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Effective Use of Technology

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ObjectivesObjectives


“Advances in computer technology and the Internet have changed the way America works, learns, and communicates. The Internet has become an integral part of America's economic, political, and social life.”

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Advances in computer technology and Advances in computer technology and

the Internetthe Internet

President Bill Clinton made this observation:President Bill Clinton made this observation:


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Generations Explained Generations Explained



Today’s Technology Today’s Technology

Write some of your

Individual Observations and Uses



Use of Today’s TechnologyUse of Today’s Technology



Assumption With Communication Assumption With Communication

The word Communication carries with it the The word Communication carries with it the assumption that it actually took place.assumption that it actually took place.



Use of Social NetworksUse of Social Networks

Teens 12-17 spent an average of 1,233 minutes online during Teens 12-17 spent an average of 1,233 minutes online during February 2006 (+19% from 2005) more than 20 ½ hours -February 2006 (+19% from 2005) more than 20 ½ hours -YPulse.comYPulse.com



How Best to Market a Facebook How Best to Market a Facebook Event Event



Select your guest listSelect your guest list

Don´t go event crazy!Don´t go event crazy!

Use a catchy headlineUse a catchy headline

Include an eye-catching picture that is connected to Include an eye-catching picture that is connected to the event the event

Have some compelling content Have some compelling content

Invite, invite, inviteInvite, invite, invite

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How Best to Market a Facebook How Best to Market a Facebook Event Event



Section Conclave EventSection Conclave Event



A Powerful ToolA Powerful ToolAre you connected?Are you connected?

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Texting – Best Use?Texting – Best Use?

Texting – Are we using them as best we can? Here are some thoughts on uses…

Emergency SMS Alert Systems

Electronic marketing

Text-to-vote polls

Travel and occurrence notices



Texting – Pro and Con Debate Texting – Pro and Con Debate

Pro Con

Texting is much easier, cheaper and private. You wouldn't want your mum listen to what you're talking on the phone would you?

I love to txt but it's like i'm. You can't ever tell the meaning or emotion behind the word.

Texting is better than talking, it saves the noise and the teachers don't always catch you when you text

Can be misunderstood

Documents information like an address or phone number

Distracting and illegal while driving




Is it right to write?Is it right to write?

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Right to WriteRight to Write


Formal or InformalFormal or Informal

Formal Informal

Alert Warning Chat, Networking, Text Policies and Procedures Publicity Resume Sympathy note, Invitation, Get Well



GuidelinesGuidelinesFormal Informal

Using colloquial words/expressions

Avoid (substitute with children,

man/boy, wonderful, many,

etc.)

May use (kids, guy, awesome, a

lot, etc.)

Using contractions Avoid (use full words - cannot, will not, should

not, etc.)

May use (can't, won't, shouldn't,

etc.)

Point of ViewWrite in third person (business letters may

use first person)

May use first, second, or third

person

Using clichés Avoid clichés (use many, was absent,

etc.)

May use clichés (loads of,

conspicuous by absence, etc.)

Using Abbreviations

Avoid using abbreviated words

(use full versions - like photograph, television,

etc.)

May use abbreviated words

(photo, TV, etc)

Sentence Structure

Prefer longer and more complex sentences

(short simple sentences reflects

poorly on the writer)

May use short and simple sentences



Identify what technology is used

Learn how to best use social networking

Learn how to best use texting

Identify the difference between a formal message and a Facebook message

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Objectives RevisitedObjectives Revisited



ConclusionConclusion

If there are no Questions…If there are no Questions…

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EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) Web page "Net Generation Learners,"

http://www.educause.edu/NewLearners/5515

Kaiser Family Foundation, Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds

Pew Research Center, 1615 L Street, NW Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036 http://pewresearch.org

The Pew Internet & American Life Project: one of seven projects that make up the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan, nonprofit "fact tank" that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. http://pewinternet.org/

PEW INTERNET PROJECT DATA MEMO by Sydney Jones, Research Assistant & Susannah Fox, Associate Director, Generations Online in 2009, January 28, 2009

http://pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2009/PIP_Generations_2009.pdf

Social Networking Technologies: A "Poke" for Campus Services; © 2007 Joanne Berg, Lori Berquam, and Kathy Christoph; EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 42, no. 2 (March/April 2007): 32–44

http://connect.educause.edu/wiki/Social_Computing

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SOURCE MATERIALS AND SOURCE MATERIALS AND RESOURCESRESOURCES



Two roads diverged in a wood, and I –

I took the road less traveled by,And that has made all the

difference.

-Robert Frost

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