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= Welcome to the CHEC Emerging Technologies Wiki! =

We will use this wiki for **Task 1** in the course "Emerging Technologies for improving Teaching and Learning in Higher Education". The idea for this wiki is to develop and contribute to a resource for lecturers in Higher Education on various tools and technologies that can be useful in your own teaching and learning.

The wiki was started in the course in 2011 and will be improved in 2012.

**Task 1:**


 * Select one wiki sub page for a tool that you are interested in.
 * Improve the content of the page, add new resources, such as a scholarly article on the tool, discipline specific application of the tool, and a video (e.g. found on YouTube) on the use of this tool in teaching and learning. Provide a rationale for selection of resources.

This assignment is due on the **9th of May 2012 at 14.00.** You will be talking about your tool at the first online meeting on the 9th of May 2011.


 * How to use wikispaces **
 * 1) This is a public wiki - no need to register in order to edit pages!
 * 2) To edit a page, click on the EDIT button on the right top of the page.
 * 3) You will find a simple WYSISYG editor you can use for creating/editing your text.
 * 4) You can add images, links and other media files to your page (by adding a widget).
 * 5) Don't forget to save your changes!
 * 6) Anybody can change the wikipages on this wiki! So be extra careful not to overwrite anybody's elses work!
 * 7) However, you can always revert to previous versions of the wiki, in case you have overwritten something.
 * 8) Good luck! If you need any help, please email me at @mailto:gachagod@cput.ac.za !
 * 9) To embed videos check this out: http://artinaction.wikispaces.com/How+to+Add+Video

**Some ideas to start from ....**


 * www.wikipedia.com: a good starting point for any online search...
 * www.commoncraft.com: nice 3 mins videos on various technologies such as wikis, blogs, podcasting, social media, twitter.
 * Siemens & Tittenberger's emerging technologies handbook: @http://umanitoba.ca/learning_technologies/cetl/HETL.pdf
 * The amazing Web2.0 projects book edited by Terry Freedman: http://www.terry-freedman.org.uk/web2_2010/Amazing%20Web%202%20Projects%202%20online%20version.pdf

Some more **useful Web2.0 tools** (courtesy of the King Khalid University): @http://elearning.kku.edu.sa/en/taxonomy/term/22

Samson Go Mic CCMixter, The Freesound Project , OpSound , Free Music Archive , and Jamendo Musicshake and TuneAround are free tools that let you easily create your own music and soundtracks.
 * __ 1) Audio Tools __**
 * Levelator ** : automatically adjust the audio levels in your narration
 * Audacity : ** free open source audio recording and editing software
 * Myna ** : easy-to-use online audio editor that includes a library of assets.
 * Voice123 ** and Voices.com : find narrators for your elearning courses.
 * __ Creative Commons audio __** : good sites to get free audio for your courses.

**__2) Video Tools__** Preview Flash content on your computer: SWF Player and FLV Player   **LectureScribe**: free tool that lets you create whiteboard style lectures and save as Flash.  **Videomaker Magazine**: great resource to learn video production tips.
 * Screenr ** : free screencasting tool; great for tutorials and simple software demos.
 * Windows Live Movie Maker ** : free and simple-to-use video editor.
 * Format Factory ** : convert media from one format to another.
 * HeyWatch : ** inexpensive, online video encoder.

**Color Scheme** r : site to create color schemes.
 * __ 3) Graphics Tools __**
 * Kuler : ** site to create custom color schemes.
 * Photo Resizer ** : use this application to quickly resize images to a specific resolution.
 * Image Tuner : ** resize, rename, and convert image formats with this free tool.
 * Poladroid : ** quickly create images that look like they were taken with a Polaroid camera..
 * Cartoonster : ** free tutorials that teach the basics of animation..

P**aint.net** : free image and photo editing software that probably does most of what you need for elearning. ** GIMP :** free image editing and authoring software that give you more Photoshop-like power without the price.
 * __ 4) Image editing software: __**
 * Picnik : ** web-based image editor.
 * Aviary : ** web-based image editor.
 * Artweaver : ** good for basic graphics editin.


 * __ 5)Font Tools __**
 * dafont.com : ** free and inexpensive fonts. Check the usage agreement.
 * Fontcapture : ** free to create the fonts.

**Netvibes**: great way to create a custom home page and load it with the information you want quick access to like blogs that your follow.
 * __ 6) Community & Social Media Resources __**
 * TED : ** there are a lot of very good videos; some relevant to learnin g and some just inspiring.
 * Common Craft : ** great way to get an overview on many of the social media basics. They also do a great job presenting information; a good model for some courses.
 * Vuvox : ** create interactive collages that you can insert into your elearning course, such as in this example . ** Feedly :** a simple and fast way to browse your favorite sources.
 * Dipity ** : create interactive timelines. Insert into your course using the web objects feature.
 * ClusterURL : ** make free webpages using your browser’s tabs.
 * Google Reader : ** use Google’s web-based feed reader to keep up with blogs and news.


 * __ 7) Miscellaneous Resources __**
 * Dropbox : ** It makes it easy for me to sync across multiple computers and collaborate with others.
 * Airdropper ** : easy way to have someone send files to you using your Dropbox account.
 * Fences : ** keep your desktop clean by quickly hiding or displaying your icons and shortcuts. Great for screencasts and presentations.
 * OneNote : ** by far one of my favorite applications to take notes. It integrates with Outlook and I have it synced across all of my computers using Dropbox.
 * Evernote : ** great way to capture and document almost anything. Check out the Articulate Guru entry.
 * Zoomerang : ** create free surveys.
 * Web2PDF : ** convert a website or blog to PDF.
 * AlacrityPC ** : shut down unnecessary services and programs before you run a resource intensive application like multimedia authoring applications..
 * ZoomIt : ** screen zoom and annotation tool for presentations that include application demonstrations..
 * Survey Monkey : ** create free surveys and collect feedback.
 * MindManager : ** this isn’t free, but a tool I use to create mindmaps of my scenarios which I can export to PowerPoint.
 * 7-Zip : ** free application to zip and unzip files
 * Karen’s Directory Printer : ** easy way to create a list of files and folders on your computer.