4. DER SPIEGEL
Presentation skills
Communication at a distance
Automation tools
Integrated database tools
Integrated citation formatting
History of commented discussions and
changes
Packaging and delivery options
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5. HOW ENGAGING?
Autonomy
Two person teams
Mastery
Skill set recognized as valuable
Multiple assessments but all are oral
presentations of skills
Purpose
Topic of personal relevance
Topic of institutional relevance
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7. TOOLS
Video tutorials
Dropbox
MS Office
MS Office Live
Adobe Acrobat Pro X portfolio
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8. LASSIE, GO GET HELP!
Dr. Peter Scheponik Eng 102
The Research Process
ITunes U from our own talent:
Dr. Hal Halbert Word Survival Skills
Terri Sullivan Word
Jerry Yarnetsky Plagiarism
IM a Librarian
Chat with a Librarian
Embedded Librarian
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9. DISTRIBUTION
amazon
ibooks
iTunes U new course design
Stanford courses ?
lending
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10. OFFICE
Office available for home use at $79 from Ultimate Steal
Office Live
Online versions with same Office interface (basic)
Free with licensed copy of Office 2010
11. TASKS
1. Set up Dropbox account and share a folder with partner
2. Create Outline
Present it
Ship it into PowerPoint to create skeleton of presentation deck
1. Generate automatic Table of Contents
2. Interact in revision process with partner at a distance and document revision history
3. Build reusable electronic bibliography
4. Include properly formatted citations
5. Add Works Cited page
6. Present as Word document, as pdf and as part of Adobe X Portfolio
12. OUTLINE
Demo skills
Take Word outline directly into
PowerPoint slide deck
FIRST ASSESSMENT
CHECKPOINT
Dropbox account
Can share folders
Created Word outline
Demonstrate Outline
features
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13. AUTOMATE TOC
Use video tutorials like
You Tube
Microsoft Office site
word-2010.com
Update
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14. COMMENTING
Track changes
Display options
Formatting
Readability Indices
SECOND ASSESSMENT CHECKPOINT
Demonstrate they can display various
versions of a commented document
Accept/Reject comments
Identify where they collaborated at a distance
on papers content
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15. DB OF BIBLIOGRAPHY
Citation formatting
Database of all research resources
Can distribute Source.xml
Productive Geek
Works cited generation
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16. FINAL PRESENTATION
Word prep tools
PDF as delivery format
Adobe Acrobat X Pro portfolios
FINAL ASSESSMENT CHECPOINT
Present final paper in docx and pdf
Navigate stored bibliography
Update TOC, add index, modify works cited
Prepare to deliver
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17. MACS
MS Office is very different
Run in emulator
Conversion guide to Mac Office
Apple product Pages
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18. To Foster Engagement.
Autonomy Mastery Purpose
Divergent thinking projects
Teaming
Oral presentations
Latest tech tools in both software and hardware
Reposition the research paper as a learning
experience that works on multiple levels and
you will engage more students.
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Not a recipe to follow - encouraging divergent thinking RSA Changing Paradigm
Video chats with webcams built into most laptops
Now , at no cost to you, there are video materials, slide shows, online support personnel. Students begin to identify their learning styles and seek out the appropriate type of materials which make THEM EFFICIENT LEARNERS. Not every student uses every resource.
Home->slides->New 際際滷 -> slides from Outline
Remember to show restricted editing over in the Protet group. Set spelling option in proofing to allow readibility index computed then run the spell checker.
Manage Sources and the sources.xml file (which can be moved to other machines)
Go through features inside the File-> Info section especially Prepare for Sharing Why pdf is a more standardized format requiring less from the reader ePortfolio collections of documents. Have an Adobe X example (UPDATE TO Adobe X Reader software on machine).