1. Social Media
Opportunities
for Learning!
Jim Forde
Jforde@aol.com
@stemnetwork -- @ccssnetwork
2.
3. What is Social
Networking?
A social networking site
is an online place where
a user can create a
profile and build a
personal network that
connects him or her to
other users.
6. Social Networking: Why?
• Schools are using SM positively
• It’s here
• Engagement
• Collaboration
• School without walls
• Technology is not the enemy
• Practicing appropriate use
16. Ideas for Edmodo use.
• Project Site “Flat Stanley”
• Writing Projects
• Historical Figure
• Back Channel a current event (SOTU)
• Foreign Language practice
• Join Groups
• Mobile Learning
• Book clubs/ Writing prompts
(Connect with another class)
• Grammar and punctuation
(Let’s eat, Grandpa.)
35. One final note.
note
“It's critical to realize that just because
young folks pick up a technology before
you do doesn't inherently mean that
they understand it better than you do.”