1. Social Media and Mobile Tools for Assignments and Collaboration David Keathly Working Connections 2010

2. Part I: Collaboration

3. Collaboration is Important 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

4. Google is all about 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.

5. Private Social Network Tools 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

6. More Social Networks Twiducate www.twiducate.comwww.twiducate.com

7. Let’s try some!

8. Wikis 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!)www.wikispaces.com Wikidot www.wikidot.com not freewww.wikidot.com Wetpaint www.wetpaint.comwww.wetpaint.com Oriented towards fan sites Pbworks www.pbworks.com basic is freewww.pbworks.com Includes collaboration space and more Wikia www.wikia.comwww.wikia.com

9. Build one or add to ours!

10. Meeting 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.comwww.twiddla.com Online whiteboard for brainstorming and collective design, etc Doodle – www.doodle.comwww.doodle.com Online event scheduling Voicethread –www.voicethread.com Annotate images, documents, videos and more Capture group discussions Includes drawing and sharing tools

11. More Meeting Tools DimDim www.dimdim.comwww.dimdim.com Demo Powwow Now www.powwownow.comwww.powwownow.com Phone conferencing iPhone App available www.freeconferencecall.com

12. Let’s set up some meetings 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?

13. Keeping Teams Organized 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.comwww.backpackit.com Basecamp www.basecampHQ.comwww.basecampHQ.com Central Desktop www.centraldesktop.comwww.centraldesktop.com Project360 www.project360.comwww.project360.com For Free Zoho Planner www.zohoplanner.comwww.zohoplanner.com Simple basic tasks, reminders, file sharing Vyew www.vyew.comwww.vyew.com Collaboration plus online meeting Thinkfree www.thinkfree.comwww.thinkfree.com Online document sharing and storage Has mobile apps for multiple platforms

14. More organizers GroupTable www.grouptable.comwww.grouptable.com

15. Build a quick project in one of these tools

16. Part II: Social Media in Assignments

17. Checking out what others have done Social Media Classroom 100 uses of Social Media The Twitter Experiment – UT Dallas

18. Audio 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

19. Video tools Bambuser www.bambuser.comwww.bambuser.com Zing www.zing.comwww.zing.com Video blogging

20. Audio tools audioBoo audioboo.fm Gabcast www.gabcast.comwww.gabcast.com Record podcasts with your phone Gcast www.gcast.comwww.gcast.com Similar to Gabcast Yodio www.yodio.comwww.yodio.com Add voice annotation to photos Ipadio Broadcast live from phone Has apps for android and iPhone

21. Make some content! Pair up with a partner Make an audio interview Make a video interview Share them with the class!

22. Other Tools JotYou – www,jotyou.com Location based texting uMapper www.umapper.comwww.umapper.com Creating maps

23. Part III: Shaping the Class Experience

24. Class Management Moodle www.moodle.com Demo Drupal www.drupal.com Schoology www.schoology.com Eduslide elearning LCMS www.eduslide.com Udutu www.udutu.comwww.udutu.com Online course authoring

25. Other 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

26. Build a survey Build a simple survey Email it to a partner for them to take Take it yourself View the results

27. Other Teacher Tools Quizinator www.quizinator.comwww.quizinator.com Create studysheets, worksheets, exams and quizzes online

28. Misc Useful Mobile Apps On iTunes Gfiles Gflash Evernote moleTVShoot

29. Miscellany Lectr.com Online lectures Upload yours! Mini assignment – go find a lecture that interests you

30. Discussion 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?