I just ran across this application called "PHUN."
It is a 2D physics simulator created by a Swedish grad student named Emil Ernerfeldt. It is very interesting!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H5g9VS0ENM
http://phun.cs.umu.se/wiki
http://www.vrlab.umu.se/research/phun/
Friday, May 30, 2008
Friday, April 25, 2008
LILI IT Interest Group Meeting – April 24, 2008
Emily Wixson and SLIS student Lexy Spry demonstrated the video they created for YouTube to teach search techniques to high school students.
- http://www.youtube.com/user/emilyatchemlib
- They used iMovie, the built in microphone in a laptop, and a digital video-camera checked out from the College CMC to build the video.
- http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/
- They found that the training offered at the CIMC in how to use iMovie was very good, and in particular Matt Jabaily was very helpful with choosing the correct frame rate and keyframe rate.
- Emily and Lexy created a pre/post test which may or may not be used depending on further experimentation.
- Suggestions from Mark Beatty: record audio as mono, and a low audio sampling rate to further reduce file size. The keyframe rate can be set manually and should be selected at the beginning of stretches of video where the image changes little for number of frames.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_frame
- Emily, Lexy, and Mark all found that the older version of iMovie works better than the newest version.
Group discussion of Carl Berger’s presentations
- http://www.carat.umich.edu/carat/presentations (choose “Wisconsin, The Millennial Instructor”)
- Carl Berger presented a great deal of very interesting data, in particular information about the tech-learning preferences of “digital native students” and students in general, in comparison to faculty/”digital faculty.”
- Mr. Berger posits the existence of “millennial faculty” who combine features of “digital faculty” and “digital native students.”
- Our discussion was very interesting but too much to record...! see Carl Berger’s slides for more information.
Bob Sessions noted that he has been investigating Wink
- http://www.debugmode.com/wink/
- “Wink is a Tutorial and Presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software”
- Bob mentioned that it is a good competitor to Camtasia
- http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp
Mark mentioned that Photo Express is a good free photo editor
Tom briefly demoed Google SketchUp
- http://sketchup.google.com/
- This can be used to create realistic-looking 3D models of practically anything; though learning how to use it is not very easy.
Friday, March 28, 2008
LILI IT Interest Group Meeting - March 27th, 2008
Attending: Jim Jonas, Emily Wixson, Karen Dunn, Anne Rauh, Jon Jeffryes, Meridith Thompson, Ian Benton, Bob Sessions, and Tom Durkin.
Bob Sessions – brought in a number of very interesting gadgets to pass around.
1) SanDisk Sansa e200 Series MP3 Players, with 2GB Storage chiphttp://www.sandisk.com/Products/Catalog(1166)SanDisk_Sansa_e200_Series_MP3_Players.aspx
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3402959&CatId=2476
a. Storage chip
http://www.sandisk.com/Products/ProductInfo.aspx?ID=2354
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3402910&CatId=3610
2) Logitech 980409-0403 Headphones with noise canceling circuit
http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Logitech%20980409-0403%20Headphones:1993713125
3) Centon 1GB MP3 Player w/ Voice Recorder
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3491935&Sku=C10-1062
Emily Wixson and Karen Dunn – Ever since Emily and Karen gave a presentation top the Advanced Biology class at West High School, Emily has pondered how to engage high school students in library orientation sessions. In the Fall of 2007, Emily was working with a SLIS BI field placement student on collaborative writing with Endnote when she stumbled upon a Goggle Docs YouTube video. Thinking YouTube might be a good medium for high school, she decided to pilot a YouTube video on Boolean operators. Emily's spring 2008 SLIS BI field placement student (Lexy Spry) is creating a 1.5 minute video using equipment from the CIMC and iMovie. The project also included a pre-test and post-test to assess learning. She has arranged with Eliot Finkelstein at College to test the video with upcoming high school visits. Emily and Karen will use the video next fall at West High.
YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/
iMovie - http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/
Anne Rauh/Jon Jeffryes – mentioned the use of YouTube for preserving the videos taken at UW Madison’s Innovation Days in the College of Engineering.
http://studentservices.engr.wisc.edu/innovation/index.html
Ian Benton – Reports that College has been experimenting with the “Twiki” wiki application. This is a free open-source application without required add content. College is using it for creating student circulation training materials, and an accompanying knowledgebase. This wiki has been very useful so far, and includes the unique “TwikiWords” tagging/linking feature. Twiki also allows the administrator to grant different levels of editing rights to each user.
http://twiki.org/
Jim Jonas – The CIMC did a session on “stop paying for software.” A series of sites were referenced here one can get access to free and open source applications to download and use:
Open Source Software Alternative - http://www.osalt.com/
Open Source Windows - http://www.opensourcewindows.org/
Open Source Mac - http://www.opensourcemac.org/
Karen Dunn – This site (KillerStartups) is also great for finding new applications. These additional sites are where I go to find new information about IT developments:
KillerStartups - http://www.killerstartups.com/
Gary Price’s Blog: Resource Shelf - http://www.resourceshelf.com/
Gary Price’s DocuTicker - http://www.docuticker.com/
Jim Jonas – Don’t forget these very good sites for learning about new technology trends:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/
http://flickrvision.com/
http://twittervision.com/
Tom – Also, don’t forget: http://www.download.com/ for finding free software.
