DROPBOX Share Your Learning Experience Organization: ‘Novi Iskar Generation Y’ Team members: Todor Balabanov - Teacher-volunteer Valentin Todorov - Project Manager
Teachers who tested Dropbox ●
Todor (main teacher) + Iliyan, Delyan, Ilia, Anuki, Sargis and Ana
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Our Target Group ●
Low-skilled adult learners: ●
„Novi Iskar Generation Y“ members - some of them are employed and part of them are unemployed young people;
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All of them are with very basic digital skills;
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Males and Females
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From Sofia and Novi Iskar Bulgaria
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Our Target Group Specifics ●
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1st sub-group: unemployed young adults (18-39) with secondary education living in the suburbs (some of them have dropped out from school for various reasons) who have limited access to any PC literacy courses, organized by the municipality or by other organizations and most of them are with very basic digital skills; 2nd sub-group: volunteers aged 18-35 working in the NGO sector (but not students or people with higher education) aspiring to become project coordinators and peace builders in the future;
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The application Dropbox’ History ●
Founded in June 2007
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by Drew Houston ● ●
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he was a student at MIT repeatedly forgetting his USB flash drive
and by Arash Ferdowsi ●
was "so impressed" that they formed a partnership
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App’s facts and numbers ●
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Available in English and in 25 other languages (including Russian which is very close to Bulgarian); Owned by Dropbox, Inc. Commercial - yes, but with very accessible free basic version which is enough for every user;
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Registration - mandatory (key security feature);
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More than 500 million registered users;
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Why Dropbox? ●
Suitable for developing of basic digital skills for low-skilled adult learners;
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It’s very intuitive;
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It has a simple interface;
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It’s very reliable tool;
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It’s used worldwide;
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supports different platforms;
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It has an user friendly free version;
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It’s ads-free;
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With Dropbox you can: ●
Organize folders
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Organize files
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Synchronize distributed storage Share digital content Secure your digital learning materials and much more…
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Dropbox is used: ●
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Individually at home (for home works and supporting materials) In a group environment - in class (sharing of assignments and group class work)
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Pedagogical Approaches Used ●
Live presentations
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Group discussions
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Experiential learning
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Inquiry learning
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Mentoring
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Peer teaching
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Addition to Traditional Learning ●
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The tool adds better digital content organization Information sharing is faster and more reliable
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Dropbox in Google Play
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Dropbox Install
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Dropbox Registration
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Dropbox Main Screen
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Dropbox Quick Start
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Dropbox FAQ
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Dropbox Manage Content
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Dropbox Settings and Actions
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Dropbox - Rename/Copy/Move
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Dropbox View Files
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Feedback by teachers-volunteers: Sargis: “I used Dropbox and will continue using the tool for exchanging video lectures with my colleagues and trainees. It enables people with any kind of education background to work on project-based freelance jobs and exchange information, thus establishing stable connections.”
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Feedback by teachers-volunteers: Anuki: “Before, I was using ShareIt and Google Drive but Dropbox gives me new ways to organize my timeline and workload. It makes information easily accessible though its design can be improved. Also, the free space available is not enough. Nevertheless, it was a useful tool we employed for info sessions in schools.”
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Feedback by teachers-volunteers: Ana: “Dropbox makes it easy to feel your materials and memories are safely stored on the cloud especially when you are forced to change devices or you are on the road with not enough storage memory. It syncs perfectly, one can save edited documents directly which saves time. It is simple and reliable for my trainees and volunteers.” 22-27.V.2018
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Feedback by teachers-volunteers: Iliyan: “It is easy to use. The interface is maximally simplified. All actions are intuitive and can be done by few clicks. It makes my files widely available and easy to access.”
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Feedback by teachers-volunteers: Delyan: “Very useful tool. It is very easy to be installed. The manual is short, but also very informative. It is very well implemented and it is perfect for everyday usage. All my music, pictures and videos are all the time accessible.”
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Feedback by teachers-volunteers: Ilia: “It is a perfect tool for digital content sharing. I can put all homeworks and learning materials in a single secure place. Sharing the digital content with the students is perfectly simplified. Students can share their work with me and between each other.”
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Feedback by teachers-volunteers: Todor: “I like the most that the application is free for noncommercial use. The wages in Bulgaria are relatively low and we can not afford expensive digital solutions. Also, it has translations in different languages apart from English. I am able to eliminate most of the cases in which conventional data storage device is needed (like USB flash drives or external HDD drives).” 22-27.V.2018
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Overall Evaluation from Our Team ●
Easy to use - 9/10
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Customer support - 8/10
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Features and functionality 7/10 Pedagogical effectiveness - 5/10
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Thanks for your attention! Do you have any questions regarding Dropbox? You may reach our team via following e-mails:
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