- 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:
- 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 thePEW Research Center: Internet &
Technologyhttp://pewresearch.org/topics/internetandtechnology/
- Definitions came from:www.techterms.com
3. Strengths in using technology?
- Engage audience- youth, others
- Popular means for staying connected to others
4. Weaknesses in using technology?
- Lack of understanding (staff/audience)
- Policies restricting access
5. Opportunities technology can provide?
- Reach newer/diverse audiences
- Could save staff time and resources
- constantly evolving- becoming more user friendly
6. Threats in using technology?
- Keeping up with the changes
- Virtual replacing real life
7. Who is YOUR audience?
- 3.0 for 2008 Newly Revised Edition Created by Karl Fisch, and
modified by Scott McLeod; Globalization & The Information
Age
- PEW Internet and American LIFE project, Generations online in
2009
8. All Whites (75%) All Blacks (59%) English-Speaking Hispanics
(80%) 73%* of the population reports using the internet or email.
Here is a breakdownof 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%) CollegeGraduates(91%) $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 ProjectsLatinos Online data, collected
June-October, 2006. High School Graduates (63%) Urban (74%) Rural
(63%) Suburban (77%) Spanish-Dominant Hispanics (32%)** 9. 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
10. Risks and Considerations
- Who is your audience? Is it appropriate?
- Privacy (settings/expected behavior)
- 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
11. Before getting connected. 12. Web 2.0 tools
- Interact with other applications (widgets)
- Integrated, often using RSS
13. Social Networking
- Means for individual profiles
- Examples: Facebook, MySpace, Linked In, Ning
14. 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 -group pages -event
announcements
- Communicate with other groups - Public or private
15. 16. 17. Adults and Social Networking
- 75% of 18-24 year olds have profile
- 57% of 25-34 year olds have profile
- 30% of 35-44 year olds have profile
- 19% of 45-54 year olds have profile
- 10% of 55-64 year olds have profile
- 7% of adults 65 and older have a profile.
- These rates have quadrupled since 2005
18. Adults use of Social Networking 19.
- 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. Its like
having an INBOX for the web. RSS in Plain English -video
- Examples: Google Reader, Bloglines, Pageflakes
RSS 20. Social Bookmarking
- Similar to a real-life bookmark
- A marker for a Web site. (In Internet Explorer, they're called
"Favorites).
- Accessible from anywhere on the web
- Allow tags to sort your bookmarks
- Examples:Delicious ,Filamentality ,Diigo , Edmondo
21. Blog and Micro-blogs
- journal entries posted on a Web page-given a personalized URL
address.
- Allows ANYONE to be an author
- Examples: Wordpress, Blogger, Twitter
22. How are youth workers using blogs?
23. 24. 25. Managing a blog
- Establish content- long or short
- Updates (at least 2x per month)
- Make others aware of your blog (clients, partners)
- Can embed multimedia into blog
- Can embed blog into other networks (Facebook)
26. 27. What isTwitter ?
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- Integrates into other web 2.0
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- Allows web and mobile updates
28. Who uses twitter? 29. Twitter, Tweets, Tweeps
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- Integrate with Facebook status
30. Tools for Twitter
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- TwitPic: add photos to your tweet
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- Twubble: find Tweeps (twitter users)
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- http://www.crazybob.org/twubble/
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- http://twitteranalyzer.com/
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- http://twitter.pbworks.com/Apps
31. Collaboration Tools
- Wikis: a Web site that allows users to add and update content.
(public or private)
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- PBWorks, Wikispaces, Wet-Paint
- Collaborative editing and file sharing
32. 33. 34. Multimedia Tools
- 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.
35. How are youth workers using multimedia?
- Teaching/programming tools
- Marketing - picture is worth a thousand words
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- Demonstrate impacts of programming
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- Measuring participant experience
36. 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
37. 38. 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!
39. 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
40. 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!