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Social Media for Teaching & Learning Learning Technology Center [email_address] Sharon Stoerger [email_address]

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Today’s Workshop <ul><li>Part 1: Accessing & using Twitter </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Communicating, sharing, & problem-solving </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Building community </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Hashtags & backchannels </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Part 2: Accessing & using Facebook </li></ul><ul><li>Part 3: Using social media in your classes </li></ul>

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PART 1: ACCESSING & USING TWITTER

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Let’s Tweet! http://twitter.com

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Retweeting & Replying <ul><li>Retweet = Rt, RT or rtwt </li></ul><ul><li>Read someone else’s tweet  share it! </li></ul><ul><li>Replying = @username </li></ul><ul><li>@username  see tweet even if not following </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Example: @csoleil – there must be an app for that. </li></ul></ul>

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Let’s Talk about Twitter Settings

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Twitter Notifications

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Direct Messages <ul><li>Private message </li></ul><ul><li>Followers only! </li></ul>

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BUILDING YOUR TWITTER COMMUNITY

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Finding People

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Follow me! <ul><li>@csoleil </li></ul>

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Follow UWM!

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Other Ways to Build Community? <ul><li>Twitter Followers – Who do they follow? </li></ul><ul><li>Twibes </li></ul><ul><ul><li>http://www.twibes.com </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Twitter Professors </li></ul><ul><ul><li>http://mashable.com/2009/02/16/twitter-professors/ </li></ul></ul>

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Following Criteria (Chamberlin & Lehmann, 2011, p. 383) <ul><li>Do they have a profile? </li></ul><ul><li>Is that profile more than a URL? </li></ul><ul><li>Do I find their profile relevant in some way, shape, or form? </li></ul><ul><li>Is their ratio of followers to following relatively less than 4:1? </li></ul><ul><li>How often do they tweet? Too often = twitterstream clog </li></ul>

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Sharing Links & Resources

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Hashtags <ul><li>Broadcast  broad audience </li></ul><ul><li>Keeps relevant tweets together </li></ul><ul><li>Synchronous chat sessions (e.g., #learnchat) </li></ul><ul><li>Tweet using hashtag… </li></ul><ul><li>#ltcsocmedia </li></ul>

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More Hashtags! <ul><li>#edtech </li></ul><ul><li>#higheredtech </li></ul><ul><li>#learnchat </li></ul><ul><li>#edusocmedia </li></ul><ul><li>#socmedia </li></ul><ul><li>#socialmedia </li></ul><ul><li>#sachat </li></ul><ul><li>#iamuwm </li></ul>Mega Education Hashtag List: http://www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html

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Question 1 <ul><li>Which social media tool has impacted you the most – personally or professionally? </li></ul><ul><li>Tweet: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Q1 – tool name #ltcsocmedia </li></ul></ul>

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Question 2 <ul><li>Would YOU rate Twitter as your top tool for learning? </li></ul><ul><li>Tweet: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Q2 – response #ltcsocmedia </li></ul></ul>

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Question 3 <ul><li>If you are looking for help or information on a subject, where do you go first? </li></ul><ul><li>Tweet: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Q3 – name of source/tool #ltcsocmedia </li></ul></ul>

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WHAT ABOUT FACEBOOK?

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Creating a Facebook Fan Page http://www.facebook.com/

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Logged into Facebook?

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Create a Fan Page

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Why a Fan Page? <ul><li>PRIVACY </li></ul><ul><li>“ Like” vs. “friend” </li></ul><ul><li>What you write  their news feed (i.e., wall) </li></ul><ul><li>What they write  NOT on your wall </li></ul>

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UWM LTC Social Media Workshop

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UWM and Facebook http://youtu.be/ZFfJXexaW0U

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Why Social Media? <ul><li>Popular – students AND instructors are there </li></ul><ul><li>Reach beyond the classroom </li></ul><ul><li>Interact with “experts” </li></ul><ul><li>Professional development </li></ul><ul><li>Teacher-centered  student-centered </li></ul>

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Students LOVE Technology http://www.onlineeducation.net/students-love-tech

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Other Reasons? http://youtu.be/3SuNx0UrnEo

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USING TWITTER AND FACEBOOK IN THE CLASSROOM

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Before Class Activities <ul><li>Instructor </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Explain what will be covered in class </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Reminders </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Students </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Submit questions for class discussion </li></ul></ul>

