Modified version of slides used during a presentation given at Faculty Technology Day at Fordham 5/16/2011. Please visit my protopage for handouts and additional resources: http://www.protopage.com/ktreglia#Untitled/Social_Media_in_Education

1. Social Media
The Use of Social Media in Education
The session will explore uses of Facebook and Twitter as a professional development and Kristen A. Treglia
classroom tool. This will include examples, best practices, and a walk thru of how to Instructional Technologist Fordham University
create both accounts and profiles. ©2011

2. Once upon a time…

3. Elting Memorial Library
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we went to
libraries

4. and used
Books
to look up information
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by Stephan Geyer

5. … and then there were

6. Computers
Our sweet old computer.
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7. and the
INTERNET
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8. So what exactly is
Social Media?
Social media are media for social interaction, using highly accessible and scalable
communication techniques. Social media is the use of web-based and mobile technologies to
turn communication into interactive dialogue. Andreas Kaplan
and Michael Haenlein also define social media as "a group of Internet-based applications that
build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, which allows the creation
and exchange of user-generated content."[1] Businesses also refer to social media as
consumer-generated media (CGM). A common thread running through all definitions of social
media is a blending of technology and social interaction for
the co-creation of value.
via Wikipedia

9. view a short clip from “Grey’s Anatomy”
http://bit.ly/jzCNsg

10. But what about the
real world?

12. Higher Education
Examples…

13. Social Media can be used to make connections
and find/distribute information, but we should
also be modeling best practices and teaching
our students how to use these tools
70%
of employers have rejected applicants over online info

14. Facebook
Share news and events
Community engagement
Reach users "where they live"

15. Use the polls app or Facebook questions for instant feedback
“ For large (anything over 100 students, which we
have a fair share of) I think this opens a channel of
communication that may not
have been there before. @kevinoshea

16. Use the polls app or Facebook questions for instant feedback
Ask students to “like” academic, literary or political figures
“ For large (anything over 100 students, which we
have a fair share of) I think this opens a channel of
communication that may not
have been there before. @kevinoshea

17. Use the polls app or Facebook questions for instant feedback
Ask students to “like” academic, literary or political figures
Ask students to network with people in career paths that interest them
“ For large (anything over 100 students, which we
have a fair share of) I think this opens a channel of
communication that may not
have been there before. @kevinoshea

18. Use the polls app or Facebook questions for instant feedback
Ask students to “like” academic, literary or political figures
Ask students to network with people in career paths that interest them
Invite experts to join private groups
“ For large (anything over 100 students, which we
have a fair share of) I think this opens a channel of
communication that may not
have been there before. @kevinoshea

19. Use the polls app or Facebook questions for instant feedback
Ask students to “like” academic, literary or political figures
Ask students to network with people in career paths that interest them
Invite experts to join private groups
Send out announcements and reminders
“ For large (anything over 100 students, which we
have a fair share of) I think this opens a channel of
communication that may not
have been there before. @kevinoshea

20. Use the polls app or Facebook questions for instant feedback
Ask students to “like” academic, literary or political figures
Ask students to network with people in career paths that interest them
Invite experts to join private groups
Send out announcements and reminders
Promote a cause and spread awareness
“ For large (anything over 100 students, which we
have a fair share of) I think this opens a channel of
communication that may not
have been there before. @kevinoshea

21. Use the polls app or Facebook questions for instant feedback
Ask students to “like” academic, literary or political figures
Ask students to network with people in career paths that interest them
Invite experts to join private groups
Send out announcements and reminders
Promote a cause and spread awareness
Collaborate with other classrooms
“ For large (anything over 100 students, which we
have a fair share of) I think this opens a channel of
communication that may not
have been there before. @kevinoshea

22. http://www.myfakewall.com/

25. Twitter
Share resources and links to events, news, and blog posts
Engagement through dialog
Post real-time updates
Develop a PLN

26. Examples
Tweet questions for instant feedback
“ We have technology, finally, that for the first time in human history
allows people to really maintain rich connections with much larger
numbers of people.
~ Pierre Omidyar

27. Examples
Tweet questions for instant feedback
Ask students to follow academic, literary or political figures
“ We have technology, finally, that for the first time in human history
allows people to really maintain rich connections with much larger
numbers of people.
~ Pierre Omidyar

28. Examples
Tweet questions for instant feedback
Ask students to follow academic, literary or political figures
Ask students to network with people in career paths that interest them
“ We have technology, finally, that for the first time in human history
allows people to really maintain rich connections with much larger
numbers of people.
~ Pierre Omidyar

29. Examples
Tweet questions for instant feedback
Ask students to follow academic, literary or political figures
Ask students to network with people in career paths that interest them
Invite experts to join talks with #hashtags
“ We have technology, finally, that for the first time in human history
allows people to really maintain rich connections with much larger
numbers of people.
~ Pierre Omidyar

30. Examples
Tweet questions for instant feedback
Ask students to follow academic, literary or political figures
Ask students to network with people in career paths that interest them
Invite experts to join talks with #hashtags
Send out announcements and reminders
“ We have technology, finally, that for the first time in human history
allows people to really maintain rich connections with much larger
numbers of people.
~ Pierre Omidyar

31. Examples
Tweet questions for instant feedback
Ask students to follow academic, literary or political figures
Ask students to network with people in career paths that interest them
Invite experts to join talks with #hashtags
Send out announcements and reminders
Promote a cause and spread awareness
“ We have technology, finally, that for the first time in human history
allows people to really maintain rich connections with much larger
numbers of people.
~ Pierre Omidyar

32. Examples
Tweet questions for instant feedback
Ask students to follow academic, literary or political figures
Ask students to network with people in career paths that interest them
Invite experts to join talks with #hashtags
Send out announcements and reminders
Promote a cause and spread awareness
Collaborate with other classrooms
“ We have technology, finally, that for the first time in human history
allows people to really maintain rich connections with much larger
numbers of people.
~ Pierre Omidyar

33. Examples
Tweet questions for instant feedback
Ask students to follow academic, literary or political figures
Ask students to network with people in career paths that interest them
Invite experts to join talks with #hashtags
Send out announcements and reminders
Promote a cause and spread awareness
Collaborate with other classrooms
Track conferences and events
“ We have technology, finally, that for the first time in human history
allows people to really maintain rich connections with much larger
numbers of people.
~ Pierre Omidyar

34. Collaboration
across schools, countries
students can tweet
via smartphone or SMS
as they come across
real-world
examples of what they are studying in class

35. Will their use of Twitter in Italian
help improve their communication in Italian?
I believe if they have an actual environment that makes their use of
Italian seem “real”, they will be more likely to voluntarily use the
language outside of the classroom environment with their peers
and possibly “real Italians”
We have class on Mondays & Wednesdays. They
must Twitter in Italian on two other weekdays
(their choice of Tuesdays, Thursdays or Fridays).
They must also, once a week, reply to a Tweet of
one of their peers, so that a communication of @iVenus via
sorts occurs. An Academic at Work

36. We scoured hundreds
of responses and have
come up with the
following list...

37. Additional
Resources

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