This document discusses tools for collaboration, citation management, and screen capturing/screencasting. For collaboration, it recommends Google Docs and Etherpads for real-time collaborative writing. For citation management, it demonstrates how to use Zotero to automatically generate citations and bibliographies in MLA or APA format. For screen capturing, it recommends the free Screencast tool Screenr for easily creating short instructional videos to demonstrate computer functions to students.

1. A - Collaboration
B - Citation management
C - Assessment with Comment banks Screen capturing / screencasting
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A - Collaboration
Problems
• 1 - how to promote more frequent writing, revision and review by students
• 2 - how to monitor students in the writing process
• 3 - how to invite higher rates of student
Looking for a way to
• more effeciently / effectively model writing process
• invite students to actively participate in realizing a model of the writing process
• improve accountabiliy of students in following / realizing all steps of the writing process
(brainstorming, idea, outline, first draft, revision, final draft)
• provide student feedback at a time convenient to you
• promote more frequent peer review / sharing / modelling
Solution - collaborative writing - real time, online
Tools?
Google docs
ACTIVITY
• explore these examples
• http://j.mp/emailwriting
• observe - what is happening here?
• http://j.mp/summarywriting
• observe - what is happening here?
Etherpads
ACTIVITY
• explore these examples
• http://buckinsand.titanpad.com/143
• observe - what is this? why?
• http://buckinsand.titanpad.com/6
• observe - what is this? why?
Discuss possible applications of these tools for writing
• discuss this example
• model writing process with an incomplete outline
• headings
• question
• brainstorm
• research / collect information
• list in point form
• sort in point form
• create an outline
• create a first draft

2. • create a final draft
ACTIVITY
• go to this etherpad - http://buckinsand.titanpad.com/157
• work collaboratively on the following question
• how could you realize collaborative writing with your students - your ideas
• brainstorm
• possible topics for students to work on together
• basic / beginner students
• intermediate students
• advanced students
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B - Citation management
Problems
• 1 - students fail to fully understand the importance of proper citation work as a means to avoid
being accused of plagiarism
• 2 - students have difficulty in accurately formatting and completing entry of all required
information on resources that they choose to cite
• 3 - it is time consuming for both student and teacher
• for the student
• to learn, understand the importance of, and to accurately realize
• for the teacher
• to teach, support and ensure correct format when under time pressures
Solution - use of citation management tools
• http://www.slideshare.net/buckinsand/citation-management-today-5959080
• benefits?
• citation fields are fully and clearly give to students to ensure full completion
• final formatting is done by the tool
• can be more easily supported by teacher
Demonstration of basics with Zotero
• for demonstration purposes - identify a topic to research - (citation management?)
• create a collection
• create entries manually
• create entries automatically (i.e. Amazon, online databases)
• set up the formatting of references automatically (i.e. MLA, APA)
• insert into a Word document
discuss more advanced options
• plugin into MS Word
• for intext citation work
• facilitates sharing citations with students (import / export function)
• collaborative research work
ideas for introduction to students

3. • graduated introduction to "a" citation management tool
• Step 1 - initially invite students to
• import citations that you have authored
• use these citations in their research
• insert these citations in their list of references
then..
• Step 2 - invite students to "add" to this pre-authored list with a web based resource (introduce
other resource types later on)
then..
• Step 3 - invite students to "create" their own
known issues
• continuity
• teacher introduces it in one course.. another teacher uses still another program in another
course; student retention / support suffers ... promotes abandonment
• need for Department wide agreement on format (APA, MLA), tool (Zotero,
Mendeley), introduction (which course, to what degree?), support resources
(screencasts, Library)
• important to understand the limitations of each tool
• (i.e. Zotero requires users to use Firefox as their browser)
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C - Screen capturing / screencasting
Problems
• 1 - students have difficulty learning how to perform basic functions / sequences on the computer
• 2 - students have difficulty remembering how to perform basic functions / sequences on the
computer
• 3 - teachers have scarce time in class to teach students new or basic computer based functions and
thus rule out using internet based tools that could be useful
Solution - produce videos that show how to realize setup, use of a computer based function
• http://delicious.com/buck_in_sand/screencasting
• the attraction?
• free
• easy to produce (for students as well as teachers)
• easy to share (via email, blog, website, Edmodo, Twitter, Facebook)
• reusable
• available to students 24/7 - when needed
• multimodal - audio / video
• thus opening up new possibilities
• student authored "help" videos
• invites script writing
• motivates by being an authentic & relevent activity
• my favourite tool?
• Screenr
• http://www.screenr.com/user/buckinsand/rss

4. ACTIVITY
• explore these examples
• http://screenr.com/tdcs
• observe - what is this? how is it useful?
• http://screenr.com/Ifls
• observe - what is this? how is it useful?
• http://screenr.com/Njqs
• observe - what is this? how is it useful?
ACTIVITY
• realize your own Screencast with Screenr
• http://www.screenr.com/
• post your screencast link here so that it can be shared with others
known issues
• dependency on the Cloud
• if network / internet access is poor or unavailable .. these resources are typically not
available
• work around? download them
• free ... for now!!!!
• may not always be free
• limitations on time
• 5 minutes