Bob Sessions – brought in a number of very interesting gadgets to pass around.
1) SanDisk Sansa e200 Series MP3 Players, with 2GB Storage chiphttp://www.sandisk.com/Products/Catalog(1166)SanDisk_Sansa_e200_Series_MP3_Players.aspx
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3402959&CatId=2476
a. Storage chip
http://www.sandisk.com/Products/ProductInfo.aspx?ID=2354
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3402910&CatId=3610
2) Logitech 980409-0403 Headphones with noise canceling circuit
http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Logitech%20980409-0403%20Headphones:1993713125
3) Centon 1GB MP3 Player w/ Voice Recorder
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3491935&Sku=C10-1062
Emily Wixson and Karen Dunn – Ever since Emily and Karen gave a presentation top the Advanced Biology class at West High School, Emily has pondered how to engage high school students in library orientation sessions. In the Fall of 2007, Emily was working with a SLIS BI field placement student on collaborative writing with Endnote when she stumbled upon a Goggle Docs YouTube video. Thinking YouTube might be a good medium for high school, she decided to pilot a YouTube video on Boolean operators. Emily's spring 2008 SLIS BI field placement student (Lexy Spry) is creating a 1.5 minute video using equipment from the CIMC and iMovie. The project also included a pre-test and post-test to assess learning. She has arranged with Eliot Finkelstein at College to test the video with upcoming high school visits. Emily and Karen will use the video next fall at West High.
YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/
iMovie - http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/
Anne Rauh/Jon Jeffryes – mentioned the use of YouTube for preserving the videos taken at UW Madison’s Innovation Days in the College of Engineering.
http://studentservices.engr.wisc.edu/innovation/index.html
Ian Benton – Reports that College has been experimenting with the “Twiki” wiki application. This is a free open-source application without required add content. College is using it for creating student circulation training materials, and an accompanying knowledgebase. This wiki has been very useful so far, and includes the unique “TwikiWords” tagging/linking feature. Twiki also allows the administrator to grant different levels of editing rights to each user.
http://twiki.org/
Jim Jonas – The CIMC did a session on “stop paying for software.” A series of sites were referenced here one can get access to free and open source applications to download and use:
Open Source Software Alternative - http://www.osalt.com/
Open Source Windows - http://www.opensourcewindows.org/
Open Source Mac - http://www.opensourcemac.org/
Karen Dunn – This site (KillerStartups) is also great for finding new applications. These additional sites are where I go to find new information about IT developments:
KillerStartups - http://www.killerstartups.com/
Gary Price’s Blog: Resource Shelf - http://www.resourceshelf.com/
Gary Price’s DocuTicker - http://www.docuticker.com/
Jim Jonas – Don’t forget these very good sites for learning about new technology trends:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/
http://flickrvision.com/
http://twittervision.com/
Tom – Also, don’t forget: http://www.download.com/ for finding free software.
Monday, March 3, 2008
LILI IT meeting notes 2/27/2008
1) The Educause "7 things" project (recommended by Emily W. via email)http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?page_id=7495
This project was started in 2005 as a way to inform people in higher education about "Web 2.0" and related technologies. The site offers administrative summaries of various topics, such as blogs and podcasting, as well as reviews of individual resources such as YouTube or Google Earth. It is a good place to start if you want to get a quick overview of what a tool is or is useful for.
2) The Engage E-learning Teaching Tools (Jon Jeffryes)http://engage.wisc.edu/software/index.html
We looked at the "ConceptTutor" sample resource on "Locating Icebergs with Satellite Images."http://engage.wisc.edu/software/ct/examples.html
And we also looked at the "eTEACH" tool that combines PowerPoint slides with video and quiz capability. The "Peanut Butter and Jelly" demo gives an idea for how this can be used. http://engage.wisc.edu/software/et/index.html
3) Wikis and Google Docs for Library work (Anne Rauh and Jon Jeffryes)
We finished up with a discussion of how Wisconsin Tech Search (WTS) and Wendt Library have been using wikis and Google Docs for their internal library work and collaboration.
WTS has been using the Zoho wiki and Google Docs for work on on technical report and copyright:
http://wiki.zoho.com/jsp/wikilogin.jsp
http://www.google.com/google-d-s/intl/en/tour1.html
Wendt Library has also been using a similar wiki to manage collaboration within the Engineering Professional Development EPD classes that Wendt Library has worked on with the EPD department (Com A and B instructors). Stickipad is the wiki application that Wendt has been using: http://stikipad.com/
The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday March 27th (noon-1:00PM). I have reserved Memorial room 362 for the meeting, but we can use other locations depending on what everyone prefers.
