Slides from workshop at 2016 Epsilon Sigma Phi Meeting in Cape May, NJ

1. 25 Terrific
Technology Tools for
Extension Educators
Dr. Barbara O’Neill
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
oneill@aesop.rutgers.edu

2. What is Your Favorite
Technology Tool?

3. My Old Fave: Three Monitors

4. My New Fave:
Movie Maker
• Create videos from photos, Canva images,
scanned PowerPoint slides, clip art, etc.
– Example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVRSfbV5fVI
• Create videos from live video footage to
insert into slides, social media, etc.
– Example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI7S6P6WYSQ

5. It’s not about the
tech device, it’s
about the learner
experience

6. Technology is Just a Tool!
“Technology is just a tool. In terms of
getting the kids working together and
motivating them, the teacher is the
most important”
Bill Gates
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topics/topic_technology.html

7. 1. eXtension
• Live and archived webinars
• Moodle courses (campuses)
• Archived FAQs
• Ask an Expert (AaE)
• Online communities (CoPs and LNs)
• Military Families Learning Network
• Innovative projects…and more

8. 2. Animated Videos
• Use platforms such as http://goanimate.com/ and
http://www.creazaeducation.com/ and
http://www.moovly.com/ and http://digitalfilms.com/ and
http://www.dvolver.com/moviemaker/index.html
– Article: 5 Best Sites to Make Animated Video Trouble-Free:
http://www.freemake.com/blog/5-best-sites-to-make-animated-video-trouble-free/
• Personal Finance Animated Videos (O’Neill):
https://www.youtube.com/user/moneytalkBMO
• Co-Signing a Loan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yte4MBtoAqg

9. 3. Google+ Hangouts
• Free video chatting: video + voice
• Can involve up to 10 people
• Great way for students to collaborate on studying,
group projects, club activities, etc.
• Can be archived for later viewing
• Sample Hangouts (combined with Twitter chats):
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVU_O8Cq313tXCZ5RJBMyMw

10. 4a. PowerPoint Games: Jeopardy!
See http://rci.rutgers.edu/~boneill/review/index.html and
http://www.slideshare.net/BarbaraONeill/jeopardy-game-young-adults-moneycolor-
changesyellow for sample games
See http://www.slideshare.net/BarbaraONeill/rutgers-hybrid-online-confpower-point-
gamesanimated-videosoneill0114 for PowerPoint tutorial

11. 4b. PowerPoint Games: Millionaire
Sample Game:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=bnlwbC5vcmd8bW9uZXktbW
F0dGVyc3xneDoyZGI2OTE0OGFjNjY5MTVh

12. 5. Slideshare.net
• Use to share documents (Word, PowerPoint,
PDFs, etc.)
• Gives them a digital link to use for websites,
social media, e-mail, etc.
• Sample:
http://www.slideshare.net/BarbaraONeill/2015
-financial-education-boot-camp-flyer-0715
• Also a great place to search for slides and
other content

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6. Twitter
• 140 characters to make a
point, share a link, share a
photo, etc.
• Use # for information searches
• Use @ to direct message
someone
• Can track impact using Klout:
http://klout.com/

14. Klout Score Progression
• Klout is a measure of a person’s “influence” on twitter
• Based on an algorithm with factors such as number of
followers and number of retweets
• Go to www.klout.com and log in with Twitter or Facebook
– 2011: 11.22 to 19.68
– 2012: 20.3 to 29.3
– 2013: 32.6 to 39.6
– 2014: 29.76 to 38.84
– 2015: 23.8 to 30.7

15. 7. Twitter Chats
• Students create a unique chat hashtag and
designate a date/time, topic, and questions
OR
• View a regularly scheduled personal finance
Twitter chat
– List of personal finance Twitter chats:
http://www.slideshare.net/BarbaraONeill/social-media-
resources-for-financial-education-0414
• Use http://www.tchat.io/ or http://twubs.com/ to tweet

16. 8. TweetReach and
HashTracking Reports

17. 9. Storify
• Use to create a “story” from a Twitter chat by
piecing together participants’ tweets
Samples:
• https://storify.com/moneytalk1/cooperative-extension-money-smart-
week-chat-mswcha
• https://storify.com/moneytalk1/rutgers-cooperative-extension-twitter-
chat
• https://storify.com/RutgersNJAES/extension-america-saves-chat-
exaschat

18. 10. Webinar Delivery
Platforms
• Adobe Connect
• Zoom
• Eluminate Live
• Go to Meeting/Webinar
• Maestro
• Others?

19. 11. Online Quizzes
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Assessment
Tools:
• Financial Fitness Quiz
• Identity Theft Risk Assessment Quiz
• Investment Risk Tolerance Quiz
• Personal Health and Finance Quiz
• Personal Resiliency Resources Assessment Quiz
• Wise Credit Management Quiz

20. 12. Microsoft Excel
Templates
• Asset Allocation Spreadsheet
• Asset Allocation Spreadsheet With Pie Chart
• Net Worth Calculation Spreadsheet
• Spending Plan Worksheet
Source: http://njaes.rutgers.edu/money/

21. 13. Future Me Web Site
• Schedule an e-mail to yourself at a future date
• Can make it public, but anonymous
• Message starts with “Dear Future Me”
• Can use to have students send themselves
“reminders”
– Action steps
– Financial goals
– Assignments and due dates
• Good accountability tool for those who use e-mail
http://www.futureme.org/

22. 14. IGNITE Presentations
• 5 minute PowerPoint presentations
• 20 slides advance automatically every 15 seconds
• Students or teacher can create a presentation using a template
with automated slides
• Template master: http://www.ignitephoenix.com/tips/
• Sample IGNITE Presentation: The Politics of Personal Finance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7lN1Dz972s

23. 15. Pinterest
• Create new boards or view existing boards
• https://help.pinterest.com/en/articles/all-about-boards

24. 16. Facebook
• Set up a class/program Facebook page
• Provides ongoing contact with and among
students
• Example: Annie’s Project NJ:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Annies-
Project-NJ/147083285347913

25. 17. Canva https://www.canva.com/

26. 18. Piktochart
(Infographics)

27. 19. Periscope
• Live video streaming app for IOS and Android
• Using it is called “scoping”
• Acquired by Twitter in 2015; launched in March 2015
• Video can be public or just for followers
• Send “hearts” to presenter by tapping screen

28. 20. Puzzle-Maker
http://www.puzzle-maker.com/

29. 21. PollEverywhere
• Live audience participation:
https://www.polleverywhere.com/
• Like “clickers” without the clickers
• Different pricing plans (free for 25 responses):
https://www.polleverywhere.com/plans

30. 22. Online Survey
Platforms
• Create surveys and get a link
• Pull summarized reports
• Great for research studies and follow-up evaluation
forms
• Tricky to use “skip logic” on complicated questions;
test out your survey before sharing the link

31. 23. Scheduling and
Registration Programs
• Doodle polls: http://doodle.com/
• Sign Up Genius:
http://www.signupgenius.com/how
• Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com
• Others?

32. 24. Your Ideas: Small
Group Discussion
What is Your Favorite
Technology Tool?

33. 25. Your Ideas: Large
Group Debriefing
What is Your Favorite
Technology Tool?

34. The Role of Technology

35. The Role of Technology
The technology that you use is not
impressive but the experience that
you can create with it is.

36. Comments? Questions?
Additional Resources?

37. Contact Information
oneill@aesop.rutgers.edu
@moneytalk1 on Twitter