebook”. Enjoy this practical session where you will be able to set up a Twitter account, learn the mysteries of Twitter etiquette, and how to make the most of the tool that is still making headlines and refuses to go away in order to develop your ‘online Twitter persona’.
Thursday, 05/08/10, 10.00-12.00 FWB 204
Monday, 04/10/10, 15.00-17.00
Thursday, 10/02/11, 14.00-16.00
More Advanced Tools for Twitter
Still playing around on Twitter, but struggling to get the most out of it? This session introduces you to further strategy in using Twitter not only to develop your ‘online Twitter persona’, but options for using it in Learning & Teaching, and how to best utilise some of the many Third Party applications that make Twitter such a useful tool.
Required: Attendance at ‘Introduction to Twitter’ or a reasonable amount of experience on Twitter.
Thursday, 04/11/10, 14.00-16.00
Monday, 04/07/11, 10.00-12.00
Facebook Groups
Facebook is THE PLACE where many students spend their time. They, however, view this as their personal space, and many tutors don’t wish to be friends with their students on Facebook. This session offers an introduction to creating a Facebook Group or Fan Page, and will involve opportunities for discussion amongst delegates as to how best to ensure the Group or Page is likely to appeal to students, remain active, and contribute to student learning.
Thursday, 19/08/10, 10.00-12.00 (The first half-hour if for those who don’t have Facebook accounts) FWB 204
Monday, 04/07/11, 14.00-16.00 (The first half-hour for those who don’t have Facebook accounts)
Introduction to Blogging Software
This session (one often offered on Aim Higher days), offers a practical overview of the WordPress software. WordPress is a blogging platform that is very simple to use at a basic level (although offers great functionality if you have the time to engage with the advanced features.
By the end of the session participants will:
· Have set up a WordPress.com account, and altered some key settings.
· Created an ‘About’ Page
· Created their first blog post, including headings, text and images.
· Commented on a colleague’s blog
· Have been introduced to ‘themes’
Please think before the session what you could blog about – your professional or research interests are the most likely, but you may find it easier to start blogging about a personal hobby.
Thursday, 12/08/10, 10.00-12.00 FWB 204 NO ONE HAS INDICATED THEY WANT TO ATTEND, so will rearrange
Monday, 31/01/11, 14.00-16.00
Blogging Strategically
This session is a continuation of the ‘Introduction to Blogging Software’, and concentrates on building a strategy for your blog, including the use of keywords, categories, tags, timing your blogs, defining blog headings, encouraging others to engage.
Required: Attendance at ‘Introduction to Blogging Software’ or a blog that you are comfortable using.
Monday, 23/08/10, 10.00-12.00 FWB 204
Thursday, 17/03/11, 14.00-16.00
Sharing Resources (Slideshare, Humbox, Jing)
This session will consider some simple online resources which allow the sharing of resources, including Slideshare (for uploading PowerPoints), Humbox (for uploading resources for sharing with the academic community) and Jing (for screencasting). You will be encouraged to set up accounts using this software, and then to briefly experiment with each.
Monday, 28/02/11, 13.30-15.00
Survey Monkey
This session offers an opportunity to set up a basic SurveyMonkey survey, within the limits of a free account (10 questions, 100 respondents). Participants will have the opportunity to complete each other’s survey, and identify what can be done with the data. This software could be particularly useful for end-of-module surveys.
Monday, 13/09/10, 13.30-15.00
Prezi
Bored with PowerPoint? Prezi may offer you a new option, utilising designs with a ‘mind-map’ & zoom style functionality. Content is stored online. This session offers a brief overview to the software, and an opportunity to develop your first Prezi presentation.
Thursday, 14/10/10, 10.30-12.00
Introduction to YouTube
Discover how to search for useable YouTube videos, and how to embed them into your Learning Network pages. Provide a comment on an existing YouTube video, and learn how to set up your own YouTube page where you can save all your favourite videos (and direct your students towards them).
Monday, 29/11/10, 16.00-17.00
Please let Bex.Lewis@winchester.ac.uk know if you'd like to attend any of these courses.
Further courses may be developed/timings offered, please let me know if you would like further options (but remember that Keith Mildenhall is the IT Trainer, and my focus is upon the pedagogic use of e-tools) check http://learn.winchester.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=1203 for further information. If you have a tool you could add to the workshop list, please do let Bex know, as we want to develop a sharing of expertise - I'm just kicking it off really!
Please note that I will be almost certainly be unavailable Tuesday/Wednesday throughout 2010/11, as I am also working for CODEC (St John's College, University of Durham) on those days - also in a Blended Learning capacity on the project @bigbible.
Further courses may be developed/timings offered, please let me know if you would like further options (but remember that Keith Mildenhall is the IT Trainer, and my focus is upon the pedagogic use of e-tools) check http://learn.winchester.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=1203 for further information. If you have a tool you could add to the workshop list, please do let Bex know, as we want to develop a sharing of expertise - I'm just kicking it off really!
Please note that I will be almost certainly be unavailable Tuesday/Wednesday throughout 2010/11, as I am also working for CODEC (St John's College, University of Durham) on those days - also in a Blended Learning capacity on the project @bigbible.
