2. Welcome
Emerging Technologies in the Adult
Education Classroom
Tim Ponder
The Ohio Literacy Resource Center
tponder@literacy.kent.edu
Nell Eckersley
Literacy Assistance Center
nelle@lacnyc.org
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4. Introductions
What do you know about Emerging
Technologies?
What would you like to learn?
What is one thing would you like to take
away from this session?
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5. Agenda
Why use technology?
How to integrate technology into your practice
Web 2.0 and Social Media
QR Codes
Twitter
Facebook
Pinterest
Blogs
Wiggio
PollEverywhere
Other Resources
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6. How are you using Technology?
In your life?
In your work?
How has it changed?
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7. Why Include Technology?
21st Century Employment Skills
Makes tasks authentic & challenging
More young people entering adult education
classes
Support the diverse needs of adult learners
including family digital literacy
Real life experience
Extends time devoted project
Supports collaborative work
Inexpensive, multiplatform
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8. Integrating Technology
How do you include technology in your
practice?
Find a tool and figure out how to use it with
your students/staff
Think about what you already do with your
students/staff and then how technology
could deepen or expand on the lesson
(POST)
Think of a challenging task and how
technology might help
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9. POST Method
P is People. Know the
capabilities of your audience.
Know what scaffolding they’ll
need.
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11. POST Method
O is objectives.
Pick one. Decide
on your
objective before
you decide on a
technology.
Then figure out
how you will
measure it.
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12. Instructional “Objectives”
Presenting Information
Enhancing communication between
student and teacher
Enhancing communication between
students in collaborative or cooperative
learning groups
Supporting student creation and/or student
use of technology for learning
Using productivity tools for classroom
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13. POST Method
S is Strategy.
Figure out what will
be different after
you're done.
Imagine you
succeed. How will
things be different
afterwards?
Imagine the
endpoint and you'll http://www.voorhees.k12.nj.us/Page/4578
know where to
begin.
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14. “Strategies” for Implementing Emerging
Technologies
CollaborativeWriting
Multimodal Communication
Online Networking
Mobile Learning
Productivity
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15. POST Method
T is Technology.
A community. A
wiki. A blog or a
hundred blogs.
Once you know
your people,
objectives, and
strategy, then
you can decide
with confidence.
The POST Method: A systematic approach to social strategy by Josh Bernoff
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19. 5 Moments of Learning
Dr.
Conrad Gottfredson’s Five Moments of
Learning Needs:
• When Learning for the First Time
• When Wanting to Learn More
• When Trying to Remember
• When Things Change
• When Something Goes Wrong
http://www.upsidelearning.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/17/the-practice-of-mobile-learning/
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20. Why Use Social Media in Adult Ed?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyZRS0BnpAI&featur
e=youtu.be
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21. What is Social Media
Social media includes web-based and mobile based
technologies which are used to turn communication
into interactive dialogue among organizations,
communities, and individuals.
--Wikipedia
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26. Components of Social Media
Cloud Computing
performing computer tasks using
services delivered entirely over the
Internet.
movement away from applications
installed on an individual's computer
towards the applications being hosted
online.
The "cloud" refers to the Internet and
was inspired by technical flow charts
and diagrams, which tend to use a
cloud symbol to represent the Internet.
http://mobileoffice.about.com/od/workin
gontheroad/f/cloudcomputing.htm
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27. Components of Social Media
Mobile Learning
The use of common
handheld hardware,
wireless networking
and mobile telephony
to facilitate, support,
enhance and extend
the reach of teaching
and learning.
https://mobilelearningi
nfokit.pbworks.com/w
/page/41751137/What
%20is%20mobile%20
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learning
28. Myths about Social Media
Only young
people use
Social Media
Social Media;
just a waste of
time
Fears about
security &
privacy
Hierarchy of
needs;
technology
comes after
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literacy
31. What are QR Codes?
Q R stands for
Invented in Japan by Toyota in 1994 to track
vehicles during the manufacturing process
QR code is detected as a 2-dimensional digital
image by a semiconductor image sensor and is
then digitally analyzed by a programmed
processor. Translation: You can scan it with
your smart phone or tablet.
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32. QR Code vs Bar Code
http://www.teq.com/blog/2012/05/my-qr-code/#.UJRXgMXCaSo
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33. QR Code Readers
QR Codes can be used with a mobile device like a
smart phone or a tablet that has access top the
internet
The device must have an QR Code reader (also
called scanner) app installed
Scanlife http://www.scanlife.com/en/ is an app that works
on most devices
NOTE: You should NOT have to pay money or give
information about yourself when selecting and
installing a QR Code reader or scanner
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34. QR Code Readers
The QR Code reader
uses the camera on
your device to scan
the code and then
uses the internet to
interpret the
instructions in the
code
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37. Steps to Using in Education
1. First consider what is the learning
goal
2. Make sure you have devices that
can read a QR Code
3. Create the QR Codes you need
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38. QR Codes in Education
Make your own QR Code Scavenger Hunt!
Scavenger Hunt
5 Real Ways To Use QR Codes In
Education
Black & White and Scanned All Over (video)
QR Codes Connect Students to Books
Shambles QR Code Resource
Desktop QR Code Reader
QR Codes in Education Livebinder
50 QR code resources for the classroom
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39. Make Your Own QR Code
Bitly https://bitly.com/
Google http://goo.gl/
Kaywa http://qrcode.kaywa.com/
ScanLife http://www.scanlife.com/en/
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40. Shortening Links for Your Tweets
You can use BitLy to
shorten URL’s without
creating an account.
https://bitly.com/
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41. Make Your Own QR Code
And with or without an
account you can make
any of the shortened
URLS into a QR Code by
adding .qr at the end
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43. What is Twitter?
