Seminar 3 Hometask

It's obvious that multimedia soft can be used in many disciplines which are taught at our faculty.
For examle:

1. General linguistigs
2. Translating
3. Lexicology
4. Phonetics
5. Grammar
6. Spanish
7. History of the language and many others

I personally use the follo9wing services:

1. Multitran
2. Memrise
3. Quizlet
4. Google translate
5. ReversoContext
6. Dictionary
7. Wlingua

SEMINAR 10. Mobile Applications

According to the video we've watched there are some useful ideas of mobile learning. These are focused on mobile learning, the use of mobile devices (smart phones, tablets, laptops, cell phones, and such) in support of teaching and learning.

In general mobile learning is "learning across multiple contexts, through social and content interactions, using personal electronic devices." A form of distance education, m-learners use mobile device educational technology at their time convenience.

M-learning focuses on the mobility of the learner, interacting with portable technologies. Using mobile tools for creating learning aids and materials becomes an important part of informal learning.

Some of the possibilities offered by this methodology are a greater and different access to information, along with transcendent innovations, such as the increase of informal and playful activities, iconic virtual, membership of specific groups, and networks of friendly interaction within new scales of values.

There are different ways of using qr-codes in everyday life. Some of them are:

1. E-learning course screens for scanning and downloading additional supplementary learning or references materials such as the glossary, References, etc.
2. E-learning course screens for viewing additional information (such as history, timeline, podcasts, webinars, detailed instructions) with rich media (that help enhance the information) for those who are interested.
3. Machine packagings and components to show videos and Quick Reference.
4. For students to view YouTube clips for information.
5. QR codes inside books to send student to reviews of the book.
6. Scan a QR code to hear a book talk done by one of the teachers and many other ways...

Enjoy my flashcards in Quizlet!:)

Quizlet: La comida

Seminar 6 Google services

Google offers a variety of services and tools besides its basic web search. This services include:

1. AdWords Editor: Desktop application to manage a Google AdWords account. The application allows users to make changes to their account and advertising campaigns before synchronising with the online service.
2. Chrome: Web browser.
3. Desktop: Desktop search application, that indexes e-mails, documents, music, photos, chats, Web history and other files. It allows the installation of Google Gadgets.
4. Gmail/Google Notifier: Alerts the user of new messages in their Gmail account.
5. Picasa: Photo organization and editing application, providing photo library options and simple effects. Also includes Facial Recognition and GeoTagging features.
6. Blogger: Weblog publishing tool. Users can create custom, hosted blogs with features such as photo publishing, comments, group blogs, blogger profiles and mobile-based posting with little technical knowledge.
7. Calendar: Free online calendar. It includes a unique "quick add" function which allows users to insert events using natural language input. Other features include Gmail integration and calendar sharing. It is similar to those offered by Yahoo! and MSN.
8. Docs: Document, spreadsheet and presentation application, with document collaboration and publishing capabilities.
9. Maps: Mapping service that indexes streets and displays satellite and street-level imagery, providing driving directions and local business search.
10. Google Notebook: View and add notes to your Google Notebook.

9 Seminar MOOCs

First of all, what is MOOC. MOOC is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web. In addition to traditional course materials such as filmed lectures, readings, and problem sets, many MOOCs provide interactive user forums to support community interactions among students, professors, and teaching assistants. MOOCs are a recent and widely researched development in distance education which were first introduced in 2006 and emerged as a popular mode of learning in 2012.

I've analyzed descriptions of such MOOCs as:
1.EDX
2.MOODLE
3.COURSESITES BY BLACKBOARD
4.COURSERA
5.CANVAS

I've searched some courses on Canvas platform. I've liked the course "SCIENCE OF RELATIONSHIPS" which starts jn 13 Nov and lasts 8 weeks. It is free, the noncredit, social-based program designed for individuals interested in the field of psychology and those who want to gain a deeper understanding of the science behind how relationships work. This course is taught by social psychology expert and Colorado State University faculty member, Dr. Jennifer Jill Harman, Ph.D. and is directed to those who want to sort oneself out and to learn how to make relationship with people.

Seminar 5 BOOKMARKS

Bookmark manager tools are essentially required for organizing the scores of links and information you bookmark every day. With the help of these extensions/tools, you can have all the bookmarked stuff at one single place. These tools will let you edit, delete or add and organize the Webpages that have been bookmarked by you. The basic features of any bookmark manager remain the same while other features include accessing them via computer, web browsers, and mobiles.

There are different and interesting sources to add bookmarks. For example:

1. Save to pocket

2. iCloud Bookmarks

3. Xmarks Bookmark Sync

4. Diigo

5. Google Bookmarks

As for me I see them useless. I think It's easier to use basic bookmarks in computer and mobile phone's brouser.

Seminar 4 Presentation:Creation&Stock Services

I have aquainted with services for presentation creation, among them are:

1. SlideShare
2. Mighty Meeting
3. SlideShark
4. Speaker Deck
5. SlideRocket
6. Prezi
7. Qwiki and others

Here are my comments on the infornmation about new services for presentation creation.

1. SlideShare is the world's largest community for sharing presentations. With 60 million monthly visitors and 130 million pageviews, it is amongst the most visited 200 websites in the world. Besides presentations, SlideShare also supports documents, PDFs, videos and webinars.

2. SlideShark is a powerful, proven sales presentation solution designed to shorten sales cycles, improve productivity, and help companies of all sizes ensure their message is consistent.

3. Prezi (various prices, starting at free) tries to change this by turning your presentation into a wide-open canvas on which you can draw your ideas spatially, and then presenting them by zooming and panning all over the canvas. Used well, the end result feels cinematic and engaging in a way traditional presentations rarely are.

I'm going to shere my opinion on those I liked most. 

So the 3rd place gets SlideShare. It offers users the ability to upload and share publicly or privately PowerPoint presentations, Word documents and Adobe PDF Portfolios. Unlike other social platforms that are saturated with competition, SlideShare is still relatively open. With SlideShare you can reach a new audience from the very first day you start using it.

The 2nd place goes to Qwiki. Qwiki is a webapp that helps to learn about virtually anything, but aims to inform  quickly by reading the articles to you while showing you a slideshow of pictures while you listen. Qwiki released an iPhone app that automatically turns the pictures and videos from a user’s camera roll into movies to share and it's amazing in use!

And the 1st place I'm giving to Prezi! Prezi is a web-based presentation software. Prezi presentations feature a map-like, schematic overview that lets users pan among topics at will, zoom in on desired details, and pull back to reveal context.

Presentation using Prezi

Seminar 8 WIKI

WIKI

This seminar I’ve learned about Wiki tools and Wiki experience that provide us with a lot of sources to learn language. This is both for students and teachers. This is useful because it provides us with some online courses and also we can find there helpful online grammar tests and valuable web resources, syllabi on American Studies, American Literature, samples of the best web projects, presentations, papers and research works (diplomas).

Wiki itself is a web technology used for collaborative publishing on the web. It is a type of server software that allows to work with data on a remote server on the Web. Users interact with the software through a web interface that lets them read, edit and publish content.

There’re also intreredting wiki tools such as:

1. Wikispaces

2. Wikia

3. ZohoWiki

4. Wiki Site

5. WikiDot

I found WikiSpaces the most useful because it includes collaborative writing, social newsfeed, project organization and some other helpful sources.