social media for educators – what you need to know lisa bering , chrp
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Social Media for Educators – What You Need to Know Lisa Bering , CHRP. Objectives. To recognize the increasing importance of social media and be able to list the most popular applications To be familiar with several ways social media can be used in the classroom - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Social Media for Educators – What You Need to Know
Lisa Bering, CHRP
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Objectives• To recognize the increasing importance
of social media and be able to list the most popular applications
• To be familiar with several ways social media can be used in the classroom
• To be aware of methods to maximize benefits and minimize risks of using social media for education
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Social media: applications that enable self publishing
Presented by George Kaofor the choice Magazine community
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Facebook:At Least 500 Million Active Users(more than 50% of these log on daily)
LinkedIn: More than 75 Million Members
Twitter:More than 28 Million Unique Visitors Monthly
Top 3 Social Networking Sites
Presented by George Kao for the choice Magazine community
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• Aged 15-29• Technology everywhere – rapid
multi tasking all aspects of life• Uncomfortable with formality• Bored with “broadcast teaching” --
Eager to “find a better way to do things”
Millenials
From Dr. Sean Lyons: March 25, 2010 Teaching the Millennial Generation: Meeting the Challenge
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% of Canadians online who use
at least one form of social
media**
90%
Social Media – Here to Stay
From **Forrester Research, 2009
*SAS/Leger Marketing survey, 1,000+ Canadian executives, March 2010
# of businesseswho use social
mediain Canada*
9 out of 10
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Use Social Media for Research
Research in the Classroom
• Create a Facebook page for a literary character
• Connect with other classes to explore geography, political science or history
Sharing Resources• Share interesting websites related
to class topics• Share brainstorming ideas
Other Modes of Research
• Have students follow journalism via Tweets and media sites
• Learn a foreign language via Facebook, or communicate with native speakers via Skype
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Website and Print Media connecting to Social Media
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www.twitter.com
Password: secret2010
Let’s Look at Twitter
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:
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Social Media in Class - Communication
Heighten Class Interactivity• Answer
Questions/Hold Office Hours
• Have students tweet one thing learned in class to take attendance
• Recruit Guest Speakers
Class Management• Have students
tweet feedback instantaneously
• Help Shy Students Quiet students might find online communication appealing
Other Uses• Create groups
for entire classes or small groups
• Use polls with the Poll app in Facebook or PollDaddy for Twitter
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Blogging-activity that allows self-published commentary by
individuals
GETTING STARTED: http://www.blogtrepreneur.com/2007/05/23/101-essential-blogging-resources/
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Social Media for Networking/Professional Activities
Job Searching
• Assist graduating students – advertising their jobsearch on LinkedIn or using Tweetmyjobs which connects jobseekers and employers as well as posting resumes
Other Uses• Create a community blog and post
what your class is doing & learning• Follow professors, mentors or others
in your field to monitor research & professional activities
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www.linkedin.com
Need to register for use
• Professional, business networking• Less emphasis on photos
• Turn off notifications of others’ changes
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Other Uses for Social Media
As a Class Topic •Cover Social media itself as a class topic•Students learn about personal responsibility when they learn to use social media effectively
Unity & Community •Having students connected via social media brings them together•Students sharing of themselves creates more open communication
Creative Opportunities•Have your class Tweet imagined conversations between famous people, such as Romeo & Juliet, Julius Caesar & Brutus, etc.•Facebook class successes
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Use Dedicated Facebook page
• Control content• Decrease distraction• Places less emphasis on Friending• Keep messages related to certain topics• Prevent seeing nudity, swearing, crimes, improper
behaviour, student love lives, political or other affiliations
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Help students Pause before they Post
• Where am I posting ?• What am I posting?• Why am I posting?• What does this say about me?• What will I think of this in 10 years (next 2 jobs,
possibly in a relationship or married, potentially a parent)?
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• Avoid Posting Embarrassing Photos • Create Positive Content• Google Yourself • Don't Talk Trash Online • It's Not All About You • Be Social
Students face repercussions on any type of social media. Measures of prevention are
to:
From Huffington post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/08/essential-social-media-et_n_637690.html#s110607
,
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Be aware of its uses and popularity;
however,
Social Media for Educators
Be wary of its consequences
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Guidelines
• Use caution interacting with individual students on sites to avoid perception of bias
• Set expectations i.e. you can exchange messages about course assignments, but don’t begin small talk when you see me online
• Course requests such as asking for an extended deadlines must be done through a school site, not Facebook.
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http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/teachers/media_education/media_education_overview.cfm
Help students sift –Canadian Media Awareness
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http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/lessons/
secondary/cyberbullying/cyberbullying_behaviour.cfm
Promoting Ethical Behaviour Online
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http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2009/06/08/50-ways-to-use-twitter-in-the-college-classroom/
50 Ways to Use Your Twitter (in class)
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http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/teachers/index.cfm
• In class http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/special_initiatives/wa_resources/wa_teachers/are_you_web_aware/web_aware_social_networking.cfm
Are you Web Aware ?
Resources to help students
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http://www.slideshare.net/KSLeBlanc/teaching-the-teachers-about-social-media
Faculty Development Social Media video
http://www.teachertube.com/ for videos
http://socialmediaclassroom.com/
Other Resources
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Any thoughts,comments,
or questions?
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Follow up site
www.onlineteacherscanada.wordpress.com