Tools for Communication and Content Creation
— beyond text!

 Showcase:

• Lori Rusch’s students use Skype to interview world renown art historian Nigel Spivey 5,000 miles away.
  • YouTube video of the interview 
  • Slideshare presentation
  • Rusch, “The 5,000 mile field trip,” Classroom 2.0, the book.

Tips:

• Skype Contact Me Button
• Animoto Educator Account
• VoiceThread Universal

 Tools:

• Adobe Spark – a suite of 3 free, easy-to-use digital communication tools: Post, Page, and Video
  • Post – stunning social graphics
    • View an example of an image made with Post.
  • Page – create beautiful, single-page webpages in minutes
    • View an example of a webpage made with Page.
  • Video – make animated videos comprised of graphics and your own voice.
    • View an example of a Spark Video.
• Animoto– hip videos created from images, text, video and audio
  • Sample class “bumper” made with Animoto by Michelle Pacansky-Brock.
  • Masterpiece blog award recipients, announced to the class using an Animoto video (shared with student permission) by Michelle Pacansky-Brock.
• HaikuDeck
• Jing – visual communications (screencasts and annotated images)
• Piktochart – engaging infographics for online and print
  • Example: 6 Tips for Recording Video
• Populr – beautiful single-page websites
  • Use this education coupon for a free upgraded Populr account with no branding and the ability to password protect your pages.
  • View an example of a liquid syllabus made with Populr.
• Smore – stunning digital newsletters
• Prezi – interactive presentations
• Slides – digital presentations
• Skype– synchronous voice, video, and text-based messaging
• Vis.me – stunning presentation and infographics
• Zoom – live video Conversations

Resources:

• Humanizing Online Learning, California State University Channel Islands