http://www.flickr.com/photos/notionscapital/4281195146/

Utilizing mobile devices and web-based tools to enhance service-learning & civic engagement

E – engagement tools:

Susan Studer KingOhio Campus CompactProgram Director, Outreach & Engagement

“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.”- Thomas Watson, IBM Chairman, 1943

“There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.”- Ken Olson, President,

Digital Equipment Corp, 1977

Technology has already changed how we . . .

• Work (telecommuting, information economy . . .)• Learn (Google, distance learning, digital libraries . . .)• Play (booking travel, online auctions . . .)• Do business (E-commerce, marketing, banking . . . )• Communicate (Webinars, texting, tweets . . . )• (And a lot of other things)

It’s also changing civic engagement.

www.ncoc.net

"Millennials who use social networking sites for civic causes are also more civically engaged in their communities. Although we cannot conclude that belonging to social networking sites alone causes an increase in civic engagement, those who engage online come from diverse economic and educational backgrounds, illustrating the potential of technology in bridging traditional civic gaps. Online platforms provide engagement opportunities for many Americans who may not belong to a formal volunteering organization."

"Strangely enough, digital technologies are forcing us to recognize the power of the collective and social."

David Bollier, “The Commons as a New Sector of Value-Creation”http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=1813

Civic Engagement

YouTube has approximately

150,000,000 videos

Vide

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Timesaving TipsWeb-based toolsApps

http://www.flickr.com/photos/a_funk/3890877873/sizes/m/in/photostream/

http://www.slideshare.net/ohiocampuscompact

http://www.ohiocampuscompact.org/programs/vista-summer-associates/

http://prezi.com/nmyw1jl2gpbp/service-learning-intro/

Cool tool? …yes

Time saver? …maybe not (or at least not the first time you use it!)

Meeting or Event Scheduling:•Doodle•Meeting Wizard

Group Collaboration Tool: Wiggio www.wiggio.com

A few online tools to avoidInbox overload…

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/signal/twitter-uses-lobby-limbaugh-advertisers-drop-business-not-152320262.html

SMS

http://www.seeclickfix.com/ote-franklin/issues/hot

INDIA471 million

http://techcrunchies.com

Africa Mobile Fact Book 2008http://www.publicsectormarketing.ca/ftp/Africa%20Mobile%20Fact%20Book%202008.pdf

CHINA703 million

People's Daily Online

http://vacantnyc.crowdmap.com/

http://brixton811.crowdmap.com/

Mapping vacant lots

Crisis event mapping

http://foodmovr.appspot.com/

Other great service-oriented apps?

http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1443

Provide education to everyone for free.Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.

Other topics include: Math, Geography, Anatomy and more…

Use in Developmental Reading or English:

-Students learn about grammar & vocabulary

-Combine with reading assignments about hunger

-Answering questions provides rice to World Food Program

Sample syllabus in packet!

“Virtual volunteering”

http://kent.patch.com/articles/qr-codes-provide-link-to-kents-past

Denison arboretum

Grassroots Online Fundraising•Razoo•http://www.razoo.com/story/Ohio-Campus-Compact-Ameri-Corps-Vista

•Empowered.org

Volunteer recruitment• Volunteer Spothttp://www.volunteerspot.com/index

• Online sign-up forms

•Ugive www.ugive.org • Volunteer postings• online volunteer tracking and reporting

system; • currently set up for high school;

expanding to higher ed

volunteer tracking & reporting tools

Noble Hour?other examples

Envision the possibilities of a custom social network site and collaboration tool for Community Service Directors…

http://www.localfoodcleveland.org/

http://hyperlocavore.ning.com/

http://www.delicious.com/ohiocampuscompact

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