Quick Bytes: Are you smarter than a fifth grader?
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This document provides a series of short lessons or "quick bytes" on various technology topics including apps, smartphones, social media, and online communication tools. It defines what an "app" is and explores how they are created and distributed. Other topics covered include using smartphones, recognizing QR codes, taking photos to share on Twitter, video chatting on Skype, chatting on Google, adjusting Facebook privacy settings, editing movies with free software, and accessing free online courses through iTunes U. The overarching themes are encouraging learning about new technologies and supporting learning within an organization.
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- 1. QUICK BYTESAre you smarter than a fifth grader?Amy BakerProgram Resource Director
- 2. EXTENSIONShort Attention Span TheaterEncouraging and supporting intra-organizational learningAN ONLINE ENRICHMENT COURSE COMING JANUARY 2012
- 3. QUICK BYTE #6Learn what an “app” really is
- 4. Learn What an “App” Really Is“App” 2010 Word of the YearShortened term for applicationCurrent terminology implies…A $1-10 unit A mobile applicationBought quickly on your deviceSold through Apple App Store or other markets-Not just an Apple trend-Not just a smart phone trend
- 5. Learn What an “App” Really Is
- 6. Learn What an “App” Really Is
- 7. Learn What an “App” Really Is
- 8. Learn What an “App” Really Is
- 9. Learn What an “App” Really Is
- 10. Learn What an “App” Really IsHow to make an appHire an 8th grader/starving programmerSubmit to Apple App Store/other marketBubble Ball, designed by a 14-year old, downloaded 3 million times
- 11. Learn What an “App” Really Is
- 12. Learn What an “App” Really IsAPP STRENGTHSUser Interface possibilitiesEasily, instantly updatableAPP WEAKNESSESUsers need app-capable deviceHard to make profits (hear say)
- 13. QUICK BYTE #7Use a Smart Phone
- 14. Use a Smart PhoneWHAT IS A SMART PHONEBrowserEmailPhoneRuns Apps Touch ScreenREGULAR PHONEPhoneTexting/SMS Messaging
- 15. QUICK BYTE #8Recognize a QR Code
- 16. Recognize a QR CodeBarcodePoints to a URLBest used in locations wheremobile devices are morehandy than a computer keyboard
- 17. Recognize a QR Code
- 18. QUICK BYTE #9Take a Twit Pic
- 19. Take a Twit Pic
- 20. Send a Twit Pic
- 21. QUICK BYTE #10Learn how to Skype
- 22. Learn How to SkypeOne-to-one video callsA computer (or a smart phone, be careful of your data limit)Free Skype downloadVideo cameraMicrophone
- 23. Learn How to SkypeSkype in the classroomeducation.skype.comSkype education ideasSkype in a speaker, authorSkype a “virtual” field tripVideo collaboration meetingBe available to your audience
- 24. QUICK BYTE #11Google Chat with someone
- 25. Google Chat
- 26. Google Chat
- 27. Google ChatSet your statusDon’t be invisible all the timeGet to the pointNo chat historyPut in your picture (see Quick Byte #2, Updating your online professional presence)
- 28. QUICK BYTE #12Fix your facebook Settings
- 29. Fix Your Facebook SettingsSecure your connection
- 30. Fix your Facebook SettingsPick a name, any name
- 31. Fix your Facebook SettingsUse Lists to control privacy of posts
- 32. Fix your Facebook Settings
- 33. Fix your Facebook SettingsView your profile as the public or any specific person
- 34. QUICK BYTE #13Edit a movie with free software
- 35. Edit a Movie with Free SoftwareFree download!
- 38. QUICK BYTE #14Explore itunes u
- 39. Explore Itunes U350,000 free lectures400 universities have free, public contentCan include movies, audio, study guides (any PDF), .ePub format (books)
- 40. Explore Itunes U
- 41. Explore iTunes U
- 42. Explore iTunes U
- 43. Explore iTunes U
- 44. Explore iTunes UU of M is active, Extension has room to grow?
- 45. EXTENSIONShort Attention Span TheaterEncouraging and supporting intra-organizational learningAN ONLINE ENRICHMENT COURSE COMING JANUARY 2012
- 46. Questions
Editor's Notes
- #5: Operates in friendly isolation—specific small programs do one or two things really well. But can copy paste or share between another app. The days of buying software suites are over. You’ll buy the exact functions you need, when you need them!
- #6: This slide and the four following are screenshots of some interesting apps. Grocery ordering, movie editing
- #7: MSF appDietary tracking
- #8: Geico—carry this instead of your insurance cardweather
- #9: Kindle app (ebook reader)twitter
- #10: And my favorite app! Disneyworld wait times!
- #12: Other markets growing but apple is still the name of the game
- #15: What exactly is a smart phone?Phone + PDAApps are available on most smart phones, sometimes not on blackberriesI pay $85/month.—because to use it as a computer, you need a “data plan”
- #17: 2 dimensional bar code that is coded from a URLYou wouldn’t use it on a website, it is for someplace where it would be a pain for people to type in a URL
- #18: Here is my free “Scan” program. NOT the camera. It is an app!This barcode will send my phone to the chimeIn poll.
- #19: I am using ‘twitpic’ as a generic term for a photo in a tweet. (it is also a website)
- #20: In the twitter app or on the web interface, click the little camera. I usually do this before I type the tweet so that I can see how much remaining characters I have to work with. Can take one right then or upload a file.
- #21: Just an example of how it looks to most people—a little link that goes to the photo page
- #23: You can also use it for instant messaging (like google chat), and calling someone else through skype. This is good for cheap international communication
- #26: A screenshot of my gmail, showing where the chat interface and chat boxes show up
- #27: Another option besides skype! Good to have options in case something doesn’t work.
- #28: Setting your status—shows your availability, implies you know how to chatAlways invisible=obnoxiousNo saved chat history in umn accounts--It’s all off the record!
- #30: Someone can get your facebook login info if you browse over an unsecured wifi connection. Prevent this by securing your connection.You may want to tweak some of the other settings here too if you are concerned at all about security.
- #31: Nick name, maiden name, online handle
- #32: Use lists. That is my biggest tip on facebook! It is the best way to have separate identities.
- #33: New privacy settings page. Go through each thing—you can setup to approve tags/mentions of you, delete old apps, block certain apps
- #34: Mess around with the ‘view as’ button. This will help you understand a bunch of the privacysettings by letting you see what certain other groups, the public, or a specific user see when they look at your profile.
- #38: Auto movie—puts transitions and title slide inDrag and drop to rearrangeAdd music, photos, video clipsTrim clips, split clips
- #41: Itunes is software for your computer/smart phone. It is both a player and a ‘store’ to download the items