TECH TOOLS FOR COUNSELOR SUCCESS Presenters Manny Bartolotta

TECH TOOLS FOR COUNSELOR SUCCESS Presenters: Manny Bartolotta & Lori D. Johnson VCA Convention November 10, 2012

INTRODUCTIONS ‘You, Me & We’ Manny Bartolotta Lori D. Johnson Northern VA Community College Counselor, Extended Learning Institute University of Mary Washington Assistant Director, Student Transition Program

Our Agenda for Today Ø Social Media & Online Learning: Networking & Learning for Counselors Ø Webinars & Skype: Becoming Virtual Counselors Ø More Effective Emailing: Smarter Use & Using Smart Features Ø Counselor Websites: Making Website “Yours” & Best Practices Ø Poll. Every. Where. com Demo Ø Questions and Discussion

Getting Started One Tech Tool Does Not Fit All Consider the Possibility it can work for you Where are the handouts? ◦ Website in Process for VCDA website ◦ Give us your email. ◦ Link will be sent on Monday Will I Know “Everything” After this Presentation ?

SOCIAL MEDIA REVOLUTION http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=3 Su. Nx 0 Urn. Eo

THE VIRTUAL MEETING WEBINARS ◦ Remote meetings, workshops, interviews, classes ◦ Benefits for all learning styles Visual- charts, graphs, maps, pictures Auditory- listen to speaker & audience members Reading/writing- PPT slides, text Kinesthetic- interactive, IM, safari, polling

What’s Involved in Conducting a Webinar? ØCreate your presentation PPT slides, Word or Excel docs, links, videos ØUpload your presentation ØAdvertise- get the word out ØRegistration Link forwards to page to enter attendee information & email address Automated emails generated to participants Registration confirmation, instructions w/ link to download software, reminder

WEBINARS Extended Learning Institute ELI webinar offerings: http: //eli. nvcc. edu/webinars. htm#dista nce Playback recording: http: //bit. ly/re. Pr. T 0

Free Video Connections Voice & video calls over Internet (MS) Group video calling feature Install software, add contacts, drag contacts into group, click video call Hangout Computer or smart phone Can be spontaneous Invite up to 10 people from your circle of contacts BE CREATIVE

EMAIL FEATURES How Outlook can be used to more effectively communicate ◦ Quick Parts ◦ Appointment & Voting Features ◦ Using Folders to Organize Messages ◦ Search Your Email Box ◦ Delayed Messages ◦ Use Internet Videos to Learn New Features http: //office. microsoft. com/en-us/training/CR 010065458. aspx

School/Organization Website: Why It’s Important to You Organizational Identity Window to the World Public relations value The content defines your role Can answer a lot of routine questions & save time Calendar for yearly events

CREATE YOUR WEBSITE FAQs How you can help your students/clients Calendar of Events Address of your location Contact information Other Resources

Counselor Websites for Clients ◦ Make the Website “Yours” Provide content for design or learn to create Make it current Make it relevant to students/clients Showcase: Henrico County Skipwith Elementary School website http: //www. henrico. k 12. va. us/hs/freeman/

HIGHLY RATED WEBSITES ◦ http: //www. wanttoteach. com/topwebsitesframe. ht ml ◦ http: //edudemic. com/2011/01/the-25 -best-schoolwebsites/ ◦ http: //www. webaward. org/winners_detail. asp? yr= all&award_level=best&category=School

i. Pad Applications

Polleverywhere. com Quick surveys Anonymous Recorded Let’s try it !

Questions? Power Point Presentation and Resources will be available on the VCDA Website for you to review and link to available resources effective Monday November 14, 2011.

LIVE CHAT What is it? Quick, convenient instant messaging service What are the benefits? A live person is only a click away…”on demand” service Students may receive a transcript of chat- available at the end of the session During “closed” times students may send emails User friendly How does it work? Live Chat with NOVA Extended Learning Institute http: //eli. nvcc. edu/

THANK YOU! Manny Bartolotta Lori D. Johnson Northern VA Community College, Extended Learning Institute Counselor (703) 323 -3324 ebartolotta@nvcc. edu University of Mary Washington Assistant Director, Student Transition Program (540) 654 -1512 ljohnson@umw. edu