Discussion+Reflection+5

Reflection 5

Hello Mr. Chip: Final Group Discussion In your groups or as an individual, create some predictions regarding what schools might look like within five, ten, or twenty years? Don't be afraid to have some fun with this assignment. Irony, parody and satire are greatly appreciated!

Are you interested in continuing as a group? Any suggestions as to how to put this one together? (i.e. format?)

I wouldn't mind continuing as a group, if everyone is so inclined. I wasn't sure of the format yet I was thinking of a time powerpoint slideshow with music showing learning and teaching tools past present and in the future.

Thoughts?

Kevin

Hi Kevin & Nicole,

Powerpoint would work well - but after reading the current discussion forum about Eric, I'm wondering about rights to music! (Ask for forgiveness??) Do we want to start a common document in Google Docs - presentation? I'll check with Nicole in D2L.

Robin

Hi Team,

I would really like to work on this together. When would you like to start?

Nicole PS - do you have a mark for discussion 2 yet?

Hi all, Okay, how about if I start and share a Google docs presentation and we can post our ideas there. I think it's due Sunday, October 17th - so not much time. Nicole, no, I don't have a grade for discussion 2 yet, but Kevin does - I asked earlier. I've sent an email to Linda asking her to check (just sent yesterday - I'll let you know what she says). It seems odd that discussions 3 & 4 have been marked, but not 2 (for us) - must just have slipped through the cracks. I will set up the Google docs, but if anyone else has another suggestion as to how to go about it I'm open. Enjoy the day! Robin

Here is the link: https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AQ-gh3unbCkhZGdjMzlmYndfMzZkaHdnd3FncA&hl=en&authkey=CM6W49kO You shouldn't have to sign in to be able to edit. Let me know if it doesn't work. I think keeping it fairly plain in this shared environment is best, then formatting when we download, before sharing. Sound okay?

I've started to add some stock people images from Microsoft Office - please feel free to rearrange, delete, or add - I don't really have a vision for the presentation at this time, so I will most definitely not mind if some of those people (or even all) disappear.

This is what I was thinking, I also thought we could lop some clasical music thru the presentation when we had completed it.

Kevin

Looks great, Kevin ... what can we do to add? Search images? Will we add any text, or keep to images? It looks like you have done a lot of work ... THANKS!! Let us know how we can contribute. Robin

This version has a sound track that I think fits, let me know what you guys think. I am open to making any changes that you dont think work or even scrap the whole thing if it's not the direction we want to go. My idea was to show the progression of information transfer from past-present-future.

Kevin

I like it - very effective, Kevin. The music doesn't play when I download - same size as the other .pptx, so maybe the music didn't embed? I'm not so sure that we'd need to change a thing - or did you have something else/more in mind? (Feeling a little guilty as you did all of the work!) Robin

Lets see if this works, can you guys please review the presentation again, it should have sound this time

Kevin

Hi Kevin, I still don't get the audio. I've had issues with embedding audio in PP presentations before and solved it by converting AAC files to mp3 files - I converted your song from an AAC file to an mp3 file and I think that it plays now - I posted it above here - TALO-2. Does it work for you? (Worked when I downloaded it again, but maybe my computer is super smart and figured it out!)

I hope I got the right version of the song ... went by your last slide. Let me know. Robin

p.s. Interesting 'classical music' ;-)

Oh my goodness! You work fast!! I have been at meetings all day and now I am working on our assignment due Friday. I promise I will take time tomorrow to have a look and contribute :) You two are amazing!

Nicole

Hi Nicole, I take no credit ... that is Kevin's masterpiece - well done! Robin

I don't have any audio on your file (TALO-2) Robin, I am interested to see if Nicole gets audio? I have tried to address these issues by converting the file into a compressed wav file and embedding it.

Let me know,

Kevin

Yikes. I guess my computer is smarter than I thought (hate to think of the corollary of that!) One more thought - perhaps it has to be saved as a powerpoint package? Robin

I think I figured out the sound issue, but the file has become too large to post here! I have posted it to the discussion board already and I am hoping the sound has been embedded maybe you could let me know. Thanks

If we don't talk again in this forum, it was great working with you both : )

Kevin

Thanks for doing that, Kevin. I downloaded from D2L - pp is fine, but still no sound. How frustrating. I've enjoyed working with both of you as well - it makes the tasks seem much more manageable. See you in BDLE! Robin

Wow that powerpoint looks amazing! Thanks for your hard work. We will 'see' eachother again soon :)

Nicole