1. TECHNOLOGY
INTEGRATION IN THE
ADULT EDUCATION
CLASSROOM
Nell Eckersley

2. http://lincs.ed.gov
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3. Introductions
•What do you know about Social Media?
•What would you like to learn?
•What one thing would you like to take away
from this session?
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4. Agenda
•What is Social Media & why should we use it?
•Digital Literacy
•Facebook
•Twitter
•Wiggio
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5. What is Social Media
• Social media includes web-based and mobile based technologies
which are used to turn communication into interactive dialogue
among organizations, communities, and individuals.
--Wikipedia
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6. Components of Social Media
Web 2.0
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7. Components of Social Media
Cloud Computing
• performing computer tasks using
services delivered entirely over the
Internet.
• movement away from applications
installed on an individual's computer
towards the applications being hosted
online.
• The "cloud" refers to the Internet and
was inspired by technical flow charts
and diagrams, which tend to use a cloud
symbol to represent the Internet.
http://mobileoffice.about.com/od/workingontheroad/f/cloudcomputing.htm 7

8. Components of Social Media
Mobile Learning
• The use of common
handheld hardware,
wireless networking
and mobile
telephony to
facilitate, support,
enhance and
extend the reach of
teaching and
learning.
https://mobilelearninginfokit.pbworks.com/w/page/41751137/What%20is%20mobile%20learning 8

9. Tagging
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10. Why use Social Media in Adult Ed?
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyZRS0BnpAI&feature=youtu.be
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11. Why Social Media?
• Makes tasks authentic &
challenging
• Extends time devoted
project
• Supports collaborative work
• Inexpensive, multiplatform
• Real life experience
• Help break down the digital
divide
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12. Myths about Social Media
• Only young people
use Social Media
• Social Media; just a
waste of time
• Fears about security
& privacy
• Hierarchy of needs;
technology comes
after literacy
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13. Integrating Social Media into Adult Ed
Blooms Taxonomy
•Creating
•Evaluating
•Analyzing
•Applying
•Understanding
•Remembering
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14. Blooms Digital Taxonomy Pyramid
http://www.usi.edu/distance/bdt.htm 14

15. 5 Moments of Learning
Dr. Conrad Gottfredson’s Five Moments of
Learning Needs:
1. When Learning for the First Time
2. When Wanting to Learn More
3. When Trying to Remember
4. When Things Change
5. When Something Goes Wrong
http://www.upsidelearning.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/17/the-practice-of-mobile-learning/
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16. Digital Literacy
•http://www.digitalliteracy.gov/
•http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680264/why-
web-literacy-should-be-part-of-every-education
•http://www.cyberwise.org/
•http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/connecti
ng-digital-dots-literacy-21st-century
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17. Can you Be Found Online?
•http://www.spokeo.com/
•http://images.google.com/
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18. Facebook
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19. http://www.facebook.com
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20. Facebook Page
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21. Facebook Group
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22. Facebook Tools
• Profile • “Notes” for Longer
• Page Content
• Group • Share Links
• Timeline or Feed • Comment on Posts
• Upload Photos • “Share” Other Peoples’
• Tag Photos Posts
• Create Events • Calendar
• Direct Message • Polling Tool
• Apps
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23. Downside of Facebook
•Cannot upload documents
•Should always be assumed others can see
what you post
•“Friends” are a two way street
•Constantly changing the tools, privacy, layout
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24. 7 Ways Educators Can Use Facebook
1. Help develop and follow your program’s policy about
Facebook.
2. Encourage students to follow Facebook’s guidelines.
3. Stay up to date about safety and privacy settings on
Facebook.
4. Promote good citizenship in the digital world.
5. Use Facebook’s pages and groups features to
communicate with students.
6. Embrace the digital, social, mobile, and “always-on”
learning styles of 21st Century students.
7. Use Facebook as a professional development
resource.
http://bit.ly/FacebookforEducators
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25. Examples of Facebook in Education
•http://www.emergingedtech.com/2011/03/face
book-in-the-classroom-seriously/
•http://prezi.com/gjswnhjejkqx/facebook-in-
education/
•http://www.edutopia.org/social-media-
education-examples-facebook
•http://www.slideshare.net/CPappasOnline/face
book-for-elearning-20-educational-applications
•http://bit.ly/FacebookforEducators (PDF)
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26. Twitter
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27. https://twitter.com/
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28. What Can You Say in 140 Characters?
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29. Retweeting
•RT @Username
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30. HashTags
#EdTech #EdChat
#TechPD
#AdultEd #SoMeEd
#TwEd
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31. Anatomy of a Good Tweet
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32. Shortened URLS
• http://ipadeducators.ning.com/profiles/blogs/preparing-your-
school-for-an (73 characters)
• Bit.ly/3FjhpX (13 characters)
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33. Shortening Links for your Tweets
You can use BitLy to shorten URL’s without creating an account
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34. Customizing Your Shortened URL
But if you create an account on BitLy.com, you can customize your
shortened URLS
Go from http://bit.ly/vJrH91 to http://bit.ly/wiggiotips
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35. Analytics
With an account you can also track how many times the URL you
created has been clicked.
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36. QR Code
And with or without an account
you can make any of the
shortened URLS into a QR Code
by adding .qr at the end
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37. Finding People to Follow
• Twitter Directories like http://WeFollow.com
• Search hashtags and words #AdultEd
• See who follows people you follow
• http://Twibes.com
• http://Listorious.com
• http://Archivist.visitmix.com
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38. Search Twitter
•Search on http://Twitter.com for people,
keywords or hashtags
•Search on http://Search.Twitter.com for
keywords or hashtags even if you don’t have
a Twitter account
•Track hashtags and tweet from
http://tweetchat.com/
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39. Sending and Receiving Tweets
•Twitter.com
•Texts via your cell phone
•Applications on computers & smart phones
•Tweetdeck
•HootSuite
•Seesmic
•HootCourse
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40. TweetDeck
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41. http://paper.li/LACNYCnell/1320940472
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42. http://tweetchat.com/
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43. http://HistoricalTweets.com
• http://historicaltweets.com/2008/12/04/lincoln-asks-twitter-followers-for-
speechwriting-help/ 43

