technology integration in the adult education classroom
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Nell Eckersley
TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION IN THE ADULT EDUCATION CLASSROOM
Introductions•What do you know about Social Media?•What would you like to learn?•What one thing would you like to take away from this session?
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Agenda•What is Social Media & why should we use it?•Digital Literacy•Facebook•Twitter•Wiggio
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What is Social Media•Social media includes web-based and mobile based technologies which are used to turn communication into interactive dialogue among organizations, communities, and individuals.
--Wikipedia
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Components of Social Media
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Web 2.0
Components of Social MediaCloud Computing• performing computer tasks using services delivered entirely over the Internet.•movement away from applications installed on an individual's computer towards the applications being hosted online.• The "cloud" refers to the Internet and was inspired by technical flow charts and diagrams, which tend to use a cloud symbol to represent the Internet.
7http://mobileoffice.about.com/od/workingontheroad/f/cloudcomputing.htm
Components of Social MediaMobile Learning•The use of common handheld hardware, wireless networking and mobile telephony to facilitate, support, enhance and extend the reach of teaching and learning.
8https://mobilelearninginfokit.pbworks.com/w/page/41751137/What%20is%20mobile%20learning
Tagging
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Why use Social Media in Adult Ed?
•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyZRS0BnpAI&feature=youtu.be
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Why Social Media?
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• Makes tasks authentic & challenging•Extends time devoted project•Supports collaborative work• Inexpensive, multiplatform•Real life experience•Help break down the digital divide
Myths about Social Media•Only young people use Social Media•Social Media; just a waste of time•Fears about security & privacy•Hierarchy of needs; technology comes after literacy
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Integrating Social Media into Adult Ed
Blooms Taxonomy•Creating•Evaluating•Analyzing•Applying•Understanding•Remembering
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Blooms Digital Taxonomy Pyramid
14http://www.usi.edu/distance/bdt.htm
5 Moments of Learning
Dr. Conrad Gottfredson’s Five Moments of Learning Needs:1. When Learning for the First Time2. When Wanting to Learn More3. When Trying to Remember4. When Things Change5. When Something Goes Wrong
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http://www.upsidelearning.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/17/the-practice-of-mobile-learning/
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Digital Literacy•http://www.digitalliteracy.gov/•http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680264/why-web-literacy-should-be-part-of-every-education•http://www.cyberwise.org/•http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/connecting-digital-dots-literacy-21st-century
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Can you Be Found Online?•http://www.spokeo.com/•http://images.google.com/
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Facebook Page
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Facebook Group
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Facebook Tools•Profile•Page•Group•Timeline or Feed•Upload Photos•Tag Photos•Create Events•Direct Message•Apps
•“Notes” for Longer Content•Share Links•Comment on Posts•“Share” Other Peoples’ Posts•Calendar•Polling Tool
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Downside of Facebook•Cannot upload documents•Should always be assumed others can see what you post•“Friends” are a two way street•Constantly changing the tools, privacy, layout
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7 Ways Educators Can Use Facebook1. Help develop and follow your program’s policy
about Facebook. 2. Encourage students to follow Facebook’s
guidelines.3. Stay up to date about safety and privacy settings
on Facebook. 4. Promote good citizenship in the digital world.5. Use Facebook’s pages and groups features to
communicate with students.6. Embrace the digital, social, mobile, and “always-
on” learning styles of 21st Century students.7. Use Facebook as a professional development
resource. http://bit.ly/FacebookforEducators
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Examples of Facebook in Education•http://www.emergingedtech.com/2011/03/facebook-in-the-classroom-seriously/•http://prezi.com/gjswnhjejkqx/facebook-in-education/•http://www.edutopia.org/social-media-education-examples-facebook•http://www.slideshare.net/CPappasOnline/facebook-for-elearning-20-educational-applications•http://bit.ly/FacebookforEducators (PDF)
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What Can You Say in 140 Characters?
