This document summarizes a brownbag discussion on using social media in the classroom. It introduces three faculty members from USC, the College of Charleston, and the Citadel who discussed what social media they use, how they use it, students' responses, lessons learned, and institutional guidelines. Key topics included using Twitter for audience response, Facebook groups for educators, partnering with local high schools, and ensuring student privacy and online safety.

1. Appletree Brownbag
Social Networking
and
Social Media
in Your Classroom
FACILITATED BY:
Maya Hollinshead, Josh Ivey, David McCabe,
Maria Merritt, Candace Moorer & Sherman Paggi
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2. SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE CLASSROOM
What How Response Value Lessons Guidelines
Dr. Feili Tu from University of South Carolina -teaches graduate
and under graduate level classes in Library and Information Science
TUF@mailbox.sc.edu
Dr. Sarah Davis Calhoun from College of Charleston is the Associate
Dean of the School of Education Health and Human Performance
daviss@cofc.edu
Patricia McCarver from the Citadel- Teaches undergraduate and
graduate courses in the School of Business
mcarverp@citadel.edu
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3. SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE CLASSROOM
What How Response Value Lessons Guidelines
What kinds of social networking
and social media are you using
in your class?
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4. SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE CLASSROOM
What How Response Value Lessons Guidelines
How are you using it with
your students and for what?
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5. SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE CLASSROOM
What How Response Value Lessons Guidelines
What has been the students
response to your use of
social media?
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6. SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE CLASSROOM
What How Response Value Lessons Guidelines
Would it be of value for
faculty to be using more
social media?
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7. SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE CLASSROOM
What How Response Value Lessons Guidelines
What are some lessons learned
and things to watch out for when
teaching with s ocial media?
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8. SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE CLASSROOM
What How Response Value Lessons Guidelines
Does your institution have social
media guidelines and does this
impact your teaching?
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9. SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE CLASSROOM
What How Response Value Lessons Guidelines
Here is one example from UT Dallas on Twitter used as audience Online Social Networking on Campus: Understanding What
response in classroom. Matters in Student Culture" by Ana M. Martinez Aleman and
http://tinyurl.com/ml3pcp%C2%A0 Katherine Lynk Wartman. 2008 # ISBN-10: 0415990203 # ISBN-13:
978-0415990202
Found a group page for Educators using Facebook on Facebook. It Hansen M; Erdley S. YouTube and other Web 2.0 applications for
also has a How to video that is pretty good. nursing education. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics (ONLINE
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7036945291#!/group. J NURS INFORM), 2009 Oct; 13(3): 1-20.
php?v=wall&gid=7036945291
Jeffrey R. Young Teaching With Twitter: Not for the Faint of Heart
100 Ways You Should be Using Facebook in Your Classroom Students are emboldened, but they can also hijack discussions.
http://www.onlinecollege.org/2009/10/20/100-ways-you-should- The Chronicle of Higher Education. November 22, 2009 [8]
be-using-facebook-in-your-classroom/
Harriet L. Schwartz Facebook: The New Classroom Commons? The
An article and video about teaching with Twitter. It also mentions Chronicle of Higher Education September 28, 2009 [9]
the UT Dallas example.
http://chronicle.com/article/Teaching-With-Twitter-Not-for/49230/ Marc Parry Course Requirement: Friend Your Professor on
Facebook The Chronicle of Higher Education November 12, 2009
An example of Univ of Minn partnering with local HS to develop [10]
Social Media in the classroom.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OxIz_3o3O0 King S, Greidanus E, Carbonaro M, Drummond J, Patterson S.
Merging social networking environments and formal learning
Video and post about Media Literate 6 year old kids. environments to support and facilitate interprofessional
http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2010/01/mrs-cassidys-classroom instruction. Med Educ Online. 2009 Apr 28;14:5. PMID: 20165519
-media-literate-6-year-olds/
McGee JB, Begg M. What medical educators need to know about
Learning to Change-Changing to Learn: COSN "Web 2.0". Med Teach. 2008;30(2):164-9. PMID: 18464141
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tahTKdEUAPk
Young,Jeffrey. 10 High Fliers on Twitter On the microblogging
service, professors and administrators find work tips and new
ways to monitor the world. The Chronicle on Higher Education
April 10, 2009 [11]
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