1. Social Media for Distance Learning Project IDEAL Conference Marian Thacher, OTAN, mthacher@otan.usmthacher@otan.us

2. Where to find slides and handout http://webtwopointohinadulted.wikispaces.com/

3. THE PROCESS

4. Large Undertaking, Small Staff Survey conducted about social media tools Week 1 – General discussion of using social media Week 2 – 10 small groups learn how to use a specific tool Week 3 – Small groups discuss how to use the tool in their adult ed practice Week 4 – All report back to the list on what they learned

5. Reflections/Learning Huge potential for a process like this! Small # of participants, big # of lurkers –Lots going on among lurkers, impossible to document How much more could happen with a little paid release time? Could we do something similar with our learners?

6. Topics Blogs Wikis Photo Sharing Google Docs Ning (e-PLCs)Ning Social BookmarkingBookmarking Twitter Facebook Skype Wiggio YouTube and other video sharing sitesYouTube Posting AudioAudio

7. BLOGS

8. Blogger Tools chosen by survey 23 participants, 6 made blogs Reflections –I've discovered that blogging is fun and not technically difficult (Susan) –This group has given me the motivation to finally start the blog I’ve been planning to start for months! (Staci) –I did it! Started my very own blog. Very scary, very exciting, very creative (potentially). (Bonnie)

9. But… Three blogs are really being used Other seeds planted? BACK

10. WIKIS

11. Wikis for Distance Learning Share info with teachers Share info with learners Group writing projects Share assignments within a class – build community See examplesexamples BACK

12. PHOTO SHARING

13. Why do we need photo sharing? Writing prompts –My favorite clothes –My favorite shoes –My neighborhood –Geotagging photos Learners can comment on photos online, add tags, download photos for use in docs Examples Picasa GroupGroup BACK

14. GOOGLE DOCS

15. Google Docs Word docs Spreadsheets Slides Forms! Examples BACK

16. NING

17. Ning CA ABE CommunityABE AALPD YouTube DiscussionDiscussion Classroom 2.02.0 CA College Transition NetworkNetwork BACK

18. WIGGIO

19. What’s WiggioWiggio Similar to Ning but not as rich or pretty Gaining popularity (staying free!) Easy to create an email list Other features –Upload docs (Ning is bad at this) –Chat with archiving –Calendar –Messaging BACK

20. TWITTER

21. Twitter Twitter for Learners? More for PD Adding more features Keep in touch with news Keep in touch with groups Hashtags Twitter Apps BACK

22. FACEBOOK

23. Facebook Facebook Options Account Business page Group page Fan page Privacy issues!!! BACK

24. SKYPE

25. Skype Skype for DL Group discussions Video interactions Call in an expert or guest Record, playback and post up to 15 min. Shared whiteboard (glitchy?) Easy to import contacts (from Outlook, Facebook, etc.) BACK

26. YOUTUBE AND OTHER VIDEO SITES

27. Other video sharing sites TeacherTube Vimeo List of other sites –http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_hosting_we bsiteshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_hosting_we bsites YouTube.edu –http://www.youtube.com/education?b=400http://www.youtube.com/education?b=400 BACK

28. SOCIAL BOOKMARKING

29. Uses for DL Create an account for each class Create a collection of links for all classes Link to Twitter, Facebook In Diigo, create a group (with email) through which all can share links BACK

30. POSTING AUDIO

31. Sites for Posting Audio Drop.io –Post any kind of doc, including audio –Record via phone call Gabcast –Create account for any class or group –Post via phone call –Not free BACK

32. Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty. --Mark Twain