Professor Corinne Hoisington

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Technology Toys 2005

• Professor Corinne Hoisington
• Central Virginia Community College
• hoisingtonc_at_cvcc.vccs.edu

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While you were Teaching
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The Next Version of Microsoft WindowsCode-Named
Longhorn

• Giving PC users more control and confidence
• Bringing order to information overload
• Connecting your world

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From Tactical to Practical
Can this help my classes?

• E-Learning
• OneNote
• SoftChalk
• InfoPath 2003
• Elluminate
• Producer 2003

Is it easy to use?
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Too Much Power?
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USB Flash Drives are it!

• In 2004 - 572 million flash drives were sold

Wasabi and Ginger Not Included
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Micro Vault

• Special High Speed USB Device for 250
• Holds 5GB
• Only 2 inches x 2.75 inches

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OneNote 2003

• Add on product of Office 2003 Suite
• Note-taking and Management System
• Your Electronic Notebook
• Students can take notes more efficiently
• Great for college research
• Capture your thoughts anywhere
• Drag/Drop Pictures and Quotes directly from the
  Internet
• Augment typewritten notes with drawings or
  diagrams that you draw with a mouse, stylus, or
  tablet pen

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Great for Education!
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Handtop Computers

• Handtops are a full strength computer with the
  form of a PDA
• Full Windows XP Professional operating system
• 1 GHz processor
• 256 MB system DRAM
• 30 GB hard drive

Vulcan Flipstart
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Surfing the Net at 30,000 feet

• Pay an extra 10 or 25 for long flights
• Lufthansa already offering it on selected flights
• Wi-Fi
• Check email, download videos, surf
• US Carriers slower to adopt the new concept

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Live e-Learning
www.elluminate.com
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Features

• Easy-to-use virtual classroom with 2-way audio,
  chat, shared whiteboards, breakout rooms,
  built-in graphing calculator, PowerPoint, and
  application sharing
• Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365
  days a year
• Attendance and usage reports available for
  administrators
• Support for visual, auditory, kinesthetic
  learners

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Real Time e-Learning

• Adds live interaction to learning
• Promotes real understanding and active learning
• Improves student performance
• Offers opportunity for online tutoring
• Ensures a superior user experience, regardless of
  connection speed (even 28.8 kbps)

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Uses

• Distance Learning/ E-tutoring
• (All Platforms)
• Hybrid Courses / Team Projects
• Live drop-in Homework Help
• Weather Related Issues
• Online Meetings
• Reduce travel costs
• Improve information
• exchange with
• online meetings

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Real Conferencing Products

• Macromedia "Breeze
• Centra
• Elluminate
• Horizon Live

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SoftChalk www.softchalk.com
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Spontaneous Stupidity

• If you see a group of people suddenly dancing,
  jumping, and posing
• Flash Mob Phenomenon
• Predetermined time, headphones, rock out

Mobile Clubbing
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Need a Virtual Girlfriend?

• Demands lots of time and attention
• Hong Kong based Artificial Life
  www.artificial-life.com
• Mimics Real- Life Dating
• View and speak to your Cybersqueeze
• Even a virtual Mother-In-Law
• 5 Per Month for cell phone

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Introducing New InfoPath 2003

• A form creation program allowing seamless
  integration of data into various databases.
• Gather information more efficiently.
• Flexible use of information
• WYSIWYG interface
• Simple Validation
• Converts data to XML

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Templates Available
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Intuitive Forms

• Paper Forms normally have too many extra blank
  lines
• The form can intuitively add tables rows as
  needed for repeating information like more lines
  for an expense report for meals.

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Data Validation

• Inline Alerts
• Required controls
• Data-type validation   
• Range checking   
• Dynamic comparisons   
• Script-based validation 

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Extensible Mark-up Language

• XML makes it easier for information to be reused
  across different documents or systems for various
  purposes.
• Store Data
• in a database
• on a Web server or file share
• on a server running Windows SharePoint Services

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Data Source
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Using Form Data

• Export data into Excel or Access
• SQL Server
• BizTalk Server
• You can merge data from several saved forms into
  one combined form

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What is Producer 2003?

• Microsoft Producer 2003 makes it easy to capture,
  synchronize, and publish audio, video, slides,
  and images.
• Perfect for Distance Education
• Works Perfect with Blackboard
• Creates small files that can be used on a 56K
  modem

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Producer 2003
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Love to Teach?