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Social MediaBy Laura Wilson, Lecturer II
Anne Arundel Community College
AFACCT Conference 2012Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland
Session 7.8. January 6, 2012
Visual Learning
Social Media“Social media is, at its most basic sense, a shift in how people discover, read, and share news and information and content. It’s a fusion of sociology and technology, transforming monologue into dialog.
- Solis, 2007
“Due to multitasking, kids are becoming very visual learners, and are straining away from auditory and kinesthetic learning.”
- Claudia Wallis "The Multitasking Generation"
Changing Societyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M35von4vH8
http://www.facebook.com/#!/CrowHillConversations
Visual Learning
Example:http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/technology/technology-in-schools-faces-questions-on-value.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
Privacy Issues• Sexual predators
• Data theft• Viruses
http://blog.wind-lock.com/index.php/2010/09/02/a-year-in-the-making/
• 50% of active users log on daily
• 6th most trafficked site in the U.S.
• Over 500 million users
•More than 8 billion minutes are spent on
Facebook each day (worldwide).
• Fastest growing demographic is 35 years and
older.
• Average user has 130 friends
• Over 240,000 applications
• More than 6 million active groups on site
•140 new applications added each day
• More than 95% of users have at least 1
application
http://blogbymikeberry.blogspot.com/2011/08/facebook-addresses-privacy.html
Examples:http://www.facebook.com/wikiHow?ref=ts&sk=app_4949752878#!/wikiHow?sk=wall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpoQP9DbtkM
@betajames
James Schirmer
RT@DelaneyKirk:
“Tweeting, blogging or posting online could soon become part of your job.”
http://bit.ly/dmovsw #eng111#345tw
10 March 2010 http://twitter.com/betajames/statuses/1028.3042638
Privacy Issues "This Twitter is somethin' else. You know, in the
old days, a congressman had to chisel images of his penis on limestone."
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart.. The Daily Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6WPVWDkF7U8
• Around 5 million users
•1 million tweets posted daily
•140 character limit on tweets
•#hash tag tweets for
categories and trends
Paul R. Allison, a teacher at the East Bronx Academy in NY, built a site called Youth Twitter. This site allows teachers to edit students' tweets by granting them "administrator" status. This came out of a concern with the lack of control teachers had with Twitter.
Success Stories
George Mayo, an eighth grade English teacher at Silver Spring International Middle School in Montgomery County, Md., used Twitter to collaboratively write a story by his students.
Mayo invited his students and students around the world to add to an ongoing story with individual tweets.
After six weeks, more than 100 students and six different countries
http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/%40manyvoices/2579032
Success Stories
Wikis in EducationWikis are great resources for teachers. They can help
by:1. Creating an online discussion environment for
students.2. Serve as an extra source for information.3. Allow for creative projects.Example of my Wiki:
http://criticalthinkingwebactivities.wetpaint.com
Examples of others:• Vicki Davis, Westwood High
http://westwood.wikispaces.com/•http://murcha.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/the-flat-classroom-projects-from-a-paricipants-point-of-view/#comment-1018• Jason Welker, Zurich International School
http://welkerswikinomics.wetpaint.com/•Mercy Vocational High School students in Philadelphia
http://operationkatrina2009.wikispaces.com/
Wiki Ideas
Create an online text for your curriculum that you and your students can contribute to.
Consider adding other students or teachers. Students could create their own class
Wikipedia. For example, if it’s a physics class, post & edit entries that deal with the structure
of the atom or ionization. Students could add graphics and links,
annotations and reflections. Just like blogs, they could post PowerPoint presentations, video and
audio files and spreadsheets.
ExpectationsProvide clear and explicit course
expectations
Assign meaningful, authentic activities
Include a common goal for
collaborative activities
Define and identify student roles,
activities, and assessments
Remind students of course deadlines
and schedules
Model examples of collaborative activities
InstructionsInclude detailed wiki instructions or a link
on the home page and provide time for practice
Provide a sandbox or a practice wiki. Create individual student pages and ask them to answer 5 questions about themselves and insert a
picture. Post wiki conventions
Example of what you might post for Wiki Etiquette.Be patient with students and realize they
may require technical assistance as they learn how to participate in a wiki
environmentCreate a culture of trust
Include some icebreaker activities. Monitor activity at first to engage shy students.
View examples on http://wikipatterns.com
Socratic Teaching
1. Keep the discussion focused
2. Keep the discussion responsible
3. Stimulate the discussion with probing questions
4. Periodically summarize
5. Draw students into the discussion
iPads• Mobile learning• 3D learning (mirror image lecturing)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFnWoEGWCVY
http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2010/02/01/funny-ipad-pictures/
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-ipad-pictures/
iPads in the Classroom
Media Consumption
Videos
Music
Podcasts
Books
Create & Produce Content
Participation/Interaction
Partner Activities
Entire class interaction
During class
Outside of class
Participation/InteractionGroupboard
Edmodo
Polling
Blackboard
Skype
TEACHER-CREATED LESSONS & TUTORIALS
AUDIO PODCASTS
SCREEN PODCASTS
PRESENTATIONS (Skitch, Keynote, Educreations)
TUTORIALS (grammar) Showme
TutorialsShowme
Explain Everything
Educreations
Skitch
STUDENT PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES
SPEAKING ACTIVITIES WRITING ACTIVITIES
LISTENING ACTIVITIESREADING
ACTIVITIES
Speaking ActivitiesFotobabble
Audioboo
Voicethread
Showme
Explain everything
Screen Chomp
Doodlecast
Puppet Pals/ Sock Puppets
Writing Activities
Digital Story Books (Storykit, Scribble Press)
Postcards
Comic Strips
Popplets
Mind Maps
Video ProjectsiMovie
Storyrobe
Videolicious
Animoto
SonicPics