EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY: FREE WEB-BASED TOOLS TO MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER!

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

Social Media Revolution Video

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%)**

Who is YOUR audience?

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

Before getting connected….

Social Networking

A term to describe how people are connecting with others around the world, using the internet.

Example: Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn

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

Individual Profile

Fan Page

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

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?

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 Interactive- Comments Free Web presence- little to no tech experience

needed

Examples: Wordpress, Blogger, Twitter

How are organizations using blogs?

Newsletter updates Recognition 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

http://sunshinequeen.wordpress.com/wp-admin/

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

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 organizations using multimedia?

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

Programs Recruitment

Evaluation Demonstrate impacts of programming Measuring participant experience

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

http://picasaweb.google.com/home?tab=mq

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!

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

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 1-2.