oacuho2014 technological tools with diverse application

Technological Tools with Diverse Applications

Vadim Levin & Melissa Pratt

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Agenda

1. Learning Outcomes & Overview

2. Technological Tools

3. Functions and Applicability to Residence Life

4. Brainstorm and wrap-up

5. Q & A

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Learning Outcomes

By the end of this session participants will be able to: 1. Identify new technological applications2. Recall resources for technological competency 3. Illustrate relevant uses for technological

applications within Residence Life 4. Propose one change to their own systemic

organizational process that was previously impossible

www.evernote.com www.eventbrite.cawww.ifttt.com www.everest.comwww.polleverywhere.com www.pickmonkey

www.trello.comwww.autreplanete.com/ap-social-media-image-maker/

www.hootsuite.com www.infogr.am/www.bufferapp.com www.easel.ly/www.somewhere.com www.mindnode.comwww.grovo.com http://madewithover.com/www.haikudeck.com www.crowdtilt.comwww.slideshare.net www.ohlife.comwww.feedly.com www.soapboxhq.com

Relevant URLs

http://www.autreplanete.com/ap-social-media-image-maker/

Tags

• Curate• Share

Description

• Remember Everything – Evernote apps and products make modern life manageable, by letting you easily collect and find everything that matters

URL

• www.evernote.com

How do I use this? • Keeping on going notes such as;

• student staff (feedback, general interests, questions, conversation reminders)• Meeting Agendas, to do lists, reference information (check lists, reminders)• Projects and initiatives

• Using at conferences• Capture on the spot ideas

What problems or opportunities can be solved?• Access to information (anytime, anyone, any device)• Reduces “paper clutter”• For those without access to shared network

How can the program at my institution benefit ?• Student Staff Hiring

- Written feedback and evaluation

- Customized categorical values (through tags)

- Core competencies

- Community fit- Overall ranking

Have you used this before?

Other comments?

Alternative Applications?

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Tags• Engage• Manage• Organize

Description• Organize anything, together

Residence Life Application• Managing large teams to communicate project tasks (delegate, vote, support)• Organize and keep track of own projects through planned steps, to do list,

document gathering • Helping develop departmental planning cycle/calendar/portfolio

Tags

• Professional Development• Curate• Collect

Description

• Read More, Know more

Residence Life Application

• Follow and share specific content for self, staff and peers (i.e. Higher Education news, Living Learning community themed articles)

Tags• Collect• Data

Description• With a dashboard style of formatting, hootsuite combines a variety of social media

websites including: Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, LinkedIn, and Google+

Residence Life Application• Follow online conversations• Analytics of online community• Promote events

Tags

• Event Management

Description

• Browse through thousands of events• Create your own event for additional promotional material


• By creating your own page, you can promote and predict attendance at events•Purchasable tickets

Tags• Graphics

Description• Transform photos with different effects, fonts, and collages• Allows you to create monograms, place cards, e-cards, etc.

Residence Life Application• Allows for more creativity with social media/promotions, such as:

• Posters• Pre-event advertising• Post-event sharing

Tags

• Graphics

Description

• Create interactive infographics


• Create visual representation of assessments• Educate students on various topics such as Alcohol behaviour trends or residence

policies

Tags

• Multi App Sync• Collect

Description

• Put the internet to work for you


• Multipurpose but helps automatically capture information and synchronize actions between different platforms

Tags

• Organize• Brainstorm

Description

• MindNode makes mind mapping easy


• Facilitate and capture brainstorming process• Spark new ideas• Visualize a complex concept or system (i.e. support system, policies)

MindNode

Tags

• Present• Share

Description

• New way to share your story• Pick a fun and creative deck, and insert a few key words and images to tell your

story


• August training• Workshop facilitation• Reflection exercise (learning in form of a picture or a story)

Tags

• Engage

Description

• Write a letter to your future self


• Personal growth opportunities for students and staff

Tags• Data• Engage

Description• With a live audience, you can engage your audience through surveys that allow for

instantaneous reflection and sharing

Residence Life Application• Student staff learning during August training• Student surveys in public spaces• Brainstorming• Modern suggestion box• Team shutouts and recognition

How do I use this?

• By making an account, you can propose a question to the audience that allows for immediate responses

What problems or opportunities can be solved?

• Creates anonymous brainstorming opportunities for students and staff in a creative medium

How can the program at my institution benefit ?

• Assessment and reflection during August training

Have you used this before?

Other comments?

Alternative Applications?

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ADDITIONAL TOOLS

The following slides feature extra tools and applications that were not covered

in the original presentation

Tags

• Engage• Share

Description

• Share your work - A 21st century platform for sharing your work and finding your people


• Could be used by professionals as well as student staff to show work, shape culture, share ideas

Tags

• Capture• Share• Goal Setting

Description

• Your life is composed of many journeys. Chronicle them with Everest.


• A reflection tool for a community or staff team

Everest

Tags

• Graphics• Social Media

Description

• Create and edit pictures that fits various social media templates (cover photos, profile picture)


• Increase professional and visual look of any social media spaces

Social Media Image maker

Tags

• Graphics

Description

• The app for adding text & artwork to photos


• Add value and context to any pictures at community events

Tags

• Engage

Description

• Pools Funds. Support causes. Collect money. Split costs evenly.


• Organize community events, floor wear, trips, fundraisers

Tags

• Feedback• Data• Management

Description

• Innovation Management Tools People Actually Use


• Keep pulse on trending student ideas and concerns and respond appropriately

HOW DO WE GET BETTER?

Tags

• Professional Development

Description

• Professional skills in 60 seconds - Beautiful and effective video training on over 130 internet tools, cloud services and professional topics


• Developing internet competency and training (students and professionals)

Technology is not the end all and be all. Strong

communities were built ten years ago before social

media exploded and certainly even before the

internet age.However technology allows us to be better and improve

in our pursuit of purpose and leadership in student

affairs. Let it become the “how” to your “why”

There is something much more important than the tools we have presented here. They will eventually become out-dated or replaced by something better. What remains important is your relationships to new mediums. Will you explore? Will you learn? Will you apply?Some will help you see something you were not able to see before, Some will tell you more about yourself, and others will help you shape the experience for those around you.

Thank you for listening!

@Vadim_Levin

@MPrattster