Go Animate

Go! Animate is a “drag-and-Drop” Web 2.0 program where teachers and students can create animated videos complete with scenes, actions, dialog, and music.Go! Animate is available to schools at a very low cost, and the higher order thinking skills students will use is priceless.Whether in elementary science or high school chemistry, students can create videos about scientific investigation, science lab safety rules, to teach a concept, or review for a test.

Features

1. A free online tool for creating animations with ease
2. Animations can be customized  including selection of characters ,backgrounds soundsand special effects
3. Select drag and drop feature allows for ease use

Benifits

1. It's free but a pay version is also available Goanimate plus
2. No drawing is required 
3. Animations are embeddable and can also shared via social networking sites
4. A free educator version is available  Go animate 4 schools
5. A platform for younger students is also available Domo Animate

Classroom Use

Teacher

• Produce a lesson introductions
• explain difficult concepts
• send notes to students

Student

• Re create a scene from a story
• design skit /dialogue

Electronic Portfolios

Electronic Portfolios are a creative means of organizing, summarizing, and sharing  information, and ideas about teaching and/or learning, along with personal and professional growth. The reflective process of portfolio development can be as important as the final product. In many cases, they are used as part of faculty and student evaluation along with other assessment tools such as standardized tests. A portfolio is a sampling of the breadth and depth of a person's work conveying the range of abilities, attitudes, experiences, and achievements.”
Five Basic Processes for the Creation of an Academic Portfolio

1. Collection
2. Selection
3. Reflection
4. Projection 
5. Presentation                                       

Collection - A relatively short collection of materials that summarizes and highlights an individual’s activities as a teacher and researcher.

Selection - Why are you creating the portfolio? Who is reading it, and why?
Reflection - Thinking critically about your total learning, teaching, and research experiences
Projection (or Direction) - compare the reflections to the standards/goals and performance indicators, and set learning goals for the future.
Presentation - share the portfolio with peers and receive feedback

Advantages of an Academic Portfolio

1. Information in multi-media  (text, graphics, animation, sound,video)
2. Hypertext environment: e.g., menus, hyperlinks, searchable information
3. Non-linear thinking; “deep” organization
4. Asynchronous access for others (for feedback and collaboration

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E-library

E-library

It's an electronic or online library where one can have access to books, journals, novels, articles , or any other information over net. The electronic content may be stored locally, or accessed remotely via computer networks.

Advantages

Ø No  physical  boundary.

Ø Round  the  clock  availability

Ø Multiple  access

Ø Preservation  and  conservation

Ø Space.

Ø Easily accessible

Wiki

Wiki

A wiki (sometimes spelled "Wiki") is a server program that allows users to collaborate in forming the content of a Web site. A wiki is a web site that lets any visitor become a participant:  you can create or edit the actual site contents without any special technical knowledge or tools. All you need is a computer with an Internet connection. A wiki is continuously “under revision.” It is a living collaboration whose purpose is the sharing of the creative process and product by many. One famous example is Wiki-pedia, an online encyclopedia with no “authors” but millions of contributors and editors. The word "wiki" comes from Hawaiian language, meaning "quick" or "fast."The teacher creates the content on the wiki server (website). The students can view, edit, or comment on the content.

Teacher discretion: It can be designed so student edits may only be made with teacher approval.

Characteristics

1. Easy editing –Wikis can be used like other word document

1. Multi model –It may contain images embedded videos and links to external websites
2. Collaborative-   Wiki allows you to constantly monitor the changes done by member in the wiki 

Cloud Computing

 The practice of storing regularly used computer data on multiple servers that can be accessed through the Internet is called cloud computing
Cloud Computing offers the ability to access software or information that can be delivered over the internet, on demand, without the need to store it locally. In cloud computing, applications are provided and managed by the cloud server and data is also stored remotely in the cloud configuration. Users do not download and install applications on their own device or computer; all processing and storage is maintained by the cloud server. 

There are three basic kinds of cloud service models.

1. Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
2. Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
3. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

ADVANTAGES:

1. ·        Software as a Subscription
2. ·        Reduced Software Maintenance
3. ·        Increased Reliability
4. ·        Environmentally Friendly
5. ·        Cost Reduction
6. ·        Portability/Accessibility 

Web-based learning

Web-based learning

Web-Based learning is learning that uses the World Wide Web or the Internet as a means and a method for delivery for learning and instruction. Web-Based learning is electronically supported teaching and learning. All of the content in Web-Based learning is delivered via the Internet. It can be self-paced or instructor-led and include media in the form of text, image, animation, streaming video and audio. 

