http://dontbeafraid.edublogs.org ...blogging about our experiences with technology in teaching and learning Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:12:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Do you struggle with styles in Word? Copy and Pasting from one document to another? Here's a tip for you... Word Options! If you are quick with your copying and pasting and you do lots of it, then I am sure you are aware of the 'Paste Special' option in the Edit menu, and ... http://dontbeafraid.edublogs.org/2009/11/04/copy-paste-ms-word-and-styles/ Screenr - This tool is  FUN! ENGAGING! and I think you should check it out! It's an easy way to capture audio and screen movements (screen captture with narration). It's all done online with this neat web2.0 tool. You can instaly 'Tweet' your new instructional video, or share it in other ... http://dontbeafraid.edublogs.org/2009/08/27/free-screencasting-tool-for-creating-e-learning-content/ Just thought I'd share this article containing come good tips on how to make great tutorials capturing what's on your screen and more... The right applications Setting the screen resolution The right equipment Create a script Export to the right format Finishing Touches http://dontbeafraid.edublogs.org/2009/08/27/make-the-perfect-screencast-with-these-6-great-tips/ Converting learning material that you have developed for your learners into MP3 Audio is a great way to reach busy trainees and offer students more flexible ways to learn. Some of our trainees work day and night and try to fit their study into their busy schedule. A lot of them ... http://dontbeafraid.edublogs.org/2009/08/27/tools-you-can-use-to-convert-ebooks-to-mp3-audio/ Animoto helps you make cool videos   Easy as 1-2-3! As of today, you can add video clips to your Animoto videos! Watch a few sample videos and find out more here - http://animoto.com/video You won't believe how good your vids can look. Using video clips in your Animoto videos couldn't be easier! ... http://dontbeafraid.edublogs.org/2009/08/27/make-edit-your-videos-with-animoto/ Someone in my e-Learning network on Twitter posted a link to a very useful site - Sloganizer! Sloganizer allows you to put any keyword into a box, hit the Sloganize button and voila - your own slogan! What a great tool for brainstorming, creating project slogans and much more. Here are some of ... http://dontbeafraid.edublogs.org/2009/05/28/looking-for-a-slogan/ 2009 is the year of Action for me Supporting Colleagues To reinforce and refresh my own learning I've started to roll out sessions with my colleagues especially in Retail, Community Pharmacy & Personal services. This year I have had demand from colleagues who previously weren't engaged are now asking me for help.  Which is fantastic ... http://dontbeafraid.edublogs.org/2009/03/14/lights-camera-action-by-linda-johnston-felc-business-services-retail-personal-services/ Hi All   Thought this site had great material for engaging students and teachers in discussions around children’s rights, use of the media and cartoons to get a message across, text types etc. It is the UNICEF site: cartoons for children’s rights http://www.unicef.org/crcartoons/ Each cartoon listing is illustrated with a still image from ... http://dontbeafraid.edublogs.org/2009/02/27/cartoon-for-childrens-rights/ Hi I got my hands on an e-beam for the Gen Ed section at Great Lakes - how great are they! Teachers who where very ambivalent about technology were immediately engage, especially when shown all the fantastic Activstudio flipcharts that are out there that they can use. One of the stumbling blocks ... http://dontbeafraid.edublogs.org/2009/02/19/e-beam/ Check out the Australian Flexible Learning Framework E-learning Innovations 2008 Profiles. This tool will allow you to view summaries of all funded 2008 projects nationally, it links to the project sites, all project documentation and presentations are shared. http://dontbeafraid.edublogs.org/2009/02/18/2008-funded-e-learning-innovations/ This site is by an Australian moodler Tomaz Lasic. Tom has some great little video tutorials on how to use and set up a range of resources and activities in moodle. See them here - http://human.edublogs.org/moodle-tutorials-2-minute-moodles/ Thank you A big thank you to Julian “Moodleman” Ridden for helping us sort out ... http://dontbeafraid.edublogs.org/2009/02/16/2-minute-moodle-tutorial-videos/ The CS&H Faculty are holding 3 geographical meetings in first Semester 2009. The Faculty Manger - Di Paton - has invited me as the FeLC to present at these 3 meetings.  Exciting hey!   We're planning on showcasing what people are doing with their course delivery and to try to inspire others to ... http://dontbeafraid.edublogs.org/2009/02/10/csh-fecl-on-the-move/