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Email Is For Old People Developing Our Own Digital Literacy Jeff Nugent and Britt Watwood VSBA 2008 Annual Convention Williamsburg VA November 20, 2008
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Presentation by Jeff Nugent and Britt Watwood to Virginia Sch Bd Assoc
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Email Is For Old People Developing Our Own Digital Literacy
Jeff Nugent and Britt WatwoodVSBA 2008 Annual Convention
Williamsburg VANovember 20, 2008
Session Overview
• Initial perspectives…
• Changing nature of the web
• Explore web tools / practices
• Discussion…
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Initial perspectives…
Who has sent a hand written letter (not counting bills) in the last…
a) Week?
b) Month?
c) Year?
d) Have not sent hand written letter in over a year
How many emails did you send last week?
a) None
b) 1 – 10 ?
c) 11 – 20 ?
d) 21 – 50 ?
e) 51 – 100 ?
f) More than 100 ?
How many instant messages (IM’s) did you send last week?
a) I don’t IM
b) 1 – 10 ?
c) 11 – 20 ?
d) 21 – 50 ?
e) 51 – 100 ?
f) More than 100 ?
How many text messages did you send last week?
a) I don’t send text messages
b) 1 – 10 ?
c) 11 – 20 ?
d) 21 – 50 ?
e) 51 – 100 ?
f) More than 100 ?
How many updates to Facebook or MySpace did you make last week?
a) I don’t have a Facebook / MySpace account
b) 1 – 10 ?
c) 11 – 20 ?
d) 21 – 50 ?
e) 51 – 100 ?
f) More than 100 ?
How is the web changing where and how communication and
learning are taking place?
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• Unprecedented access to information
• Freely available web-based tools
• New publishing opportunities
• User generated filtering, organization & distribution
• Vast informal learning opportunities
• Web experience dominated by creation, interaction and participation…the social web
Today’s Web
Engagement
Collaboration
Network Building
Interaction
Exploring Web Tools
Blogs
Open Community of Practice
A collaborative website freely accessiblewhere anyone can contribute or modify content
• Organize your bookmarks with tags• Get to your bookmarks from anywhere• Find more cool links like those you already have• Share resources with colleagues or students• Feed your links to a web site, blog, Facebook, etc.
Find WebsiteYou Like
&Click
“TAG”
Add CommentsAdd Tags
Suggested Tags
Your Network
Saved By 170 Other…
Note
Social Networks
One Student’sFacebook Network
Commonalities Between Tools
• Social Media uses practices that emphasize:– Connections– Commenting– Building of Shared Meaning– Global Reach
Thoughts & questions
"New technologies are always used to do old tasks--until some driving force causes them to be used in new
ways." ~Marshall McLuhan
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