Mobile Learning

Mobile Learning

       Mobile learning is the ability to obtain or provide educational content on personal pocket devices such as PDAs, smart phones and mobile phones. Educational content refers to digital learning assets which includes any form of content or media made available on a personal device. The Mobile Learning enables users, students, trainees, teachers and Instructors to use their hand held devices as Pocket PCs and Mobile Phones for self learning.

Why use mobile Learning

• ·        Access from remote locations

1. ·        Students can learn from anywhere
2. ·        Students can  learn any time
3. ·        Can use internet  to research information
4. ·        Schools can share course materials to reduce development cost
5. ·        Choose materials are easy to update
6. ·        Update received immediately
7. ·        Students already have mobile devices
8. ·        Learning is more learner centered

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Web 1.0

Web 1.0 is the first generation of the web. Web 1.0 was mainly a read-only web. Web 1.0 was static and somewhat mono-directional. Businesses could provide catalogs or brochures to present their productions using the web and people could read them and contacted with the businesses. Web 1.0 is simply an information portal where users passively receive information without being given the opportunity to post reviews, comments, and feedback.

Web 2.0

It is 2nd generation of the www that focused on the ability for people to collaborate and share information online. Web 2.0 is the name used to  describe the second generation of the World Wide Web, where it moved static HTML pages to a more interactive and dynamic Web experience. Web 2.0 encourages participation, collaboration, and information sharing. Examples of Web 2.0 applications are Youtube, Wiki, Flickr, Facebook, and so on.

Web 3.0

In Web 3.0, computers can interpret information like humans and intelligently generate and distribute useful content tailored to the needs of users. One example of Web 3.0 is Tivo, a digital video recorder. Its recording program can search the web and read what it finds to you based on your preferences.

Few differences between All generations:

Web 1.0	Web 2.0	Web 3.0
Read Only Content and static HTML website	User generated content and read-write web	Meaningful, Portable personal web
Push technology	Share technology	Live technology
Pushed web, text/graphics based, flash	Two way web, blogs, wikis, sharing, podcast, video, personal publishing 2D portals and social networks	The real time, co-creative web, Growing 3D portals, MUVEs, avatar representation, interoperable profiles, integrated games, education and business. All media in and out of virtual worlds.
No Security required	Security breach	Security breach
No user communication	User communication is present	User communication is present

മെമ്മറി കാര്ഡ്

ഒരുപാട് ടാറ്റകള് അടങ്ങിയ
നിങ്ങളുടെ മെമ്മറി കാര്ഡ്
എപ്പോഴെങ്കിലും format memory
എന്ന് വന്നിട്ടുണ്ടോ..? ഭൂരിഭാഗം
പേരുടെ memory cardഉം format
ചെയ്യാനുള്ള ഓര്ഡര്
വന്നിട്ടുണ്ടാകും. എന്നാല് format
ചെയ്യാന് നോക്കിയാലോ...
അതും നടക്കില്ല. അവസാനം
നിരാശയോടെ ആ mmc
ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചു പുതിയവ എടുക്കലാണ്
നമ്മില് പലരും ചെയ്യാറ്.
ഇനിയത് എറിഞ്ഞു കളയും മുന്പ്
താഴെ പറയും പ്രകാരം ഒന്ന്
ചെയ്തു നോക്കൂ
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- ആദ്യം മെമ്മറി കമ്പ്യൂട്ടറില്
കണക്ട് ചെയ്യുക
- പിന്നെ Start - Search എന്നതില്
cmd എന്ന് അടിച്ചു command
promptല് എത്തുക
- ആദ്യത്തെ കമാന്ഡ് ആയി
DISKPART എന്ന് ടൈപ്പ് ചെയ്തു
എന്റര് അടിക്കുക
- ഇപ്പോള് പ്രോംപ്റ്റ് ആയി
DISKPART എന്ന് വന്നിട്ടുണ്ടാകും
- വീണ്ടും List Disk എന്ന്
അടിക്കുക, എന്റര് ചെയ്യുക
- Select Disk 1 എന്ന് അടിക്കുക,
എന്റര് ചെയ്യുക
- Clean എന്ന് അടിക്കുക, എന്റര്
ചെയ്യുക
- Create Partition primary എന്ന്
അടിക്കുക, എന്റര് ചെയ്യുക
- Active എന്ന് അടിക്കുക, എന്റര്
ചെയ്യുക
- Select Partition 1 എന്ന് അടിക്കുക,
എന്റര് ചെയ്യുക
- Format F: ~FAT32 എന്ന് അടിക്കുക,
എന്റര് ചെയ്യുക (F: എന്നത് ഫ്ലാഷ്
മെമ്മറി ഡ്രൈവിന്റെ പേരാണ്.
അത് അറിയണമെങ്കില് MY
COMPUTER നോക്കുക)
- FORMAT 100% ആയതിനു ശേഷം
EXIT എന്ന് അടിക്കുക, എന്റര്
ചെയ്യുക
- ഇനി MY COMPUTER തുറന്നു
നോക്കൂ,നിങ്ങളുടെ കേടായ ഫ്ലാഷ്
വര്ക്ക് ചെയ്യുന്നുണ്ടോ എന്ന് .

