Social MediaWhere do Twitter, Facebook & others fit into

education?

What is Social Media?

Social media is media designed to be disseminated through social interaction, created using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques. Social media uses Internet and web-based technologies to transform broadcast media monologues (one to many) into social media dialogues (many to many). It supports the democratization of knowledge and information, transforming people from content consumers into content producers.

Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media

transforming people from

content consumers into

content producers

Social Media Revolution Video

Communication

Collaboration

Multimedia

Reviews & Opinions

Communication

Collaboration

Multimedia

Reviews & Opinions

But how are they used in education?

Personal vs.

Classroom Use

There are over 500 NCSU based

groups on Facebook

Fan pages vs. Group Pages

K-12 Schools using FB

http://cedncsu.ning.com/

http://classroom20.org/

#edchat

EdWeek Article

backchannel

http://twitter.ncsu.edu/

http://twitter.com/ncsu_ced

bethany_smith@ncsu.edu

@bethanyvsmith