Educational Technology UWEX

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY: FREE WEB-BASED TOOLS FOR COOP-EXTENSION COLLEAGUES

Heidi DusekYouth & Family Coordinator, Outagamie County UW-Extension

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

Strengths in using technology?

Engage audience Time savings Cost savings Popular means for staying connected to others

Weaknesses in using technology?

Privacy concerns Lack of understanding (staff/audience) Cost Policies restricting access Less human interaction

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

Threats in using technology?

Keeping up with the changes Inappropriate use Safety Virtual replacing “real life”

Who is YOUR audience?

Video: Did You Know?

1) 3.0 for 2008 Newly Revised Edition Created by Karl Fisch, and modified by Scott McLeod; Globalization & The Information Age2) PEW Internet and American LIFE project, Generations online in 2009

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%)**

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

Before getting connected….

How do I know what to choose?

UW-Cooperative Extension has just released a position paper comparing different technologies, teaching methods, strengths and limitations.

For more information see this link. * also available on Heidi-edtech bookmark resource at the beginning of this presentation.

Web 2.0 tools

Interactive Open-Source Collaborative Interact with other applications (widgets) Integrated, often using RSS

Real Simple Syndication

Social Networking

Means for individual profiles Connect globally Virtual communities Examples: Facebook, MySpace, Linked In, Ning

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

UW-Extension and Facebook

“The use of Facebook (and other social networking tools) is growing among Cooperative Extension employees, volunteers and youth involved in 4-H.”

“The Extension work-related use of Facebook is already in place and is growing.”

“Privacy of personal information should be guarded, however.”

Source: CE-Tech services position paper. For more information on guidance to use social networking in workplace, please see their recommendations.

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

Adults use of Social Networking

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-videoExamples: Google Reader, Bloglines, Pageflakes

RSS

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

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

How are Extension Colleagues using blogs?

Newsletter updates Recognition Sharing Results: Evaluation and Impact Marketing

Events Programming Fundraising

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

What is Twitter?

Micro-blogging platform 140 character limit Integrates into other web 2.0 Allows web and mobile updates

Tweet: Twitter posting

Who uses twitter?

Twitter, Tweets, Tweeps

Twitter uses Breaking news Marketing Grassroots organizing Thought ticklers Ask questions Integrate with Facebook status

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

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.

How are Extension Educators using multimedia?

Teaching/programming tools Recognition Marketing- picture is worth a thousand words

Programs Recruitment

Evaluation Demonstrate impacts of programming Measuring participant experience For more details on how to use photography for evaluation,

see this link, scroll down to “Creative Methods”

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

Audio- podcasts

Podcasts are audio and video broadcasts that can be played on an iPod, or downloaded to a computer through iTunes. Anyone can create and distribute podcasts. Most common way to share is by posting a link to your website.

Web 2.0 tools for creating podcasts: Gabcast, pod-o-matic, kidcast

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 UW-Extension does have a YouTube channel- please see the Heidi’s-edtech link for more details.

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.

Overwhelmed?

Just know these applications exist to help you If they sound exciting, try to incorporate just 1-2

into your programming.

Take a deep breathe- this is not a reporting requirement!