1. 4/11/2011
Go Global with Mobile!
Veronica Outlaw
Presenter at J.Sargeant Reynolds Community College
Virtual Conference on Teaching and Learning
April 18‐29, 2011
Presenter Biography
1. B.S. Information Technology Services/General
Business Administration – MSU 2005
2. M.S. Instructional Technology – MSU 2006
3. M.S. Interactive Technology – UA 2011
4. Ph.D. Instructional Leadership/Instructional
Technology – UA 2014
5. 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.
1

2. 4/11/2011
C.O.P.E.
• Collaborate • Present/publish
– Google Docs* – WordPress*
– PBWorks (any Wiki) – Slidesix
• Organize – PBWorks (any Wiki)
– Drop Box* • Excite
– Delicious* – Voki
– Diigo* – 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
2

3. 4/11/2011
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
3

4. 4/11/2011
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 • SmartPhone
– Google Docs – Documents to Go
– PBWiki – Google Docs
– DropBox – DropBox
– Delicious – Delicious
– WordPress
– Slidesix
– Voki
Contact Information
Veronica Outlaw
voutlaw@crimson.ua.edu
UA WordPress: http://www.voutlaw.ua.edu
4