May 2013 Sharefest

1. Using social
media to enhance
student learning

2. Social media: For what purpose?
• To facilitate interaction within our community
(Between students & teachers)
• To facilitate interaction beyond our community
(With students, classrooms & experts around the world)
• Giving students access to expert resources for
their questions and authentic audiences for
their work

3. Our Project
• Develop a social media case study toolkit
• Case studies involving Twitter, Skype, blogs,
YouTube, etc.
• Case studies used for professional
development for wider faculty

4. Case Studies
• The third-grade Twitterview
• Eighth grade author Skype session
• Second grade mystery Skype sessions
• YouTube “flipped classroom” video

5. Case Studies
T3
• 3 case studies used for professional
development purposes in late January
• Last one used for professional
development presentation in late April
• One case study / PD session leads to
teacher conducting an author Skype

6. Meaningful tweets!

7. Meaningful Tweets Go on the Fridge

8. Retweet # 1

9. Case Study #1: Twitterview

10. Twitterview Images

11. Putting the word out there..

12. Case Study #2: Author Skype Session

13. Eighth Grade Author Skype…
• Students asked about inspiration for writing
• Students asked about the writing process
• Students asked what she reads

14. Leads To Third Grade Author Skype
• Students asked questions like where ideas
for book and characters came from
• Author gave preview of sequel
to a book students had read
• Author gave advice about being a writer

15. Third Grade Author Skype Images

16. Case Study #3: Mystery Skype Session

17. What experiences have we had
while using twitter?
• Mystery Skyping
• Making friends to blog with
• Learning about other communities

18. Our First Mystery Skype Session

21. Mystery Skype Leads to Blog Comments

24. Case Study #4: Flipped YouTube Video

25. Case Study #4: Flipped YouTube Video

26. Case Study #4: Flipped YouTube Video