This session introduces WordPress as one of many “blogging” platforms that allow individuals to easily create, maintain, and own an online space in which they can plant, cultivate, and grow their digital identity as a component of a larger approach to active life-long learning. Read the rest of this entry »

The increasing ease and ubiquity of video has created a renewed interest to use video in many aspects of teaching. In this session we describe the uses and benefits of video annotation tools in teaching and learning, including professional development. We discuss available tools, and some future directions that we are exploring at BYU, and suggest criteria for selecting appropriate tools. The session includes hands on experiences using a variety of video annotation tools. Read the rest of this entry »

This 2-part session introduces participants to the popular Web 2.0 collaborative tool, the wiki. After we’ve discussed how wikis may be useful to educators, we’ll have a full hour of hands-on activity setting up your own free wiki, and learning to edit, cultivate, and maintain it.

Marc Wants You……To Be The Grand PoobahEngaging through social media is a BIG part of TTIX, and you can do your part in Twitter, Flickr, Blogs, and any other services you use. Before and during the conference you can compete to be crowned Grand Poobah of Social Media.

To sign-up for the competition, simply comment here and list your usernames or web addresses for the social media you use. We will track all your activity that is tagged with TTIX (or #TTIX in Twitter), so don’t forget to add that to posts and uploads!

On Friday the person with the most activity in social media will be crowned Grand Poobah and be awarded the SaaaWeeetest of prizes!! Amongst them an iPod Touch, software, and various other booty.

So sign up now and get started, and don’t forget to use the tag TTIX in all your posts.

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Presenter: Scott Leslie

The metaphor of “Teacher as DJ” isn’t that new – as Wiley noted (http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/227), ever since the phrase “Rip, Mix, Burn” entered the popular consciousness via Apple’s advertising campaign, it began to be applied to how educators might approach digital educational resources.

But with the ever increasing number of quality free open educational resources, the advent of ‘mashups’ as a widespread model of innovation both artistic and commerical, as well as the new breeds of online media tools and alternative interfaces, the “Educator as DJ” is fast moving from high level metaphor to practical art. This presentation will dig deeper into this metaphor (and indeed into the usefulness of metaphors in approaching our teaching practices) and attempt to demonstrate what the actual practice of the open educator as DJ might look like. So get ready to dance!