the technological palette

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The Technological Palette: Painting Outside the LinesMedia literacy for non-digital natives residing in a digital world

Presented byLarry Edelman

ResourcesTo visit Larry’s blog of free applications:http://exploringtech.wordpress.com/To view this PPT slides as a prezi presentation:http://prezi.com/81868/

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Fun with Numbers• 73% of adults in the U.S. go online – of those, 35% use social

networking sites such as MySpace, Facebook, or LinkedIn (Pew, 2008)

• 78% of adults have a cell phone (Pew, 2008)• 55% of adults have broadband at home (Pew, 2008)• YouTube is the third biggest site on the Internet (Newsweek,

7/20/09)– 426 million monthly visitors– 20 hours of video being uploaded every minute– 57% of internet users have watched videos online and most of them

share what they find with others. 19% do so on a typical day. (Pew, 2007)• Unique visitors to Twitter increased 1,382 percent year-over-year,

from 475,000 unique visitors in February 2008 to 7 million in February 2009 (Nielsen)

Goals of the Session

Stimulate our thinking about how we might adopt, adapt, combine, repurpose, and use technology to create content, share information, and strengthen relationships

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Look for yourself during this session

Reflect on your role as anon-digital native in a

digital world

Questions are eternal, answers are for the day. And when you find a way of genuinely

rephrasing the question, you allow far more thought. The way you conceptualize the

question already determines the range of answers you can conceive.

Edwin Friedman

What has been my question?

Are the current technological capabilities simply the next steps in the continual evolution of technology or more like a radical departure?

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Why use technology?

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Sharecontext

Build and strengthen

relationships

Createcontent

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Why use technologyto do this?

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Improve effectivene

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Reducecosts

Increase access

Engage a younger

workforce

Why use more technology?

Transformation ofLearningTeaching

Technical AssistanceDissemination

LearningRead an article photocopied from a journal

Read an online article with hyperlinked video clips

Listen to a presentation on a CD

Listen to a podcast while riding a bike

Search journals on a library shelf

Conduct a WOS and ERIC search

Attend a conference lecture Multi-task during a web cast

Watch a purchased DVD Watch a video on the web

Read notes from a meeting Listen to archived audio meeting proceedings

TeachingTeach a F2F classroom based course

Teach an online course

Co-present at a conference Skype in a co-presenter

Develop a TTT guide Develop online learning modules

Technical AssistanceDeliver F2F TA Deliver webinar

Conduct print surveys Conduct online surveys

Facilitate a F2F meeting Facilitate by video conference

Deliver TA by telephone Deliver TA using video or web conferencing

Produce a guidance document

Produce an interactive knowledge base

DisseminationDistribute a three-ring binder of print materials

Distribute a flash drive, post on the web

Distribute a DVD Post video on the web

Email a memo Email a link to a podcast or vidcast

Distribute a printed user’s guide

Post an online flash-based set of instructional modules

These experiences are,in a word…ordinary.

Why Can We Do It?

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Computing capacity

Modularity (hardware, software)D

ecreased costs

Ease

of use

Why canwe do it?

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Focus on function first

For which of these purposesMIGHT technology assist us?

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What do you want to with technology?Conduct needs assessment/front end analysis

Present professional development events

Provide TA, consultation, coaching, mentoring

Disseminate news, updates, documents

Host/facilitate meetings, conferences

Facilitate collaborative processes

Build and strengthen relationships

Evaluate activities and programs

Facilitate social learning

Exchange information with others

Enhance service delivery

Conduct research

Manage projects

Manage data (including collection, analysis, reporting)

Then focus on technology

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One-WayAsynchronous Communication

Two-WaySynchronous

Communication

Asynchronous Synergistic

Communication

Print-based document Text-based chat Online survey

Podcast Telephone conferencing Content Management System

Webcast Video conferencing Community of Practice

Video, vidcast Webinar, web conference Virtual Learning EnvironmentMobile-phone dissemination Online meetings spaces Bulletin board, news group

Media sharing sites M-learning M-learningArchived class, lecture Chats, threads, list servsRapid e-learning modules Blog, vlog Just-in-time EPSS Wiki

Resource repositories Online consultation Searchable knowledge bases

Social Networking

Shared applications

User’s groups

For me, all of thischanges everything

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Shifts in my thinkingproviding PD and TA supporting performance

comprehensive curriculum learning objectsproprietary open content

instruction navigation

static knowledge (what was) problem-solving (what is)

preparation just-in-timeexpert-facilitated learner (performer)-directed

uniform modularsummative evaluation frequent data collection

long-term development rapid productionuse what I know learn new skills

“best” strategy integrating applications

IT as limiting IT as enablingideas execution

technology relationships