The document discusses the use of social media in education. It addresses common concerns about using social media like legal issues, loss of control, and wasted time. However, it argues social media can be used to listen to students and engage remote audiences. It provides examples of using tools like Twitter and YouTube in teaching and suggests starting with low-effort uses and blending social media into daily routines. The document ends by sharing resources for further exploring social media in education.

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3. cc licensed Flickr photo shared by RobCottingham social media makes you feel like this...

4. cc licensed Flickr photo shared by Castaway ...even when your reality is more like this

5. cc licensed Flickr image shared by Oversocialized ways to engage

6. cc licensed Flickr image shared by Intersection Consulting fear, uncertainty, and doubt translation for education: 1. “we’ll get sued” 2. losing control of the conversation 3. giving away our course secrets will diminish our educational impact or relevance as an institution 4. students, faculty, and staff will waste time (in class and at work) 5. people will say bad things about the institution or the faculty 6. cost of support and training; difficulty of using effectively in teaching and learning

7. cc licensed Flickr image shared by Niclindh however, social media is a great way to listen listening tools Paper.Li Almost.At Social Mention SamePoint listening techniques - the ego search - follow folks who mention you - set up an rss feed to monitor this - answer questions that are asked (or find someone who can) - respond to positive and negative comments for more info Try Beth Kanter: http://www.bethkanter.org/action-listening/

8. me and my followers on paper.li ( http://paper.li/ninmah )

9. the NMC member Twitter list on paper.li ( http://paper.li/newmediac/members )

10. ...this tweet... ...started this conversation... ...because Johns Hopkins was listening. so who’s listening? Well...

11. ways to use social media in teaching and learning http://www.artbabble.org http://www.youtube.com/user/UCBerkeley UC Berkeley’s YouTube Channel Art Babble (IMA) create a conversation engage remote audiences or have your students take on a persona...

12. ... such as Dante tweeting to Beatrice from hell these are selections from three student assignments for “Tweeting from Hell” (junior/senior high school)

13. dipping a toe in the water show off your campus tweeters http://webcast-law.uchicago.edu/tweetchicago/ retweet your followers http://webcast-law.uchicago.edu/tweetchicago/

14. blending a little social media into your daily routine cc licensed Flickr photo shared by Miss Karen

15. some more advanced options Foursquare HootSuite Facebook Integration

16. questions? comments? ideas?

18. images used in this slideshow (all licensed under Creative Commons & shared on Flickr) (all licensed under Creative Commons & shared on Flickr) Manda-Tori by RobCottingham (http://www.flickr.com/photos/samuel-cottingham/4597092100/) Waiting Patiently by Castaway ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/castaway_in_wales/4777923191/ ) Social Media Participation Chart by Oversocialized ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/43993720@N02/4476430341/ ) Soc ial Media Phobias for Business by Intersection Consul ting ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/intersectionconsulting/4044928113/ ) My Listening Ears by Niclindh ( http://www.flic kr.com/photos/niclindh/1389750548/ ) Blender blender blender ble nder by Miss Karen ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/misbehave/2947260485/ ) for further exploration (places to go to learn more) (places to go to learn more) 5 Insightful TED Talks on Social Media: http://mashable.com/2010/02/08/ted-talks-social-meida/ [sic] 101 Inspiring Ways to Use Social Media in the Classroom ( http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2010/05/100-ins piring-ways-to-use-social-media-in-the-classroom/ ) Beth Kanter’s Twitter Tip Sheet for Listening: http: //social-media-lab.wikispaces.com/Twitter+Tip+Sheet+for+Experiments Inigral Blog: Social Media in Education ( http://blog.inigral.com /) MIDEA Workshop on Social Media for Museums: http://midea.wiki.nmc.org/Social+Media+Worksh op Sociable Professors: First-of-its-Kind Survey Finds College Faculty Increasingly Using Social Media ( http: //www.prweb.com/release s/2010/05/prweb3960844.htm ) Twitter Planning Framework (PDF): http://w ww.nmc.org/pdf/twitter-framework.pdf