FSI 2009 Visual Explanations Learning Team Materials

Submitted by Jim Witte on Sun, 05/17/2009 - 16:33

FSI 2009 Materials for Learning Team
Brian McNurlen & Jim Witte

Visual explanations:
http://jimwitte.com/static/visual/

Attached PPT presentations below.

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File jwitte_slide_examples.pptx2.13 MB
PDF icon visual explanations handout.pdf19.01 KB
PDF icon jwitte_presentation_summary.pdf39.73 KB
PDF icon mechanics-screen.pdf680.18 KB

Summary of Online Discussion Tips

Submitted by Jim Witte on Mon, 04/20/2009 - 13:04

A summary of tips for doing online discussion, along with a think*pair*share activity. Presented with Marc Thompson and Junghyun An on May 19 at the 2009 Faculty Summer Institute.

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PDF icon jwitte-online-discussion-tips.pdf76.77 KB
PDF icon jwitte-online-discussion-tps.pdf25.31 KB
Office presentation icon FSI2009_online_discussion_MAT.ppt789.5 KB
PDF icon online_discussion_resources.pdf49.63 KB

Unintended Consequences of Innovation

Submitted by Jim Witte on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 16:46

Materials from my March 18 presentation on the OLPC initiative for the Intensive English Institute.

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HTML icon consequences.html43.71 KB
PDF icon olpc_march_2009.pdf1.6 MB

Segue presentation

Submitted by Jim Witte on Mon, 03/02/2009 - 08:39

PPT presentation on getting started with Segue.

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File segue_presentation.pptx407.2 KB
PDF icon segue_presentation.pdf325.37 KB

Use Compass/Moodle to Manage Group Projects

Submitted by Jim Witte on Tue, 02/17/2009 - 11:12

Feb 17 2009 presentation on using course management systems to manage group projects in large enrollment courses.

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PDF icon CMS_group_management-outline.pdf28.8 KB
PDF icon CMS_group_management.pdf596.59 KB

IEI Workshop

Submitted by Jim Witte on Mon, 12/22/2008 - 12:28

Links for the Dec 18 2008 Workshop on Technology in Language Teaching are available online at:

http://delicious.com/jwitte/IEI_presentation

Visual Explanations Website

Submitted by Jim Witte on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 00:00

iTeach Visual Explanations website: http://visualexplanations.jimwitte.com

HTML version of article for iTeach newsletter, 2008.

Build a graphic organizer activity

Submitted by Jim Witte on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 12:58

Here's a short activity that has learners copy and paste internet-based images into a PowerPoint 2003 slide, and has them construct a graphic organizer showing the life cycle of a butterfly.

Attachments below include the activity in PDF format and the exemplar PPT slides (in PPT format).

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PDF icon graphic-organizer-butterfly-activity.pdf146.98 KB
Office presentation icon butterfly-example.ppt608.5 KB

ATLAS Segue Service

Submitted by Jim Witte on Sun, 04/27/2008 - 11:35

Presentation of April 24 2008 with Geoff Brewster, ATLAS

Summary

Segue is a web publishing service provided by Applied Technologies for Learning in the Arts & Sciences (ATLAS). Instructors, staff, students with a UIUC "Active Directory" username and password can use Segue to publish a blog, a podcast, publish a student project, or publish a research site.

You are preapproved -- just log in to http://segue.atlas.uiuc.edu to get started.

More info about the Segue service is online at:
http://www.atlas.uiuc.edu/teaching/segue

Examples

Research data site
Course-related web sites
Student team research project
Writing with Video section site

Visual explanations article: HTML version

Submitted by Jim Witte on Mon, 03/24/2008 - 16:31

HTML version of my visual explanations article is now online at:
http://jimwitte.com/static/visual/

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