Tutorials
This section contains short video tutorials of various software applications or web 2.0 tools. In these tutorials, (which are limited to no more than 10 minutes each) I aim to get to the essence of what these tools are about and to help you grasp their essential features. Some of these may have also appeared in the general blog section, but I thought it would be useful to aggregate them here into a single page to make them easier to find.
If you would like to see something else added to this section, some app or tool that you would like a quick run-down on, please drop a note in the comments section and I’d be generally happy to oblige if I’m able.
Chris
October 28th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Chris, thanks for these excellent tutorials. They are a handy little collection for introducing people to these tools, and teachers will enjoy being able to visit them as part of a PD program, or when they are ‘doing their own thing’. Cheers, Judy
October 30th, 2007 at 10:34 am
Hi Chris, your tutorials are excellent! I send out a regular e-Learning Newsletter and I often find it difficult to explain some Web 2.0 tools in a paragraph of text. I was going to tackle Twitter in my next newsletter…and then I came across your tutorial! Brilliant! I will point everyone to your tutorial as it explains it all really well. Thanks so much!
October 30th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
Hi Chris, thank you for the tutorials. I’ve learned a lot from them. There is another Web 2.0 tool which is quite useful for online education, called WiZiQ (www.wiziq.com). On this platform, teachers and tutors can create profiles and schedule sessions by using Virtual Classroom technology. There is also a video of WiZiQ on YouTube. You can check it out on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yty0cPzlcU .
Cheers,
Saltuk
October 31st, 2007 at 11:47 am
Hi again Chris, Here is a link to my online Newsletter where I have pointed people to your tutorial video. Just so you know its going far and wide and will hopefully encourage you to make more of them.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:48 am
The link didn’t seem to come up in the previous Comment, so here it is again:
http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/mod/resource/view.php?inpopup=true&id=45485
November 6th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
Chris, thanks so much for the Twitter download - and here I find even more lovely how-to’s! I’m loving the Voicethread and I can’t wait to try Skitch on my home computer (I hate my work PC…the dark side)
I’ll be linking at least the Voicethread one here http://drakepond.pbwiki.com for our staff development. I’m demonstrating Voicethread in the session today, but the ability to leave tutorials for those who didn’t catch it first time around is just *so* valuable.
November 26th, 2007 at 11:10 pm
Chris, this is wonderful! I creating a wiki for a lunch and learn series I am starting with our teachers and will certainly link to your blog. Thanks so much for sharing! This is super!
November 27th, 2007 at 2:16 am
Please teach me how to d/l a YouTube video so as to avoid bandwidth issues at schools.
January 1st, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Great tutorials for a newbie. We are in Erie PA and just starting to look into infusing more web2.0 into our classrooms. I will be sure to use this.
January 9th, 2008 at 12:13 am
[…] Twitter Twitter is absolutely my favourite tool for personal learning and social networking — check out this podcast on why (thanks to Alan Levine, Simon Brown, Graham Wegner, Michael Coghlan and Kristin Hokanson for helping me create it — apologies for not thanking sooner but it came out while I was away on the busy conference circuit) and watch Chris Betcher’s video on understanding how twitter works. […]
January 21st, 2008 at 7:58 am
The Tweet video helped this novice. I just downloaded twhirl form twhirl.org to tweet on my desktop. I am still learning.
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:57 pm
[…] Chris Betcher’s video tutorial on Understanding how Twitter works […]
May 7th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Sorry to bother you with what is probably a really boring question - but after 2 hours of trying to insert a voicethread in to my blog I am ready to give up. I loved your tutorial and thought it was very clear. I have followed each step (several times) but all I seem to paste is a url link to my voicethread. I would like it to be interactive like yours. Q1 - do I need to purchase a voicethread account ( I am only using the free one) and Q2 with the upgrade to edublogs I can’t see the f icon. I gather I should be inserting video and puting the url in that way. Is that correct?
May 10th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Hi Mrs Bakker.
I must apologise because I think I’ve caused you to spend time trying to do something that is no longer possible. A little while back, Edublogs changed it’s method of embedding objects like YouTube videos and Voicethreads. There used to be little embed buttons that acted as filters for including only the resource ID, but now Edublogs allows you to use the entire embed code instead.
I think there are some real advantages in the new, more open method, but it is certainly a little messier and requires you to deal with the actual HTML code… daunting for some. I should record a new movie with the new instructions I guess.
I can’t accept the entire blame… it was Edublogs that changed the rules about embedding, but I will take the video offline so as not to confuse anyone else.
May 11th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Thanks very much for taking the time to reply to my question Chris. I was very relieved to hear that it wasn’t me - I felt fairly confident that I had followed all instructions. I agree, that there are definitely many advantages with the upgrade to edublogs. Looking forward to seeing your tutorial on how to embed a voicethread in the new version - I may even give it a go myself!! Thanks again.