TECHNOLOGY 101: ONLINE TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY FOR ADVISERS

September 28, 2011

1993

WHAT ARE YOU?

●Digital Natives(grew up with today’s technology)

●Digital Immigrants(all the rest of us!)

Prensky, M. (2001) Digital natives, digital immigrants. On the Horizon, (9) 5.

WHAT ARE THEY?

The "iGeneration"

SOCIAL MEDIA

FACEBOOK

●Mark Zuckerberg●Harvard Sophomore●February 4, 2004:

“The Facebook” launched

FACEBOOK

●Originally for Harvard students only

●Then college students only (.edu)

●Then anyone in 2006

If Facebook were a country, it would now have the 5th largest population in the world.

THE GOOD

●Learn more about your students●Connect with your students “outside” the

classroom●Communicate with your students

THE BAD

● Learn more than you want! (Now what do you do???)

● Students often don’t want to “Friend” their instructors.

● Setting a bad example? (Facebook and student success)

THE UGLY

●Ooops! Your old college roommate posts some incriminating photos!

●FERPA issues

RECOMMENDATIONS

●Never require students to Friend you or join groups you’ve created

●Never post course materials on Facebook●Consider multiple accounts – personal and

professional●Always check your privacy settings!●Take advantage of opportunities to

educate students about appropriate Facebook usage.

Social Bookmarking

●Accessible anywhere (“The Cloud”)●Share and collaborate●Tag and Categorize●Several services available

○ Delicious○ Diigo○ Dig○ Reddit○ Stumbleupon

Other Tech Tools

●Skype○ Requires more focus than a phone call (can be a Good

Thing!)○ Seeing is believing○ Convience!

Other Tech Tools

●Blogs○24/7○Media rich○Topic specific○Allows for feedback○Students can use for reflection journals

Other Tech Tools

●Twitter○Concise○Headlines○Teasers○Trailers

Other Tech Tools

●Photo Sharing○ Rich media○ Tag and categorize○ Put a face to the name○ Orientation: People, Places and Campus Resources○ Connect students with other students

●Services○ Flickr, Picasa, SmugMug, PhotoBucket

Other Tech Tools

●Google Docs○Collaboration with colleagues○Brainstorming for projects○Simple Forms

■ Info Sheet■ Quick Quiz■ Attendance

○Students use for presentations, collaboration

Other Tech Tools

●Google Appointment Slots!●SlideShare●Podcasting●Wikis●YouTube●And more, oh my!

Tech Principles

●It’s All About Balance○Personal v. Professional○ In Person v. Online

●Tie Your Tech to Your Goals●Work on Your Geek IQ●Understand the Natives

Thank You!