Microblogging;140 characters
maximum
http://twitter.com/
Hashtag #AdultEd
Unlike most social media, just
because I “follow” you, you don’t have
to “follow” me
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44. Why Use Twitter
Meta-Cognition
Accessiblefrom many places
“Snackable” education
Follow people you can learn from
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50. Hashtags vs Mentions
Hashtags have # in front of them (no spaces allowed)
Hashtags are like signposts to content
Mentions start with @ followed by a person or organization’s twitter
name (no spaces allowed)
Mentions help connect people who tweet (tweeple?)
Mentions are like sign posts to other people who tweet
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51. Hashtags are Ephemeral
Hashtags lose their value if they are not used often.
If using a hashtag for a short term event it’s a good idea to
archive the content so it can be found later
Two tools
http://www.tweetarchivist.com
http://paper.li/LACNYCnell/1320940472
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54. Shortening Links for Your Tweets
You can use BitLy to
shorten URL’s without
creating an account.
https://bitly.com/
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55. Customizing Your Shortened URL
But if you create an account on BitLy.com, you can
customize your shortened URLS
Go from http://bit.ly/YZ8Jlk to http://bit.ly/iPadinEd
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56. Analytics
With an account
you can also
track how
many times
the URL you
created has
been clicked.
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57. QR Code
And with or without an
account you can make
any of the shortened
URLS into a QR Code by
adding .qr at the end
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58. Search Twitter
Search on http://Twitter.com for people, keywords or
hashtags
Search on http://Search.Twitter.com for keywords or
hashtags even if you don’t have a Twitter account
Track hashtags and tweet from http://tweetchat.com/
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59. Finding People to Follow
InTwitter.com search hashtags
and words like #COABE13
#AdultEd
See who experts follow
Look for Twitter links on websites
you like
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60. Sending and Receiving Tweets
Twitter.com
Texts via your cell phone
Applications on computers & smart
phones
Tweetdeck
HootSuite
Seesmic
TweetChat
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62. Before You Join Twitter
Come up with possible Twitter names
Have options incase your first choice is taken
Shorter is better
Develop a list of five people/places to follow
Have a picture to upload as your avatar
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63. Once You Join
Follow at least five people
@theLACNYC, @LACNYCNell, @NCLAdvocacy for
example
Search for people using #AdultEd
Search for your favorite
hobby, writer, singer, actor, comic, political figure, tv
show, magazine, organization
Retweet one tweet and create one of your own
tweets. Remember to use hashtags
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64. What to Do in the Next Few Weeks
Spend 15 minutes on Twitter every morning (or some
other time)
reading Tweets
retweeting
following new people
Try TweetDeck or receiving tweets as sms text
messages on your cellphone
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67. What is Facebook?
Originally a form of online
yearbook
Now a social media platform for
sharing all kinds of information
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68. Why Use Facebook?
Public or Private platform
Share information about your
program, about your students,
about yourself
http://www.facebook.com/educatio
n
Teach people how to use it for
Good
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69. Facebook
Tools Security and Privacy
Pages Don’t do on
facebook what you
Groups
wouldn’t do in “real
Events life”
Causes Unfriend as you
Notes need
Set up groups to
Photos
control who sees
“Like” what
Many other Apps Review privacy
settings frequently
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82. Pinterest in Education
Is Pinterest a Teacher’s New Best Friend in the
Classroom?
25 Great Educators To Follow On Pinterest
TechChef4U Pinterest
In The Pinterest Of Education
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84. What is a Blog?
Coming from term “Weblog”
Originally a tool for online journaling
Now a robust tool to create websites
Various blogging tools
Consider
Skills and roles of participants
Type of content want to create
Level of access to hardware and internet
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85. Why Use Blogs?
Collection of single posts containing
text, photos, videos, and links. Most often
in reverse chronological order.
General public or specific audience (by
invitation or accepted upon request)
Various levels of users from reader to
admin
Self-reflection, chronological updates
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90. Why Use Wiggio?
Private online platform
Easy to set up
Can share files, comments, event info,
create and share polls….
Accessible at school and at home
Subgroups possible
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91. How to Join Our Wiggio
Go to http://www.wiggio.com
Sign up or sign in
Group Name: SoMe Tools in Adult Ed
Password: discovery
http://bit.ly/SoMeWiggio
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96. PollEverywhere in Education
Increasing classroom participation and attentiveness
Encouraging risk-taking with anonymous student
responses
Eliciting diverse opinions when there isn’t a correct
answer
Gauging student comprehension of material
immediately
Grabbing students with thought-provoking opening
questions
Assessing last night’s reading with a quick quiz
http://novemberlearning.com/resources/handouts/real-time-assessment-with-poll-everywhere/
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97. PollEverywhere in Education
Best of Web 2.0: Using Poll Everywhere
QR and Poll Everywhere
Upcycled Education: PollEverywhere
SMS Education: Poll Everywhere Is Making the
Mobile Pop Quiz More Affordable
Our Poll
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101. Media Literacy & Digital Citizenship
Center for Media Literacy
5 Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages
Connecting the Digital Dots: Literacy of the
21st Century
Center for Digital Literacy
Digital Citizenship: Using Technology
Appropriately
Flickr Creative Commons
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