July 13, 2016
Mathieu Plourde, IT Academic Technology Services
Slides: bit.ly/getahead16
About
• Mathieu Plourde
Ed.D. in Educational Leadership Candidate
M.B.A.
• Educational Technologist/LMS Project
Leader
IT-Academic Technology Services
University of Delaware
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www.google.com/
+MathieuPlourde
@mathplourdebit.ly/mathplourde
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Source: Larry Cuban’s blog
Digital Native (Prensky, 2001)
My friends consider me to be tech-
savvy.
• Yes.
• No.
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Social media presence
Do you have a _______ account?
• Yes.
• No.
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Use of Technology
• Please, DO use
• any technology at your fingertips.
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CLASSROOM ETIQUETTE
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Technology behaviors in the
classroom
Appropriate
uses
Inappropriate
uses
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How would you know?
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BUILDING YOUR RESILIENCE
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This excuse doesn’t work
anymore…
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Source: Threadless.com
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Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resilience
Data security
If my laptop was stolen or damaged, I
could still turn in that paper I started on
it.
• Yes.
• No.
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Google Drive
• Native Google Docs stored
without affecting your quota.
• Software client syncs files up
on your computer/mobile
device.
• Easy collaboration.
• Unlimited storage included
with your Google Apps @
UDel.edu account.
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Multiple devices
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Source: Geoff Livingston, Podcamp East presentation, Sept. 2012.
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DavidAllen,
GettingThingsDone
Evernote
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• Personal note-taking application.
• Syncs on multiple devices.
• http://www.evernote.com/
Social bookmarking: Diigo
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Can you imagine having 8,238 bookmarks
in your browser?
Browser Add-
On
http://www.diigo.com
Pinterest
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YOUR DIGITAL FOOTPRINT
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What is your first
reflex when you
don’t know
something?
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What is your first
reflex when you
don’t know
something?
(You Google it!)
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What is your first
reflex when you
don’t know
something?
(You Google them!)
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Google yourself!
Can you find yourself when you Google
your name?
• Yes.
• No.
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Are you employable?
If someone found your social media
profile, would they consider you a
potential candidate?
• Yes.
• No.
• OMG, no way!
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Overexposed
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http://youtu.be/jSdw9m3FskA
Social Media Scrubbing
• Make a list of potentially
undesirable social media
posts and links:
• Pictures?
• S-words, f-bombs?
• Politically charged?
• Likes and follows?
• Keep up with your privacy
settings
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A Christmas Story © MGM 1982
Google Alerts
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http://www.google.com/alerts
21st Century Literacies
•Attention Literacy
•Crap Detection
•Participation
•Collaboration
•Network Smart
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Free book intro at
https://mitpress.mit.edu/s
ites/default/files/titles/co
ntent/9780262017459_sc
h_0001.pdf
Assessing the validity of
online information
https://youtu.be/MWGOjRnTmoA
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QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?
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Slides: bit.ly/getahead16

2016-7-13 Get Ahead Tech Literacy