LINCS Emerging Technology for Adult Education 2015
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This document outlines an introductory presentation on emerging technologies in the adult education classroom. The agenda covers why to use technology and social media, examples of tools like QR codes and Facebook, and additional resources. The presentation introduces concepts like cloud computing, mobile learning, and digital literacy. It also provides tips on integrating technologies through the POST method and considering tools like Internet access, computer literacy skills courses, and the Blooms Digital Taxonomy pyramid. QR codes and their uses in education are explained in detail.
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LINCS Emerging Technology for Adult Education 2015
- 1. Emerging Technologies in the Adult Education Classroom Nell Eckersley
- 4. 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? 4
- 5. Agenda ▪ Why use technology? ▪ Web 2.0 and Social Media ▪ Integrating Technology ▪ Tools ▪ QR Codes ▪ Twitter ▪ Facebook ▪ Pinterest ▪ Other Resources 5
- 6. 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 6
- 7. Components of Social Media ▪ Web 2.0 7
- 8. What do you know about Social Media? ▪ What are some examples of Social Media? ▪ Who is using it? ▪ How many people have Facebook accounts? ▪ How many searches are there on Google everyday? ▪ How long do you think it took radio or TV to reach 50 million users? ▪ How about the internet? ▪ What is the current population of the US? China? India? 8
- 9. Why Use Social Media in Adult Ed? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcZg51Il9no 9
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- 13. 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/workingont heroad/f/cloudcomputing.htm 13
- 14. 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://mobilelearninginfokit .pbworks.com/w/page/4175 1137/What%20is%20mobil e%20learning 14
- 15. Why Use Social Media 15
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- 17. Myths & Concerns 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 literacy 17
- 18. HOW DO YOU APPROACH INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY? 18
- 19. Integrating Technology How do you include technology in your practice? ▪ Find a tool and figure out how to use it with your students/staff ▪ Think about what you already do with your students/staff and then how technology could deepen or expand on the lesson (POST) ▪ Think of a challenging task and how technology might help 19
- 20. POST Method ▪ P is People. Know the capabilities of your audience. Know what scaffolding they’ll need. ▪ O is objectives. Pick one. Decide on your objective before you decide on a technology. Then figure out how you will measure it. ▪ S is Strategy. Figure out what will be different after you're done. Imagine you succeed. How will things be different afterwards? Imagine the endpoint and you'll know where to begin. ▪ T is Technology. A community. A wiki. A blog or a hundred blogs. Once you know your people, objectives, and strategy, then you can decide with confidence. The POST Method: A systematic approach to social strategy by Josh Bernoff 20
- 22. WHAT TOOLS CAN YOU USE TO INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGY? 22
- 23. Internet Access ▪ EveryoneOn: Internet service as low as $10 a month, low-cost computers, and free digital literacy courses ▪ http://www.ed.gov/edblogs/ovae/2014/04/09/ octae-is-working-to-get-everyone-on/ ▪ http://www.everyoneon.org/adulted 23
- 24. Resources ▪ https://lincs.ed.gov/courses ▪ LINCS Community https://community.lincs.ed.gov/group/technology-and-learning 24
- 25. Resources Computer Literacy Skills ▪ Basic Computer Skills Curriculum: http://spclc.org/curricula-resources/computer-curriculum ▪ Computer Literacy Instructional Resources: http://mnliteracy.org/educators/adult/technology/computer-skills ▪ Keyboard skills: http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/ ▪ Mouse Skills: http://www.seniornet.org/howto/mouseexercises/mousepractice.html ▪ Northstar Basic Computer Skills Assessment: http://www.digitalliteracyassessment.org/index.php 25
- 26. Resources Internet Skills ▪ Internet 101: http://www.internet101.org/ Microsoft Software Skills ▪ Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 for Beginners: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/powerpoint2010 ▪ Microsoft Publisher 2010 for Beginners: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/publisher2010 ▪ Microsoft Word 2010 for Beginners: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/word2010 26
- 27. Blooms Digital Taxonomy Pyramid 27 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Author: Samantha Penney, samantha.penney@gmail.com
- 28. QR CODES
- 29. What are QR Codes? ▪ Q R stands for ▪ Invented in Japan by Toyota in 1994 to track vehicles during the manufacturing process ▪ Requires 3 things: Device with a camera, that has access to the internet, and that can download a QR Code Reader/Scanner App ▪ Apple Devices: Qrafter ▪ Android Devices: QR Droid NOTE: You should NOT have to pay money or give information about yourself when selecting and installing a QR Code reader/scanner Quick Response 29
- 30. How Would You Get to Here? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLNOpoQztF o&feature=share&list=FLEqfU4INXfYY58eh5 Ynm5vA 30 Shortened URL http://bit.ly/19wbpyV QR Code
- 31. QR Code Readers The QR Code reader uses the camera on your device to scan the code and then uses the internet to interpret the instructions in the code 31
- 32. QR Codes in Real Life 32
- 33. QR Codes in Education 33
- 34. Image with Narration To hear about this photo go to this link http://vimeo.com/64923339 or scan this QR Code Tools used to create this: https://www.google.com/voice https://www.dropbox.com http://vimeo.com http://qrcode.kaywa.com/dashboard/ 34
- 35. Steps to Using in Education 1. First consider what the learning goal is 2. Make sure you have devices that can read a QR Code 3. Make sure the content is mobile friendly 4. Create the QR Codes you need 35
- 36. QR Codes in Education ▪ QR Codes in Adult Education (video) ▪ Make your own QR Code Scavenger Hunt! ▪ Scavenger Hunt ▪ 5 Real Ways To Use QR Codes In Education ▪ Black & White and Scanned All Over (video) ▪ QR Codes Connect Students to Books ▪ Shambles QR Code Resource ▪ Desktop QR Code Reader ▪ QR Codes in Education Livebinder ▪ 50 QR code resources for the classroom 36
- 37. Make Your Own QR Code ▪ Bitly (for URL’s) https://bitly.com/ ▪ Google (for URL’s) http://goo.gl/ ▪ Kaywa (for URL’s and contact info) http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ ▪ ScanLife (for URL’s and contact info) http://www.scanlife.com/en/ ▪ ZXING (for URL’s, wifi, contact info and more) http://zxing.appspot.com/generator/ 37
- 38. Shortening Links 38 You can use BitLy to shorten URL’s without creating an account https://bitly.com/
- 39. Make Your Own QR Code 1. Paste the Bitly shortened URL in the address bar of your browser 2. Type .qr at the end of the shortened URL 3. Hit the Enter key 4. Up will come your QR Code 39
- 40. ▪ Uh oh, Bitly doesn’t make QR codes anymore…. now what?
