TECH TOOLS FOR COUNSELOR SUCCESS Presenters: Manny Bartolotta & Lori D. Johnson VCA Convention November 10, 2012

INTRODUCTIONS ‘You, Me & We’ Manny Bartolotta Northern VA Community College Counselor, Extended Learning Institute Lori D. Johnson University of Mary Washington Assistant Director, Student Transition Program

Our Agenda for Today  Social Media & Online Learning: Networking & Learning for Counselors  Webinars & Skype: Becoming Virtual Counselors  More Effective ing: Smarter Use & Using Smart Features  Counselor Websites: Making Website “Yours” & Best Practices  PollEveryWhere.com Demo  Questions and Discussion

Getting Started One Tech Tool Does Not Fit All Consider the Possibility it can work for you Where are the handouts? ◦ Website in Process for VCDA website ◦ Give us your . ◦ Link will be sent on Monday Will I Know “Everything” After this Presentation ?

SOCIAL MEDIA REVOLUTION

THE VIRTUAL MEETING WEBINARS ◦ Remote meetings, workshops, interviews, classes ◦ Benefits for all learning styles  Visual- charts, graphs, maps, pictures  Auditory- listen to speaker & audience members  Reading/writing- PPT slides, text  Kinesthetic- interactive, IM, safari, polling

What’s Involved in Conducting a Webinar?  Create your presentation  PPT slides, Word or Excel docs, links, videos  Upload your presentation  Advertise- get the word out  Registration  Link forwards to page to enter attendee information & address  Automated s generated to participants  Registration confirmation, instructions w/ link to download software, reminder

WEBINARS Extended Learning Institute ELI webinar offerings: Playback recording:

Free Video Connections Voice & video calls over Internet (MS) Group video calling feature Install software, add contacts, drag contacts into group, click video call Hangout Computer or smart phone Can be spontaneous Invite up to 10 people from your circle of contacts BE CREATIVE

FEATURES How Outlook can be used to more effectively communicate ◦ Quick Parts ◦ Appointment & Voting Features ◦ Using Folders to Organize Messages ◦ Search Your Box ◦ Delayed Messages ◦ Use Internet Videos to Learn New Features

School/Organization Website: Why It’s Important to You Organizational Identity Organizational Identity Window to the World Window to the World Public relations value Public relations value The content defines your role The content defines your role Can answer a lot of routine questions & save time Can answer a lot of routine questions & save time Calendar for yearly events Calendar for yearly events

CREATE YOUR WEBSITE FAQs FAQs How you can help your students/clients How you can help your students/clients Calendar of Events Calendar of Events Address of your location Address of your location Contact information Contact information Other Resources Other Resources

Counselor Websites for Clients ◦ Make the Website “Yours”  Provide content for design or learn to create  Make it current  Make it relevant to students/clients Showcase : Henrico County Skipwith Elementary School website

HIGHLY RATED WEBSITES ◦ ml ml ◦ school-websites/ school-websites/ ◦ l&award_level=best&category=School l&award_level=best&category=School

iPad Applications

Polleverywhere.com Quick surveys Anonymous Recorded Let’s try it !

Questions? Power Point Presentation and Resources will be available on the VCDA Website for you to review and link to available resources effective Monday November 14, 2011.

LIVE CHAT What is it? Quick, convenient instant messaging service What are the benefits? A live person is only a click away…”on demand” service A live person is only a click away…”on demand” service Students may receive a transcript of chat- available at the end of the session Students may receive a transcript of chat- available at the end of the session During “closed” times students may send s During “closed” times students may send s User friendly User friendly How does it work? Live Chat with NOVA Extended Learning Institute

THANK YOU! Manny Bartolotta Northern VA Community College, Extended Learning Institute Counselor (703) Lori D. Johnson University of Mary Washington Assistant Director, Student Transition Program (540)