social media for student engagement ftla

Using Social Media For Student EngagementDeanna Heikkinenheikkidl@lavc.edu

Tools

Free Social Media Tools

• Can provide more effective teaching

• Can allow you to interact with your students outside of class.

– Forward relevant news articles

– Alert about assignments

– Engage in discussions

– Tutoring

To get started….

• Create an account for the tool(s) you want to use (this is free!)

• Install the tool App or Bookmark page

– On your phone, iPad, computer, etc.

– In your web browser

• Start exploring and using the tool

• Keep in mind the security and longevity issues

Facebook

• Keep personal page separate

• Pages vs. Groups

– Each semester

– Longevity

• Humanities Facebook Page

Twitter

• Link to articles

• Start discussions

• Initiate conversations

• Ask questions

• Assignment reminders

• Hashtags!

Instagram

• Send out photos

• Initiate conversations around pictures

• Engage students with topics

Pinterest

• Like webpages, images

• Start a board for each class

• Share likes relating to subject

Hootsuite

• Manage everything!

• Have different tabs for each profile

• Send out messages to multiple

• Schedule messages

• Hootsuite website

Other FREE tools to use in your class

• Evernote

• Dropbox

• Voki

• PowToon

• Poll Everywhere

• Socrative

Evernote

• Capture anything

– Photos

– Videos

– Documents

– Combine

• Link to all of your devices

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjn6YkCY2yA

Evernote

• http://evernote.com/

• Free or Premium version?

– Premium $45/year

– More storage

– Access offline

– Larger uploads

– http://youtu.be/Pjn6YkCY2yA

Evernote Web Clipper

• Clip webpages

– Retain even when webpage goes away

• Clip part of a website

• Save URL

Evernote Web Clipperhttp://youtu.be/oFOiCOmgXmc

Dropbox

• https://www.dropbox.com

• Save files to cloud server

• Share files

• Share events

• Allow other people to edit files

Free Video Tools

• Can provide more effective teaching

• Can allow you to integrate short videos with content and custom lessons

You Tube

• Search for videos

• Create your own videos

Https://www.youtube.com/my_videos?o=U

Ted Ed

• Create Video lessons using YouTube

• Flip the classroom

http://ed.ted.com/http://ed.ted.com/tour

My Ted Ed

http://ed.ted.com/on/Au4Xokiq

Khan Academy

• Hundreds of free videos

• You can embed in your own PowerPoint or online shell

Voki and PowToon

• Create animations for your class

• Send out for messages

• Post to social media

Voki

• Create animations for your class

• Send out for messages

http://www.voki.com/

Pow Toon

http://www.powtoon.com/edu-home/

• Poll Everywhere

– Poll Everywhere website

– Social Media Poll

• Socrative

– Socrative website

– Another polling site to have interactivity with students in class

Tools To Create Interactive Poll