Online Voice Tools for Language and Literacy Michael Coghlan September 11 th , 2008

Why Media? Adrian Miles (RMIT): “ make our institution …more porous to the students’ private technologies – their mobile phones, their laptops and their cameras.” Innate human desire/need to create Ubiquity and ease of participatory media enables creation of images, film, documents, course content, assessments, etc develops Digital Literacy http://flickr.com/photos/chunyang/800589975/

Adrian Miles (RMIT):

“ make our institution …more porous to the students’ private technologies – their mobile phones, their laptops and their cameras.”

Innate human desire/need to create

Ubiquity and ease of participatory media enables creation of images, film, documents, course content, assessments, etc

develops Digital Literacy

“ The Read/Write Web” (Tim Berners Lee) Original photo by Hummanna .

No Longer a Lone Voice Evolution of new tools, and Increased bandwidth (estimated 70% of Australian households now have broadband) > voice with images, video, animation is becoming the norm BUT, voice alone still has value… Image courtesy of http://flickr.com/photos/rick_leche/2213262465/

Evolution of new tools, and

Increased bandwidth (estimated 70% of Australian households now have broadband)

> voice with images, video, animation is becoming the norm

BUT, voice alone still has value…

The Ideal:

Annotating Content

Asynch Synch Oral Written Dialogic Minimalistic Reflective; combination of dialogic and monologic Most structured form of communication COMMUNICATION AXIS

Asynchronous Voice (Boards) new form of communication in the educational landscape Allows individual assessment of oral output for every student Can test pronunciation, fluency, communicative competence, conflict negotiation (using a scenario approach)

new form of communication in the educational landscape

Allows individual assessment of oral output for every student

Can test pronunciation, fluency, communicative competence, conflict negotiation (using a scenario approach)

Asynchronous Voice - Tools Wimba: the original (and expensive) example Free Alternatives Voicethread ( example ) Chinswing ( example ) Vaestro Source: www.voice.gatech.edu /

Wimba: the original (and expensive)

example

Free Alternatives

Voicethread ( example )

Chinswing ( example )

Vaestro

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Where do you put your audio? Local server LMS (eg Moodle, but usually limited file size) Hosted podcasting services: Podomatic Odeo Hipcast Utterz (microblogging) Wikis (eg Wikispaces) Other – the Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/index.php

Local server

LMS (eg Moodle, but usually limited file size)

Hosted podcasting services:

Podomatic

Odeo

Hipcast

Utterz (microblogging)

Wikis (eg Wikispaces)

Other – the Internet Archive:

http://www.archive.org/index.php

Micro (audio) Blogging Can record directly on to your personal or public site Can post via phone directly to site (several sites provide this service these days – including Blogger)

Can record directly on to your personal or public site

Can post via phone directly to site (several sites provide this service these days – including Blogger)

UStream: Broadcast Yourself

Communication Teamwork Problem Solving Initiative and Enterprise Planning and Organising Self-management Learning Technology

Communication

Teamwork

Problem Solving

Initiative and Enterprise

Planning and Organising

Self-management

Learning

Technology

Digital Story Telling Photostory Moviemaker

Photostory

Moviemaker

Photo Story: which skills? Communication Teamwork Problem Solving Initiative and Enterprise Planning and Organising Self-management Learning Technology Which employability skills? – all of them!

Communication

Teamwork

Problem Solving

Initiative and Enterprise

Planning and Organising

Self-management

Learning

Technology

Virtual Classrooms (Elluminate, Adobe Connect, Live Classroom) Free: Wiziq, Dim Dim

Second Life See Second Life in Education

The Essential List Instant Messenger (Skype, Google Talk) Asynchronous Voice Board Podcasting (or other audio hosting) Site Virtual Classroom

Instant Messenger (Skype, Google Talk)

Asynchronous Voice Board

Podcasting (or other audio hosting) Site

Virtual Classroom

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