Social Networking and Education

Social Networking in Education Andy Carvin NPR Digital Media [email_address] twitter.com/acarvin andycarvin.com

About This Presentation
Defining social media and social networks
A (revisionist) history of social networking’s educational roots
Social networks and education
Where it’s (maybe) going next

About Me
Social Media Strategist for NPR
Former director, Digital Divide Network
Blogger, PBS learning.now
Blogger, andycarvin.com
DC correspondent, Rocketboom

What’s Social Media? Digital tools & services that allow people to:
Publish and share content
Collaborate with others
Form communities of interest
Provide added value and context to knowledge
AKA Web 2.0, the Read/Write Web, etc

What’s a Social Network?
Podcasting Folksonomies Rating Tools
Vlogging Geotags Aggregation
discussions personas blogs
Tagging Instant Messaging social voting
RSS Reviews Wikis
… and a whole lot more

What’s a Social Network?
discussions personas blogs

Personas
A personal user profile
User name, photo, bio
Personal interests
Their contributions to the network
Comments from other participants
Example: Facebook

Discussions
Bulletin boards where users start topics
Multi-featured discussion groups
Discussion boards
News announcements
Content sharing (links, photos, video, etc)
Example: I (heart) NPR

Blogs
Simple (or complex) publishing tools
Facebook’s “ news feed ”
DDN Blogs
May just contain text
Many tools allow “user-generated content”
Youtube : a video social network
Flickr : a photo social network (primarily)

The Birth of Social Networks?
Friendster (2002)
MySpace (2003)
Facebook (2004)
Bebo (2005)
But social networks can trace their roots
to the Net’s earliest online communities -
and have a long educational heritage....

The Early Days: USENET
Distributed bulletin board system
Conceived of in 1979
Contained thousands of forums, or newsgroups
Messages were threaded
Hugely popular at universities – they had access!

Email Discussion Lists
Developed in 1970s
Forwarding email messages to a group of people
Listserv launched in 1986
Popular in education community
EDTECH (1989)
LM_NET (1992)
WWWEDU (1994)

Cleveland FreeNet One of the First “Community Networks”
’ 84: “St. Silicon’s Hospital” at Case Western
Electronic community helpline
’ 86: Becomes Cleveland Freenet
Discussion boards
Messaging system
“ The Kiosk” news space
/ WELCOME TO THE... _! !_ _!__ __!_ __ ! ! _! !_ ! ! ! ! ! ! / ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !___ ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !_!_ ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! _! ! !_!_ ! ! !_ ! ! !_! ! ! ! ! ! CLEVELAND FREE-NET ! ! COMMUNITY COMPUTER SYSTEM ! !____________________________________!

FrEdMail and Global SchoolHouse
Created in 1985 by Al Rogers of San Diego Office of Education; Free Education Mail
Store-and-forward email system
Used at 12,000 schools
Became GlobalSchoolNet.org
Pioneered student-generated content
NewsDay: student newswire
CyberFair: student-made community edu resources

IEARN : The International Education and Resource Network
1988: Originally a Cold War-era collaboration between 24 schools in New York and Russia
Grew into a network of 20,000+ schools in
115 countries
More than 150 online projects worldwide
Projects all teacher- or student-generated

Big Sky Telegraph
Launched in 1988 by Frank Odasz
Based at Western Montana College
Distance learning network for rural educators
Online course materials initially
Later incorporated bulletin board, collaborative workspaces, messaging, etc

Tapped In
Launched by SRI in 1997
Online community for educators
Educators can open virtual offices
Conduct real-time “office hours”
Virtual professional development activities

TakingITGlobal
Launched in 2000 by a pair of college students
One of the first true social networks
Focus on global development
Users create profiles, participate in topical or geographic projects
Projects attempt to affect intl policy
Almost 200,000 participants worldwide
TigEd.org : TIG projects for educators

Social Networking in Education: What Tools Make Sense?
Youtube 101 (no, I’m not kidding)
TeachJeffSpanish.com
Facebook education apps : 1600+, but any good?
Facebook groups
Example: chemistry groups
Bad example: Dungeons/Mastering Chemistry Solutions (Ryerson U. Study Group)

DIY Social Networking Tools A More Productive Option?
Tools that allow users to create social networks from scratch
More control, flexibility than Facebook et al
Public and open or private and invite-only
Example: Ning.com
Hosts hundreds of thousands of social networks
Classroom 2.0 , Stop Cyberbullying

Using DIY Social Networks
Private networks for individual courses
Cross collaboration with other courses, schools
Officially sanctioned study groups
Publicly accessible social networks
Emphasizing authentic assessment
Student contributions addressing community goals
Professional development networks

Up and Coming: Cross-Platform Networks
Twitter
Utterz
Seesmic and Kyte.tv
Qik.com

Twitter
Cross-platform group messaging service
“ Microblogging”
Example: me
Mobile-friendly
Allows for continuous conversation
Keeps students connected - too connected?
Keeps teachers connected!

Utterz.com
A “mobcasting” network
Users post podcasts via voicemail
Follow other users, reply with voicemails
Ongoing audio conversations
Lots of educator interest, though few good examples in practice

Real-Time Video Social Networks
Allow users to post short videos
Video clips as a form of conversation
Seesmic.com
Kyte.tv
New twist: live mobile video via qik.com

Opportunities
DIY social networks have clearest potential as educational tools, greatest flexibility
Newer audio/video social networks hold promise, but are largely untested
Today’s students generally comfortable in social networking environment

Challenges
Students expect online social networks to be social, not necessarily educational
How do you keep things running smoothly?
Defining goals
Staying on topic
Clear participation rules – a public charter

Overcoming Fears
Online threats – how real are they?
Predator Panic: The Dateline NBC Effect
Keeping threats in perspective
The filtering dilemma
The Byron Review

Thanks! Andy Carvin NPR Digital Media [email_address] twitter.com/acarvin andycarvin.com

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