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Education Media Design & Technology MS Program, Full Sail University
As a producer/engineer, I have worked with artists like Boyz II Men, Luther Vandross, Johnny Gill, Phyllis Hyman, Keith Sweat, and more. Prior to graduating from Delaware State University, my R and B band, "Final Mixx", won the 1989 National Budwieser Showdown Band Competition, which resulted in a recording contract with Motown Records. During my time at Motown, I was able to build my career in recording, engineering, and the technology of music. I am currently employed at Delaware State University where I serve as the Music Technology Specialist. In addition to working at the university, I also own a private recording studio where I work with DSU student interns seeking additional hands on experience in the production and recording environment.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

BP9_ZOHO Creator


Over the past two weeks I have been searching for Web 2.0 Tools that would be practical for my students to use as a part of introducing them to new online resources. I was able to find some Web 2.0 Tools that I believe will be more engaging as they use these resources to complete homework assignments. As our school year progresses, I will incorporate more effective Web Tools that connect with the learning process in my music education courses.

My next order of business for this week was to find a Web 2.0 Tool for me as the instructor to use. After searching through many Web 2.0 Tools, I came across ZOHO Creator, which appears to be exactly what I have been looking for. ZOHO Creator is online database software that will let me build and host custom database applications without any infrastructure costs. ZOHO Creator will allow me to create my own forms, tables, and charts and import additional standard formats such as .xls, mdb and .csv. This platform may just prove to be my primary resource for assisting me with organizing information related to my Action Research Project. My plan is to also include ZOHO creator as a resource for organizing my daily classroom structure.

ZOHO Creator is loaded with many template forms of different categories. I will be able to organize contact lists, surveys, inventory, to do lists, grades, references/sources, feedback data, and so much more. To be able to have a single platform where I can retrieve most of the material I will be using for my Action Research, my music education courses is quite a relief. I will also use this resource as a way to communicate relative information to other professors who teach the same course that I teach hear at the university.

I have received some great reviews from classmates who are already using ZOHO Creator in their educational practice, and they all say it has worked for them. 


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  1. Amanda Doyal McGheeOctober 13, 2010 at 1:31 PM

    Greetings, Marty! :)

    Zoho is a WONDERFUL collaborative tool. It is well-organized and very user-friendly. My Algebra II team at Florida Virtual School began using it in the spring of this year, and it has saved us TONS of time that we had previously spent with email.

    All of us have access to the site, and we use it to house our collective resources. If an instructor creates a new lesson help video or blog or study guide, we can upload it to the Zoho site for other instructors. The site also houses our survey results so that we can see the status of our team and make adjustments as needed.

    I look forward to hearing how it is utilized in your environment. I'm a parasite...always stealing the ideas that work. :)

    Great post!

    Amanda McGhee

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  2. Marty DensonOctober 13, 2010 at 5:35 PM

    Amanda,

    Thanks for the added tips on using ZOHO. It sounds like you have really put it to good use, which is why I am going to learn to effectively use it as a collaborative tool to gain some synchronicity between all music teachers.

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