5. Introductions
What do you know about Emerging
Technologies?
What would you like to learn?
What is one thing would you like to take
away from this session?
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6. Agenda
Why use technology?
Web 2.0 and Social Media
Tools
QR Codes
Twitter
Facebook
Pinterest
Blogs
PollEverywhere
Other Resources
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7. Objectives
List reasons to include technology in your teaching
Describe ways to think about integrating technology
into your teaching
Explain what a personal learning network is and
consider ways to develop or enhance your own
Define what social media is
List social media tools
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8. 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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14. Why Use Social Media
Cloud 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.
http://mobileoffice.about.com/od/workin
gontheroad/f/cloudcomputing.htm
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15. Why Use Social Media
Mobile Learning
The use of common
handheld hardware,
wireless networking
and mobile telephony
to facilitate, support,
enhance and extend
the reach of teaching
and learning.
https://mobilelearningi
nfokit.pbworks.com/w
/page/41751137/What
%20is%20mobile%20
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18. 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
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20. What are QR Codes
Q R stands for
Developed in Japan to track Toyota car parts in
1994
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• You scan a QR
Code and then you
are taken to a tech
based experience
21. How Would You Get to Here?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLNOpoQztFo&feat
ure=share&list=FLEqfU4INXfYY58eh5Ynm5vA
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Shortened URL http://bit.ly/19wbpyV
QR Code
22. How do I read QR Codes?
QR Codes can be used with a mobile device like a smart
phone or a tablet that has a built in camera and access
to the internet
The device must have an QR Code reader app (also
called scanner) installed
There are many apps to choose from.
Scan for Apple devices
QR Droid for Android devices
NOTE: QR Code Readers should be FREE & should not
require any personal information
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23. QR Code Readers
The QR Code Reader
app uses the camera
on your device to scan
the code and then uses
the internet to interpret
the instructions in the
code
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24. Why Use QR Codes
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10C6qi7-
gECHc2s9Uynlh4fXmZyob_7vIyJyWLNSapV4/vi
ewform
http://bit.ly/1gM5ftX
http://bit.ly/NEvaluation
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25. Why Use QR Codes?
Helps everyone get to the same place online at the
same time
Supports using video, audio, visual resources inside
and outside the classroom
Teachers and students can create them
Feels like Magic
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27. Steps to Using in Education
1. First consider what is the learning goal
2. Make sure you and your students have
devices that can read QR Codes
3. If devices do not have QR Code Readers,
take time out to download the appropriate
app some days before you plan to use
QR Codes in class
4. Create the QR Codes you need
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29. Image with Narration
To hear about this photo, go to this
link http://bit.ly/17nx5bO
or scan the QR Code
Tools used to create this:
https://www.google.com/voice
https://www.dropbox.com/ https://vimeo.com
http://bitly.com/
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30. Make Your Own QR Code
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Bitly https://bitly.com/
Google http://goo.gl/
ZXING
http://zxing.appspot.com/generator/
Kaywa http://qrcode.kaywa.com/
ScanLife http://www.scanlife.com/en/
31. Shortening Links for Your Tweets
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You can use BitLy to
shorten URL’s without
creating an account.
https://bitly.com/
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32. Make Your Own 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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36. What is Twitter?
Microblogging;140 characters
maximum
http://twitter.com/
Hashtag #AdultEd
Unlike most social media, just
because I “follow” you, you don’t have
to “follow” me
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37. Why Use Twitter
Practice summarizing &
paraphrasing
Accessible from many places
“Snackable” education
Follow people you can learn from
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43. Hashtags vs Mentions
Hashtags have # in front of them (no spaces
allowed)
Hashtags are like signposts to content
Mentions start with @ followed by a person
or organization’s twitter name (no spaces
allowed)
Mentions help connect people who tweet
(tweeple?)
Mentions are like sign posts to other people
who tweet
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44. Hashtags are Ephemeral
Hashtags lose their value if they are not
used often.
If using a hashtag for a short term event it’s
a good idea to archive the content so it can
be found later
Two tools
http://www.tweetarchivist.com
http://paper.li/LACNYCnell/1320940472
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47. 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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48. Finding People to Follow
In Twitter.com search hashtags
and words like #COABE13
#AdultEd
See who experts follow
Look for Twitter links on websites
you like
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49. Sending and Receiving Tweets
Twitter.com
Texts via your cell phone
Applications on computers & smart
phones
Tweetdeck
HootSuite
PaperLi
TweetChat
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51. Before You Join Twitter
Come up with possible Twitter names
Have options incase your first choice
is taken
Shorter is better
Develop a list of five people/places to
follow
Have a picture to upload as your
avatar
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52. Once You Join
Follow at least five people
@theLACNYC, @LACNYCNell,
@NCLAdvocacy for example
Search for people using #AdultEd
Search for your favorite hobby, writer,
singer, actor, comic, political figure, tv
show, magazine, organization
Retweet one tweet and create one of your
own tweets. Remember to use hashtags
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53. What to Do in the Next Few Weeks
Spend 15 minutes on Twitter every
morning (or some other time)
reading Tweets
retweeting
following new people
Try TweetDeck or receiving tweets as
sms text messages on your cellphone
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56. What is Facebook?
Originally a form of online
yearbook
Now a social media platform for
sharing all kinds of information
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57. Why Use Facebook?
Public or Private platform
Share information about your
program, about your students,
about yourself
http://www.facebook.com/educatio
n
Teach people how to use it for
Good
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58. Facebook
Tools
Pages
Groups
Events
Causes
Notes
Photos
“Like”
Many other Apps
Security and Privacy
Don’t do on
facebook what you
wouldn’t do in “real
life”
Unfriend as you
need
Set up groups to
control who sees
what
Review privacy
settings frequently
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71. Pinterest in Education
Is Pinterest a Teacher’s New Best
Friend in the Classroom?
25 Great Educators To Follow On
Pinterest
TechChef4U Pinterest
In The Pinterest Of Education
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73. What is a Blog?
Coming from term “Weblog”
Originally a tool for online journaling
Now a robust tool to create websites
Various blogging tools
Consider
Skills and roles of participants
Type of content want to create
Level of access to hardware and internet
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74. Why Use Blogs?
Collection of single posts containing text,
photos, videos, and links. Most often in
reverse chronological order.
General public or specific audience (by
invitation or accepted upon request)
Various levels of users from reader to
admin
Self-reflection, chronological updates
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79. PollEverywhere in Education
Increasing classroom participation and
attentiveness
Encouraging risk-taking with anonymous student
responses
Eliciting diverse opinions when there isn’t a
correct answer
Gauging student comprehension of material
immediately
Grabbing students with thought-provoking
opening questions
Assessing last night’s reading with a quick quiz
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http://novemberlearning.com/resources/handouts/real-time-assessment-with-poll-everywhere/
80. PollEverywhere in Education
Best of Web 2.0: Using Poll
Everywhere
QR and Poll Everywhere
Upcycled Education: PollEverywhere
SMS Education: Poll Everywhere Is
Making the Mobile Pop Quiz More
Affordable
Our Poll
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84. Media Literacy & Digital Citizenship
Center for Media Literacy
5 Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages
Connecting the Digital Dots: Literacy of the
21st Century
Center for Digital Literacy
Digital Citizenship: Using Technology
Appropriately
Flickr Creative Commons
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