Wink

For being a piece of freeware, I was initially a little sketchy about using Wink to do my prototype. However, after messing aound with wink and doing some test recordings I feel that this tool is amazing. I have already used it to produce two other tutorials for teachers in my building. One was for adding a network printer, the other for working in our online grading systems. The teachers liked them both and I had good feedback from them. Here is a short sample I developed for inserting an image from my Design concept. you'll need Flash Player to view it.

Inserting Image Tutorial

Design Concept Complete

Finally!!!!!....

Well my Design Concept is complete. After a couple weeks of working and reworking it I think I have finished my Design Concept. This one was a lot of work but I am pleased with my effort. Now I have the prototype left which will be a biggie too but with the framework i have set up for myself I think I should be in good shape.

Design Concept Ideas

I have been messing around in Wiispaces andI think I have an idea of how my slides will work. i am posting some of my "sketches" here.

Design Concept-Some Ideas

The Design Concept will be a large document that specifically outlines the rationale for our training product (in my case-using Wikis to Create teacher Web Pages). It will also spell out what the instructional product will look like, how it will function, how it is intended to meet learner goals, and the methods that will be used to produce it. As I mentioned in my previous post, we are expected to develop some rough mock-ups of what the instructional product might look like to the learner. Right now I am looking at using Wink, an open source screen capture and voice recording piece of software, for my presentation. Since essentially Using Wikis will be an instructional product used to teach processes an how to use different features of a wiki, it should work nicely. Also, doing it in wink will allow me to render the final product as a flash movie that can easily be uploaded to my web server and then I can publish a link to it. this will allow for the anytime/anywhere type of training product that i see as being most beneficial to teachers considering their unusually busy schedules. Here are some rough some rough ideas i have come up with. I used wikispaces.com to develop my tutorial as this is what we outlined as the wiki space of choice in our System Specification presentation. Wikispaces was a good choice because it is probably the most recognized wiki space on the web today and I find its features to be very intuitive and user friendly. These attributes will suit it nicely since most teachers do not have experience using wikis and it can be intimidating for them.