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Retweeting
•RT @Username
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HashTags
#EdTech #AdultEd
#TwEd
#EdChat #TechPD #SoMeEd
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Anatomy of a Good Tweet
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Shortened URLS
• http://ipadeducators.ning.com/profiles/blogs/preparing-your-school-for-an (73 characters)• Bit.ly/3FjhpX (13 characters)
Shortening Links for your Tweets
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You can use BitLy to shorten URL’s without creating an account
Customizing Your Shortened URL
But if you create an account on BitLy.com, you can customize your shortened URLS
Go from http://bit.ly/vJrH91 to http://bit.ly/wiggiotips
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Analytics
With an account you can also track how many times the URL you created has been clicked.
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QR Code
And with or without an account you can make any of the shortened URLS into a QR Code by adding .qr at the end
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Finding People to Follow
•Twitter Directories like http://WeFollow.com •Search hashtags and words #AdultEd•See who follows people you follow•http://Twibes.com •http://Listorious.com •http://Archivist.visitmix.com
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Search Twitter
•Search on http://Twitter.com for people, keywords or hashtags•Search on http://Search.Twitter.com for keywords or hashtags even if you don’t have a Twitter account•Track hashtags and tweet from http://tweetchat.com/
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Sending and Receiving Tweets
•Twitter.com•Texts via your cell phone•Applications on computers & smart phones•Tweetdeck•HootSuite•Seesmic•HootCourse
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TweetDeck
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http://paper.li/LACNYCnell/1320940472
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http://HistoricalTweets.com
• http://historicaltweets.com/2008/12/04/lincoln-asks-twitter-followers-for-speechwriting-help/
46https://support.twitter.com/articles/64986-how-to-report-spam-on-twitter#
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Using Twitter in Education•http://edudemic.com/2012/04/100-ways-to-use-twitter-in-education-by-degree-of-difficulty/•http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/03/5-ways-twitter-has-changed-education/•http://cooper-taylor.com/2008/08/50-ideas-on-using-twitter-for-education/•http://www.scoop.it/t/twitter-in-adult-education
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What to Do Right Now?
•Create a Twitter account on twitter.com•Follow three people•@LACNYCnell @Edudemic @Larryferlazzo•Search Twitter for people using #AdultEd•Search for your favorite hobby, writer, singer, actor
•Retweet one tweet and create one of your own tweets. Remember to use hashtags!
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What to Do in the Next Few Weeks
•Spend 15 minutes on Twitter every morning•reading •retweeting•following new people•Try TweetDeck or receiving tweets as sms text messages
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Wiggio
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Why use Wiggio?
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Who uses Wiggio?
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Wiggio Tools
•Wiggio's interface includes six basic tools
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Using Wiggio in Education•Wiggio is always private•You can upload and organize documents•You cannot upload graphics as images•Communicate with entire group or with individual members•Subgroups have same tools as overgroup
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Using Wiggio in Education•http://www.lifehack.org/articles/management/wiggio-an-extra-simple-collaboration-tool.html•http://onlineedreflections.wordpress.com/tag/wiggio/•http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/25/social-collaboration-platform-for-students-wiggio-hits-1m-users-launches-paid-version/•http://blog.wiggio.com/?page_id=47
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Sign up for Wiggio
1. Go to http://www.wiggio.com
2. Click on the Sign up now Link at the top of the screen
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Sign up for Wiggio
3. Fill in the Create an account information and click Create.
Sign up for Wiggio
Note: Make sure you use an email address that you can access from here and where you will receive emails from this group.
Sometimes it takes longer for the confirmation email to arrive
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Sign up for Wiggio
4. You will then get a message that a confirmation email has been sent to your email
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Sign up for Wiggio
5. Click on the link that appears in your email
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Sign up for Wiggio
6. A note will appear to let you know that your account has been confirmed
Wiggio Home Screen
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Joining a Group
1. Once you’ve logged in to Wiggio.com, click on the green arrow beside your name in the black bar at the top of the screen. From the drop down menu, select Join a group
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Joining Social Media ToolsGroup
2. The Join a group screen will appear. Type in:• Group Name: SoMe Tools in Adult Ed
Password: discovery• And click Join
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