brave new worlds: social media in the classroom and in the field (beac)
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This presentation was created for use at the Broadcast Educators Association of Canada's 2010 conference in a session entitled: Brave New Worlds: Social Media in the Field and in the Classroom. Delivered via webinar from the studios of BCIT's Broadcast Centre in Burnaby, BC to a group in the Toronto, ON May 13, 2010. The short link to share this presentation is: http://j.mp/kempbeac This session was supplemented with a panel as described in the begining of the slidedeck.TRANSCRIPT
Brave New Worlds:Social Media in the Classroom and in the Field
Original By: Hector Guerra. Remixed under Creative Commons License
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Today’s Panel
Kemp EdmondsSocial Media EducatorBCIT
Gillian ShawTechnology JournalistVancouver Sun
Robert RiskinProgram Head, Television BCIT
The next 120 minutes or so…
Slides > Discussion > Q&A
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What is social media?
Wikipedia.org
Social: refers to the interaction of organisms with other organisms and their collective co-existence. Sharing
Media: are the storage and transmission channels or tools used to store and deliver information or data. Information
Social Media before the Web
StorytellingHomeric PoemsOral traditionUrban LegendsRumors & GossipProverbsSlangJokes
Old World
New World
Print, Radio and Television will never die, but they will certainly
have to evolve.
Media are not just tools
They are environments
Media mediate our conversations
When media changes our conversations change“Media change feels like this” By: Chuckumentary
Media has changed
So have the conversations
theconversationprism.com
#iranelection
A voice for the people
#Obama
Starting the conversation
Leaping the great firewall
#ChineseEarthquakeClay Shirky
Role Reversal
#hudsonriver
Massive Instant Giving
#haiti
In less than 48 hours the American Red Cross received more than $35m in donations - $8m directly from text messages.
-BBC News
Mumbai War Timeline
• War first reported on Twitter (21:20)• On site photos posted to Flickr (00:45)• CNN speaks with poster of photos• Phone lines jammed Blog used instead (02:00)• Story on front pages of websites (02:30)• Wikipedia entry created (03:00)• CNN links to Twitter profiles• Fox News uses Flickr photos
Notes from a journalist: Lisa Johnson @lisasj (CBC)
Streams vs. Reservoir
Social media as “Social Scanner”
Social media makes my city smaller
The Broadcaster’s Job? Social Media can help
InvestigationVerificationAggregationGathering OpinionsFinding ExpertsCurationDisseminationLearning
Finding more in the stream
The missing link in journalism curricula:
Community Engagement
- @lavrusik, Columbia Journalism Master’s Graduate.
“We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us.” –Marshall McLuhan
“We shape our learners and thereafter our learners shape us.” -Christopher D. Sessums
When educators ruled the classroom
When ruled the lecture hall
How can we turn this challenge…
into an opportunity?
Get on board!
Use Social Media in the classroom
• Encourage student self-expression• Teach content creation• Emulate the newsroom on Twitter or others• Using social media to build a story• Collaborative learning using Wikis• Embedding & Blog publishing• Teach learning from communities of practice• Teach students about self-learning• Teach digital ethics and creative commons
Tips for Integrating Social Media in the Classroom
Let down the filters, Cautiously
Add “Digital Citizenship” to the Curriculum
Keep one eye on Student Conduct, the Other on the Law
Teach With Social Media
mashable.com
To students from an editor: Kirk Lapointe @kirklapointe
• Publish your work online• Own your domain• Become a virtuoso in public• Clippings at an interview need digital backup• Having no digital footprint is bad• Behind the scenes? Publish it!• In front of the camera/mic? Publish it!• Understand copyright and original content
Student on Social Media for Journalism
• Breaking news• Immediate analysis• Multiple sourcing• Personal and trusted sources• Connecting with future employers• Connect with heroes and thought leaders• Twitter is my information farm
4 Tips for New JournalistsBy: Rick Chung @rickchung
1. Be curious
2. Be aware of these tools
3. Understand the importance of context
4. If you don’t know, you need to know how to find out
Using it for Professional Development
• New techniques• Collaborative learning• Thought leaders• Case studies• Communities of practice - BEAC• http://search.twitter.com • Search On!
9 reasons for educators to use Twitter: http://j.mp/9twitteruses
Some takeaways
Cloud Storage: http://dropbox.com & others Document Presentation: http://slideshare.netVideo: http://youtube.com http://vimeo.com Audio: http://archive.org
Extra Lessons:Columbia Journalism Social Media Course Syllabus: http://j.mp/socmediaskillsMissing Curricula: http://j.mp/journolesson Citizens in Journalism: http://j.mp/mumbai08 Real-time Search: http://j.mp/kempsmartsearch
Thanks to the production team!
BCIT Broadcast FacultyBCIT Broadcast Students
Thanks to the audience!
Thanks to Rob & Gillian
More ideas…• Facebook for learning http://j.mp/100FBEDU• 100 educational uses: http://j.mp/SMEDU100ways • Howard Rheingold’s Social Media Classroom• Educators Embracing Social Technology• Twitter in the Classroom is boosting Engagement• Educational Networks: http://j.mp/cKBrok• Future Journalists: http://j.mp/futurejournos
• This presentation: http://j.mp/kempbeac
THE FUTURE JOURNALIST IS…
A Multimedia StorytellerA Community BuilderA Trusted PointerA Blogger and CuratorAble to work collaboratively
Video: http://j.mp/futurejvid