- 41. QR Codes from KAYWA 41 ▪ http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ 41
- 42. Your Turn 1. Find a link you would like to share. (Do a google search for your favorite author, book, singer, band) 2. Copy the link (Ctrl + c = copy ) 3. Open a new tab or window and go to http://qrcode.kaywa.com 4. Paste the link (Ctrl + v = paste) in the space provided and select static and click “generate” 5. Ask your neighbor to scan your QR Code 42
- 43. TWITTER
- 44. 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 44
- 45. Why Use Twitter ▪ Meta-Cognition ▪ Accessible from many places ▪ “Snackable” education ▪ Follow people you can learn from 45
- 46. 46 Twitter.com
- 47. What Can You Say in 140 Characters? 47
- 48. @cookbook 48 Rhubarb Upside Down Cupcakes: Beat1/2c sug&mltdbuttr/2egg/c yogurt, +2c flr/2t bkgpdr/t salt. Buttr12cup; +T sug/2T rhubarb, batter e. 25m@350°F
- 49. Retweeting & Hashtags ▪ RT @Username 49 ● #AdultEdu ● # EdTech
- 50. Shortened URLS ▪ http://ipadeducators.ning.com/profiles/blogs/preparing-your- school-for-an (73 characters) ▪ Bit.ly/3FjhpX (13 characters)
- 51. Anatomy of a Good Tweet 51
- 52. Your Turn ▪ Google search for one of these people on Twitter: @LINCS_ED, @LACNYCNell, @NCLAdvocacy, @OTAN, @ChipCarlin ▪ Scan 20 of their tweets. Check out some of their links. ▪ Tell your neighbor about the person you looked at; what was interesting, what you learned. How often do they retweet? What hashtags do they use? Would you consider following them? 52
- 53. 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/ 53
- 54. Finding People to Follow ▪ In Twitter.com search hashtags and words like #COABE15 #AdultEdu ▪ See who experts follow ▪ Look for Twitter links on websites you like 54
- 55. Sending and Receiving Tweets ▪ Twitter.com ▪ Texts via your cell phone ▪ Applications on computers & smart phones ▪ Tweetdeck ▪ HootSuite ▪ PaperLi ▪ TweetChat 55
- 57. 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 57
- 58. Once You Join ▪ Follow at least five people ▪ @LINCS_ED, @LACNYCNell, @NCLAdvocacy, @OTAN, @ChipCarlin for example ▪ Search for people using #AdultEdu and #WIOA ▪ 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 58
- 59. 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 ▪ Using Twitter with students http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2011/ 12/60-inspiring-examples-of-twitter-in-the- classroom/ 59
- 60. Examples Comedy ▪ https://twitter.com/PlioceneBloke ▪ https://twitter.com/DothTheDoth ▪ https://twitter.com/FakeMTA Useful Tips ▪ https://twitter.com/nycgov ▪ https://twitter.com/MTAInsider ▪ https://twitter.com/NY1noticias 60
- 61. FACEBOOK 61
- 62. What is Facebook? ▪ Originally a form of online yearbook ▪ Now a social media platform for sharing all kinds of information 62
- 63. Why Use Facebook? ▪ Public or Private platform ▪ Share information about your program, about your students, about yourself ▪ http://www.facebook.com/education ▪ Teach people how to use it for Good 63
- 64. 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 64
- 68. Facebook ▪ Groups ▪ Classes ▪ Small group projects ▪ Pages ▪ Organization ▪ Agency 68 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqvGpEsx6NZUdE9namRoa08xYml1d WlRVnByVkZ2UVE#gid=068
- 69. Facebook Groups and Pages ▪ http://basicblogtips.com/facebook-groups-or- pages.html ▪ http://forumone.com/blogs/post/table-facebook- pages-vs-facebook-groups-vs-linkedin-groups ▪ http://www.facebook.com/blog/blog.php?post=32470 6977130 Using Facebook in Education http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/06/ulti mate-guide-to-use-of-facebook-in.html 69
- 70. PINTEREST
- 71. What is Pinterest? ▪ Online version of an “inspiration” board ▪ Visual bookmarking tool ▪ Collaboration tool 71
- 72. Pinterest 72
- 73. Boards 73
- 75. Pinning, Liking, and Following
- 77. 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 77
- 79. 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 79
- 80. Tim Ponder’s Amazing Tech Resource ▪ http://literacy.kent.edu/lincs/HI14.html 80
- 81. Top 100 Tools for Learning 81
- 82. 82 Adult Educations & Technology Paperli 82
- 83. Technology Tools For Teaching & Learning 83
- 84. Go2Web20 84
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- 86. QUESTIONS? 86
- 87. Nell Eckersley ▪ LINCS Trainer ▪ nelle@lacnyc.org ▪ @LACNYCNell 87