That was nice of Jordan to suggest you pick on student from the spreadsheet. :DIf I was there at the session, I would have shared what I had.I found the exporting and uploading to Facebook to be tricky and that took me about 30 minutes to figure out.I found that Udutu was pretty easy to use because of the toturials.I did not know that we had to options for our Future video assignment.I though we had to speak of, or kind of predict, what will become of LMOs in the future.I think I might do the suggestion for what current LMOs need to add as extra features.
By the way, I did what Stacie did with her Udutu project.I did not pick a scenario because I draw out my own plan for how I wanted my lesson to flow.
I like signing and I remember sing rounds in elementary school. I did not start signing anything from a different language at your student's age, but I did sign something from a different language in high school. If my music teacher had something like your project up for us, I would have learned the words better on my own. It is really awesome that you had a narration that taught the words, sang it, and then play just the instrument for the student to practice on their own. Very good job.
I love your Udutu unit. I had no idea that there was such a word as Sexting. I knew that people did it, but I did not think about the implication it has on child, especially teenagers. I will be a parent one day and your lesson got me thinking. I need to be more protective of my children and speak with them about the crazy things people do over the internet. This project was very useful for me. I hope you keep this Udutu unit alive. I'm saving your link so that I can share this with my students and the health educators at my school.
I really liked your project. I must admit that I do not pay much attention to all my rights, but this video really helped me review my must basic rights. Also, I took your quiz and missed to James Madison answers. I always though Jefferson was the man when it came to the Bill of Rights. Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 06:24 PM
It was fun learning Udutu. The tutorials were awesome because they were short and to the point. I did not get too fancy with customizing my template but I took the "Hello my name is" gif and made it my own. I think the hardest thing to do was figure out what to upload onto the UdutuTeach. I was confused at first about what to upload, but them I tried uploading the zip file and everything worked out fine. I got one friend who tested my course at 3:30am which was about the time I finished. I guess I'm a night owl in the summer time.
As our technology advance and our aesthetic needs grow, producers of e-learning environments must enhance their product to have more functions and look more pleasing.There are many tools that are used to build, or in other words author, e-learning environments.Just like how carpenters use many hardware tools to build a product, e-learning developers also use many software tools to make their product.
The first and most important tool that e-learning developers need is an authoring tool because “an authoring tool is the software you use to assemble the course as a whole” (TOTT, p.4.2).One way of thinking about authoring tools is that it can build the skeletal structure of an e-learning environment.Then, it is all a matter of making the interface of e-learning more appealing with graphics and media. “The two most common HTML editors on the market are Microsoft’s FrontPage and Macromedia’s Dreamweaver” (p.4.3).
To do graphics and media, the developers will most likely need to rely on a separate set of tools called element tools because “in some cases, your authoring tool may have the capability to create these elements and you wouldn’t need a separate tool” (p.4.9).However, in most cases the authoring tools may not allow the user to make those minor adjustments that the user need.Element tools are tools like Photoshop (graphics editing), iMovie (video editing), and GarageBand (audio editing).
So, to develop an e-learning environment one must be very skilled at many different software tools.But, the likelihood of mastering all the skills take quite some time so most developers have to work in teams.Working in teams and breaking down the job makes development of e-learning environments more manageable.Aside from being able to use the software, buying the software is expensive.So, “find the best product” that “meet your needs and your budget” (p.4.25).
Source
Tools of the Trade (TOTT). (n.d) Retrieved July 23, 2010, from http://www.e-learningguru.com/wpapers/4-Tools.pdf
