Educational Technology UWEX

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY: FREE WEB-BASED TOOLS FOR COOP-EXTENSION COLLEAGUES Heidi Dusek Youth & Family Coordinator, Outagamie County UW-Extension

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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

Strengths in using technology?
Engage audience
Time savings
Cost savings
Popular means for staying connected to others

Weaknesses in using technology?
Privacy concerns
Lack of understanding (staff/audience)
Cost
Policies restricting access
Less human interaction

Opportunities technology can provide?
New programming format
Reach newer/diverse audiences
Source of knowledge
Could save staff time and resources
constantly evolving- becoming more user friendly

Threats in using technology?
Keeping up with the changes
Inappropriate use
Safety
Virtual replacing “real life”

Who is YOUR audience?
Video: Did You Know?
3.0 for 2008 Newly Revised Edition Created by Karl Fisch, and modified by Scott McLeod; Globalization & The Information Age
PEW Internet and American LIFE project, Generations online in 2009

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%)**

Risks and Considerations
Who is your audience? Is it appropriate?
Privacy (settings/expected behavior)
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….

How do I know what to choose?
UW-Cooperative Extension has just released a position paper comparing different technologies, teaching methods, strengths and limitations.
For more information see this link. * also available on Heidi-edtech bookmark resource at the beginning of this presentation.

Web 2.0 tools
Interactive
Open-Source
Collaborative
Interact with other applications (widgets)
Integrated, often using RSS
Real Simple Syndication

Social Networking
Means for individual profiles
Connect globally
Virtual communities
Examples: Facebook, MySpace, Linked In, Ning

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 -group pages -event announcements
Communicate with other groups - Public or private

UW-Extension and Facebook
“ The use of Facebook (and other social networking tools) is growing among Cooperative Extension employees, volunteers and youth involved in 4-H.”
“ The Extension work-related use of Facebook is already in place and is growing.”
“ Privacy of personal information should be guarded, however.”
Source: CE-Tech services position paper . For more information on guidance to use social networking in workplace, please see their recommendations.

Adults and Social Networking
75% of 18-24 year olds have profile
7% of adults 65 and older have a profile.
These rates have quadrupled since 2005

Adults use of Social Networking

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 -video
Examples: 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
Examples: Wordpress, Blogger, Twitter

How are Extension Colleagues using blogs?
Newsletter updates
Recognition
Sharing Results: Evaluation and Impact
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 Extension Educators using multimedia?
Teaching/programming tools
Recognition
Marketing - picture is worth a thousand words
Programs
Recruitment
Evaluation
Demonstrate impacts of programming
Measuring participant experience
For more details on how to use photography for evaluation, see this link , scroll down to “Creative Methods”

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
Podcasts are audio and video broadcasts that can be played on an iPod, or downloaded to a computer through iTunes. Anyone can create and distribute podcasts. Most common way to share is by posting a link to your website.
Web 2.0 tools for creating podcasts: Gabcast, pod-o-matic, kidcast

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 UW-Extension does have a YouTube channel- please see the Heidi’s-edtech link for more details.

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 to incorporate just 1-2 into your programming.
Take a deep breathe- this is not a reporting requirement!

Educational Technology UWEX

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