Online quiz maker

Online quiz maker

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 Online quiz maker enables trainers and educators to make e-learning exams quickly and easily. It provide a unique gaming and quizzing experience by integrating several gamification elements, social features and learning principles.

https://www.classmarker.com/  , http://quizstar.4teachers.org, https://www.flexiquiz.com/, http://www.quizrevolution.com/

Virtual Labs

The Virtual Laboratory is an interactive environment for creating and conducting simulated experiments: a playground for experimentation. Virtual laboratory is to provide students a chance to perform experiments using the internet and visual aids without having the equipments at their end. The Virtual lab program presents a unique opportunity to boost the quality of education, deepen understanding, and provide the necessary practical skills to young minds through cost effective outreach and distance learning activities. Minister for Human Resource Development, Government of India has launched Virtual Labs — a collection of ninety-one virtual laboratories containing hundreds of experiments in nine disciplines of science and engineering. Two types of virtual labs have been developed under this project. In the Simulation Based Virtual Labs the experiments are modeled using mathematical equations.

http://phet.colorado.edu, http://www.smartscience.net,  http://ilabcentral.org, http://virtual-labs.ac.in/

Virtual learning Environment

Virtual learning Environment

Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs)  is a platform with the aim of supporting learning and teaching activities across the internet. A virtual learning environment (VLE)  allows online interactions of various kinds to take place between tutors and learners making use of computer and internet . A VLE is an education system based on web that models the real world education with virtual classes test etc.. A VLE will normally work over the Internet and provide a collection of tools such as those for assessment (particularly of types that can be marked automatically, such as multiple choice), communication, uploading of content, return of students' work, peer assessment, administration of student groups, collecting and organizing student grades, questionnaires, tracking tools, etc. New features in these systems include wikis, blogs,and 3D virtual learning spaces. It is originally created for distance education, VLEs are now most often used to supplement traditional face to face classroom activities, commonly known as Blended Learning. In India still VLE is not popular, there are only few colleges which provide VLE.

Features of VLE

• ·        A VLE is a social space .

·        The VLE should provide students with access to a learning environment (not just a collection of resources!) where they can ask questions, explore resources and ideas
·        The VLE provide students with access to the learning environment from any location, at any time, through a range of possible devices
·        To make learning enjoyable and pressure free.
·        To provide education to physically disabled students and students

E-content

             Any digitized content that can facilitate the learning process and/or learning outcome can be termed as e-content Any content product available in a digital form and it typically refers to music, information and images that are available for distribution on electronic media is called e-content. E-content is generally designed to guide students through lot of information in a specific task. An e-content package can be used as a teacher in the virtual classroom situations. The quality of learning depends not only on the form of how the process is carried out but also on what content is taught and how the content is presented.

E-content development requires huge amounts of creativity both at   'information' level  as well as the 'technology' level.

  Phases of e-content development

1. Planning        

ü  overall plan to develop educational content

ü  identify basic information needed for development

ü  Estimate time, budget and resources

2. Design Phase

ü  To conduct a primary analysis of learning tasks, and create storyboards

ü  Conduct goal and task analysis  

ü  Develop initial content ideas     

3. Development Phase

ü  actual production of the e-content

ü  create the e-content by mixing of texts, audio, video, animations , references, blogs, links, and MCQs (multiple choice questions)

4. Testing phase

·         test the spelling mistakes, content errors, clarity of pictures , relevant videos, appropriate audios, timing of animations, and hyperlinks.

5. Implementation Phase

·         explains how to install and how to use it and their difficulties experienced while using e-content

6. Evaluation Phase

·         feedback from both learners and instructors

e-content development initiatives in India :

           NME-ICT, UGC-CEC

     National Mission on Education through ICT (NME-ICT), has assigned work to the UGC for development of e-content in 71 subjects at postgraduate level.  High quality, curriculum-based, Interactive content in different subjects across all disciplines of social sciences, arts, fine arts & humanities, natural & mathematical sciences, linguistics and languages is being develop under this initiative named e-PG Pathshala. The Mission shall work on the philosophy of encouraging all the scholars and academicians to generate e-content. This may even result in generation of more than one set of e-content on one topic in any given discipline. A large quantity of e-learning material, in digital form, is already available. Therefore, the Mission shall undertake an exercise to evaluate the already available e-learning material, as well as the one which is being or is to be generated, and grade them for the benefit of learners. The Mission shall also attempt to provide guidance to them in order to facilitate their search for quality material.