This a presentation given to the Jackson group of the Mississippi Chapter of American Society for Training and Development about using Technology in Training. In the presentation, using Webinars to conduct virtual training, e-learning, and using clickers in training were discussed.

1. Technology in Training… Where do I Start?

2. How many text messages does the average American teen send each month? 584 1150 1612 2272

3. What percentage of e-mails sent daily are spam? 60% 70% 80% 90%

4. If Facebook where a country, it would be the? Largest country in the world 2nd largest country in the world 3rd largest country in the world 4th largest country in the world

5. Where do I start?

6. What is your experience with Webinars? Expert facilitator Expert participant Have attended a few What is a Webinar?

7. Webinars

8. Tips for Webinars

9. What is your experience with e-learning? Expert designer Sometime user Novice

10. E-Learning

11. Tips to make e-learning engaging

12. What is your experience with Clickers? Use them all the time Use sometimes Have heard of them, never used What are clickers?

13. Clickers

14. Tips to make it work

15. How useful have you found our virtual meetings? Very Useful Somewhat Useful Not Useful Never Attended

16. Thank you! Amy Thornton Amy.thornton@usm.edu http://instructtech.wordpress.com Next Virtual Meeting Wednesday, September 7, 2011 Dr. Thiagi