This project was started in 2005 as a way to inform people in higher education about "Web 2.0" and related technologies. The site offers administrative summaries of various topics, such as blogs and podcasting, as well as reviews of individual resources such as YouTube or Google Earth. It is a good place to start if you want to get a quick overview of what a tool is or is useful for.
2) The Engage E-learning Teaching Tools (Jon Jeffryes)http://engage.wisc.edu/software/index.html
We looked at the "ConceptTutor" sample resource on "Locating Icebergs with Satellite Images."http://engage.wisc.edu/software/ct/examples.html
And we also looked at the "eTEACH" tool that combines PowerPoint slides with video and quiz capability. The "Peanut Butter and Jelly" demo gives an idea for how this can be used. http://engage.wisc.edu/software/et/index.html
3) Wikis and Google Docs for Library work (Anne Rauh and Jon Jeffryes)
We finished up with a discussion of how Wisconsin Tech Search (WTS) and Wendt Library have been using wikis and Google Docs for their internal library work and collaboration.
WTS has been using the Zoho wiki and Google Docs for work on on technical report and copyright:
http://wiki.zoho.com/jsp/wikilogin.jsp
http://www.google.com/google-d-s/intl/en/tour1.html
Wendt Library has also been using a similar wiki to manage collaboration within the Engineering Professional Development EPD classes that Wendt Library has worked on with the EPD department (Com A and B instructors). Stickipad is the wiki application that Wendt has been using: http://stikipad.com/
The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday March 27th (noon-1:00PM). I have reserved Memorial room 362 for the meeting, but we can use other locations depending on what everyone prefers.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Educause "7 things" project
This from Emily W.:
http://www.educause.edu/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutSeries/7495
OR
http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?page_id=7495
These are briefs about emerging learning technologies. Very useful for a quick overview. They are brief (2 pages) and follow a consistent format, including:
* What it is
* How it works
* Where it is going
* Why it matters to teaching and learning
http://www.educause.edu/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutSeries/7495
OR
http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?page_id=7495
These are briefs about emerging learning technologies. Very useful for a quick overview. They are brief (2 pages) and follow a consistent format, including:
* What it is
* How it works
* Where it is going
* Why it matters to teaching and learning
Friday, January 25, 2008
LILI IT Interest Group 1/24/08 - Notes
Pamela showed us the New College Library Website <http://www.college.library.wisc.edu/>. New stuff includes:
* Daily Polls
* Got rid of underlines for hyperlinks
* increased coverage of events (e.g. Finals Week 2007)
* Displays feed from "What's new in Madcat" - it is broken down by topic
* Links to social networing tools (Flickr, Facebook, Del.ico.us)
* Rotating research guides
* Experimenting with the FCKEditor <http://www.fckeditor.net/> which allows staff to edit pages without going into Dreamweaver)
Bob showed us his favorite spot for free online videos:
http://www14.alluc.org/alluc/
In keeping with Bob's online media theme, Jim pointed out that currently http://www.hulu.com/ is in private beta - if you go to the site you can sign up to be a "tester" for free - I have no idea how long this will last.
Jim demonstrated http://www.ning.com/ - it is a place to find/create your own social networks built around a specific subject (e.g. Classroom 2.0 <http://classroom20.ning.com/>)
Miro <http://www.getmiro.com/> - is a free open source media player/video collector - provides access to a growing amount of high quality independent video content - Think of it as a video version of Bloglines
Karen showed us John Larsen's blog - it talks about a lot of the same stuff we do in this group - http://otterguy.blogspot.com/
We are invitated to next LILI forum - 12/6
Bob: http://www.woot.com/ - features a new low-priced gadget every day - prices are always good.
* Daily Polls
* Got rid of underlines for hyperlinks
* increased coverage of events (e.g. Finals Week 2007)
* Displays feed from "What's new in Madcat" - it is broken down by topic
* Links to social networing tools (Flickr, Facebook, Del.ico.us)
* Rotating research guides
* Experimenting with the FCKEditor <http://www.fckeditor.net/> which allows staff to edit pages without going into Dreamweaver)
Bob showed us his favorite spot for free online videos:
http://www14.alluc.org/alluc/
In keeping with Bob's online media theme, Jim pointed out that currently http://www.hulu.com/ is in private beta - if you go to the site you can sign up to be a "tester" for free - I have no idea how long this will last.
Jim demonstrated http://www.ning.com/ - it is a place to find/create your own social networks built around a specific subject (e.g. Classroom 2.0 <http://classroom20.ning.com/>)
Miro <http://www.getmiro.com/> - is a free open source media player/video collector - provides access to a growing amount of high quality independent video content - Think of it as a video version of Bloglines
Karen showed us John Larsen's blog - it talks about a lot of the same stuff we do in this group - http://otterguy.blogspot.com/
We are invitated to next LILI forum - 12/6
Bob: http://www.woot.com/ - features a new low-priced gadget every day - prices are always good.
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