Sources for Online Teaching

Scoop.it is a search engine which will allow you to save webpages in a nice, searchable format. I have students set up scoop.it accounts to search for information that is specific to their chosen topics. You can see my Scoop.it page I have that searches for information on new teaching technology here: http://www.scoop.it/t/teaching-digital-ancient-history (follow me and I will follow you!).

Thinglink

www.thinglink.com

(and Thinglink interactive video). Students use Thinglink as a portfolio of their research. They embed their scoop.it pages, the videos they have created, their blogs, and whatever else they would like to add. I use their Thinglink page to grade all of their digital assignments. You can see my Thinglinks here: http://www.thinglink.com/user/420057911977312257/scenes

Thinglink came out with a very easy way to make video interactive. Here is the link:

http://video.thinglink.com/signup

Aurasma

http://www.aurasma.com/#/whats-your-aura

The studio weblink is: https://studio.aurasma.com/login

Aurasma is a free augmented reality app that I use in my online and in-class courses. For my online classes I make short informative videos on specific topics (like the Moche Mummy, or Burials at Catal Huyuk, or Roman Sewers). I have my students use this app in-class to make student presentations.

Polldaddy

www.Polldaddy.com

I use Polldaddy to create surveys and polls for both in-class and online students. You can make these anonymous. It is a bit difficult to share the surveys if you don’t pay for a subscription, but you can save the text and put it into a Word document. Blackboard also has a Survey function.

Adobe Voice

http://getvoice.adobe.com/

To me this is the best app out there for creating easy and beautiful looking videos. You choose a style, search for copyright free images (right from the app), add music, record what you have to say, and you will have a great looking video. Right now the app is only available for the IPad.

Jing

Jing is a free software program that allows you to make screencast videos. I use Jing to create all of my instructional videos for my courses.

http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html

You can see my instructional videos here at my website: http://www.digitalancienthistory.com/instructional-videos.html