Classroom Technology

Joe's Prezi

Below is a link to the Prezi that Joe Clark shared with us when he visited our seminar:
http://prezi.com/hjsek6vdbo8j/extending-and-enhancing-the-classroom/

The links embedded in the Prezi are also provided below:

Slides (PowerPoint, Keynote, etc.)

• David Airey: How NOT to use Powerpoint <— was unable to play this in class but it's worth a look: http://www.davidairey.com/how-not-to-use-powerpoint/
• NYT: We Have Met the Enemy and He Is PowerPoint: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/world/27powerpoint.html?_r=1&hp
  • Prezi's response: (http://prezi.com/kozirkcvpmzm/de-spaghettization-of-a-ppt-slide/)
• The Takahashi Method (Jobs, Lessig, and others): http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2005/09/living_large_ta.html
• Garr Reynolds' excellent middle ground slideshow: http://www.garrreynolds.com/Presentation/sample1.html
• The Gettysburg PPT: http://norvig.com/Gettysburg/

Alternatives to PPT

• Prezi: http://prezi.com
• OpenOffice: http://www.openoffice.org/
• Google Docs: http://www.google.com/google-d-s/presentations/

Classroom Interactivity

• Clickers in the classroom: http://learningforlife.fsu.edu/cat/clickers/index.cfm
• Cellphone-based alternatives for immediate feedback: http://www.polleverywhere.com/sms-classroom-response-system
• Twitterfall: http://twitterfall.com/
• Class blog example (scroll back to 2009 for best examples): http://convergencethree.blogspot.com/

Flickr ideas

• http://www.collegedegrees.com/blog/2008/06/24/how-to-make-flickr-work-for-your-library-50-resources/
• http://www.airtightinteractive.com/projects/related_tag_browser/app/
• http://taggalaxy.de/

Social bookmarks tools

• http://www.delicious.com/tag/gamelan
• http://www.connotea.org/search?q=ethnomusicology