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EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY: FREE WEB-BASED TOOLS TO MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER!

Heidi DusekYouth & Family Coordinator, Outagamie County UW-Extension

Resources for this presentation

This presentation is available at: http://www.slideshare.net/hmdusek

An outline of tools referenced is available at:http://bit.ly/heidi-edtech

Research is sited on most slides, however much of my information comes from the PEW Research Center: Internet & Technology http://pewresearch.org/topics/internetandtechnology/

Definitions came from: www.techterms.com

Social Media Revolution Video

All Whites (75%)

All Blacks (59%)

English-Speaking Hispanics

(80%)

73%* of the population reports using the internet or email. Here is a breakdown of use among different online groups.(shown as a percentage of population online)

18-29 Years Old (90%)

30-49 Years Old (85%)

50-64 Years Old (70%)

65+ Years Old (35%)

No High School Degree (44%)

College Graduates (91%)

<$30K Income (53%)

>$75K Income (95%)

Men (73%)Women

(73%)

*Source: Pew Internet & American Life Survey, May 2008. http://www.pewinternet.org

** This statistic comes from the Pew Internet Project’s Latinos Online data, collected June-October, 2006.

High School Graduates (63%)

Urban (74%)

Rural (63%)

Suburban (77%)

Spanish-Dominant Hispanics (32%)**

Who is YOUR audience?

What is most relevant to teens?(Ages 12-17): PEW Research: Internet & Tech

97% play computer, web, portable, or console games (Guitar Hero most frequently played), 78% play games online

71% are cell phone owners (of them 38% send text messages daily

64% have created content on the internet (35% blog, 54% post photos)

65% use social networking sites 32% have been a target of cyber bullying

Risks and Considerations

Who is your audience? Is it appropriate? Privacy (settings/expected behavior)

- Video on setting parent controls in Youtube Copyright & Fair Use Terms of Service Agreement

-liability, who owns the content Accountability

-how do people find your content Life of the Data (permission to post) Stability of site/Security

Before getting connected….

Social Networking

A term to describe how people are connecting with others around the world, using the internet.

Example: Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn

Ways to Use Social Networking Extend your network- find connections with

others-staff (network, program development, communication)

Marketing program/products-new audiences (marketing, awareness, fundraising)-fan pages (video tutorial)-group pages-event announcements

Communicate with other groups-Public or private

Individual Profile

Fan Page

Whose using Social Networking? 73% of 12-17 years old have profile 86% of 18-29 year olds have profile 61% of 30-49 year olds have profile 47% of 50-64 year olds have profile 26% of adults 65 and older have a

profile.

These rates have quadrupled since 2005

Impact on Volunteer organizations Internet users are more likely than

others to be active in volunteer organizations (Adults)

82% social network users are even more likely to be active in groups.

56% of non-internet users.

What does this mean?

Real-Simple-Syndication. By having an RSS feed/aggregator, websites that you subscribe to will update in your RSS, rather than you having to go to different website for current content. It’s like having an INBOX for the web.

RSS in Plain English-videoExamples: Google Reader, Bloglines, Pageflakes

RSS

Social Bookmarking

Similar to a real-life bookmark A marker for a Web site. (In Internet

Explorer, they're called "Favorites“). Accessible from anywhere on the web Allow “tags” to sort your bookmarks

Examples: Delicious, Filamentality, Diigo, Edmondo

Blog and Micro-blogs

Short for "Web Log" journal entries posted on a Web page-

given a personalized URL address. Allows ANYONE to be an author Interactive- Comments

Examples: Wordpress, Blogger, Twitter

How are organizations using blogs? Newsletter updates Recognition Marketing

Events Programming Fundraising

Managing a blog

Establish content- long or short Updates (at least 2x per month) Make others aware of your blog (clients,

partners) Track Statistics Can embed multimedia into blog Can embed blog into other networks

(Facebook) comments-interactive

What is Twitter?

Micro-blogging platform 140 character limit Integrates into other web 2.0 Allows web and mobile updates

Tweet: Twitter posting

Who uses twitter?

Twitter, Tweets, Tweeps

Twitter uses Breaking news Marketing Grassroots organizing Thought ticklers Ask questions Integrate with Facebook status

Collaboration Tools

Wikis: a Web site that allows users to add and update content. (public or private) PBWorks, Wikispaces, Wet-Paint

Collaborative editing and file sharing Google Docs Writeboard Drop.io

Calendar/scheduling Doodle

Multimedia Tools

Images, video, audio TONS of open source software for editing

and sharing

PLEASE remember to get permission to post. You are required by law to obtain release forms and maintain them for the life of the media.

How are organizations using multimedia?

Teaching/programming tools Recognition Marketing - picture is worth a

thousand words Programs Recruitment

Evaluation Demonstrate impacts of programming Measuring participant experience

Photo editing and Sharing

GIMP/Pixlr- open source for high end photo editing (similar to Photoshop-but free)

Flickr- create groups for organization to share photos (classroom display example)

Picassa –requires download. Integrated with Google. Also includes Collage and presentation tools

Cooliris-fast, cinematic way to view pictures in 3-D

Foto Flexer-easy-to-use photo editing that integrates with the major online photo-sharing sites

Audio- podcasts

Gabcast - Create a podcast using your phone!

Kid-Cast - A podcast hosting site for kids. podOmatic - Create, find, and share

podcasts at this site!

Video Editing and Sharing

Teacher tube- video sharing site for teachers. Bypasses most filters typically blocked by youtube.

Youtube- free web-based platform to publish videos. Can easily embed into other Web 2.0

Presentation tools

Animoto - Upload images to this site, select your music and it applies all the transitions and creates a customized a video. Easy-to-use, and very high quality!

Jing - create short (<5 minutes) screen capture videos with audio support. Free download and server space to store and share the videos you have created.

SlideRocket - With SlideRocket you quickly make stunning presentations, manage a library of slides and assets, share them securely with colleagues, and measure how they're used

Slideshare - upload PowerPoint presentations to share publicly or privately. LIke YouTube, but for presentations.

Overwhelmed?

Just know these applications exist to help you

If they sound exciting, try 1-2.