1. Hot Technologies Jim Spellos Bladen County School System August 19, 2010

2. A Glimpse of the Future…

3. Session Objectives Identify critical websites & tools that impact your schools Understand the new lingo Use social networking tools for education.

4. What’s Your Favorite Tech Tool??

5. Let’s Play Lingo  Web 2.0  Social Media  Tagging & Geotagging  Social Bookmarking  Cloud computing  RSS.

6. Some Cool Tools Classroom20.com Poll Everywhere Prezi Slideshare.net Smart Boards… Dabbleboard.

7. Ask a Librarian Internet Public Library AASL – Best Websites for Teaching & Learning.

8. Which is larger? Populations of the U.S. & Canada The Nation of Facebook Populations of the U.S. & Canada The Nation of Facebook

9. Why Bother with Social Media? Why Use It?Where To Spend Your Time The JonesesFacebook SharingBlogging, Twitter, Social Bookmarking Training/EducationYouTube, Podcasting Branding (Corporate)Blogging, Twitter, YouTube, Wikipedia, Social Bookmarking, Podcasting Branding (Personal) Add LinkedIn; Remove Wikipedia Customer Service Twitter, Blogging, Wikis, Branded Social Networks Presence Blogging, Wikipedia, Podcasting,Facebook Twitter, Second Life

10. How Did We Get Here?  SN & BBS’s  1995 – eBay & Craig’s List  The New Millenium  ‘03 – LinkedIn & MySpace  ‘04 – Facebook & Ning  ‘06 - Twitter

11. Web 2.0 Communication Tools Blogs & pods Social networks Wikis Viral videos Texting & tweeting Virtual worlds.

12. Old School Web 2.0 So, Do You…or Do Your Students Write a Blog? (and why not?) Excellent Educational Blogs –Supportblogging.com –Emergingedtech.com –Freetech4teachers.com. Looking for education blogs – www.edublogawards.com

13. Podcasts in Classroom Easy to learn Free software – Audacity Podcast Resources –Education Podcast Network (epn.org) –iTunes –Teacherspodcast.org Today’s best training resources? How about Podcasts & YouTube!

14. I Want (M)iGoogle RSS – Really Simple Syndication Subscription Google Reader. Remember This Icon!

15. Why Facebook? (Re)establishing Connections Education Resource – facebook.com/education Customize for your needs!

16. Twitter’s Not Just for Ashton Kutcher Stats, anyone I know…you’re not into telling everyone what you’re always doing…but Gen Y is!

17. Anatomy of a Tweet # - Hashtag – #edchat @ - Mentions RT - ReTweet D username – Direct message. Another must – Using a URL Shortening Tool…Try Tinyurl.com

18. Hashtagging How can it be used for education? Follow hashtags such as #education and #edchat – Good way to find Tweeters with excellent content.

19. 8 Twitter Education Tags #education #edchat – Every Tuesday 12 & 7pm #4learning #ebc10 – Edublogger Conference tag. #edunews #highered #elemchat #teachertuesday Want more? www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html - Hundreds of educational hashtags you can follow.

20. What’s a Wiki? Wikipedia What About Educational Wikis? –Wikisineducation.wetpaint.com –Create your own – Google Docs Defined – A neutral & unbiased compilation of previously written, verifiable facts.

21. Future Town Swype Goggles Layar Pico. It’s All About the Phone!

22. Thank You! James Spellos, CMP President, Meeting U. 718-224-5516 jspellos@meeting-u.com www.meeting-u.com twitter.com/jspellos