LODGE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT  ORDER OF THE ARROW LLD.OA-BSA.ORG Effective Use Of Technology

LODGE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT  ORDER OF THE ARROW Identify what technology is used Learn how to best use social networking Learn how to best use texting Identify the difference between a formal message and a Facebook message Effective Use of Technology 2 Objectives

LODGE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT  ORDER OF THE ARROW “Advances in computer technology and the Internet have changed the way America works, learns, and communicates. The Internet has become an integral part of America's economic, political, and social life.” 3 Advances in computer technology and the Internet President Bill Clinton made this observation: Effective Use of Technology

LODGE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT  ORDER OF THE ARROW 4 Generations Explained Effective Use of Technology

LODGE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT  ORDER OF THE ARROW 5 Today’s Technology Write some of your Individual Observations and Uses Effective Use of Technology

LODGE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT  ORDER OF THE ARROW 6 Use of Today’s Technology Effective Use of Technology

LODGE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT  ORDER OF THE ARROW 7 Assumption With Communication The word Communication carries with it the assumption that it actually took place. Effective Use of Technology

LODGE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT  ORDER OF THE ARROW 8 Use of Social Networks Teens spent an average of 1,233 minutes online during February 2006 (+19% from 2005) more than 20 ½ hours -YPulse.com Effective Use of Technology

LODGE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT  ORDER OF THE ARROW 9 How Best to Market a Facebook Event Effective Use of Technology

LODGE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT  ORDER OF THE ARROW Select your guest list Don´t go event crazy! Use a catchy headline Include an eye-catching picture that is connected to the event Have some compelling content Invite, invite, invite 10 How Best to Market a Facebook Event Effective Use of Technology

LODGE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT  ORDER OF THE ARROW 11 Section Conclave Event Effective Use of Technology

LODGE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT  ORDER OF THE ARROW A Powerful Tool Are you connected? 12 Effective Use of Technology

LODGE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT  ORDER OF THE ARROW 13 Texting – Best Use? Texting – Are we using them as best we can? Here are some thoughts on uses… Emergency SMS Alert Systems Electronic marketing Text-to-vote polls Travel and occurrence notices Effective Use of Technology

LODGE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT  ORDER OF THE ARROW 14 Texting – Pro and Con Debate ProCon Texting is much easier, cheaper and private. You wouldn't want your mum listen to what you're talking on the phone would you? I love to txt but it's like i'm. You can't ever tell the meaning or emotion behind the word. Texting is better than talking, it saves the noise and the teachers don't always catch you when you text Can be misunderstood Documents information like an address or phone number Distracting and illegal while driving Effective Use of Technology

LODGE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT  ORDER OF THE ARROW Effective Use of Technology Is it right to write? 15 Right to Write

LODGE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT  ORDER OF THE ARROW 16 Formal or Informal FormalInformal Alert Warning Chat, Networking, Text Policies and Procedures Publicity Resume Sympathy note, Invitation, Get Well Effective Use of Technology

LODGE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT  ORDER OF THE ARROW 17 Guidelines FormalInformal Using colloquial words/expressions Avoid (substitute with children, man/boy, wonderful, many, etc.) May use (kids, guy, awesome, a lot, etc.) Using contractions Avoid (use full words - cannot, will not, should not, etc.) May use (can't, won't, shouldn't, etc.) Point of View Write in third person (business letters may use first person) May use first, second, or third person Using clichés Avoid clichés (use many, was absent, etc.) May use clichés (loads of, conspicuous by absence, etc.) Using Abbreviations Avoid using abbreviated words (use full versions - like photograph, television, etc.) May use abbreviated words (photo, TV, etc) Sentence Structure Prefer longer and more complex sentences (short simple sentences reflects poorly on the writer) May use short and simple sentences Effective Use of Technology

LODGE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT  ORDER OF THE ARROW Identify what technology is used Learn how to best use social networking Learn how to best use texting Identify the difference between a formal message and a Facebook message 18 Objectives Revisited Effective Use of Technology

LODGE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT  ORDER OF THE ARROW 19 Conclusion If there are no Questions… B C N U L8TR Effective Use of Technology

LODGE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT  ORDER OF THE ARROW EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) Web page "Net Generation Learners," Kaiser Family Foundation, Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds Pew Research Center, 1615 L Street, NW Suite 700, Washington, DC The Pew Internet & American Life Project: one of seven projects that make up the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan, nonprofit "fact tank" that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. PEW INTERNET PROJECT DATA MEMO by Sydney Jones, Research Assistant & Susannah Fox, Associate Director, Generations Online in 2009, January 28, Social Networking Technologies: A "Poke" for Campus Services; © 2007 Joanne Berg, Lori Berquam, and Kathy Christoph; EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 42, no. 2 (March/April 2007): 32– SOURCE MATERIALS AND RESOURCES Effective Use of Technology

LODGE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT  ORDER OF THE ARROW Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the road less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. -Robert Frost 21 Effective Use of Technology