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Tools to Enhance Teacher Presence and Student Learning Your Host: Sheila Berg, Insight School of Minnesota

What is “Presence”? 1 : the fact or condition of being present 2: a : the part of space within one's immediate vicinity b : the neighborhood of one of superior especially royal rank 3: archaic : company 2a 4 : one that is present: as a : the actual person or thing that is present b : something present of a visible or concrete nature 5 a : the bearing, carriage, or air of a person; especially : stately or distinguished bearing b : a noteworthy quality of poise and effectiveness <the actor's commanding presence> 6 : something…felt or believed to be present "presence." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2010. Merriam-Webster Online. 12 August 2010 <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/presence> Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines presence as:

Why Enhance Teacher Presence? Think of ways that face-to-face and online learning are different… Separation! In an online classroom, the level of perceived community can directly affect student learning outcomes and can have a huge impact on the success or failure of the students (Palloff & Pratt, 1999). Separation can lead to feelings of isolation which has been a main reason for learner dissatisfaction and lack of retention in the online learning environment (Palloff & Pratt, 1999).

Enhancing Teacher Presence What can we do to decrease the separation gap? Put yourself “out there” using FREE multimedia tools!

While going through these tech tools, think outside the box for ways they can be used to not only enhance teacher presence, but to boost student learning. Think

Why Vary Our Methods? & because… A sense of humor is helpful, and instructors should not be afraid to reveal themselves as human beings (Palloff & Pratt, 1999).

Today’s 10 Tech Tools:

Wordle http://www.wordle.net “Wordle is a toy for generating ‘word clouds’ from text that you provide.” Free! Choose: Color, Font, Layout Publish on Wordle Print I use JING and save as a image!

FREE Create an avatar Add your voice: Phone, microphone, upload a file, text-to-speech Customize Direct Link, Email and/or Embed http://www.voki.com http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=3321753&height=400&width=300

“Audacity® is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds.” FREE Record live audio Edit sound files: i.e. MP3 & WAV Cut, copy, splice, or mix sounds together. Create Podcasts Change the speed or pitch of a recording. http://audacity.sourceforge.net

FREE screencast creator Web-based URL Embed Publish to YouTube Tweet http://screenr.com http://screenr.com/Y5x

“World’s fastest way to create cartoons.” FREE Themed background A Variety of characters Drop-n-drag Embed/Email Twitter & Facebook http://www.toondoo.com

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“Yodio is a fast and easy service for anyone to enhance and share their digital photos using voice.” FREE Add audio to photos Record from phone or upload audio Email Embed Post to blog or social network http://www.yodio.com http://www.yodio.com/yo.aspx?cardid=p05GDQWtw86y66G9SFzec5

“An engaging suite of tools where users can create , publish and share digital stories.” FREE Unique themes Add personal content The “Cartoonist” tool example: http://www.creaza.com http://tinyurl.com/4qlkq2l

“The most powerful and easy-to-use survey software around.” FREE basic-monthly max: 100 Surveys, Polls, Quizzes Basic data reports Embed or email direct link Twitter/Facebook/MySpace http://www.polldaddy.com http://tinyurl.com/4p38y78

“Upload a picture, put a mouth on the picture, and add sound.” FREE Upload images Add audio Direct Link Embed http://www.blabberize.com http://tinyurl.com/4s89yy5

“Automatically produces beautifully orchestrated, completely unique video pieces from your photos, video clips, & music..” FREE “lite” version (30 sec. max) Upload images or use stock Add music or upload mp3 Embed/Email direct link Social network/Twitter http://www.animoto.com http://tinyurl.com/4bt7cyo

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Sheila Berg: sberg@insightfaculty.net Tools to Enhance Teacher Presence and Student Learning

Time to check out the poll results! To see the results, simply navigate to the poll, and then click on the “View Results” link across from the “Vote” button. http://tinyurl.com/4p38y78

Thank you for attending this session & Make it a great day!