LIT2T Leadership Guide

66 TO: TABLE OF CONTENTS POODLL: An HTML5 grounded tool that supports audio recording, media play and video recording. REPOSITORY: A searchable website that stores collections of digital materials. Communities of practice often develop among users of a repository. SCORM: Shareable Content Object Reference Model, a set of technical standards for e-learning software products. Specifically, SCORM governs how online learning content and Learning Management Systems (LMSs) communicate with each other. SCREENCAST: A digital recording of computer screen output. Also known as a video screen capture, it is essentially a movie of what is happening on a computer screen, often enhanced with captions or audio narration. SKYPE: A popular web application that allows users to synchronously communicate and make conference calls using voice, video and text. SOCIAL BOOKMARKING: A method for people and/or organizations to store, organize and manage their favorite web resources on a public web site. SOCIAL MEDIA: User-created video, audio, text or multimedia that are published and shared in a social environment, such as a blog, wiki or media-hosting site. STAGES: Segments of training used within the LearnIT2teach instructor training system. There are four stages for instructors: Stage 1 – Introduces teachers to the project and blended learning. Pre-Stage 2 – Provides the basic skills teachers need to deploy the LINC courseware and begin using it with students. Stage 2 – Guides and supports teachers as they deploy the courseware and adapt it to their teaching context. Stage 3 – Enables teachers to continue deploying and customizing the courseware while using more advanced features of the LMS. Stage 4 – Trains teachers to become e-materials developers. And two additional stages to prepare managers or lead teachers to lead local innovation, Learning Technology Innovation Leadership (LTIL), Parts 1 and 2. TELL: An acronym for Technology Enhanced Language Learning. TUTELA.CA: A national digital repository and community for settlement language professionals in Canada sponsored by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. TWITTER: A website that provides a social networking service and allows its users to send and receive short messages, called micro-blogs. WIKI: Server software that allows users to freely create and edit webpage content. Wiki supports basic webpage features SUCH AS HYPERLINKS, TEXT SYNTAX AND NEW PAGE CREATION. WIKIS ARE OFTEN USED FOR COLLABORATIVE LANGUAGE LEARNING ACTIVITIES. WEBHEADS IN ACTION: An international online community of practice with a focus on language teaching. (http://learning2gether.pbworks.com) WORKSTATION: A single computer connected to a network