Our last blog entry for this class is an interview with an instructional specialist discussing technology in curriculum. I chose to interview Mr. Al Unrath, who is an instructional developer at a local university (
It was a great interview and we talked about integrating technology into curriculum for about 30 minutes; I condensed it down to under 5 minutes (4:58). I had never used the discussed technology –Jing, but at his suggestion I used the software to make this podcast. I really like the software and I can see myself using it often in the courses here at KSU. If you haven’t used or checked out the software beofore, it is free and easy to use; just search for Jing and give it a try.
Hi Dean!
ReplyDeleteYour audio/video podcast is awesome! I think it may have worked out better because you were not able to use audio and video of the professor. This way, you were able to demonstrate the application process that Mr. Unrath described instead of simply relying on conceptualization. Sonora's podcast speaks of Camtasia, which you discussed is one of the offshoots of Jing. I wish I had heard of this program before completing my podcast. Regardless, I am thankful for the tour. I believe the best of the features you described is the interactive grading. Students can feel as though feedback is personalized with voice recordings. Also, instructors are more apt to say exactly what they want to say about a paper if they do not have to consider having space on the paper for corrections and comments.
I love it! You have done a great job with your blog this course. Good luck in your future endeavors!
Hi Dean! great work. I agree with Tonya, I think it was better not to have a 2-way conversation. Jing, aka Camtasia has come up several times. That's usually an indicator that something is worthwhile:) I have not used that program, but I think I will need to have a close look at it. I used iMovie and it was quite easy, but I can see the advantages of using something cloud-based for instant edits and on-the-go work.
ReplyDeleteAlso have to agree with Tonya on the paper critique. I was quite intrigued about the discussion in King and Cox (2011) about using voice for feedback. This allows the student to follow along visually with narrated feedback. I think students would love this.
Dean,
ReplyDeleteI agree with Vianne and Tonya that you recovered nicely on this project by providing your viewers with the tour of the software that Mr. Unrath and you discussed. I am finding that the beauty of technology is there is always more than one way to use it and if you run into challenges you can redirect and recover by using some other technology. I had never heard of Jing before I listened to your presentation so thank you for introducing it to me. This course has given me many ideas about how to use technology in teaching and I learned so much from my peers and their experiences and knowledge on this subject. Even something as simple as a podcast personalizes your course and gives 'voice' to your teaching. Great job and I thank you for teaching me something new!
Thanks for the feedback everyone, I really liked the Jing software and just bought the upgraded version to use in my future classes. It's been a great class, good luck to everyone and hope to see some of you in future classes.
ReplyDeleteDean great summary of the interview. It still sounds like this software is very interesting. Still can't believe I have not heard of this before. I think you demonstrated the full capability of narrated audio. Even better you demonstrated your own learning by using the very software you interviewed Prof Unrath about. Brilliant!
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