Examining potential uses of social media tools in the classroom.

1. Social Media in
Education
Lisa Donaldson

2. What is Social Media?
Social media is the collective of online communications channels dedicated
to community-based input, interaction, content-sharing and collaboration

3. What is Social Media?
Social Bookmarking. (Del.icio.us, Diigo, Simpy) Interact by tagging websites
and searching through websites bookmarked by other people.
Social News. (Digg, Propeller, Reddit) Interact by voting for articles and
commenting on them.
Social Networking. (Facebook, Hi5, Last.FM, Twitter) Interact by adding
friends, commenting on profiles, joining groups and having discussions.
Social Photo and Video Sharing. (YouTube, Flickr) Interact by sharing photos
or videos and commenting on user submissions.
Wikis. (Wikipedia, Wikia) Interact by adding articles and editing existing
articles.
Blogging. (Tumblr, Wordpress) A "weblog," that maintains an ongoing
chronicle of information

5. Benefits/Drawbacks of Social Media

6. Types of Social Media
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
Snapchat
Tumblr
Wordpress
Edublogs
YouTube
Ted Talks
Pinterest
Google+
Slideshare
Wikipedia
Flickr
Linkedin
Delicious
Diigo
Pearltrees

7. Do you use Social media personally?
Monthly
Rarely
Do not use
0A B C

8. Social Media for Teaching & Learning 2013
Pearson & Babson Survey Research Group

9. Do you use social media professionally?
 Use
 Do not use
0A B

11. Do you use Social Media for Teaching &
Learning purposes?
Use
Do not use
0A B

13. What tool do you most use?
A Blogs or Wikis
B Facebook
C Youtube
D Twitter
E LinkedIn
F Podcasts
0A B C D E F

15. Why the dichotomy?
If it’s useful for personal & professional life, why not harness the
collaborative nature of the tools to enrich the learning experience of
students?

16. http://padlet.com/lisa_donaldson/socialmedia

17. So what’s stopping you?

18. In more detail…

19. Twitter

20. My Experience…

21. Some Useful References
 Framework for teaching with Twitter
 A short guide on Twitter for Educators
 Learning with e’s Blog
 Everything you will ever need to know…

22. Facebook
…is already a large part of college life (Selwyn, 2007)
It has bulletin
boards, instant
messaging, email,
and the ability to
post videos and
pictures
Perfect, right??

23. The Pro’s
Facebook increases both teacher-student and
student-student interaction
Facebook helps instructors connect with their
students about assignments, upcoming events,
useful links, and samples of work outside of the
classroom.
Students can use Facebook to contact classmates
about questions regarding class assignments or
examinations as well as collaborate on
assignments and group projects in an online
environment

24. The Con’s
Security &
privacy
concerns
Facebook/
online
etiquette
Concerns
over
timewasting

25. But how do you use it?
Using it in the classroom
Help

26. Pinterest
Pinterest in Education

27. Social Bookmarking
 Delicious
 Pearltrees
Curating & Sharing
Research Materials

28. Blogging
Learning
Journals
Collaborative
Authoring
News &
Announcements
Resource
Sharing
Commentary &
Analysis

29. Useful Resources
Stephen Downes
Educatorstechnology.com

30. How social
media is used
in education

31. Social Media Guidelines
Enforce
appropriate use
of social media
and appropriate
standards of
behaviour
Privacy a key
issue. Use privacy
settings. Follow
the applications
terms of service
Be mindful of
copyright and
intellectual
property

32. The choice to implement any classroom technology should be
based on sound learning theory and should support a specific
aspect of the curriculum
(Education World, 2012)

33. Thanks for your time….one last
question…
Are you more inclined to explore social media tools now?
Yes
No
0A B