TWITTER/FACEBOOK IN THE CLASSROOM

Social networking in education?

WHY?Why?

Social Media is out there.

Data

⦿ Facebook-over 500 million users

⦿ Twitter-180 million unique visitors each month

HOW?How?

WHY NOT?Why not?

Are you on Facebook? Do you Tweet?⦿ The journey

How can I apply these tools to my classroom?⦿ Parent/teacher communication⦿Miniblog approach⦿ Age Appropriateness⦿ Collaboration with other classrooms⦿ Networking⦿More ideas?

WHY NOT?Why not?

Fear-the unknown⦿ Remove personal

from professional⦿ There are students

and parents out there. They want to friend me on Facebook, what do I do?

⦿ Should I friend them?

⦿ No!*

How do I remove the personal from professional?⦿Offer alternative for families so they

don’t have to friend you.⦿ Invite them to “like” a class Facebook

page⦿Or to follow your class on Twitter?

Parent/Teacher Communication

⦿ How was school today?⦿What did you do in school today?⦿ Shutterfly is used in my son’s preschool,

why not ask the questions of Facebook and Twitter to my class?

⦿ Student generated⦿ Parent feedback and comments are

welcome

The Question-Facebook⦿ What’s on your

mind?

The Question-Twitter⦿ What’s happening?

Asking the question of students

⦿ What will you share?

Parents Appreciate⦿ Snow day field trip

reminder⦿ Animoto videos⦿ Jing how-to’s

Miniblog Approach⦿ Twitter is a miniblog⦿ 140 characters ⦿ Power in writing⦿ Shallow vs. deep

thoughts

Age Appropriateness

⦿ 13 is the magic number for age required by both sites

⦿ Safety, safety, safety⦿ Umbrella rules of my classroom apply to

our online presence as well●Be safe●Be respectful and responsible●Be flexible and have fun!

More on safety

Collaboration with other Classrooms⦿Other classes are out there⦿ How can we collaborate?

●Compare and contrast (themes)●Data collection●Get answers and input from other students

or classes●Your ideas?

Networking⦿ Professional

organizations⦿ Businesses⦿ Educational Leaders⦿ Bloggers

SO HOW DO I DO THIS FOR MY CLASS ANYWAY?

Facebook-Getting Started⦿ Need an account⦿ Options

● Groups● Pages

○ Official*○ Community

⦿ Settings*⦿ Getting the word out⦿ Mrs. Beaudrie’s

Class

Twitter-Getting Started⦿ Need an account⦿ User Name is

important⦿ @mrsbeaudrie⦿ Settings⦿ Now what?

● Searching helps○ @, RT, DM○ Co-Tweet○ TwitPic

KISS⦿ Keep It Simple,

Stupid!⦿ Using e-mail and

mobile devices to our advantage

Facebook and Twitter-Bumps in the road

⦿ Slow start is okay⦿ More parents seem

to be on Facebook already

⦿ No Facebook access from school

⦿ When do I have time for this?

Resources⦿ http://help.twitter.com/forums/10771/entries/77641⦿ http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/⦿ http://mashable.com/guidebook/facebook/⦿ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/14/twitter-user-statistics-r_n_537992

.html⦿ http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/populations/ctypopls.htm⦿ http://www.facebook.com/⦿ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle⦿ http://www.coolcatteacher.com/⦿ http://www.shutterfly.com/⦿ http://animoto.com/⦿ http://www.techsmith.com/jing/