44. http://twtpoll.com
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45. http://twitpic.com
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46. https://support.twitter.com/articles/64986-how-to-report-spam-on-twitter# 46

47. Using Twitter in Education
•http://edudemic.com/2012/04/100-ways-to-use-
twitter-in-education-by-degree-of-difficulty/
•http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/03/5-
ways-twitter-has-changed-education/
•http://cooper-taylor.com/2008/08/50-ideas-on-
using-twitter-for-education/
•http://www.scoop.it/t/twitter-in-adult-
education
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48. What to Do Right Now?
•Create a Twitter account on twitter.com
•Follow three people
•@LACNYCnell @Edudemic @Larryferlazzo
•Search Twitter for people using #AdultEd
•Search for your favorite hobby, writer,
singer, actor
•Retweet one tweet and create one of your
own tweets. Remember to use hashtags!
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49. What to Do in the Next Few Weeks
•Spend 15 minutes on Twitter every morning
•reading
•retweeting
•following new people
•Try TweetDeck or receiving tweets as sms
text messages
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50. Wiggio
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51. http://wiggio.com
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52. Why use Wiggio?
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53. Who uses Wiggio?
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54. Wiggio Tools
• Wiggio's interface includes six basic tools
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55. Using Wiggio in Education
•Wiggio is always private
•You can upload and organize documents
•You cannot upload graphics as images
•Communicate with entire group or with
individual members
•Subgroups have same tools as overgroup
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56. Using Wiggio in Education
•http://www.lifehack.org/articles/management/
wiggio-an-extra-simple-collaboration-tool.html
•http://onlineedreflections.wordpress.com/tag/
wiggio/
•http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/25/social-
collaboration-platform-for-students-wiggio-
hits-1m-users-launches-paid-version/
•http://blog.wiggio.com/?page_id=47
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57. Sign up for Wiggio
1. Go to http://www.wiggio.com
2. Click on the Sign up now Link at the top of the screen
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58. Sign up for Wiggio
3. Fill in the Create an account information and click Create.
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59. Sign up for Wiggio
Note: Make sure you use an email address
that you can access from here and where
you will receive emails from this group.
Sometimes it takes longer for the
confirmation email to arrive
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60. Sign up for Wiggio
4. You will then get a message that a confirmation email has been
sent to your email
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61. Sign up for Wiggio
5. Click on the link that appears in your email
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62. Sign up for Wiggio
6. A note will appear to let you know that your account has been
confirmed
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63. Wiggio Home Screen
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64. Joining a Group
1. Once you’ve logged in to Wiggio.com, click on the green arrow
beside your name in the black bar at the top of the screen.
From the drop down menu, select Join a group
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65. Joining Social Media ToolsGroup
2. The Join a group screen will appear. Type in:
• Group Name: SoMe Tools in Adult Ed
Password: discovery
• And click Join
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66. Nell Eckersley
• @LACNYCNell
• NellE@LACNYC.org
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