Social Media and Mobile Tools for Assignments and

CollaborationDavid Keathly

Working Connections 2010

Part I: CollaborationPart I: Collaboration

Collaboration is Collaboration is ImportantImportant

Remember at the beginning of the workshop we discussed some of he “needs” of the Digital Natives

Collaboration was one of those

Coincidentally, collaboration and the ability to work and “play” well with others is important in most workplaces as well

Teamwork skills, group dynamics, conflict resolution, task organization and using groupware tools are all important skills that are too often left to “on the job” training

Google is all about Google is all about collaboration!collaboration!

Google Groups Shared storage Broadcast mailing

Google Docs MS Office-like cloud applications Collaborative editing Shared storage

Google Wave Discussions Collaborative editing Polls Maps

All under Google Apps umbrella. Basic usage is free. Can also be configured for educational and business sites.

Private Social Network Private Social Network ToolsTools

Build your own custom Facebook-type environment for a class or group

Tools Ning www.ning.com

Demo Was free about to change

Grou.ps Similar to ning and can convert ning networks Demo

Elgg ww.elgg.org Lots of features Have to host yourself like moodle and drupal

Edmodo Has web client, mobile client and iPhone app Demo Very classroom task-centric

Groupsite www.groupsite.com

More Social NetworksMore Social Networks Twiducate www.twiducate.com

Let’s try some!Let’s try some!

WikisWikis Wikis are a great way to collect information and

provide information to students where they can collaborate as well. They are typically somewhat free-format so there is a lot of room for creativity

Tools Wikispaces www.wikispaces.com (we are using

this!) Wikidot www.wikidot.com not free Wetpaint www.wetpaint.com

Oriented towards fan sites Pbworks www.pbworks.com basic is free

Includes collaboration space and more Wikia www.wikia.com

Build one or add to Build one or add to ours!ours!

Meeting TogetherMeeting Together Face to Face meetings are not always possible

or convenient. A number of tools, beside the Google ones, are available to help

Tools Twiddla www.twiddla.com

Online whiteboard for brainstorming and collective design, etc

Doodle – www.doodle.com Online event scheduling

Voicethread –www.voicethread.com Annotate images, documents, videos and more Capture group discussions Includes drawing and sharing tools

More Meeting ToolsMore Meeting Tools DimDim www.dimdim.com

Demo

Powwow Now www.powwownow.com Phone conferencing iPhone App available

www.freeconferencecall.com

Let’s set up some Let’s set up some meetingsmeetings

Break into groups of about 5 people each

Each group try a different tool

Set up a meeting and try out the various tools available Chat Talk Draw Share a doc or presentation What else can you do?

Keeping Teams Keeping Teams OrganizedOrganized

Project management-type packages are also available. Some are better than others and not all are free

For a price (trials available) Backpack www.backpackit.com Basecamp www.basecampHQ.com Central Desktop www.centraldesktop.com Project360 www.project360.com

For Free Zoho Planner www.zohoplanner.com

Simple basic tasks, reminders, file sharing Vyew www.vyew.com

Collaboration plus online meeting Thinkfree www.thinkfree.com

Online document sharing and storage Has mobile apps for multiple platforms

More organizersMore organizers GroupTable www.grouptable.com

Build a quick project in Build a quick project in one of these toolsone of these tools

Part II: Social Media in Part II: Social Media in AssignmentsAssignments

Checking out what Checking out what others have doneothers have done

Social Media Classroom

100 uses of Social Media

The Twitter Experiment – UT Dallas

Audio and Video ToolsAudio and Video Tools Having students collect audio and video

notes and experiences outside of class is a great way to enhance their education and encourage them to explore and be creative. Then they can upload their info to your wiki our other class area

Video toolsVideo tools Bambuser www.bambuser.com

Zing www.zing.com Video blogging

Audio toolsAudio tools audioBoo audioboo.fm

Gabcast www.gabcast.com Record podcasts with your phone

Gcast www.gcast.com Similar to Gabcast

Yodio www.yodio.com Add voice annotation to photos

Ipadio Broadcast live from phone Has apps for android and iPhone

Make some content!Make some content! Pair up with a partner

Make an audio interview

Make a video interview

Share them with the class!

Other ToolsOther Tools JotYou – www,jotyou.com

Location based texting

uMapper www.umapper.com Creating maps

Part III: Shaping the Part III: Shaping the Class ExperienceClass Experience

Class ManagementClass Management Moodle

www.moodle.com Demo

Drupal www.drupal.com

Schoology www.schoology.com

Eduslide elearning LCMS www.eduslide.com

Udutu www.udutu.com Online course authoring

Other Survey ToolsOther Survey Tools Surveys are always useful! If you want

something a little more sophisticated than some of the mobile ones we looked at before, then consider these

www.zoomerang.com

www.surveymonkey.com Demo Paid or free

Build a surveyBuild a survey Build a simple survey

Email it to a partner for them to take

Take it yourself

View the results

Other Teacher ToolsOther Teacher Tools Quizinator www.quizinator.com

Create studysheets, worksheets, exams and quizzes online

Misc Useful Mobile Misc Useful Mobile AppsApps

On iTunes Gfiles Gflash Evernote moleTVShoot

MiscellanyMiscellany Lectr.com

Online lectures Upload yours! Mini assignment – go find a lecture that

interests you

DiscussionDiscussion Do you think these applications will be

useful to you and your students?

How do you see envision incorporating these into your classroom?

Do you know of other applications that others in the group might find useful?