Technology+Exploration+-+Y2D4

In the next hour, using your netbooks, collaborate with your CIG-mates to explore potential tools for documentation, to enhance your inquiry or to utilize with students. You have four categories of tools to explore. In your CIG decide how to approach this activity - working together on one category or tool, partnering, or even distributing the exploration across the participants, reporting back on your findings. Your process is your choice - have fun! toc
 * Year 2, Day 4** **-** **Technology Explorations**
 * **Live Blogging** - tools for capturing the thoughts of participants online through text based forms in a very immediate fashion
 * **Live Streaming** - tools for sharing and capturing video of instruction or performances as they are happening
 * **Blogging** - tools for creating a record of ideas, images, thoughts, etc. in a less immediate form
 * ** Micro Blogging ** - tools for immediate sharing with a network of colleagues/students in short text based form

=**Live Blogging (aka backchanneling)**= //**"****Backchannel** is the practice of using networked [|computers] to maintain a real-time online conversation alongside live spoken remarks. The term was coined in the field of Linguistics to describe listeners' behaviours during verbal communication, [|Victor Yngve] 1970. The term "backchannel" generally refers to online conversation about the topic or the speaker. Occasionally backchannel provides audience members a chance to [|fact-check] the presentation. First growing in popularity at technology conferences, backchannel is increasingly a factor in education where [|WiFi] connections and [|laptop] computers allow students to use ordinary chat like [|IRC] or [|AIM] to actively communicate during class." (Source: Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backchannel)//

CoverItLive is the tool we used this morning to document our experiences with Cello Fury. If you'd like to learn more about this tool for your CIG or to use with students, explore the links below.

- **//CoverItLive//**
CoverItLive's support center (training resources & videos) - http://www.coveritlive.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=51 - What will CoverItLive participants see (a demo of the participant side of the tool) - http://www.coveritlive.com/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=52 - How does CoverItLive work? (a demo of the producer side of the tool) - http://www.coveritlive.com/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=53 - Setting up an account - http://www.coveritlive.com/index.php?option=com_altcaster&task=register
 * The tool's main website - http://www.coveritlive.com/**

//- Skype//
Click here to see our wikipage on Skype. Skype is often used as a tool for doing a backchannel discussion during a live meeting or class.

//- Twitter//
See the resources on Twitter below under the heading "Micro Blogging." Some educators are experimenting with using Twitter's "hashtag" feature to gather backchannel conversations during conferences and instructional sessions.

- David Warlick article, "10 Observations about backchanneling" - http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/?p=2088
 * Other resources on backchanneling:**

=**Live Streaming Video**= //**"Streaming media** are [|multimedia] that are constantly received by, and normally presented to, an [|end-user] while being delivered by a streaming provider (the term "presented" is used in this article in a general sense that includes audio or video playback). The name refers to the delivery method of the medium rather than to the medium itself. The distinction is usually applied to media that are distributed over [|telecommunications networks], as most other delivery systems are either inherently streaming (e.g., [|radio], [|television]) or inherently non-streaming (e.g., [|books], [|video cassettes], audio [|CDs]). The verb 'to stream' is also derived from this term, meaning to deliver media in this manner. [|Internet television] is a commonly streamed media." (Source: Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_streaming)//

- //**UStreamTV**//
About UStreamTV - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ustream UStreamTV's help center (training resources and videos) - http://helpcenter.ustream.tv/
 * The tool's main website: - http://www.ustream.tv/**

- //**JustinTV**//
About JustinTV - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_TV JustinTV's help center (training resources and videos) - http://www.justin.tv/p/help_resources
 * The tool's main website: http://www.justin.tv/**

=Blogging= //"A **blog** (a [|contraction] of the term "**web log**")[|[1]] is a type of [|website], usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning// //to maintain or add content to a blog. Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal [|online diaries]. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, [|Web pages], and other media related to its topic. The ability of readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art ([|Art blog]), photographs ([|photoblog]), videos ([|Video blogging]), music ([|MP3 blog]), and audio ([|podcasting]). [|Microblogging] is another type of blogging, featuring very short posts." (Source: Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogging)//

//**- Wordpress**//
About Wordpress - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wordpress Wordpress training videos - http://wordpresstraining.com/
 * The tool's main website: http://wordpress.com/**

//**- Blogger**//
About Blogger - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogger_%28service%29 Blogger training videos - http://magicwithblogs.blogspot.com/
 * The tool's main website: http://www.blogger.com/home**

=Micro Blogging= //**"Microblogging** is a form of multimedia [|blogging] that allows users to send brief text updates or micromedia such as photos or audio clips and publish them, either to be viewed by anyone or by a restricted group which can be chosen by the user. These messages can be submitted by a variety of means, including [|text messaging], [|instant messaging], [|E-mail], [|digital audio] or [|the web]. The content of a microblog differs from a traditional blog in that it is typically smaller in actual size and aggregate file size. A single entry could consist of a single sentence or fragment or an image or a brief, ten second video. But, still, its purpose is similar to that of a traditional blog. Users microblog about particular topics that can range from the simple, such as "what one is doing at a given moment," to the thematic, such as "sports cars," to business topics, such as particular products. Many microblogs provide short commentary on a person-to-person level, share news about a company's products and services, or provide logs of the events of one's life." (Source: Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_blog)//

//**- Twitter**//
About Twitter - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter Twitter's help center (training, videos, and more) - http://twitter.com/help/start NYT Article - "Why Twitter Will Endure" - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/weekinreview/03carr.html?scp=1&sq=why%20twitter%20will%20endure&st=cse Edutopia Article - "Got a Sub? Team Teach with Twitter" - http://www.edutopia.org/twitter-connects-teacher-students
 * The tool's main website: http://twitter.com/**

//- Tumblr//
About Tumblr - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumblr
 * The tool's main website: http://www.tumblr.com/**

- Plurk
About Plurk - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plurk
 * The tool's main website: http://www.plurk.com/**

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> As part of an aesthetic experience session 48 arts educators created this 60-second composition using found objects from their immediate environment. http://tozier.net/dberlin/cello f/heterophonic etude.mp3 //(highlight, copy and paste into your browser if necessary)// Pencils, car keys, human voice and other such objects provided sound sources. The material was controlled and shaped by two parameters; dynamics and texture (density). The resulting rainstorm-like heterophonic sound mass titled “Heterophonic Etude” is the product of that exercise.
 * AESTHETIC INQUIRY**:

How is this art/not art? How is this music/not music? How does collaboration and cooperation apply in the creation of an exercise such as this?

Embedded in this piece is audio material generated by the acclaimed rock band “Cello Fury” that was the major part of the session. [] [] []