Engagement 2.0: Using Social Networking Web Apps to Increase
Interaction and Learning
Manuel A. Pérez-QuiñonesDept. of Computer Science
[email protected]://perez.cs.vt.edu
Carlos EviaDept. of English
[email protected]://faculty.english.vt.edu/evia/
Wednesday, October 7,
Social Software*...
• ...enables people to rendezvous, connect or collaborate through computer-mediated communication [Wikipedia]
• 55% of all American youth (ages 12-17) use some form of social networking site [Pew Internet & American Life Project, Lenhart 2007]
2* social software is sometimes a synonym for Web 2.0Wednesday, October 7,
Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g
Wednesday, October 7,
Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g
Wednesday, October 7,
Interaction and learning with online collaboration
• Agenda for meetings (Google Docs)
• Common calendar deadlines, conferences, trips (Shared calendar)
• Shared documents folder (Dropbox)
• Quick communication/collaboration (Twitter)
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Google Docs• Online documents, edited and
stored within a browser with Word-like interface
• Share document with each student
• Use for agenda or common notes, document writing, etc.
• Publication plans
• Forms (with data gathering)
• etc...
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Agenda for Meetings• Document between student
and advisor
• Shared agenda, updated ahead of time (often by student)
• I check agenda before meeting and address issues
• Keeps record of previous meetings
• Marissa Mayer's how to run a meeting
• http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/sep2006/sb20060927_259688.htm
Wednesday, October 7,
Documents shared
• Publications plans
• NSF Proposal in the making
• Forms/Spreadsheets for data gathering
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Demo
Wednesday, October 7,
Shared calendar• Keep track of upcoming
deadlines for conferences, fellowships, grant opportunities, events, etc.
• Group responsibility to post/manage
• Google Docs, iCal or even Exchange
• Student benefit of seeing when I am in the office
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• Quick demo
• Google Calendar - conference deadlines, CDC
• Personal Calendar
• Family, Work, Others
CalendarDemo
Wednesday, October 7,
Dropbox
• Store and share documents online
• Software syncs your computer files with their online repository
• Can have multiple computers per account
• Share folders transparently
• Free software, limit of 2GB; paid option for more storage
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Share with many• Thesis folder, shared with
student
• Book, shared with co-authors
• Folder shared with family
• Software folder, shared with middle school teachers
• Grant folder, shared with coPIs
• Others for me, available on my iPod touch, on web
Demo
Wednesday, October 7,
iPhone support• Access whatever files you put
in dropbox from your iPhone
• Basic support for viewing content (but not editing)
• New iPhone App (haven’t played with it yet)
Wednesday, October 7,
Middle school setup• Description http://perez.cs.vt.edu/bns-computers
• One dropbox account for all computers
• All contents automatically replicated to all
• Parent’s home computer has their own dropbox
• Kids folder shared with parent’s account
• Teacher’s see all content at their workstation, no submission of work needed
• Can see from home without moving materials13
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Twitter.com• Micro blogging platform
• Status (what are you doing) service
• Inform your friends, be informed about their status
• “Follow” friends, famous people, or single words
• Updates can be received via email, SMS (to your phone), desktop client, etc.
• Has been used in courses to support “contextualized” teaching (teaching in the moment)
• I use it to post announcements and updates to course materials, and to interact with students in short bursts
• Follow us: mapq and carlosevia
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Demo
Wednesday, October 7,
Casual conversation with the world• Different people catch what
you say and repeat it (RT)
• Turn taking conversation online (asynchronous)
• Global conversation
Demo
Wednesday, October 7,
“The class twitter account served as a nice platform for the class participants to built rapport and exchange thoughts and ideas. On a personal note, […] whenever I wanted a clarification, I just sent him a private message on Twitter and got back a quick reply.”
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Student from CS 5774 Fall 2008
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slideshare.net
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Embeddable...
• Because all content is on the web, it can be embedded in other pages
• See http://happy.cs.vt.edu/fdi09/
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Demo
Wednesday, October 7,
Questions?
Manuel A. Pérez-QuiñonesDept. of Computer Science
[email protected]://perez.cs.vt.edu
Twitter: mapq
Carlos EviaDept. of English
[email protected]://faculty.english.vt.edu/evia/
Twitter: carlosevia
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