by Mendi Benigni | Jan 31, 2022 | Collaboration, content, Pedagogy, TLT
What is Lumi and H5P? H5P is an open source application to create interactive and engaging learning objects quickly and easily. Up until now it required an on-campus installation but now there’s an application called Lumi Education that allows you to create...
by Mendi Benigni | Apr 5, 2021 | content, Google Apps, Pedagogy, Presentation
Pecha Kucha is a presentation style that consists of only 20 slides with only 20 seconds to discuss each slide. This results in a total presentation of exactly 6 minutes and 40 seconds. The slides are set to automatically advance requiring the speaker to prepare and...
by Mendi Benigni | Mar 29, 2021 | content
I know that, for many of you, certain proficiencies are critical skills for your students. However, I’m almost sure that most of your students don’t even have the basics of the Microsoft Office programs before they come to you. So for example, in a class...
by Mendi Benigni | Mar 22, 2021 | Assessment, Best Practices, content, Presentation
Did you know that you can configure your VoiceThreads to auto-advance so they play more like a video than a slide show?Here’s How:Go into VoiceThread (VT) and mouse over one of your VTs and click EDIT.In the upper right corner, click on the OPTIONS gear icon and...
by Chris Meshanko | Nov 17, 2020 | content, Google, instructional technology, Productivity, Web 2.0
In the past, Skitch was my go-to app for creating annotated screenshots. Sadly, Evernote stopped supporting Skitch in 2015. As someone who uses a Mac, PC (Windows), and Chromebook, I’ve been searching for a free (or inexpensive) solution that works on all...
by Mendi Benigni | Sep 29, 2020 | communication, content, Distance Ed, OAKS, OAKS Tips
Your OAKS Course Home doesn’t have to look the way it does now. You can change it to add a widget that can help your students stay on track. Adding the Content Navigator to the OAKS Course Home The Content Navigator is a tool that indicates, to the student, how...