Googles, Tweets, and Pods: Social
Media and the Millennial Learning
Lilly East Conference – 4-17-2009
Chris Penna and Dawn Fallik, Department of English
Mathieu Plourde, IT-User Services

Presentation Plan
1. Introduction
2. Setting up a Back Channel on Twitter
3. Easy Podcasting with Gcast and Yodio
4. Using Google Docs for Collaborative
Writing
5. Hands-on Sessions
6. Bringing it All Back Together
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WARNING!
We will bombard you with
more information than you
can handle, so most of our
content is available online
http://tinyurl.com/LillyEast09
Attribution: Army.mil on Flickr.com
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2. Setting up a Back Channel on Twitter
Use the
#lillyeast09
hashtag
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3. Easy Podcasting with Gcast and Yodio
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Relative Complexity Diagram (Estimated)
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4. Using Google Docs for Collaborative Writing
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5. Hands-on Sessions
• We will split the participants in
three groups.
• Each group will try one technology
for roughly 10 minutes.
• Groups will rotate.
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6. Bringing it All Back Together
• Now that we have created all these loosely joint
bits and pieces of information, it’s time to
organize them by…
Embedding
•
Aggregating
•
Tagging
•
Linking
•
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Different Aggregating Strategies
Google Doc
•
Wiki
•
Start Page
•
Blog
•
Web Page
•
… and Many
•
More!
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Using an LMS as an Aggregator
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Purpose of Web 2.0 Tools
© Gene Smith: http://nform.ca/publications/social-software-building-block
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The Network Effect Affects Your Toolbox
Source: Compete, January 2009.
http://blog.compete.com/2009/02/09/facebook-myspace-twitter-social-network/
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Copyright Issues
• Make sure you comply with:
• FERPA
• Institutional policies
• Copyright
Image Credit: http://creativecommons.org/about/
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Thank You!
• Chris Penna - penna@udel.edu
• Dawn Fallik - dfallik@udel.edu
• Mathieu Plourde - mathieu@udel.edu
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