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Intro to Social Media in the Classroom

presented by Kristen FreilichDistrict Director, Web Services and Instructional Technology

City Colleges of Chicago

Intro to Social Media Agenda

• Media History

• Define Social Media

• Review Different Forms of Social Media

• Applications for Learning– Maybe you’ll find a learning technology that will help your students meet a learning

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will help your students meet a learning objective.

• Cautions

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From static to dynamic

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Social Media

• Social Media isti t d b li t l– a conversation supported by online tools

– content created by people using web‐publishing technologies

– everything you do online communicating‐outside of email

– used by 3 out 4 U S online adults (Forrester


used by 3 out 4 U.S. online adults (Forrester, 2008)

Source: http://www.forrester.com/Research/Document/Excerpt/0,7211,44907,00.html

What is Social Media about?

• Interactivity

• Community

• Creativity

• Communication

• Collaboration


• Personalization

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Allows for Word of Mouth

http://www ratemyprofessors com/http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/

http://www.tripadvisor.com/


What does this mean for learning?

• Social media can turn learning into a more ti i t ti it J H tparticipatory activity. ‐ Jane Hart

• Conversations between students, student/instructor, student/guest lecturer

• Reactions/reflections shared & commented upon


upon

• Participate in Scholarly Communities

Jane Hart Quote Source: http://www.astd.org/TD/Archives/2009/March/0903_Trends.htm

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Social Media in Learning

• Collaborative– Group work

• Experiential

• Personalized– Portfolios

I l i t id th l


• Increase learning outside the classroom

page 10 Kristen FreilichSource: http://pl.cel.agh.edu.pl/repozytorium/oprog_spol_w_ed_wyz_en.pdf

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SynchronousCommunication

Instant Messaging/Web Conferencing

• http://www.elluminate.comhttp://www.elluminate.com• http://www.dimdim.com/• http://dashboard.aim.com/aim• http://www.skype.com/

• Educational UsesVi t l Offi H


– Virtual Office Hours– Instructor/instructor– Group Chat– Remote Guest Speakers

Communication

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page 13 Kristen FreilichPublishing & Sharing

Blogging

• Website maintained by individual on a regular basis that features commentary, news, online diary, photos, video, text

– https://www.blogger.com/start– http://classblogmeister.com/– http://wordpress.org/

• Educational Uses– For you: Instant website

For students: Online diary for introductions reflection based on


– For students: Online diary for introductions, reflection based on literature or personal experiences, group project progress updates

– For both: Free Portfolio

• Caution: If you post stuff, people will read it.

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Micro Blogging• Using a cell or computer to broadcast short messages, sometimes

called tweets (up to 140 characters), to the Internet and to followersfollowers.

– http://twitter.com/– http://twtpoll.com/– http://www.jaiku.com/– http://www.facebook.com/ ‐ Using the Status Feature

• Educational Uses– Students can communicate about group assignments– https://twitter.com/englishfeed


• practice English structure, idioms and phrases– http://www.bkkeepr.com/

• lets you track your reading and bookmark on the go, via the web and SMS– http://www.astd.org/TD/Archives/2009/March/0903_Trends.htm– http://onlinecollegedegree.org/2009/03/19/100‐tips‐apps‐and‐

resources‐for‐teachers‐on‐twitter/– Tweet links and tips, reminders, etc. to students

Twitter Examples

• Sharing childbirth experiences in real time

• Experiencing the Inauguration with friends across the country

• What experience would you want to share with friends or students via Twitter?


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Social Networks & File Sharing

Social Networking• Online communities of people who share interests, or who are interested

in exploring the interests and activities of others.Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_networking

– http://www.facebook.com/– http://www.linkedin.com/– http://myspace.com– http://elgg.org/ ‐ learning landscape

• Educational Uses– instant blog, calendar, link manager, photo and video repository, discussion forums,

file sharing– Provides an informal space that lets learners exercise their own thoughts and


p greflections Source: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/elgg.php

– Marketing for student groups and colleges

• Caution: If you post stuff, people will read it.• Caution: Check your Privacy Settings.

