Sandra Dyke reflects on online tools she experimented with in the Pedagogy First! Online course. She discusses setting up a blog in WordPress and learning to add tags and links. She explores using Prezi and Jing, finding Prezi has a learning curve but she wants to use it more. She creates Symbaloo bookmarks and Google Sites for course resources. Sandra applies what she learned to redesign two of her courses at Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology, using tools like blogs, Diigo, Google Docs, and Prezi for assessments. She concludes the course was extremely worthwhile, mixed theory and practice well, and met its promise of teaching pedagogy and online tools.

1. A reflection on the online tools I have experimented
with as part of the Pedagogy First! Online course

2. Who Am I?
 Sandra Dyke
 Work in Nelson New Zealand
 IT and Business tutor
 Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology

3. The Promise
 This course promised:
 Learning pedagogical techniques
 Mastering online tools
 Contributing to the online teaching community
 The Pedagogy First Website
 Introduction Video
 The Syllabus

4. Setting up the Blog
 Welcome to My Blog
 It has evolved over the course and I am keen to keep it up
with other thoughts and comments.
 It is mainly a reflective Blog
 The biggest things I have learned from my blog journey are
 tag things with multiple tags
 add links to the articles and videos I have viewed
 All these things make life easier when referring back to the
blog!
 Find out more at www.wordpress.com

5. Prezi
 This is an interesting presentation tool
 I'm still not comfortable with it but I want to use it more
 I am finding it has a step learning curve as I need to think
differently on how I use it
 I am a 'list' type person so PowerPoint with bullet points has
always been my method of presentation
 My first Prezi made me dizzy with the movements in, out,
round and about
 I do like the idea of an infinite canvas to play around on
 2 Prezis I have produced are:
 Business Concepts revision
 The Privacy Act 1988
 Find out more at http://prezi.com/

6. Jing
 This is a neat tool for creating short videos
 To embed into the free WordPress Blog caused some
problems but it is possible if it is converted and
uploaded to YouTube
 Providing a link to the Screencast version does work as
well but requires the user to click on another link
 My first Jing
 uploaded to Screencast
 uploaded to YouTube
 Find out more at http://www.techsmith.com/

7. Symbaloo
 Easy to use and versatile
 My new friend!!
 My Symbaloos
 Teaching Tools
 NMIT IT Student Challenge Week
 NMIT Website Access
 Find out more at http://www.symbaloo.com/

8. Google Sites
 A free way to provide links to a variety of created
resources
 My Courses and Tutorials Website
 Find out more at https://sites.google.com/

9. Slidecast
 The power of PowerPoint, Audio and the Internet
 Example: Process Modelling
 Find out more at http://www.slideshare.net/

10. Real life application to my teaching

11. ITC501: Information Technology in
Context
 Course Moodle Page: ITC501
 A new course design for 2012
 A number of different tutors involved
 Impact of learning from Pedagogy First course:
 Layout of page
 WordPress Blogs used for assessment
 Diigo introduced for bookmarking
 Google Doc used for group work
 Prezi used for Privacy Act Presentation
 Assessment using Blooms Digital Taxonomy

12. INF550: Principles of Business
Computing
 Course Moodle Page: INF550
 A new course design for 2012
 2 tutors involved at different locations
 Impact of learning from Pedagogy First course:
 Layout of page
 Use of forum
 Use of online quiz through Hot Potato Quizzes

13. Conclusion
 This is an extremely worthwhile course
 Good mixture of theory and practical
 It leads by example – it uses the tools described in a
practical and interesting way
 Would I recommend it to others – most definitely
 Was the promise met? Most definitely