Engaging students with social networking

Engaging Students with Social Networking/Media
Ben Nicely
Deep Run High School
bjnicely@henrico.k12.va.us
http://deeprunwildcats.org/nicely/

Kids use technology with content while engaging each other
Builds: 1) Team Work
2) Problem Solving Skills
3) Tech Skills
Student Engagement- They are already collaborating – Make it about content!
Fact: Young adult women ages 18-29 are the power users of social networking; fully 89% of those who are online use the sites overall and 69% do so on an average day
Build Social- It’s About Growing Competency

Rapid Movement away from cell calls to texts and access to social networking sites with mobile
“School is Boring”
Make the classroom like their life outside school
Know the Kid of Today

Social Media – Adapt with it
Article- USA today- Social Media finds place in classroom
Eric Sheninger -"The Internet as we know it is the 21st century," he says. "It is what these students have known their whole lives. They're connected, they're creating, they're discussing, they're collaborating.“
Videos - http://youtu.be/cLkLQOnQrac
http://youtu.be/Zl90Sd9JkMI

Community & Collaboration
1) Translate their world of collaboration and community to one you want for your classroom
2) Don't grade discussion board assignments.- “they are places for students to grapple with content and concepts”
3) Allow for space and time in discussion boards and other collaborative spaces- due dates stretched
4) Do many team-building activities online
5)Pick the right tool for the purpose
Andrew Miller – Buck Institute for Education- http://ascd.typepad.com/blog/2011/07/building-student-community-and-collaboration-online.html

Just 8% of online teens use Twitter
Blogging is a 30+ thing
While I use my blog site A lot - http://deeprunwildcats.org/nicely/
Students want more ability to interact like they do at home- uploading videos, pics, text like writing
Use http://www.twiducate.com/ to get a tweet experience going in a low-key, small group setting – has had server capacity issues
Blogging & Tweeting?

Sign up as Student
Join Group- Henrico Social Studies Teachers
Group Id – anrkf6
Practical - Let’s Sign Up- Edmodo.com

Students Debate a Prompt Question
Students Respond to a Controversial Video
Students Upload their audiovisual H21 projects
Students Vote on Polls, Follow-up from Blog Comments
Students Send Homework
Students Practice Good Writing
Students have a Library of Resources for Study
Students communicate to me
How I use it:

How to make this practically possible in your classroom? Use Edmodo.com- Video Helps
1) Intro Video
2) 20 Ideas of use
3) HCPS Intro Video

Feel free to contact me- Let’s collaborate
bjnicely@henrico.k12.va.us
http://twitter.com/nicely
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