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Social Networking Privacy & Ownership

• Please research how networks safeguard your privacy before joining.

htt // f b k / li h– http://www.facebook.com/policy.php– http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/02/facebook‐privacy/

• Regarding content ownership on Facebook.com:

“We still have work to do to communicate more clearly about these issues, and our terms are one example of this. Our philosophy that people own their information and control who h h h h d l f h l


they share it with has remained constant. A lot of the language in our terms is overly formal and protective of the rights we need to provide this service to you. Over time we will continue to clarify our positions and make the terms simpler.”

Source: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s blog:

http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=54434097130

Social File Sharing

• Allow users to upload, tag and share files li Fil t i l d d tonline. Files types include documents,

photos, videos, presentation slideshows.

• Photo sharing: http://www.flickr.com/

• Video sharing wwwyoutube com


• Video sharing: www.youtube.com

• PPT sharing: http://www.slideshare.net/

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Changing How We Organize

• Tags are keywords.

• Tags help you organize your online content into categories that YOU care about.

• You can (and should) tag:– Photos, links, blog entries, videos

U t t t f lk


• Use tags to create your own folksonomy.

page 22 Kristen FreilichCollaboration

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Wikis

• A website that allows multiple users to create, modify and organize web page create, modify and organize web page content collaboratively.

– http://www.Pbworks.com

• Educational Uses


– Group Paper Collaboration– Group Website Collaboration– Paper Trail for Group Work

Collaborative Online Spaces

• Google Docs• Zoho Suite• Zoho Suite• Google Wave



• Group Paper Collaboration• Alternative to Microsoft products• Using Google Gears can make edits offline too

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Brainstorming, mindmapping, diagramming• Mindmapping tools let you create a visual

t ti f d d idrepresentation of words and ideas– http://www.mind42.com/

– http://www.mindmeister.com/

• Online diagramming tool


Online diagramming tool– http://www.gliffy.com/


Self Organization of the Learning Process

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Online Note Taking & Organization

– http://www.notefish.com/S b t t• Save web page content

• Annotate notes, add images

• Tag notes for organization

– http://notebook.zoho.com


Social Bookmarking• Store, Organize, Share, and Search your bookmarks from any computer.bookmarks from any computer.

• Search other users’ links and tags.

• http://www.delicious.com• http://www.citeulike.org/



• Educational Uses– Organize your research materials & references– Instant Online Portfolio– Share resources with students

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Social News Sites

• Communities which allow its users to b it t i ti l d disubmit news stories, articles and media,

and share them with other users or the general public.

– http://digg.com/


p // gg /

– http://www.fark.com/

– Stumbleupon.com

Concerns

• Students Must Evaluate Web Content– Accuracy, authority, objectivity, currency (Cornell University,

2005)

• Consider Free Software’s Longevity• Copyright & Creative Commons

– How would you want someone to handle something you’d written or designed?

• If you post, people will read• Find common ground with millennials


g– To Facebook with students, or not to Facebook with

students

Source http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/webeval.html

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Privacy Policies• Privacy Policies

– Median ‐ 12th grade reading level (Milne, et al., 2006)

• Before joining a website or signing up to use a social media tool, review the privacy policy of the website, as well as any other legal information about content ownership.

Additional Privacy & Personal Security Resources:

http://www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/phishing/socialnet.mspx

http://blogs.adobe.com/edtechatadobe/2009/01/social_networking_for_educator_1.html


Milne, George R.; Culnan, Mary J.; Greene, Henry. "A Longitudinal Assessment of Online Privacy Notice Readability," Journal of Public Policy and Marketing, vol. 25, no. 2 (Fall), 238‐249, 2006.

Educational Sites & Resources

• Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies

• How to Use Social Software in Higher Education• How to Use Social Software in Higher Education

• The Horizon Report

• The A to Z of Social Media

• Apophenia Blog – focuses on identity, youth culture, social network sites, social media

• Teaching Models


• Instructional Strategies Online

• Educause

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Your Ideas for Social Media

• How would use these tools in class?

• What other tools do you find useful?


Thank you for your time.

• This presentation was intended to provide you with an overview of socialprovide you with an overview of social media tools. It is not an endorsement for any particular tool.

• Email me at [email protected] with questions or ideas, I know you’ll come up with uses for social media the in


with uses for social media the in classroom I could have never imagined! *

* In fact, I’m counting on you to do that.

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