What happened over the past two weeks?

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Time behind bars

Camtasia Studio 5, what a great tool. Last week I attended a training session on Camtasia Studio 5, this was given through our IT students here at the Otago Polytechnic. I always wanted to record a tutorial on the use of a excel spreadsheet, but never had the skill or tool available to me, now I do and I have made a ‘take 1′ of a profit sensitivity analysis. A couple of day’s later we had a session on adding audio on to power point 07, a process that is relatively easy to grasp. Both of this tool enable me to make my teaching so much more flexible and blended in delivery styles. Great for learners revision as well. This week we have the ‘Spotlight on tertiary teaching and learning here in Dunedin, a combined effort between the Otago University of Otago and the Otago Polytechnic and I attended the sessions on Blog’s, Wiki’s and Constructivist theory and how they can be applied into tertiary teaching. What a opportunity and again a excellent example of how you can learn and get ideas form others in the field of education. This again has re enforced the need for me to implement this into the course next year, starting with food and beverage management and then eventually into other courses. Course wiki (through moodle) for formative assessment towards the assignment to be handed in, individual blog’s for reflection and learning journals, an alternative to traditional journal-ing.  Elluminate was not mentioned there but again I will use it in 09 for discussion and presentation’s. Over all a positive week as I have posted my presentation activity #6 on to our course Blackboard (Constructing Courses to Enhance Learning). Have a good weekend, no prices for guessin what I be doing, regards Daniel

PS: Please find Industry presentations 2006 and 2008 above and how about check out this web-page http://www.odt.co.nz/news/tags/trick-trade