12038

12038

General Session - Conference Presentation and Interactive Activity Only (40 minutes, no formal paper)

Cristine G. Goldberg, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia, USA, cristine.goldberg@gmail.com
 * Four by Six; Helping Students and Teachers Move to Web 2.0 Tools**

This session will explain a process that has been used successfully with both students and teachers. The presenter has used this format with university students in a technology integration course and achieved a high use success rate when the students move to the teaching experience. The strategy has also assisted IT personnel and Media Specialists charged with faculty development to provide exposure to and with various tools in a continuum of learning opportunities during a time frame of one semester.

Particular tools currently used will be identified and an overview of how the tools are explained to each group will be part of the participation.

//Interactivity// 1. A quick poll at beginning of session as to which are most popular tools each of them uses. 2. At end of presentation - Ask for additional tools not mentioned and why the participant likes and uses a tool. 3. Promote discussion of successful strategies utilized by others. 4. Discuss why the short term with lapse time in between sessions works with adult learners and exchange experiences.

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