Tech+Wizards+11_9+Linoit_Jing




 * November 9 Session - Today's Meet, Linoit and Jing **

an online discussion board. No accounts, logins or passwords required, easy set-up and use. to access today's meet go to: www.todaysmeet.com
 * Today's Meet **


 * Todays_Meet._Video_Tutorial **

([|www.linoit.com]) the online bulletin board, an online collaboration tool; listed below are links to the Linoit materials used in the Tech Wizard session. The handouts are to be used as part of a "jigsaw" activity. Each student in a team of four selects one handout to use. Each handout presents the user with a set of questions to answer. The user researches and becomes the expert regarding the material on one handout sheet. After students have found the answers to each question on their individual exploration sheets the students get together in a team and teach each other what they have learned. In this way all students learn the material by collaborating and sharing their particular area of expertise. There is an exploration sheet for teacher/team advisors to use as well to participate in the activity.
 * Linoit **


 * Let's Find Out About Linoit - Advisor Sheet **
 * Let's Find Out About Linoit - Advisor Sheet **


 * Let's Find Out About Linoit - Posting Notes **


 * Let's Find Out About Linoit - Photo Notes **


 * Let's Find Out About Linoit - Video Notes **


 * Let's Find Out About Linoit - Miscellaneous **

Listed above is a link to an information organizer for students to use while taking notes. One page of the organizer is in a matrix form, the other page is in a mind-map or graphic organizer form providing students choice for taking notes.
 * Linoit Menu Notes - Matrix and Graphic Organizer Styles **


 * [|Linoit Account Tips and Tricks] **


 * Linoit Video Tutorials **


 * Linoit_Basics Part 1**


 * Linoit Basics Part 2**


 * Linoit Beyond the Basics**


 * Sharing_Linoit_No_Login_Required**


 * Sharing_Linoit_Login_Required**
 * Sharing_Linoit_Login_Required**


 * Using Groups with Linoit**


 * Linoit_Tips_and_Tricks**


 * Final_Thoughts_on_Linoit**


 * Original_Video_and_Linoit**

the video tutorial tool. Jing is a software application used to create video tutorials. Jing is free, available for both PCs and MAC computers and can be downloaded from: @http://www.techsmith.com/jing
 * Jing **

complete directions for downloading and using Jing are available using the links below.


 * Jing Download Directions **


 * Video Tutorials with Jing **


 * Wizard Wonderings: **** Our Insights About Today's Session **

and Jing || Meeting new people in the Bridge Building collaboration activity
 * || **What New Thing**
 * Did You Learn?** || **What Was the Most**
 * Enjoyable Part of the Day?** || **What Most Helped**
 * Your Learning Today?** || **What Questions**
 * Do You Have?** ||
 * **Students** || How to use Linoit, Today's Meet

The Bridge Building activity, it helped me learn what collaboration is and feels like

Using the programs: Linoit and Jing

The hands-on work with the programs

The projects we had to complete || Working with others

The teaching each other activity

The Bridge Building activity, it helped me understand working together

Using the projector to show us step by step how to use the programs I'm a visual learner

Step by step directions

Clear, concise directions

The chance to use the tools

The projects, using the tools helps me remember better || Can you merge two jing projects into one? (Jing has a limit of 5 minutes per video, if you have two Jing videos totaling less than 5 minutes you may start Jing,  play one video then pause Jing and start it up again  when you start the next video. Or you might import your Jing  videos into a video editor such as MovieMaker, iMovie or others  and merge the two videos using the video editor.)

Can I get these programs at home? (Yes, Today's Meet and Linoit are websites available on any computer that has an internet connection. Jing is a free program that can be downloaded  from http://www.techsmith.com/jing. Directions for downloading are  listed above.)

Can people see your Linoit canvas and notes if they don't have a Linoit account? (It depends what permissions you put on your Linoit canvas. To review the settings check out the Linoit video tutorials listed on this page.)

Can I delete a Linoit canvas? (Yes, log in to Linoit and click on the link titled My Canvases at the top of the page. All of your Linoit canvases will be listed and to the right are  options for Preferences to change permission settings, a link to copy  the entire canvas to another canvas, and a picture of a trash can. Simply  click the trash can to delete the canvas.)

Can I post a Linoit canvas to other websites? (Yes, look in the tool palette where the various colors of sticky notes are located. Across the top of the tool palette are several symbols, click on  the letter i. This will display code to either link or embed your Linoit canvas  in a blog, wikispace or web page. Just copy the code to either link or  embed your canvas and paste the code in the blog, wikispace or web page  where you want your Linoit canvas to appear.)

Can you add text to a video in a Linoit sticky note? (Yes, in order to do this, first save your video to your computer. Then use an attachment sticky note, browse and upload your video to the attachment  sticky note and add your text comments to the sticky note. Do not use  the video style sticky note to do this - there is no comment feature  in the video style sticky note.)

Why not use Hypercam instead of Jing? Hypercam has no time limit. (There are many screen recorder software applications available. Hypercam like Jing is free, available for both PCs and MAC computers and easy to  use. We selected Jing for the Tech Wizards program because the 5  minute limit to video recordings teaches users to be brief and leads users  to be deductive thinkers in determining what concepts to include in a 5  minute video. In addition Jing records videos in .swf format, Hypercam  records in .avi format. Avi files tend to be very large and take up quite a bit of  space on computers and servers.) || and Jing || The Bridge Building activity which provided background knowledge for collaboration
 * Advisors || How to use Linoit, Today's Meet

The hands-on activities with Today's Meet, Linoit and Jing

Using Linoit

The projects || The printed notes were very helpful for following along with directions

The Bridge Building activity

The hands-on work and the opportunity to actually use the software

The jigsaw, teaching each other activity.

All the collaboration activities || Can you edit a Jing video in a video production suite? ( Yes, Jing videos are in .swf file format, you can import Jing videos into any video editing software package that handles .swf files. Or if the video editor  does not support .swf files, simply use the free file converter software  program Format Factory to convert the Jing file to a format that your video  editor supports and import the converted video to your video editor to  manipulate the video as needed. Format Factory may be downloaded from: @http://www.formatoz.com/download.html

Click the link below for a video tutorial of using Format Factory.) Format_Factory_File_Converter ||