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

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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

Time savings

Cost savings

Popular means for staying connected to others

4. Weaknesses in using technology?

Privacy concerns

Lack of understanding (staff/audience)

Cost

Policies restricting access

Less human interaction

5. Opportunities technology can provide?

New programming format

Reach newer/diverse audiences

Source of knowledge

Could save staff time and resources

constantly evolving- becoming more user friendly

6. Threats in using technology?

Keeping up with the changes

Inappropriate use

Safety

Virtual replacing real life

7. Who is YOUR audience?

Did You Know?

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)

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

11. Before getting connected. 12. Web 2.0 tools

Interactive

Open-Source

Collaborative

Interact with other applications (widgets)

Integrated, often using RSS

• Real Simple Syndication

13. Social Networking

Means for individual profiles

Connect globally

Virtual communities

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

Short for "Web Log"

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?

Newsletter updates

Recognition

Marketing

• Events

• Programming

• Fundraising

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)

Track Statistics

Can embed multimedia into blog

Can embed blog into other networks (Facebook)

comments-interactive

26. 27. What isTwitter ?

Micro-blogging platform

• 140 character limit

• Integrates into other web 2.0

• Allows web and mobile updates

Tweet: Twitter posting

28. Who uses twitter? 29. Twitter, Tweets, Tweeps

Twitter uses

• Breaking news

• Marketing

• Grassroots organizing

• Thought ticklers

• Ask questions

• Integrate with Facebook status

30. Tools for Twitter

• TwitPic: add photos to your tweet

• • http://twitpic.com

• Twubble: find Tweeps (twitter users)

• • http://www.crazybob.org/twubble/

• TwitterAnalyzer

• • http://twitteranalyzer.com/

• TwitterFan Wiki

• • http://twitter.pbworks.com/Apps

31. 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

32. 33. 34. 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.

35. How are youth workers using multimedia?

Teaching/programming tools

Recognition

Marketing - picture is worth a thousand words

• Programs

• Recruitment

Evaluation

• Demonstrate impacts of programming

• 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!

Jing- create short (