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- 1. Social Media for Education: in Practice A collection of practical lessons implementing social media as a learning tool.
- 2. Intent This collection of lesson materials is intended to help educators find inspirations for bringing social media into their classrooms.The focus of this collection are resources that use social media as a learning tool for collaboration and idea sharing, not lessons about social media (i.e., lesson plans covering safe practices). The entries in this collection are arranged alphabetically and not by importance.
- 3. Contents Wiki: 4 // 5 // 6 Social Network: 7 // 8 // 9 Vlog: 10 // 11 // 12 Blog: 13 // 14 // 15 Microblog: 16 // 17 // 18 Podcast: 19 // 20 // 21 All Grades: 10 // 20 // 21 Elementary: 15 Secondary: 4 // 5 // 6 // 7 // 8 // 9 // 11 // 12 // 13 // 14 // 16 // 17 // 18 // 19 Any Content Area: 4 // 6 // 10 // 13 // 21 ELA: 5 // 7 // 9 // 11 // 12 // 14 // 15 // 17 // 18 // 19 // 20 Social Studies: 7 // 8 // 9 // 12 // 14 // 16 // 18 // 19 Technology: 9 // 11 // 16 // 20 Journalism: 8 Life Skills: 8 // 9 Communications: 11 // 20
- 4. Wiki ▪ Grades 7-12 ▪ Any content area ▪ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/ extra/lessons-plans/looking- for-an-end-of-year-activity-for- your-class-lesson-plan/ ▪ Using Flipboard, an easy-to- use app that lets you curate your own magazine, students will create a list of their top 10 news stories from the year to share with classmates and family members. ▪ Students’ choice of articles will give others an opportunity to know a little more about their lives and what events mattered to them.
- 5. Wiki ▪ Grades 6-8 ▪ ELA ▪ http://www.readwritethink.org /classroom-resources/lesson- plans/collaborating-writing- linking-using-1087.html ▪ Students begin by reading untraditional books that use fragmented storylines, multiple perspectives, and unresolved plots. ▪ Students create a fragmented story in a wiki where each link leads down a different path.
- 6. Wiki ▪ Grades 7-9 ▪ Any content area ▪ http://mediasmarts.ca/lessonpl an/taming-wild-wiki-lesson ▪ Students learn research skills by exploringWikipedia. ▪ Students explore the strengths and weaknesses ofWikipedia as a research source. ▪ Students learn how to evaluate the reliability of aWikipedia article and then attempt to improve an existing article.
- 7. Social Network ▪ Grades 7-12 ▪ ELA; Social Studies ▪ http://www.readwritethink.org /classroom-resources/lesson- plans/using-microblogging- social-networking-1171.html ▪ Students create a Facebook profile as a character (or historical figure) complete with photo and information. ▪ Students connect with each other’s creations and interact as their given character (or figure).
- 8. Social Network ▪ Grades 9-12 ▪ Social Studies; Journalism; Life Skills ▪ https://theteacherjames.com/2 017/05/27/fake-news-a-lesson- plan/ ▪ Students use Facebook to learn about and report on ”fake news.” ▪ Students learn how to identify invalid news sources, reasons for their creation and sharing, and how to avoid them when using social media.
- 9. Social Network ▪ Grades 7-12 ▪ ELA; Social Studies; Technology; Life Skills ▪ https://www.educationworld.c om/a_lesson/lesson_plan_boos ter/facebook-score-and- hiring.shtml ▪ Students will understand the so-called “Facebook Score” and how companies are expected to use it. ▪ Students will examine the implications of the score for their social media behavior and consider how the choices they make online could be viewed negatively by a potential employer.
- 10. Vlog ▪ All grades ▪ Any content area ▪ https://www.npr.org/sections/e d/2016/03/29/467091289/how- teachers-are-using-snapchat ▪ Students are given access to short videos of real life connections to course content as they occur in real time. ▪ Teachers record short videos of event in real life that relate to course content to supplement a topic, promote learning outside of class requirements, and provide relevant classroom-to-world connections.
