WHAT’S YOUR TECH IQ?April 23, 2010

Dr. Leslie DareDirector, Student Affairs Technology Services

Very ImportantTechnologyTerminology

What are you?

Nerd

What are you?

Geek

What are you?

Dork

You Know You Are a Geek When…..

1992

WHAT ARE YOU?• Digital Natives

(grew up with today’s technology)

• Digital Immigrants(all the rest of us!)

Prensky, M. (2001) Digital natives, digital immigrants. On the Horizon, (9) 5.

What Is Your Tech IQ?• How comfortable are you with

technology?• How much do you use it in work?• How much do you use it outside work?• Is technology your friend, or foe?

• Rating Scale1 = Please, give me back my typewriter!!10 = Would you like to see my new iPad??

Some Geeky Stuff

Social Media

YouTube

iPad

Flip Video

Google, Google, Google• Gmail• Docs• Wave• Voice• Maps• Earth• Moon• City Tours

• Alerts• Reader• Buzz• News• Analytics• iGoogle• Picnik• YouTube

Dare to Be Geeky

Increase Your Tech IQ1. Pick a new technology to explore.2. Get a student to friend you Facebook.3. Oh, sorry, first you have to get a

Facebook account!4. Observe students: Are they “plugged in”

or “plugged up” when they use gadgets?

5. Read the “Technology” section of The Chronicle of Higher Education

Increase Your Tech IQ6. Right click! Right click! Right click!7. Go to the Apple Store and play.8. Take a look at studentaffairs.com.9. Take your tech support person to lunch

and share their excitement about iPads.10.See how many times you can work the

word “blogging” into your next staff meeting.

Basic Tech Principles1. Technology should be used as a tool,

and not just for the sake of using it.2. Equitable access to technology

resources and training should be provided to all staff.

3. Digital interactions should complement, but not replace, personal interactions with students.

Thank You!