Web 2.0 Inside D2L - iMeem Music Playlist

The next installment in the video series of using Web 2.0 tools inside Desire2Learn takes a look at how to embed a music playlist into your online course. Also check out this previous post with more info about making free playlists using iMeem, Seeqpod, Songza, and Pandora.

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Why use this? There's plenty of reasons; here's three for starters.
  • 1) Finding some music that is relevant to your course subject matter can be a good way to start a discussion thread about what the song is trying to say or how it relates to a topic in class. Works great with history classes, political science, and the like. Can't think of any music that's relevant to your accounting class? Time to get a little creative, isn't it?
  • 2) Including a playlist of music you like in your faculty profile is a good way of letting your students learn a bit more about you. You might find some common ground (or not).
  • 3) During the first week when you have your students introduce themselves, have them create a playlist of their three favorite songs. These playlists can be embedded in a discussion posting which would be a good way for the students to tell more about themselves.

Comments

RAM said…
I have a bit of a social media addiction and I was so happy to find Hypster.com. It lets me use my music playlists on all my profiles even my music blog. As an independent artist I look for any way possible to promote my music and this site is amazing and offers a great artist profile section. Unlike many of the sites, http://www.hypster,com is comletely free!


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