13. upload and share
instructional videos;
discussions;
interviews;
presentations…
supplementary
lecture material
student
presentations
humourous clips to
break up a long
lecture
can have subtitles
(different
languages) and
annotations
14.
15. daily tweet – definitions, concepts, word of the
day, useful web resource or news article pertinent
to what was just covered or what will be covered
notify students of changes to course content,
schedules, rooms, due dates
reminders of due dates
direct tweet with students
(don’t have to share cell phone #’s)
serves as a review and study tool
instant feedback
16. Concerns...
Losing control over the No time to learn how
course to use social media
• This conversation is • Same thing was likely
already happening said when
(with or without you) Blackboard,
– consider ROI Networked
(Risk of Ignoring) computers and/or
• You can manage the voicemail was
conversation better if introduced
you’re a part of it
17. Useful links
Social Media in Plain English
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpIOClX1jPE
Twitter in Plain English
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o
A Vision of Students Today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o
The Twitter Experiment – UT Dallas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WPVWDkF7U8
Classroom 2.0
http://www.classroom20.com/
Teaching the Teachers about Social Media
http://www.slideshare.net/KSLeBlanc/teaching-the-teachers-about-social-media
Facebook http://facebook.com
YouTube http://youtube.com
Twitter http://twitter.com
Flickr http://flickr.com