Creating Immersive Learning Environments

What does it mean to be well-educated?

What does best practice mean to you?

Presentation Web sites

 

 

General Embedding

embed IT

Embedding anything in your Web site (advanced)

Resources:

Audio

Gcast:  phone podcasting

Odeo

Avatars

Voki:  create your own talking avatar

Bookmarks

Del.icio.us

Chat

Yackpack

Documents

Scribd post multiple document formats

File Storage

Box.net:  file storage system

Google:

            Google Maps

            Google Streetview

            Google Docs includes Google Presentation | Google Spreadsheets

            Google Calendar

            Google Gadgets

            Google Services Gadgets

Imagery

Flickr:  3 Billion images

            Flickr Storm

            Flickr CC

            Flickrin

            Multicolr Search Lab

            Big Huge Labs

Mind-mapping

Bubbl.us 

Multimedia

Flowgram:  combine multiple resources together.

Presentations

Slideshare:  repository of presentations, most typically PowerPoint

Qik

Live streams from cell phones.

RSS Feeds

Add information streams

Screen capture

Jing Project

Slide Shows

Photobucket

Slide.com

Timeline tools

XTimeline 

TimeTube: 

Video:

YouTube:  repository of video | 150,000 per day | 78.3 million estimated uploaded | 412 years to watch all videos

TeacherTube

DNA Tube

Google Video

Broadcast Video

ustream

Animoto: create flash video  

Voicethread:  create video with commenting features

Specialty sites:

National Archives Experience:  The Digital Vault.

Life Photos hosted by Google:  Google hosts all Life photos from the 1750’s to today

Alec Couros Open Thinking Wiki

Transliteracy:  The ability to read, write, and interact across a range of platforms and tools from orality through print, TV, radio and film, to networked digital media.

Core Principles of Media Literacy

Confronting the Challenges of Media Literacy | Henry Jenkins

Project Look Smart

 

My Resources on del.icio.us

JFK Resources

Visual Literacy