Web 2.0 Learnshop Series
2008 - 2009

Participants may register for sessions individually, FPG is awarded per session.

September: Collaboration Tools, Part I

Friday, September 26, 2008 Click to Register
Gateway Community College, Room MA2124, 2:00 – 4:00 PM

FPG: 2 hours
Web 2.0 Tools: Wikis: pbwiki, wetpaint, wikispaces
Topics: What’s a Wiki? Wikis for storage, instruction, and collaboration. Set up your own wiki!

Resources: http://marymac.pbwiki.com/Session-%232%3A-Wikis

Facilitator: Laura Ballard is currently the instructional designer and e-Learning coordinator for the Center for Teaching and Learning at GWCC. Laura has a long history with MCCD serving in past positions as Technology Development Coordinator in Technology Training Services at the District Support Services Center for the Maricopa Community Colleges and staff developer and trainer at Mesa Community College. Since completing her Masters' Degree in Learning and Instructional Technology at ASU in 2002, she has been with Maricopa Community Colleges working with faculty, staff, and administrators to elevate their instructional technology skills. She has designed and delivered several hybrid courses at ASU using Blackboard and has also been an online student. She also teaches English 102 at Gateway and MCC in an adjunct capacity.

October: Multimedia for Instruction

Friday, October 31, 2008 Click to Register
Estrella Mountain Community College, Room MON 275, 1:00 – 3:00 PM

FPG: 2 hours
Web 2.0 Tools: Find videos to reinforce concepts. Embed videos in your wiki or Blackboard site. How to store videos on your computer.
Topics: Find videos to reinforce concepts. Embed videos in your wiki or Blackboard site. How to store videos on your computer.

November: Copyright Free Digital Content: Audio and Images

Friday, November 21, 2008 Click to Register
Phoenix College, Encanto Room
9:30 – 11:30 AM

FPG: 2 hours
Web 2.0 Tools: Creative Commons, Flickr, Wikimedia, Pixenate, MyPictr
Topics: "Humanize”/personalize your class website with images. Finding media. Quick ‘n Easy editing. Put images in your wiki or Blackboard site.

About: Interested in finding free instructional audio and images to enhance your course? Interested in finding a way to personalize or humanize and online or hybrid course? Then come to this workshop where you will

Learn how to locate images appropriate for your content or disciplinary area,
Learn how to modify images using Web 2.0 sites with basic editing features,
Make those images or audio clips available to students,
Create an audio clip based on a brief script that they have written, and
Use audio to create an animated character announcement.

Facilitator: Dr. Mary McGlasson. Dr. McGlasson, Economics faculty at Chandler-Gilbert, spent her 2007-2008 sabbatical year investigating and using Web 2.0 technologies as they apply to instruction, and is now working with Faculty Development at both CGCC and MCLI to share these tools with others who have an interest in integrating technology in their courses.

January: Collaboration Tools, Part II

January 2009
South Mountain Community College, Room TBA

FPG: 2 hours
Web 2.0 Tools: Blogs/RSS Feeds: Blogger, Wordpress
Topics: What’s a blog? Set up your own blog. Using blogs for instruction & collaboration.

March: Asynchronous and Synchronous Communication

March 6, 2009
Chandler-Gilbert Community College, Room TBA

FPG: 2 hours
Web 2.0 Tools: Synchronous: dimdim, vroom, yugma, skype, Lively. Asynchronous: VoiceThread, CrowdAbout. Screencasting: Jing, SnagIt, Screencast-o-matic.
Topics: Virtual meeting spaces. Add-ons, e.g. voice and chat capabilities. Capture snapshots of websites for clearer instructions. Create video guides of websites for your students.

April: Visual Communication

April 3, 2009
Rio Salado College, Conference Center
1:30-3:30pm

FPG: 2 hours
Web 2.0 Tools: Video Capture & Editing: flipvideo; vimeo, kaltura, mailemotion, gabmail.
Topics: Capture video 2 ways. Store video. Using video for instruction & collaboration. Embed your media in your wiki/CMS.

For more information, contact Veronica Diaz , PhD at MCLI: 480.731.8300.