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Free online workshop, Fun Free Digital Presentation Tools for the Classroom, to be offered in July

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Course will be limited to the first 25 participants who enroll (so sign up today if you wish to participate).

I had an overwhelming response to last week's survey, asking if readers would want to take a free online 4 week course. Based on this feedback I am offering the workshop, “Fun Free Digital Presentation Tools for the Classroom (Vuvox, OneTrueMedia, Jing, and more)”, starting on Tuesday, July 5.

(In addition to almost 100 teachers, there were nearly 100 responses from education professionals in other roles, including administrators, technologists, librarians, instructional designers, and more. Fifty percent of the respondents worked in Higher Education, and the rest were pretty evenly split among Elementary, Middle School/Junior High, and High School.)

How The Course Will Work
Each week we will get hands-on, learning about and using a free online application to create digital presentation materials. Participants will be expected to participate in our online forums, discussing their experiences with the tools, and offering their ideas for how each tool might be used in their professional role. Please note that you will need a webcam for this course (a couple sections will require use of a webcam to capture brief videos).

Assignments will be rolled out one week at a time. The syllabus consists of following a similar assignment format each week to get introduced to using the following tools: Vuvox (Week 1), Jing & Eyejot (Week 2), OneTrueMedia (Week 3), and finally, week 4 will introduce a variety of presentation tools and allow you to select which one to try out and discuss.

I will review the created materials (which I encourage everyone to share with the group when they post their discussion forum comments), and I will review everyone's comments and respond to many. I will also encourage all participants to read others' postings and strike up a dialogue.

To sign up for the workshop … please submit your name and email address using the form below (your email address will be treated with complete confidentiality and will not be shared by me with anyone).

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[SORRY – THE CLASS FILLED UP AS OF THIS MORNING, SO I HAVE TAKEN THE SIGN UP FORM OFFLINE. Thanks to everyone who enrolled – you'll be hearing from me shortly with more details. For those who are interested but did not get on board in time, I am considering running the course again in the fall for a small fee, so please check back in September to look for information on that. In the meanwhile, have a great summer!]
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If you sign up, in the next few days you will receive instructions on how to register for the workshop on EctoLearning (the course management system I will be using to host the workshop) and access the course materials. The course officially starts on Tuesday, July 5, but the first assignment will be available on July 1 for anyone who wished to get off to early start over the coming weekend.
 

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  6. Interested to hear what you have to say about using digital presentation tools in class. Our interactive presentation tool, LectureTools, is launching later this summer.

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