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During Class Activities <ul><li>Backchannel/in-class tweets </li></ul><ul><li>Display students’ pre-class tweets </li></ul>

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The Twitter Experiment <ul><li>http://youtu.be/6WPVWDkF7U8 </li></ul>

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Post Class Activities <ul><li>Post class notes </li></ul><ul><li>Continue class discussion </li></ul><ul><li>Answer students’ questions </li></ul><ul><li>Share links </li></ul><ul><li>Additional reminders </li></ul>

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Other Ed Uses of Social Media <ul><li>Synchronous chat sessions </li></ul><ul><ul><li>#learnchat </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Tweetchat ( http://tweetchat.com/ ; monitor tweets) </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Daily microlearning </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Top tips </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Articles to read </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Vocabulary </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Scavenger hunts </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Build information literacy, problem solving </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>U of Idaho ( http://www.today.uidaho.edu/Details.aspx?ID=5018 ) </li></ul></ul>

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OTHER IDEAS?

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Archiving Social Media Content <ul><li>Tweetdoc </li></ul><ul><ul><li>http://www.tweetdoc.org/ </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Twapper Keeper </li></ul><ul><ul><li>http://twapperkeeper.com </li></ul></ul><ul><li>The Archivist </li></ul><ul><ul><li>http://archivist.visitmix.com/ </li></ul></ul>

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MANAGING YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA

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TO LINK OR NOT TO LINK…THAT IS THE QUESTION

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Creating a Link: Two Twitter Ways <ul><li>http://tinyurl.com/6g8evhl </li></ul>

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Linking Alternatives <ul><li>Social Dashboards </li></ul><ul><ul><li>TweetDeck ( http://www.tweetdeck.com/ ) </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>HootSuite ( http://hootsuite.com/ ) </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Social Browsers </li></ul><ul><ul><li>RockMelt ( http://www.rockmelt.com/ ) </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Fizzik ( http://www.fizzik.com/ ) </li></ul></ul>

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Social Dashboards - TweetDeck

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Social Browsers – RockMelt

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Why Social Dashboards and Browsers? <ul><li>One post – multiple social media </li></ul><ul><li>Hashtags (e.g., #edtech) </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Class discussions </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Conferences </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Webinars </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Real time </li></ul><ul><li>Monitor multiple conversations at a glance </li></ul>

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THINGS TO CONSIDER: QUESTIONS

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Question #1 <ul><li>What are the costs associated with implementing the use of social media for faculty, staff, and students? </li></ul>

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Question #2 <ul><li>How do we teach students and faculty to use social media appropriately? </li></ul>

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Question #3 <ul><li>What concerns should we have about privacy in our use of social media? </li></ul>

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Question #4 <ul><li>How do we teach students and faculty to use social media appropriately? </li></ul>

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Question #5 <ul><li>What are some best practices in using social media? </li></ul>

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Question #6 <ul><li>How do we evaluate the impact of social media? </li></ul>

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Departing Guidelines (Dunlap & Lowenthal, 2009) <ul><li>Establish relevance for students </li></ul><ul><li>Recommend people to follow </li></ul><ul><li>Model effective use </li></ul><ul><li>Encourage students’ active/ongoing participation </li></ul><ul><li>Integrate into assessments </li></ul><ul><li>Continue to actively participate </li></ul>

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http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2011/hierarchy-of-digital-distractions-moma/

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Questions? <ul><li>[email_address] </li></ul><ul><li>Sharon Stoerger </li></ul><ul><li>[email_address] </li></ul>

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Additional Resources <ul><li>UWM Social Media Grant project </li></ul><ul><ul><li>http://uwmsocialmedia.wikispaces.com </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Presentation and Data </li></ul><ul><ul><li>http://uwmsocialmedia.wikispaces.com/Presentations+by+Tanya </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Set-up Instructions </li></ul><ul><ul><li>http://uwmsocialmedia.wikispaces.com/Howtosocialmedia10 </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Creating a Twitter Account </li></ul><ul><ul><li>http://tinyurl.com/4lkdkj3 </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Creating a Facebook Fan Page </li></ul><ul><ul><li>http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php </li></ul></ul>