Using Technology For Professional Development

Using Technology for Professional

Development

Presented by: Ed CabellonDirector, Campus Center | Bridgewater State

UniversityACPA Symposium on Professional Development

December 1, 2011 | #ACPApd | about.me/EdCabellon

Learning Outcomes:

#1: To gain a greater understanding of the social web & how you have used it up until today.

Learning Outcomes:

#1: To gain a greater understanding of the social web & how you have used it up until today.

Learning Outcomes:

#2: To leverage Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus for Professional Development Opportunities.

Learning Outcomes:

#1: To gain a greater understanding of the social web & how you have used it up until today.

Learning Outcomes:

#2: To leverage Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus for Professional Development Opportunities.

Learning Outcomes:

#3: To organize your professional development information online for easy access and sharing with others.

Housekeeping

Taking Notes For This Session? Collaborate & Centralize Your Notes Online:

http://bit.ly/acpatechnotes

Are you on Twitter? Consider Tweeting what you are

learning by adding the #ACPApd hashtag

Networks have existed for a long time…

Communication Revolution #1: The Printing Press

- Mid 1400’s in Europe- Moveable type, oil based ink

- “1 : Many” Communication

Communication Revolution #2: Telegraph/Telephone- Mid/Late 1800’s

- Innovation in “two-way / conversational communication / media”- “1 : 1” Communication

Communication Revolution #3: Recorded Media

- Mid 1800’s – Mid 1900’s- Innovation in recorded media, other than

print- All encoded onto physical objects (first

portable media)- “1:1” OR “1 :Many” Communication

Communication Revolution #4: Live & Recorded Media

- Early to mid-1900’s- Sending sounds, pictures, and video over

electromagnetic waves- “1:Many” Communication

20th Century Media Landscape

20th Century Media Asymmetry

The Media that is good at creating conversations is not good at creating groups.

(Conversations in this world happen with 1 other person).

The Media that is good at creating groups is not good at creating conversations.

(To address a group, you get the SAME message to everyone.)

21th Century Media Reality

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Communication Revolution #5: The Internet/Social Web

- Late 1990’s into the 2000’s- Native Support for Groups & Conversation (at the same

time)- As Media becomes digitized, the Internet becomes the one

place to get it all.- Media is less a source of information. It has become a site

of coordination.- Consumers have now become producers as well.

- “Many:Many” Communication is Born

Traditional Professional Development

In Student Affairs

According to the ACPA Website, current professional development opportunities include:

• Annual Conferences• E-Learning Series• Institutes and Symposiums• State/International Division Workshops/Conferences• PublicationsHow can Technology compliment, support and enhance

what we currently do?

Technology/Social Media Assessment

For Professional Development Step #1: Create Lists and Focus Privacy Settings to Mirror

Real Life Relationships

Step #2: Create Facebook Groups of professional contacts.

Share articles, links, conversations, and questions around common topics.

For Professional DevelopmentStep #1: Use Twitter’s Search Engine to Find

Keywords, Topics, or Conversation Hashtags (#)

For example:• Bridgewater State / Bridgewater State University• BSU / RCC / Campus Center• Student Affairs / Higher Education / Higher Ed• Residence Life• Tips / Advice / Help• #BSULife• #SAchat• #highered• #ACPA

http://search.twitter.com

For Professional Development

Step #2: Create a Twitter Profile, filling out ALL the information, including a current photo, descriptive bio, and a link to a LinkedIn or web profile page.

For Professional Development

Step #3:

Participate in Twitter Chats to

become proficient in

using Twitter and learning its

lexicon.

For Professional Development

Step #1: Create a Google

Plus Profile, filling out ALL

the information, including a

current photo, descriptive bio,

etc.

Step #2: Use Google Hangouts to host online planning meetings, think tanks, “brown bag lunches”, speakers, feedback sessions, etc.

For Professional Development

Other Tech/Social Media Uses for Professional Development

Other Tech/Social Media Uses for Professional Development

Create and join LinkedIn Groups.

Follow, participate, and

start conversations.

http://linkedin.com

Other Tech/Social Media Uses for Professional Development

Use iTunes University,

YouTube, and Kahn Academy to learn ANYTHING and brush up on

things you already know.

http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/http://youtube.comhttp://khanacademy.com

Other Tech/Social Media Uses for Professional Development

Share your best ideas through an online portfolio or

blog using Wordpress,

Blogger, Tumblr, or through a

Wiki!http://wordpress.comhttp://blogger.comhttp://tumblr.comhttp://wikispaces.com

Other Tech/Social Media Uses for Professional Development

Use DropBox to store your files in the cloud and have access to them anywhere. Bye-bye thumb drives!

Use Evernote to record “post-it” notes, meeting notes, pictures, sound, videos, etc. on the go.

Use Google Docs and Spreadsheets to collaborate with others in real time.

http://dropbox.com http://evernote.com http://docs.google.com

Other Tech/Social Media Uses for Professional Development

Use “delicious” to save your favorite online links. Assign “tags” to them to organize them more efficiently.

Use “Google Reader” to centralize your favorite web content into one place. Easily share this content with others via email or social media.

http://delicious.com http://reader.google.com

Download a copy of this presentation:

http://bit.ly/acpatech11

Using Technology for Professional

Development

Presented by: Ed CabellonDirector, Campus Center | Bridgewater State

UniversityACPA Symposium on Professional Development

December 1, 2011 | #ACPApd | about.me/EdCabellon