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Social Media and Mobile Tools for Assignments and
CollaborationDavid Keathly
Working Connections 2010
Part I: CollaborationPart I: Collaboration
Collaboration is Collaboration is ImportantImportant
Remember at the beginning of the workshop we discussed some of he “needs” of the Digital Natives
Collaboration was one of those
Coincidentally, collaboration and the ability to work and “play” well with others is important in most workplaces as well
Teamwork skills, group dynamics, conflict resolution, task organization and using groupware tools are all important skills that are too often left to “on the job” training
Google is all about Google is all about collaboration!collaboration!
Google Groups Shared storage Broadcast mailing
Google Docs MS Office-like cloud applications Collaborative editing Shared storage
Google Wave Discussions Collaborative editing Polls Maps
All under Google Apps umbrella. Basic usage is free. Can also be configured for educational and business sites.
Private Social Network Private Social Network ToolsTools
Build your own custom Facebook-type environment for a class or group
Tools Ning www.ning.com
Demo Was free about to change
Grou.ps Similar to ning and can convert ning networks Demo
Elgg ww.elgg.org Lots of features Have to host yourself like moodle and drupal
Edmodo Has web client, mobile client and iPhone app Demo Very classroom task-centric
Groupsite www.groupsite.com
More Social NetworksMore Social Networks Twiducate www.twiducate.com
Let’s try some!Let’s try some!
WikisWikis Wikis are a great way to collect information and
provide information to students where they can collaborate as well. They are typically somewhat free-format so there is a lot of room for creativity
Tools Wikispaces www.wikispaces.com (we are using
this!) Wikidot www.wikidot.com not free Wetpaint www.wetpaint.com
Oriented towards fan sites Pbworks www.pbworks.com basic is free
Includes collaboration space and more Wikia www.wikia.com
Build one or add to Build one or add to ours!ours!
Meeting TogetherMeeting Together Face to Face meetings are not always possible
or convenient. A number of tools, beside the Google ones, are available to help
Tools Twiddla www.twiddla.com
Online whiteboard for brainstorming and collective design, etc
Doodle – www.doodle.com Online event scheduling
Voicethread –www.voicethread.com Annotate images, documents, videos and more Capture group discussions Includes drawing and sharing tools
More Meeting ToolsMore Meeting Tools DimDim www.dimdim.com
Demo
Powwow Now www.powwownow.com Phone conferencing iPhone App available
www.freeconferencecall.com
Let’s set up some Let’s set up some meetingsmeetings
Break into groups of about 5 people each
Each group try a different tool
Set up a meeting and try out the various tools available Chat Talk Draw Share a doc or presentation What else can you do?
Keeping Teams Keeping Teams OrganizedOrganized
Project management-type packages are also available. Some are better than others and not all are free
For a price (trials available) Backpack www.backpackit.com Basecamp www.basecampHQ.com Central Desktop www.centraldesktop.com Project360 www.project360.com
For Free Zoho Planner www.zohoplanner.com
Simple basic tasks, reminders, file sharing Vyew www.vyew.com
Collaboration plus online meeting Thinkfree www.thinkfree.com
Online document sharing and storage Has mobile apps for multiple platforms
More organizersMore organizers GroupTable www.grouptable.com
Build a quick project in Build a quick project in one of these toolsone of these tools
Part II: Social Media in Part II: Social Media in AssignmentsAssignments
Checking out what Checking out what others have doneothers have done
Social Media Classroom
100 uses of Social Media
The Twitter Experiment – UT Dallas
Audio and Video ToolsAudio and Video Tools Having students collect audio and video
notes and experiences outside of class is a great way to enhance their education and encourage them to explore and be creative. Then they can upload their info to your wiki our other class area
Video toolsVideo tools Bambuser www.bambuser.com
Zing www.zing.com Video blogging
Audio toolsAudio tools audioBoo audioboo.fm
Gabcast www.gabcast.com Record podcasts with your phone
Gcast www.gcast.com Similar to Gabcast
Yodio www.yodio.com Add voice annotation to photos
Ipadio Broadcast live from phone Has apps for android and iPhone
Make some content!Make some content! Pair up with a partner
Make an audio interview
Make a video interview
Share them with the class!
Other ToolsOther Tools JotYou – www,jotyou.com
Location based texting
uMapper www.umapper.com Creating maps
Part III: Shaping the Part III: Shaping the Class ExperienceClass Experience
Class ManagementClass Management Moodle
www.moodle.com Demo
Drupal www.drupal.com
Schoology www.schoology.com
Eduslide elearning LCMS www.eduslide.com
Udutu www.udutu.com Online course authoring
Other Survey ToolsOther Survey Tools Surveys are always useful! If you want
something a little more sophisticated than some of the mobile ones we looked at before, then consider these
www.zoomerang.com
www.surveymonkey.com Demo Paid or free
Build a surveyBuild a survey Build a simple survey
Email it to a partner for them to take
Take it yourself
View the results
Other Teacher ToolsOther Teacher Tools Quizinator www.quizinator.com
Create studysheets, worksheets, exams and quizzes online
Misc Useful Mobile Misc Useful Mobile AppsApps
On iTunes Gfiles Gflash Evernote moleTVShoot
MiscellanyMiscellany Lectr.com
Online lectures Upload yours! Mini assignment – go find a lecture that
interests you
DiscussionDiscussion Do you think these applications will be
useful to you and your students?
How do you see envision incorporating these into your classroom?
Do you know of other applications that others in the group might find useful?
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