- 11. Vlog ▪ Grades 9-12 ▪ Communications; ELA; Technology ▪ http://williamwolff.org/courses/ wrt-spring-2009/wrt- assignments-s09/assignment- 2-vlogging/ ▪ Students create an ongoing vlog series with specific content to learn about communication with a larger community with shared interests. ▪ Students practice communication skills as they interact with their vlogging communities.
- 12. Vlog ▪ Grades 7-12 ▪ ELA; Social Studies ▪ https://www.tes.com/teaching- resource/travel-vlog- filmmaking-assignment- assignment-instructions-and- rubric-11910006 ▪ Students create a travel vlog highlighting a place they’ve been to (or have learned about).
- 13. Blog ▪ Grades 7-12 ▪ Any content area ▪ https://www.schooljournalism. org/blogging-lessons/ ▪ Students locate, analyze, and discuss the characteristics of a journalism blog, including language conventions, topics and themes, and platforms. ▪ Students create a blog about a relevant topic that demonstrates the characteristics of strong journalism.
- 14. Blog ▪ Grades 9-12 ▪ ELA; Social Studies ▪ http://www.readwritethink.org /classroom-resources/lesson- plans/blogtopia-blogging- about-your-942.html ▪ After studying utopian literature, students design their own utopian society, publishing the explanation of their ideal world on a blog. As they blog about their utopia, students establish the habits, practices, and organizing social structures that citizens will follow in their utopian societies.
- 15. Blog ▪ Grades 2-5 ▪ ELA ▪ http://www.readwritethink.org /classroom-resources/lesson- plans/blogging-primary- grades-indeed- 31058.html?tab=2#tabs ▪ Students read blogs written by students their own age and learn to shape a well-thought- out response that addresses and answers the questions posed in the blog. ▪ After reading, discussing, and deciding what makes a good blog entry or comment, students create their own response to a teacher-created blog entry to discuss the sequel possibilities of a favorite book.
- 16. Microblog ▪ Grades 9-12 ▪ Social Studies;Technology ▪ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/l essons-plans/lesson-plan-how-to- use-social-media-for-social-good/ ▪ In this lesson, students will learn how computer scientists analyze tweets to tell which accounts are phony, automated bots and which accounts have real people behind them.While it’s difficult to know what the overall impact of bots has been on public opinion, we do know that most Americans can’t distinguish between bots and real users. ▪ Students will learn about some of the issues surrounding bots and invent their own bot that will be used to inform and improve the public’s understanding of a key issue in their community.
- 17. Microblog ▪ Grades 7-12 ▪ ELA ▪ https://www.nytimes.com/2011 /03/20/weekinreview/20twitter ature.html ▪ Students use a microblog to write short poetry within the character limits. ▪ Students share and critique peer poetry.
- 18. Microblog ▪ Grades 9-12 ▪ ELA; Social Studies ▪ https://www.educationworld.c om/a_lesson/twitter-tweets- critical-thinking-history-shtml ▪ Students use history knowledge, critical thinking and digital literacy skills to tweet clues and guess the historical figure, period or event related to those clues.
- 19. Podcast ▪ Grades 9-12 ▪ ELA; Social Studies ▪ https://docs.google.com/docu ment/d/1wlFsedkP4h_ix2byHt1 LYy1Qi3C9jVQSMhlIC0Oq_nw/ edit?usp=sharing ▪ Students recognize the significance in artifacts as they research the significance of familial objects to write their own personal narratives and share their findings. ▪ Students listen to and discuss a podcast that shares the narrative of an artifact. ▪ Students create and share their narratives as a podcast.
- 20. Podcast ▪ All grades ▪ ELA;Technology; Communication ▪ https://www.nytimes.com/2018 /04/19/learning/lesson- plans/project-audio-teaching- students-how-to-produce- their-own-podcasts.html ▪ Students analyze the elements and techniques of both podcasting and storytelling. ▪ Students analyze and practice effective interviewing techniques. ▪ Students produce a quality podcast using the skills they have learned.
- 21. Podcast ▪ All grades ▪ Any content area ▪ https://www.teachingenglish.o rg.uk/blogs/sandymillin/using- podcasts-develop-listening- skills ▪ Students develop listening and responding skills by listening to podcasts and creating detailed replies.