The document provides an overview of free web-based tools that can be used for educational purposes. It discusses social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, collaboration tools like wikis and Google Docs, and multimedia tools for images, video and audio that can help organizations with tasks like marketing, programming, and sharing content. The document encourages users to consider privacy, copyright and terms of service when using these tools.

1. EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY: FREE WEB-BASED TOOLS TO MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER! Heidi Dusek Youth & Family Coordinator, Outagamie County UW-Extension

2. Resources for this presentation 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

3. Social Media Revolution Video

4. 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%)**

5. Who is YOUR audience?

6. What is most relevant to teens? (Ages 12-17) : PEW Research: Internet & Tech 97% play computer, web, portable, or console games (Guitar Hero most frequently played), 78% play games online 71% are cell phone owners (of them 38% send text messages daily 64% have created content on the internet (35% blog, 54% post photos) 65% use social networking sites 32% have been a target of cyber bullying

7. Risks and Considerations Who is your audience? Is it appropriate? Privacy (settings/expected behavior) - Video on setting parent controls in Youtube 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

8. Before getting connected….

9. Social Networking A term to describe how people are connecting with others around the world, using the internet. Example: Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn

10. 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 ( video tutorial ) -group pages -event announcements Communicate with other groups - Public or private

11. Individual Profile

12. Fan Page

13. Whose using Social Networking? 73% of 12-17 years old have profile 86% of 18-29 year olds have profile 61% of 30-49 year olds have profile 47% of 50-64 year olds have profile 26% of adults 65 and older have a profile. These rates have quadrupled since 2005

14. Impact on Volunteer organizations Internet users are more likely than others to be active in volunteer organizations (Adults) 82% social network users are even more likely to be active in groups. 56% of non-internet users. What does this mean?

15. 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

16. Social Bookmarking Similar to a real-life bookmark A marker for a Web site. (In Internet Explorer, they're called &quot;Favorites“). Accessible from anywhere on the web Allow “tags” to sort your bookmarks Examples: Delicious , Filamentality , Diigo , Edmondo

17. Blog and Micro-blogs Short for &quot;Web Log&quot; journal entries posted on a Web page-given a personalized URL address. Allows ANYONE to be an author Interactive- Comments Examples: Wordpress, Blogger, Twitter

18. How are organizations using blogs? Newsletter updates Recognition Marketing Events Programming Fundraising

20. 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

22. What is Twitter ? Micro-blogging platform 140 character limit Integrates into other web 2.0 Allows web and mobile updates Tweet: Twitter posting

23. Who uses twitter?

24. Twitter, Tweets, Tweeps Twitter uses Breaking news Marketing Grassroots organizing Thought ticklers Ask questions Integrate with Facebook status

25. 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

28. 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.

29. How are organizations using multimedia? Teaching/programming tools Recognition Marketing - picture is worth a thousand words Programs Recruitment Evaluation Demonstrate impacts of programming Measuring participant experience

30. 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

32. Audio- podcasts Gabcast - Create a podcast using your phone! Kid-Cast - A podcast hosting site for kids. podOmatic - Create, find, and share podcasts at this site!

33. 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

34. 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.

35. Overwhelmed? Just know these applications exist to help you If they sound exciting, try 1-2.