ATC Workshop

1. Carolyn Poe
Chair, Computer Information Technology
Lone Star College - Montgomery

2.  Take out your cell phone and hold them up …
◦ Now let‟s talk about them …

3.  State of Texas allows only 6 drops from
Freshman to Senior year in college
 Get a plan, work your plan
 Why is this important?
 Workforce vs. Academic courses

4.  FERPA
◦ Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
◦ Federal Law
 No information can be given out about the student without the students
permission – PERIOD.
 I do not care if they are only 16 or 17 years old and the parent is paying
for it.
 Drop Date
 Syllabus is a contract
◦ If you do not accept late work, put it in the syllabus
◦ If the final is mandatory, put it in the syllabus
◦ If Cheating is not allowed, put it in the syllabus
◦ If the college offers an LMS, use it! (i.e. Blackboard, Angel,
Moodle).

5.  The following slides will present sites that
may be helpful in your classroom.
 For the most part, all or free and free is good.
 The more you can engage your students in
“their world” the more they will learn.

6.  Posterous: Shared Documents
https://posterous.com/
Posterous is a web publishing agent that
ties some of the best elements of
innovation into one site.

7.  Evri: Discovery Engine
http://www.evri.com/
Evri is another entry into the „semantic search‟
space and has recently opened up a beta site
with the slogan Search less, understand
more.

8.  Xtranormal: Movie Making
http://www.xtranormal.com/
Xtranormal is a website where users may use
cartoons to make movies of their taste. They may
publish their movies. Then, other users may
watch the movies.

9.  GoogleWonder Wheel: Finding
your topic
http://www.googlewonderwheel.com/
Google Wonder Wheel is a new great feature
from Google which allows you to see relevant
search results to your query in a unique
semantically relevant and graphically design
way.

10.  GoogleTimeline: Defining
your Research Topic
http://newstimeline.googlelabs.com/
Google news timeline is a web application that
organizes search results chronologically. It
allows users to view news and other data
sources on a browsable, graphical timeline.

11.  Wordle: Word clouds
http://www.wordle.net/
Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from
text that you provide. The clouds give greater
prominence to words that appear more frequently
in the source text.

12.  Ustream.TV: Live streaming
video
http://www.ustream.tv/
Ustream is a website which consists of network
of diverse channels providing a platform for
lifecasting and live video streaming of events
online.

13.  ToonDoo: Creating comics
http://www.toondoo.com/
ToonDoo is a cool, comic-creating tool that
allows you to create your own cool comic
strips with just a few drag 'n drops 'n mouse
clicks!

14.  Yola: Build a web site
http://www.yola.com/
Yola is the website builder and hosting service
that helps small businesses stand out on the
web.

15.  ColorHunter: Find Color
Palettes
http://www.colorhunter.com/
Color Hunter is a place to find and make color
palettes created from images.

16.  SumoPaint: Online image
editing
http://www.sumopaint.com/home/
SUMO Paint is a free image editing software
that gives you the opportunity to create and
edit images online

17.  PollEverywhere:
Audience
Response System
http://www.polleverywhere.com/
Audience response system that uses mobile
phones, twitter, and the web.

18.  Zamzar: File Conversion
http://www.zamzar.com/
Zamzar is a web application to convert files. It
allows user to convert files without
downloading a software tool.

19.  Slideshare:
◦ Upload and share presentations
http://www.slideshare.net/
A place where people can share documents,
presentations, and information Powerpoints.

20.  Duolingo: Language
Translation
http://duolingo.com/
Duolingo is a translation and language
acquisition website that allows you to learn
a new language.

21.  GoogleTranslate: Web Page
Translator
http://translate.google.com/#
Free Online web page translator service.

22.  Google Latitude
https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?s
ervice=friendview&passive=1209600&continue=
http://www.google.com/latitude&followup=http:
//www.google.com/latitude
Google Latitude is a location-aware mobile app
developed by Google. Latitude allows a mobile
phone user to allow certain people to track their
location.

23.  ooVoo:Video Chat and
Conferencing
http://www.oovoo.com/home.aspx
ooVoo is an audio and video instant messaging
client for Windows. Calls can be recorded in
real time.

24.  www.skype.com
 video talk for free
 students use to complete homework

25. http://www.googleartproject.com/
◦ Virtual
www.livebinder.com
A WORLD of information on any subject!
www.wolframalpha.com
The best database search engine there.
www.easybib.com
Students need to learn how to make a biblography
www.eyejot.com
Video mail

26.  http://www.internet4classrooms.com
◦ helps you use the internet effectively
 www.tokbox.com
◦ video chat
 www.kidsknowit.com
 www.webreference.com
◦ Web Reference and Design tutorials
 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm
◦ Create learning materials with Merlot
 www.vlingo.com
◦ turn words into action

27.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILQrUrE
We8
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY
 A little fun stuff about computers:
◦ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1CZTLk-Gk

28.  www.youtube.com
◦ A WORLD of information:
 Illustrator:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFXJY0a8NiU
 AutoCAD
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhcILzESEfQ
 Animation
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJptQLeWQuU
 Word
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw-qwzvi26Q
 Web Programming
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfMssdDscFA

29.  Computer Concepts
◦ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56molY4L2OE
 How to cut an avocado
◦ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxQwLpIqIPs
 Repair Sprinkler System
◦ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1yDXoFdB3E
In other words, if it interest you and you wish to
learn something, it is free and on the web.

30.  JAWS (Job Access With Speech) Screen
Reader: Students who are blind can use any
computer to access the internet to find
information. The screen reader will read all
information on the screen.
 Artbeyondsight. (2009, Feb 5). JAWS Screen
Reader-Hear an Example. retrieved from
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IK97XMibEws

31.  United Streaming Discovery Education):
Students can view educational videos with
closed captioning.
 Closed Caption (click)

32. 
 Kurzweil 3000 (Text to Speech) :Students with a
hearing impairment will have the specified text
read aloud. This program will also highlight the
text and allow for note taking. The program
offers a Picture Dictionary to enable the student
to connect a picture to a specific word. The clip
of the program spans from 1:31- 4:08.
 sfsu4access. (2010, Aug 26.) Adaptive Software
Demo: ZoomText, JAWs, and Dragon. Retrieved
from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YpNrOkW0M
w&feature=related

33.  Edmodo is a free, secure, social learning platform
for teachers, students, schools and districts.
 Edmodo provides teachers and students with a
secure and easy way to post classroom materials,
share links and videos, and access homework,
grades and school notices. Teachers and
students can store and share all forms of digital
content – blogs, links, pictures, video,
documents, presentations, and more. There are
also special institutional features for schools and
districts that can be accessed for free by
administrators

34.  Sign up as an instructor so students can
make longer presentations.
 Use PowerPoint to jpg to Animoto
 Create Presentation in Animoto
 Learn how to use:
◦ www.youtube.com search for Animoto

35.  Learn how to use a wiki
◦ www.youtube.com search for “create wiki”
 Create for free @
◦ http://www.wikispaces.com/
◦ Blogger: www.blogger.com
 How To:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXiJ6jY3qB4

36.  Augmentation is conventionally in real-time
and in semantic context with environmental
elements, such as sports scores on TV during
a match. With the help of advanced AR
technology (e.g. adding computer vision and
object recognition) the information about the
surrounding real world of the user becomes
interactive and digitally manipulable. Artificial
information about the environment and its
objects can be overlaid on the real world.

37.  www.chacha.com
◦ Students use for answers to EVERYTHING