Collaboration and Communication Tools in Teaching and Business – Who’s doing what? How can busy professionals work more effectively with the help of Web 2.0 tools and methods? How can teachers reach students in fun and meaningful ways? What role does social networking have in the professional world? We would like to hear what has worked for you!

Your Presenter Jim Bergquist Cisco Program Coordinator, Lakes Country www.lcsc.org/cisco jbergquist@lcsc.org 218 739 3273 You can download this powerpoint after the conference

What is Web 2.0? Communication, Collaboration and Sharing Content production and manipulation for everyone* … and there are more! Ning Forum Skype Facebook Blog Flickr Twitter Wiki Wikipedia Google Docs Podcasting YouTube RSS Reader Web Conferencing * Credit: http://www.slideshare.net/davidj/what-is-web-20-for-k12

How can we cope? Don’t get overwhelmed Define your needs Research what has worked for others Start learning with one or two tools or apps Decide how much time you can invest

Want to use Social Networking in your teaching? In one study (286 students), 94% of students used Facebook for class-related work Class work Discuss Lectures Exams Gain clarification Vent concerns Even though the class had BlackBoard ! Credit: http://www.slideshare.net/bethanyvsmith/the-walled-garden-approach-to-social-networking-with-ning

Have concerns about endorsing Facebook as your educational tool? Consider Ning, a flexible social network “Walled Garden” approach * Allows student access only to content approved by the teacher Public or private Can invite members, create groups Ease of Use, visually appealing Ease of management * Credit to Bethany Smith, link on previous page

More about Ning Elements can easily be arranged on the page Can add a few apps called “widgets” Example: http://www.futureofeducation.com/?xg_source=ningcom Forum Events Slide show Blog Twitter Chat Members, Groups Videos Text box Music Widgets

Ning Google Maps Google search Driving Directions RSS Widgets – Insert piece of code into text element. You are “on your own” in finding and testing these. Widgets can include Some third party apps are available too, such as Huddle collaboration workspace Google Maps Google search Driving Directions RSS

Facebook to publicize your organization Fans can see upcoming events

Just for fun… Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address on Twitter (140 character limit) Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposi That’s it!

Web Conferencing It can enhance distance learning and in-person classes Examples: WebEx and Elluminate (fee-based) CoolConferenceLive Free web conference room Paid upgrade if you want it Use their conference phone service (long-distance charges) or use Skype www.coolconferencelive.com/

Share a Powerpoint online

Group video and voice chat - mebeam Can this be used with coolconferencelive? http://www.mebeam.com/ Free!

Polling a class with ipod touch Use Google Forms. A sample is at: http://snipurl.com/sampleform * Activity: fill out the three questions using your ipod touch, iphone or laptop I will collect the results * http://snipurl.com/ allows you to create short URLs.

Polling a class with ipod touch http://snipurl.com/sampleform

Polling a class with ipod touch Results are sent to a spreadsheet at Google Docs

Make a quick presentation from web pages (or ask your students to do it!) http://fur.ly/ , then paste in your addresses http://fur.ly/giz The site generates a URL Navigator

Make a quick presentation “Play” the pages like a slide show!

Skype- you can also make conference calls, and it supports regular phones

Skype- you can make a call from your ipod touch! (need wifi) Use the original earphones with built-in microphone Free app

Collaborate with Google Docs Google Docs is in here I am logged in We will edit this file

Two people online, editing

Google Reader (RSS) RSS: Receive “information” you are interested in…

Filter YouTube for videos you want Then optionally subscribe with an RSS reader YouTube is www.youtube.com Searching for tagged videos: http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/base/videos/-/[insert tagname here]?client=ytapi-youtube-browse&v=2 For example: http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/base/videos/-/elephant?client=ytapi-youtube-browse&v=2   This will return all videos tagged with the word elephant.   Title or text search: http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/base/videos?q=[insert url-encoded search term here]&client=ytapi-youtube-search&v=2 http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/base/videos?q=chemistry%20experiment&client=ytapi-youtube-search&v=2 This will return all videos with the words chemistry experiment. Note that the “%20” can be used to indicate a space between words.

Subscribed in Internet Explorer RSS Feeds

Q & A What web 2.0 tools have helped you and your students?

Resources Blogs, Wikis, Google docs: Which is right for your Lesson? http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=ddnzwcn8_15g3jrbpdf A Strategic Approach to Social Learning http://c4lpt.co.uk/handbook/comparison.html Classroom 2.0 – Web 2.0 and Social Media in education http://www.classroom20.com/?xg_source=ningcom The Power of Educational Technology http://edtechpower.blogspot.com/2008/01/doing-ning-thing.html

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