This document discusses using social media in the classroom. It introduces common social media tools like Facebook, Twitter, blogs and bookmarks and how they can be used for collaboration, communication and sharing ideas. It provides examples of how teachers can incorporate these tools into their classes, such as having students set up blogs to present portfolios or engage in discussions related to class topics. The document encourages teachers to identify real needs where technology can enhance learning objectives rather than using it for its own sake.
I need your input…. I’ll be taking about some ways of using social media in the classroom, but I’d like to know what you know/use/think I’ve got a flashy powerpoint to show you, but we can scrap it if you like!!!! Question. Hands up if you use social media? Facebook? Twitter etc
10 I know……
Barack Obama in Germany at the victory column in front of an estimated 200,000 Germans We live in a digital world – we produce information What do you notice in this photo?
Everyone has a digital camera, a mobile phone, video camera One person has a laptop – its webcam recording the event on video - streaming They won’t just be taking the pictures and putting them in photo albums.....they’ll share Where will the video and pictures end up? Ustream.tv, Qik, Youtube, Flickr, Twitter , Facebook, Myspace
Today’s students are heavily involved in this aspect of the web Almost everyone has a mobile phone surgically attached to them They film the most trivial thing It’s uploaded to Youtube, Facebook, Myspace It’s remixed – a mashup
Web 2.0 tools Applications that are virtual Nothing is downloaded Data may be saved “in the cloud” Usually free Need to join – get an account Use a separate email account for all your memberships eg gmail
Some more recognizable sites
18-35 year olds
It’s important to note that it’s not just about “what are you doing” It’s an important tool for accessing live information and ideas.
Or maybe better, tweetdeck
Open up a group talk about what some people from your area might tweet
Any other ideas from the group?
Social networks explained
Why not get students to list their favorite books and review them?
Blogs are pages set up by real people…… Blog your interests Sell products Class blogs Etc etc
Many of us bookmark on our computers With social bookmarking we can share these easily with each other
Contacted my old professor who passed on the email to a collegue who sent me her bookmarked twitter pages
Group Task……………… Emphasise slow change…
Maybe spanish getting lost story
"Technology criticism," the author writes, "should not be left to the Luddites." Jaron Lanier is certainly no Luddite, but in this "manifesto" he blasts the Web 2.0 mentality, highlights long-standing technology lock-ins, and ranges far and wide in his criticisms of the Internet, computing, and the cultures surrounding the two today.