Office of Instructional Technology & Design | eMedia Center Volume 01 | Issue 03 | December 2008

IT&D Southwest A Newsletter of the Office of Instructional Technology & Design

and the eMedia Center on the Evansville Campus
of Ivy Tech Community College

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IT&D Southwest is a newsletter of the Office of Instructional Technology & Design and the
eMedia Center on the Evansville campus of Ivy Tech Community College. Its purpose is to provide a front-line
information and training tool to aid instructors by developing their ability to provide an engaging educational
experience to their students through online technology, electronic media and instructional design.

in this issue... QUOTABLE QUOTES

Volume 01 | Issue 03 | Dec. 2008

Designed, edited & produced by the eMedia Center.

Articles and tutorials written by Mark Brendel.
“But the angel said to them, “Do not
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Ivy Tech Community College Southwest 3 A preview of mind mapping on bubble.us be afraid. I bring you good news of
3501 First Avenue _______________________________ great joy that will be for all the people.
Evansville, IN 47710 Today in the town of David a Savior
Dennis L. Dell, Ph.D. Never Forget the Milk Again has been born to you; he is Christ the
Director, Instructional Technology & Design 4 Lists and task management on rememberthemilk.com Lord. This will be a sign to you: You
Office: 812.492.0537 _______________________________ will find a baby wrapped in cloths and
Email: ddell3@ivytech.edu lying in a manger.”
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eMedia Producer 5 Image-editing online with splashup.com “Suddenly a great company of the
Office: 812.492.0521 heavenly host appeared with the angel,
_______________________________
Email: mbrendel1@ivytech.edu
praising God and saying, “Glory to
6 Training Schedule for the eMedia Center and God in the highest, and on earth peace
Instructional Technology & Design to men on whom his favor rests.”
–Luke 2:10-14
6 Feedback, Comments & Contribution Inquiries

Merry Christmas
from
the eMedia Center
and the
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Mark Brendel | eMedia Producer

Many of you have probably heard of account, you can save your mind maps for More Information on Mind Mapping
mind mapping before. It is a method future reference, along with having a host
of orgainizing thoughts, ideas, steps, of embedding options for your online Creating a Web of Ideas:
relationships, or other pieces of courses! Here are some mapping ideas: An Intro to Mind Maps
information into an organized, visual http://www.diyplanner.com/node/2222
structure. It works a bit like a family tree, • Outlining a site map for a website
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• Organizing the relationships of different ideas from Start to Finish
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mind map and http://www.thinksmart.com/mission/work-
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Online Goodie #2 http://www.rememberthemilk.com

Never Forget the Milk Again: Lists and Task Management on Rememberthemilk.com
Mark Brendel | eMedia Producer

Here is a list of functions and services PC World Magazine Review of RTM

Are you constantly using your outlook
calendar to schedule your everyday tasks?
Do you have a desk full of post-it note
reminders that you hope to remember
exist under piles of office perrafinalia?
Do you have a hard time remembering
tasks, appointments, or other items?
You may benefit from the use of a task
management service, and what better
kind of service than a free one!
You can also use the service offline by
using firefox and downloading a google
product called “Gears” which allows you • Send tasks through email, Instant
to use certain onile services without being
connected to the internet.
available for users of RTM:
New, Improved Web:
• A bookmarklet for quick task adding Note to self--Remember the Milk
from your web browser by Scott Spanbauer
• iGoogle Gadget for adding tasks
• Mobile web version to check tasks on More than just a to-do list manager,
your web-enabled cell phone Remember the Milk acts like a full-
• Google Calendar compatibility blown calendar, but without the row-
• Twitter compatibility and-column display. Separating your
• Windows Mobile compatibility life into Personal, Study, and Work
• BlackBerry compatibility tasks (categories you can change), you
• Use in combination with youru Gmail enter task reminders as you would in
email account any other calendar; you can even cre-
• A iPhone & iPod Touch application ate shared calendars for your group
for use of pro account users projects. Remember the Milk stands
• RSS Feed of your tasks apart from other free online calendar/
• iCal Feed for intigration with Apple scheduling services in its support for
iCalendar the iCalendar format for importing
and exporting calendars, as well as in its
Messaging, etc. ability to publish your various tasks as a
news feed.
(February 2006)

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Online Goodie #3 http://www.splashup.com

Images with a Splash: Image-Editing with Splashup.com

Mark Brendel | eMedia Producer

Have you needed to edit a digital image

but were frustrated with the software
that came with your computer? Wish
you could do more with your images but
don’t want to purchase or learn Adobe
Photoshop to do it? There’s a powerful,
free service online called Splashup. It
doesn’t require an account to use the
service and is much like a basic version
of Photoshop. Some of its capabilities
include:

• Multiple layers within a project

• Ability to have multiple images open
at one time
• Most of the tools found in the
Photoshop toolbox
• Great color selection tools
• Adding type to images
• Filter effects and layer effects

This is a great option for making graphics

or a banner for online courses!

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training sessions. If there is a session you would like to
request, contact Dennis Dell or Mark Brendel to arrange
a date and time.
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