With so many teaching and learning technology tools available in social media and digital platforms, how do you choose the correct one(s) without overindulging?

1. Do you need that extra helping of
turducken?
Avoid overindulging at the social media and digital tool buffet

2. Social media,
technology, and
teaching
turkey in a duck in a chicken
flicker user njvack (Nate Vack)

3. Can this be appetizing?

4. Yes! Though, only in manageable
bites.

5. Why should you require students to
use social media and/or digital tools?
Learn how to place reliable,
accurate content in a container
appropriate for today’s
information consumption culture
Relevant for the 2020 Workplace
(Meister and Willyerd, 2010)
Suitable for learning in a variety of
ways (visual, auditory, tactile)
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Builds transliteracy skills

6. Social Media & Digital Tools
There are over 300 social
networking sites (according
to wikipedia)
There are countless online
tools that require users to
build their own content
There are software
programs and hardware
tools too

7. What are some tools Bucks Faculty
use?
Blogger (journaling substitute)
Facebook (study groups, photo sharing)
Glogster (poster substitute, and much more)
Google Apps (group document editing, android app
development)
Prezi (brainstorming, alternate to ppt.)
Timeline tools (xtimeline, timetoast, dippity)
VoiceThread (accessible, group conversation)
Video Mashups (comprehensive research, group
work)

8. Pick a tool that facilitates the learning objectives
for your course
Assignment Online or F2F
Tool Time
Objectives* Course
Blogger, Facebook, Great tool to facilitate online discussion, or
Writing, communication skills, marketing,
Twitter, have students get a jump-start on a f2f
collaboration, sharing resources
VoiceThread, etc. discussion
Demonstrate a procedure, juxtaposition,
Both: good substitute for an in-class
Glogster or Prezi report facts, in-depth exploration of a very
presentation, powerpoint , or poster
specific topic
The evolution of a topic or idea, The combination of visual and text
Timeline Tools documenting a period of time, or information makes this an ideal
documenting a sequence of events presentation project for both course types.
Parallels a research paper (needs intro, body,
Ideal for group work projects in both
Video Mashup conclusion), evokes emotion, synthesize
course types
ideas, display knowledge of complex issues
* Information literacy skills, transliteracy skills, media literacy, visual literacy, and digital literacy skills
potentially apply.

9. Assignment Examples: Good
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Use timetoast.com to create a timeline l fac
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Select 20 events that occurred during the ng o
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Civil War s
Objectives:
Represent each event with a 100 word - Learn key events in the Civil
description. Include at least 5 pictures, War
and 2 websites found in reliable, accurate - Build writing and research
resources skills
- Evaluate the relationship
Submit the URL to your timeline and a list between a historic event, and
artifacts representing that
of your works cited to the course space. event
- Build communication and
You will give a 15 minute presentation to presentation skills
the class. In your presentation, discuss the
historic event and the relevance of the text,
website, or image you used to represent
this event

10. Timeline for US History Course

11. Assignment Example: Needs
Improvement
Not bad, but not the best. A mashup lends itself well to
portraying synthesis and emotion. Neither of which are
objectives for this assignment
Pick a topic from your health book and
make a video mashup Objectives
Explain the topic, and give 4 examples Present an in-depth report of a health
using at least 2 pictures and one video problem
It cannot be longer than 4 minutes Conduct research
Work with a group Practice group work
Provide citations Build presentation skills
Enter the mashup contest Example: http://youtu.be/ctaxepVuIfw

12. So, when you get
to the buffet,
choose wisely!
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13. Works Cited
Images are Creative Commons Licensed by flickr users
Donovan, K. (January 29, 2010). Social Media Heart Collage.
Retrieved: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kdonovan_gaddy/
4314365065/in/photostream/
Vack, N. (December 10, 2005). Geology. Retrieved: http://
www.flickr.com/photos/njvack/76567698/
Zapetaria, A. (July 23, 2004). Computer Party. Retrieved:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oneras/80574135/