Go Global with Mobile! Veronica Outlaw Presenter at J.Sargeant Reynolds Community College Virtual Conference on Teaching and Learning April 18-29, 2011.

Go Global with Mobile!

Veronica OutlawPresenter at J.Sargeant Reynolds Community College

Virtual Conference on Teaching and LearningApril 18-29, 2011

Presenter Biography1. B.S. Information Technology Services/General

Business Administration – MSU 20052. M.S. Instructional Technology – MSU 20063. M.S. Interactive Technology – UA 20114. Ph.D. Instructional Leadership/Instructional

Technology – UA 20145. Senior Instructional Designer – UA College of

Continuing Studies, 2007 to present

Objectives• Discover Web 2.0 tools for the purpose of

collaborating, organizing, presenting/publishing, and/or exciting content for your learners.

• Explore instructional strategies and Web 2.0 tools to provide robust and engaging interactions for learners.

C.O.P.E.• Collaborate– Google Docs*– PBWorks (any Wiki)

• Organize– Drop Box*– Delicious*– Diigo*

• Present/publish– WordPress*– Slidesix– PBWorks (any Wiki)

• Excite– Voki– Blabberize

*available as Smartphone/mobile apps

Collaborate Online• Google Docs*• Create, share, and manage work online• Online, real-time collaboration• 47+ Google applications used to search,

explore/innovate, communicate/share/show, mobile (YouTube, calendar, mobile, email, voice, browsers)

• Google Docs in Plain English YouTube video [2:51]• PBWorks (form of Wiki)• Online, real-time team collaboration• Share workspaces/pages with students, colleagues, etc.• Wikis in Plain English YouTube video [3:53]

*available as Smartphone/mobile apps

Organize Online• Dropbox*• Organized online storage (online, mobile, or computer

access)• What is Dropbox? YouTube video [2:18]

• Delicious*• Social bookmarking site that saves your favorite web sites

online (not confined to one computer)• Social Bookmarking in Plain English YouTube video [3:26]

• Diigo*• Similar to Delicious – interactive, cloud-based, personal

information management system and social bookmarking tool

• Access Diigo [3:37]*available as Smartphone/mobile apps

Present/Publish Online• WordPress*• Blogging and/or publishing software tool that allows

creation of web site and/or blogs. WordPress.org• My web page/blog site: • Instructional Design & Learner Development

• PBWorks• Slidesix – presenter desktop application that

allows the upload and sharing of PPT presentation - http://slidesix.com/

*available as Smartphone/mobile apps

Excite Online• Voki is a free application that allows the creation

of personalized speaking avatars to use in blog, profiles, emails, assignments, discussions, etc. http://voki.com – My sample of discussion introduction:

• NUR 524 Introduction Discussion

• Blabberize is a 2D character animation tool. http://blabberize.com

• Quizinator is an online quiz resource http://quizinator.com

Mobile Apps• Documents to Go• GoogleDocs• DropBox• Delicious• Diigo• WordPress

Additional Resources• WebTools4U2Use - http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/Calendars,

+Task+Management+%26+ToDo+List+Tools - This web site introduces you to a lot of different web 2.0 tools to use. There are so many out, but this web site has designed a way to "find the right tool" by categorizing your needs to narrow down your search.

• Go2Web2 - http://www.go2web20.net/ - This is another host site of literally hundreds, if not thousands, of various web 2.0 tools. It's also categorized by tags to narrow your search for your specific needs.

Let’s Explore• Online– Google Docs– PBWiki– DropBox– Delicious– WordPress– Slidesix– Voki

• SmartPhone– Documents to Go– Google Docs– DropBox– Delicious

Contact Information

Veronica Outlaw

[email protected]

UA WordPress: http://www.voutlaw.ua.edu