Tools for eTwinning

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Tools for eTwinning

• Thomas Maier, CSS

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Tools presented
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Magazine Factory

• Interactive tool for developing and producing web
  magazines

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Overview

• Tool for creating web magazines
• Publishing tool for a single project or
  continuous activities
• Multi-lingual
• Classical editorial staff concept
• Chief editor
• Editor
• Journalist

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User roles

Project Magazine
Chief editor
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Five steps (wizard)

• Magazine settings
• User profile
• Add users
• Create article categories
• Summary

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Text
http//www2.edu.fi/magazinefactory/
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http//www2.edu.fi/magazinefactory/magazines/Pictu
re_of_the_Country/?str40
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http//www2.edu.fi/magazinefactory/magazines/proje
ctmyweek/
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How to start

• CSS creates accounts for schools
• Teachers receive email notification
• Edited magazine details
• Invite others to participate

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References

• 2003 awarded for the best media-educational idea
  of the year in the national Media Message
  competition (SATU ry, Association of Independent
  Producers in Finland).
• 2004 awarded the best Finnish product in the
  e-Inclusion category in the World Summit Award
  contest.
• 2005 represents Finland in the World Summit
  Awards Contest in the UN summit in Tunisia in
  November.

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Wideboard

• Toolkit for on-line communication and cooperation.

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Overview

• Wideboards are large, virtual 2-dimensional
  surfaces
• Any type of object can be placed
• All users see changes on the board online in
  real time
• A board is persistent, which means that it
  keeps its objects until the board owner erases
  it.
• Web based, platform independant (Java),
  also runs on PDAs and mobile phones

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What for?

• Team Collaboration
• Communities
• E -learning systems
• International Collaboration
• Games
• Tele-Conferencing

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Christian Perrier teaching a French class to his
Italian partner
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Hello Thomas Here I attached two pictures
showing my Iatalian partner using Wideboard today
when I give a lesson of French to her students. I
saw their proposition in wideboard  from my
desk. Best regards
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Demo portal

• Manual in English http//www.chatfiti.com/manual
  /usermanual.htm
• Demo in Englishhttp//www.chatfiti.com/demo/

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How to start

• CSS creates accounts and Wideboards for teachers
• Teachers receive email notification
• Teachers give access to others in the project

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Media Synchrone

• A solution for the creation and distribution of
  enriched multimedia content (Rich Media)

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Overview

• Capacity to integrate any piece of content in any
  piece of format
• Create rich media content (audio, video, images,
  text, PowerpointTM )
• Content re-usability
• Easy authoring and updating
• Standard compatible file format (SMIL)

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Three steps

• Capture
• Mix
• Publish
• Online
• Offline

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Capture and connect
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Mix
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Publish
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How to start

• CSS provides accounts to teacher
• Client software needs to be downloaded
• Teacher opens client software and has to provide
  login information
• Teacher / students create content
• Publish their work online / offline
• New version 2.0 available since January 2006

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Overview

• Offers an interactive collaboration forum
• For creative development tasks
• As a supplement to traditional project tools
• The ideal desktop for any collaborationprocess.
  No need to clear the desk between meetings.
• Combines well-known media chat, filesharing,
  sound, images, notes, links, free-hand drawing
• Integrates well into most office software suites

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The pilots

• What do you get?
• Free access to three innovative tools for
  collaboration until March 2006
• Support (English only)
• Manuals (English only)
• Three months period

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The pilots

• What is expected?
• Test and use the product(s) within an existing
  eTwinning project
• Write a short report about user experience, pros
  cons and suggestions for improvement

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The pilots

• Who to contact?
• Thomas Maier (thomas.maier_at_eun.org) for
  initiating participation
• Support will be provided by the partners
  (English only), not by the CSS

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Thank you!

• thomas.maier_at_eun.org

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New tools for eTwinning

• Thomas Maier, CSS

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Tools presented
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137000 blogs listed, 4164 education
70379 blogs listed, 460 in the last 7 days
3 045 175 posts for education
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http//www.bloghop.com/tags.htm
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What are blogs?

• A web space
• personal / shared by a group, a diary, a
  school-bag, a magazine, a filing system
• Simple
• no technical knowledge needed.
• Constructed over time
• ideal for co-operating, inquiry based learning.
• (Conor Galvin, Ireland, 2005)

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How do I get a blog?
Download blog software install on your school
pc / server. total control - costs a bit Use
a blog site no maintainance! usually free-
advertisements open nature of site.